The Farmouse Edit: Building a Business Without Sacrificing Family Life | Laura of Joy Food Sunshine
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But my husband and I were always really intentional. Like we had monthly check-ins and we would say, how is this business serving our family? Because we really didn't want to be serving the business. Even
though we
liked the extra income, all of that, we were just able to pause and say, okay, what needs to change? How are we feeling about this? Hold it with an open hand of this is an amazing gift and blessing, but the goal is for it to be fun and enriching our lives, not draining us.
My name is Lisa, mother of nine and creator of the blog and YouTube channel Farmhouse on Boone. On this podcast, I like to talk about simplifying your life so you can live out your priorities. I help you learn how to cook from scratch and decorate on a budget through this podcast and my courses, Simple Sourdough and the Simple Sewing series. I also help people reach their goals from home through my business courses, Create Your Blog Dream and YouTube Success Academy. I will leave links to these resources in the show notes and description box below. Now let's get into the show. Welcome back to the Simple Farmhouse Life podcast. Today, I am bringing on a fellow mom blogger. I say mom blogger, but we both actually write content on recipes that we're making for our families, recipes that are tried and true, family-friendly recipes.
Laura from Joy Food Sunshine We had the opportunity to meet at an event that the ad company that our blog is both on over the winter. And then I learned that she also had quite a few children in homeschool. And I'm like, well, this would be an interesting discussion because so many of us want to do something in our homes or just figure out how to juggle life with lots of children, the home, the cooking. all of the extracurricular activities that you might have. So anytime I can ask another mom how they do it, how they get it all done, I definitely love to engage in those kinds of conversations. So without further ado, let's jump into the interview. Laura, so excited to have you on. For those of you who do not know your website, Laura and I connected at a Mediavine event and I quickly realized, oh, she has a lot of children and homes.
I think you homeschool too, correct? Yeah. So in a similar entrepreneurial boat as me, which all forms of entrepreneurship have their own challenges. But then of course, a lot of my listeners are moms who also have something on the side because these days, you know, you can be selling bread from home. You can be listing things on Etsy. There's just a wide range of things and trying to figure out that balance. So tell us about your website and your, whatever you want to share, like your family and we'll get into all the things.
Okay. Well, before my website, I'm a mom. That's my number
one
job. Yeah. So I have six kids, 14 to four. So they're like every two years apart, you know, and we've homeschooled. always um and um so in the midst of all this after my third baby's when I started my website joy food sunshine which you know like okay like most creators I don't know Lisa but like when you meet someone what kind of recipes you share oh easy family friendly recipes you know um but I'm most known for my chocolate chip cookies
yeah when I asked you at the media vine event I'm like so you know what's like your main thing you're like chocolate chip cookies like
okay yes Thankfully, that's been a huge gift. I've ranked number one for chocolate chip cookies since 2017. Wow. That's a
really long ride.
I just pray every day that it... Google
keeps loving me.
That's kind of...
But
yeah, so that's been a huge gift. So most people find me through my chocolate chip cookie recipe and then they
stay. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. That's such an interesting thing. And I know, I'm sure you have lots of other recipes that people favorite, but that's like your number one recipe. Yes. So let's see here. Then what year
did you start your website? So, you know, well, before we had kids, so I'm going to the way back machine. We, my husband and I had this hobby where I would cook and he would take pictures of food and
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–9:21
2
What inspired Laura to start Joy Food Sunshine after her third baby?
9:21–13:51
3
How did Laura’s chocolate‑chip cookie recipe become a #1 Google result?
13:51–19:39
4
What early‑stage strategies did Laura and her husband use to launch the blog?
19:39–27:59
5
How did they transition from a family‑run operation to hiring help?
27:59–45:15
6
What does a typical workday look like for Laura while homeschooling six kids?
45:15–56:06
Speakers
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