# Embracing Homemaking | Athena Oden

An episode of [The Art of Home: A Podcast for Homemakers](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1557993655), 30 Jun 2021, 54 min.

Audio: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1587457/episodes/8784150-embracing-homemaking-athena-oden.mp3

Send me a text about this episode! In today's Homemaker Portrait I am talking with Athena Oden about making home an embracing place. Through her practice of the art of home, Athena has created a place of belonging for her family, friends and neighbors. We talk about how she balances homemaking with a full-time career, her love of gardening and hospitality (or as she calls it, "neighboring") and her experience as a mom of twins. RESOURCES Mentioned in This Episode • Athena's Pediatric Physical Therapy Program: Ready Bodies, Learning Minds Historical Homemaker Hints • Miller, Marion Mills, Practical Suggestions for Mother and Housewife (Philadelphia: Running Press Book Publishers, 2009)34,106-107,195. Stay In Touch with The Art of Home Podcast • Instagram | Twitter | Website | Email | Pinterest Support The Art of Home • Buy Me A Coffee ☕️ Support the show HOMEMAKING RESOURCES • Homemaker's Journal, AoH Seasonal Magazine • Private Facebook Group, Homemaker Forum • JR Miller's Homemaking Study Guide SUPPORT & CONNECT • Review | Love The Podcast • Contact | Text/Voicemail-use the link at top of description | Website | Email • Follow | Follow The Podcast • Support | theartofhomepodcast.com/support DISCLOSURE • **Buy | as an Amazon affiliate, AoH receives a small commission at no extra cost to you when you use our links to purchase items we recommend • AI Content | Portions of this episode’s copy and/or show notes may have been drafted with the assistance of AI and then reviewed and edited by a human, Allison Weeks.

## Chapters

- 2:28 Meet Athena
- 3:35 Beginnings: Learning from Great Grandma and Great Aunt
- 7:54 Balance: Career & Home
- 15:00 Hospitality: Thanksgiving & Neighboring
- 24:47 Historical Homemaker Hints: A "Perfect" Husband, Kids' Breakfasts, Furniture Stains
- 28:17 Seasons: Surprise! It's Twins! & The Empty Nest
- 35:36 Rapid Fire Q&A: Homemaking Tasks
- 42:04 The Art of Home: Create an Embracing Place

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