Lifestyle of Learning™ Conference
For Homeschooling Moms
September 23rd-26th, 2026
When Homeschooling Feels Heavy, There is Another Way
You brought your children home because you wanted something different.
But somewhere along the way, homeschooling may have started to feel like another version of the same pressure: keeping up, getting through the curriculum, measuring progress, and wondering whether your child is falling behind.
And underneath it all may be the fear that if you stop pushing, your child will miss something important.
But the Lord did not design you to manufacture your child’s growth.
At the Lifestyle of Learning™ Conference, Marilyn Howshall and the Lifestyle of Learning team will help you recognize the pressures that may still be shaping your homeschool and understand how God designed learning to grow from the inside out.
You May Be Asking...
Am I doing enough?
Why does this child feel so hard to teach?
Is learning boring?
Is this much frustration normal?
What if we are missing something important?
Many mothers begin homeschooling with vision, only to find themselves weighed down by curriculum demands, daily resistance, fear of gaps, and the pressure to make learning happen.
You may know deep down that education was meant to be more than this.
What if you’re right?
Most of us have never been shown how God designed children to learn.
Many mothers begin homeschooling with vision...
...only to find themselves weighed down by curriculum demands, daily resistance, fear of gaps, and the pressure to make learning happen.
Maybe this is not what you thought bringing your children home would look like.
Where did that pressure come from? Most of us learned to measure education by what could be assigned, completed, tested, and checked off.
The Lord does not ask mothers to manufacture life in their children. Our work is to recognize what He has placed within them and learn how to nurture it.
This conference begins there, with learning to understand the child in front of you and respond with greater understanding and wisdom.
From Making Bricks to Gathering Manna
In Scripture, God’s people had to learn how to leave Egypt behind. They were no longer slaves making bricks. They had to learn how to trust God’s provision, follow His ways, and walk into the land He had prepared for them.
There is a similar danger when we leave the school system behind. We may leave the school system, but still carry home its pressure, fear, comparison, rigid expectations, and constant measuring.
Marilyn will help you see what it means to stop making bricks and begin gathering the manna God has already provided through real life, relationships, creativity, and the design of each child.
You will learn to recognize your child’s learning compass, understand seasons of planting and harvest, notice the vital signs of a living education, and use practical tools that help you respond to what you see.
These tools will help you move toward the freedom Marilyn describes as your family’s Promised Land, where education is cultivated according to God’s design rather than driven by the pressures of the system you left behind.
This Conference Is for You If You Want to...
- learn the power of creativity for your child’s mind.
- bring home actionable vision.
- see your child’s learning bent the way God sees it.
- release the burden of curriculum with its schedules and expectations.
- enjoy the freedom of cooperating with the Holy Spirit for your child’s education.
- receive practical tools without added burdens.
- know the rhythm of God's planting and harvesting seasons in your child’s learning.
- unify learning and discipleship for a whole-life education.
- bring delight into your home education.
Featured Speaker
Marilyn Howshall
For more than four decades, Marilyn Howshall has encouraged Christian parents to see education as more than academics and homeschooling as more than getting through lessons.
As the founder of Empowered Hearts Ministry and Lifestyle of Learning™, Marilyn helps families return to the heart of education: relationship, discipleship, wisdom, and each child’s unique design.
Her teaching offers biblical insight and practical tools for parents who want to cultivate learning from the inside out, beginning with the heart, in the daily life of their homes.
The Journey Ahead
Stop Making Bricks: Turning the Cognitive Pyramid Upside Down
Academic pressure, fear of falling behind, and rigid expectations can follow us home, even after we leave the system behind.
Your Child's Creativity
Creativity is not an extracurricular, but the way children develop higher-order thinking, grow in wisdom, common sense, and real-world skills.
Trading Curriculum Burdens for Real-Life Learning Tools
The learning tools serve your child’s growth so your family can be free of boxed curriculum.
Your Child’s Garden Framework for Learning
Children grow in seasons. A wise parent understands readiness, timing, growth, and the work of cultivation.
Your Child’s Learning Compass
God has placed bents, traits, interests, and direction within each child for the parent to recognize and nurture.
Your Child’s Harvest
The harvest of real learning is visible in a child’s life, work, projects, notebooks, skills, interests, character, and, if nurtured, will accumulate over time.
A Mother’s Checkup for a Living Education
There are vital signs of true learning when your child's educational activities are alive to them.
Hear From and Connect With
Our Team of Experienced Homeschooling Moms
Barbie Poling
mom of 5
Cynthia Marshall
mom of 2
Hollie Johnson
mom of 4
Kelly Wolsten
Mom of 3
Kathryn Eubank
Mom of 3
What Families Are Saying
For decades, Marilyn Howshall’s teaching has helped families rethink education, discipleship, and the daily life of the home. Many parents have shared that Lifestyle of Learning™ helped them lay down pressure, better understand their children, and return to the Lord’s design for learning.
"Marilyn helped me realize that I needed to relax and let the Holy Spirit lead our homeschooling. My family is being changed because of these truths."
~ Kelly M.
"Your messages feel like truth and life after a long journey."
~ Cja K.
"Because of Lifestyle of Learning™, I am recognizing what drives my children's hearts. Thank you!"
~ Jacquelyn G.
"What great messages! They're really practical and give me so much more insight into everything that I am learning to do with my kids."
~ Natalie V.
Families consistently share that the Lifestyle of Learning™ Approach has transformed not only their homeschooling but the atmosphere of their entire home.
Join Us in September
Conference Schedule
See what each day will hold
We’ll begin with time to meet Marilyn, connect with the Lifestyle of Learning™ team, and get to know other families attending the conference.
Marilyn will also share the opening message, “An Invitation to a New Way of Learning,” which will prepare us for the journey from making bricks to gathering manna.
Light snacks will be provided.
Each day will include teaching from Marilyn, guided table discussion, meal breaks, and time to connect with other attendees.
Morning Session | 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
First Wilderness Lesson:
Stop Making Bricks & Start Gathering Manna
(Journey with Marilyn from Egypt to the Promised Land)
Lunch Break | 12:00 – 1:30 PM
Afternoon Session | 1:30 – 4:00 PM
Creativity—A Cognitive Gym for Your Child’s Development
(Higher-Order Thinking for Growing Wisdom)
Dinner Break | 4:00 – 6:00 PM
Evening Session | 6:00 – 9:00 PM
Second Wilderness Lesson:
Learn How to Gather, Handle, and Use What God Provides
(Trading Curriculum Burdens for Using Learning Tools ~ How Learning
Was Meant to Work)
Each day will include teaching from Marilyn, guided table discussion, meal breaks, and time to connect with other attendees.
Morning Session | 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
First Lesson of Crossing the Jordan:
Transform Your Lifestyle
(Work on Your Life, Not Just In It)
Lunch Break | 12:00 – 1:30 PM
Afternoon Session | 1:30 – 4:00 PM
Second Lesson of Crossing the Jordan:
Prepare to Think in Seasons
(A Garden Framework for Learning in the Promised Land)
Dinner Break | 4:00 – 6:00 PM
Evening Session | 6:00 – 8:30 PM
First Lesson for Sowing in the Promised Land:
Know Your Child’s Learning Compass
(A God-Implanted Bent Inside Your Child to Inspire)
Each day will include teaching from Marilyn, guided table discussion, meal breaks, and time to connect with other attendees.
Morning Session | 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Second Lesson for Sowing in the Promised Land:
Gather Your Child’s Harvest into a Living Portfolio
(When a Child’s Life Become a Book, or Two, or Three)
Lunch Break | 12:00 – 1:30 PM
Afternoon Session | 1:30 – 4:00 PM
Third Lesson for Sowing in the Promised Land:
Notice Your Child’s Vital Signs of Growth & Learning
(A Mother’s Checkup for a Living Education)
Dinner Break | 4:00 – 6:00 PM
Evening Session | 6:00 – 8:30 PM
We’ll close the conference with an evening of open sharing and prayer ministry. This will be a time to seek the Lord, receive prayer, and respond to what He has been speaking throughout the conference.
During the conference, you’ll also have time to browse displays, talk with the team, and enjoy fellowship with other families pursuing this heart for learning.
Conference Registration Includes
- Full access to all conference sessions
- Rich guided table discussions
- Anointed prayer ministry
- Opportunities for connection and fellowship with other moms and the Lifestyle of Learning™ team
- Many interactive displays of real-life learning for your inspiration
- A copy of Marilyn’s newest book Creative Freedom—Wisdom’s Way to Grow Smart Children
- Special surprises and gifts from the team
Registration pricing:
$500
Conference Location
The Lifestyle of Learning™ Conference will be held at the home of Empowered Hearts Ministry in Post Falls, Idaho.
We look forward to welcoming you into a beautiful setting prepared for your weekend and the work the Lord wants to do in you.
Empowered Hearts Ministry
1908 East Seltice Way
Post Falls, ID 83854
Frequently Asked Questions
The conference is designed especially for homeschooling mothers, but the principles of heart-centered learning, discipleship, and understanding a child’s unique design can also serve parents, grandparents, and mentors.
Yes. The conference will include practical teaching, guided discussion, and tools for observing your child’s learning life more clearly.
Yes. You do not need to be familiar with Lifestyle of Learning™ to attend. This conference is a welcoming entry point for new families and a fresh re-grounding for those who have walked with this message for years.
It is not too late to learn how to better understand your child’s design, needs, and season of growth. These principles can help mothers with children in many stages, including the teen years.
You're Invited to See Learning in a Different Way
Learn how God wants to help you parent and educate your children.
You do not have to carry the burden of trying to manufacture growth or force learning through pressure.
You can learn to recognize what God has already planted, gather what He is providing in real life, and cultivate a living education with greater wisdom.
Join us for the Lifestyle of Learning™ Conference and come ready to see your child’s learning life more clearly.
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