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Try to Be Nothing & Do Nothing

July 6, 2026 · 1 h 1 min

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Welcome to Bright Hearth, a podcast devoted to recovering the lost arts of homemaking and the productive Christian household with Brian and Lexy Sauvé. In this episode, Brian and Lexy continue the series: "How to Ruin Your Life: A Woman's Guide to Home Demolition," with a look at one of the ways to tear your household down over your head... trying to be nothing and do nothing. In a word, idleness.

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