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A Joyful Journey

by Taylor & Anna Nemechek

We are Taylor & Anna, a young, passionate Catholic married couple. Join us as we strive to build a domestic church that is a place of sacred refuge and authentic love and prayer that nurtures abundant joy, life-giving wonder, and natural rhythm. It is our mission to share our discoveries, experiences, and joys as we venture to revive the image of the domestic church to a broken world. St. Joseph, Pillar of Families and Glory of Domestic Life, pray for us!

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Episodes

  1. Our 2023 Garden

    Episode Notes: Today we discuss this year's garden plans! We are so excited that the 2023 garden season has begun & can't wait to see what this year has in store. We discuss our expansions, new goals, crops, & what we are each looking forward to most. As always, feel free to join us on this…

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  2. Latin Mass, Cloth Diapering & Homebirth, Oh My! How the Lord Has Called Us to Live in Radical Ways

    Today we share all about many of the ways the Lord has called us to do things a little differently than most, the ways in which we are striving to live a little counter-culturally. From ditching our microwave to the Catholic Mass we attend to the way we view money, join us as we explain the why…

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  3. What is Your Mission? Revisiting our Family Mission Statement & "The 3 Big Questions for a Frantic Family"

    Episode Notes: Today we discuss Patrick Lencioni's book "The 3 Big Questions for a Frantic Family". We share with you our family mission statement as well as our current rallying cry, all based on what we learned from the book! We hope you enjoy this episode and are looking forward to sharing our...

  4. True Beauty & A Chicken Coop

    Today we share about our chicken coop, Chickendell: the House of Eggrond. At a deeper level, we discuss the importance of taking pride in our work & striving for beauty. Listen to hear our thoughts on beauty & how we found it in the creation of Chickendell. We hope you enjoy this new episode! As...

  5. Homesteading Hearts: Our Dream & How We're Working Towards It

    Today we share all about our ultimate dream & how we are working towards it! We are so excited & passionate about our dream of homesteading & are so happy to finally share this dream with you! From gardening to chickens to canning to owning land in the country & raising quail & other animals, we...

  6. Returning the Gift: Dreaming in Every Stage of Life

    Today we discuss the importance of dreaming in every state of life, even when accomplishing goals and dreams seems impossible. We also share a few of our dreams, both big and small. We hope you enjoy this new episode! As always, feel free to join us on this journey by following us on Instagram: A...

  7. Jumpstarting Your Day: Suggestions for Creating a Morning Routine

    Today Anna discusses some tips for creating a morning routine! She also shares what her morning routine typically looks like. As always, feel free to join us on this journey by following us on Instagram: A Joyful Journey (@ajoyfuljourney1221), or reaching out to us by email at...

  8. 7 Months Later...

    We're back! Join us as we share about life with Clement & what we've been up to these past 7 months! As always, feel free to join us on this journey by following us on Instagram: A Joyful Journey (@ajoyfuljourney1221), or reaching out to us by email at [email protected]! St. Joseph,...

  9. Born at Home: Clement Joseph's Birth Story

    Today we share all about our son's home birth! We hope you enjoy this new episode! As always, feel free to join us on this journey by following us on Instagram: A Joyful Journey (@ajoyfuljourney1221), or reaching out to us by email at [email protected]! St. Joseph, Pillar of Families…

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  10. Rediscovering Sundays

    Today we discuss the vital importance of Sundays! Using St. John Paul the Great’s Apostolic Letter, Dies Domini, we dive into the sacredness of Sundays as Catholic Christians and share some ways in which we have made an effort to rediscover the true essence of Sundays. As always, feel free to…

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  11. Nourishing the Soul with Spiritual Reading

    Today we discuss the importance of spiritual reading. We share our experiences with spiritual reading as well as some tips and recommendations. We hope you enjoy this episode and are looking forward to sharing our next episode on rediscovering Sundays! As always, feel free to join us on this...

  12. Finding the Good Books on the Shelf

    Episode Notes: Today we discuss reading & literature & what makes a good book! We share some of our favorite books & those books that have inspired us! We hope you enjoy the episode & are looking forward to sharing our next episode on spiritual reading! As always, feel free to join us on this...

  13. The Lord of the Rings: A "fundamentally religious and Catholic work"

    Today we share with you our thoughts on The Lord of the Rings Trilogy! We recently finished listening to an audiobook version together that we LOVED! In this episode we share our personal thoughts on the books, share our favorite characters and scenes, as well as give a book to movie comparison.…

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  14. Mountains by Day, Oceans by Night: Nemechek Family Vacation #1

    Today we share with you some highlights from our very first family vacation! We were so blessed to go on a two week road trip & enjoyed it so much we wanted to share our experiences with you! We hope you enjoy hearing about all of our adventures and hope you join us next time for an episode on…

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  15. New Beginnings: Our Story - Part III

    Today we share with you the third part of our story: new beginnings. While this is the final part in this series for now, it is just the beginning of a very joyful and exciting journey! Besides sharing the “end” of our story, we also share with you some key takeaways and practical tips we learned...

  16. A Season of Suffering: Our Story - Part II

    Today we share with you the second part of our story: a season of suffering. We share some types of suffering as explained by Soren Kierkegaard, then we dive into the second segment of our story, a time of separation, suffering, and growth! We hope you enjoy getting to know us and our story…

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  17. How it all Began: Our Story - Part I

    Today we share with you the first part of our story: our friendship! We share some thoughts on friendship in general as well as things we learned and blessings we received. We hope you enjoy getting to know us and our story better and hope you join us next time for part II! As always, feel free…

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  18. Creating & Cultivating Virtuous Habits

    Today we discuss habits! As we prepared for marriage, we found discussions on our current habits to be super helpful in preparing for life together! We were able to identify those habits we were really glad we had, and those we weren’t proud of. These discussions helped us be more aware of the…

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  19. What Makes You Unique? Creating a Mission Statement

    Today we share with you our mission statement and discuss how you can create your own! What makes you unique? What are your core values? We explain rallying cries (your top priority), defining objectives, and standard objectives. We talk about Patrick Lencioni’s book The 3 Big Questions for a...

  20. Finding Joy in Your Journey

    Today we discuss joy! We define joy, differentiating it from other words that are given synonymous meanings. We discuss joy as being a source of marriage, and also share some ways in which we strive to live out joy in our lives. Finally, we share some practical ways you, too, can live joyfully!…

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  21. A Joyful Journey: Who We Are & What to Expect

    Hello! We are Taylor & Anna Nemechek, a young Catholic married couple. We are passionate about the Catholic Faith and are excited to share our journey & discoveries as we strive to live an authentically joyful and life-giving marriage. Today, we introduce ourselves, explain the name of our…

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

We are Taylor & Anna, a young, passionate Catholic married couple. Join us as we strive to build a domestic church that is a place of sacred refuge and authentic love and prayer that nurtures abundant joy, life-giving wonder, and natural rhythm. It is our mission to share our discoveries, experiences, and joys as we venture to revive the image of the domestic church to a broken world. St. Joseph, Pillar of Families and Glory of Domestic Life, pray for us!

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Taylor & Anna Nemechek

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We are Taylor & Anna, a young, passionate Catholic married couple. Join us as we strive to build a domestic church that is a place of sacred refuge and authentic love and prayer that nurtures abundant joy, life-giving wonder, and natural rhythm. It is our mission to share our discoveries,...

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