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112. (S7E4) How the Different Enneagram Types Can Think Critically with Leslie Hershberger May 26, 2021

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The Enneagram can be a useful tool for understanding the different ways in which people perceive the world, but how can it apply to critical thinking?

Leslie Hershberger has a unique blend of wisdom, practical training, and insight. She has worked with the three-centered Enneagram approach for over 20 years as a consultant, master teacher, coach, spiritual guide, facilitator, and mentor. She’s certified in The Narrative Tradition and in Enneagram in Business and has served on the board of the International Enneagram Association.

Leslie talks about how critical thinking shows up in each of the nine Enneagram types. Some of this conversation gets into the weeds of the Enneagram system, but if you stick with it you will come away with a greater understanding of the ways people sort the world.

You can download show notes for the podcast here: http://blog.bravewriter.com/category/podcasts/

Resources:

lesliehershberger.com
Sign up for The Centers Approach Course and get 25% off using code “bravewriter”
Read: “The Complete Enneagram” by Beatrice Chestnut
Peter O’Hanrahan: theenneagramatwork.com
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111. (S7E3) Homeschool Unrefined: Maren Goerss & Angela Sizer May 19, 2021

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Homeschooling should be an option for everyone. That doesn’t sound like a controversial statement, and yet many of us struggle to make our homeschool right for us and our family.

Maren Goerss and Angela Sizer are the dynamic duo behind Homeschool Unrefined, an inclusive and non-sectarian podcast and community all about keeping homeschool simple, real, and fun. These friends of more than 20 years carry a breezy chemistry that bleeds into every topic they touch. They are both former public school teachers with master’s degrees in education and they want parents to know that homeschooling can be less about lesson-plans and more about nurturing the inherent, natural love of learning already within our kids.

You can download show notes for the podcast here: http://blog.bravewriter.com/category/podcasts/

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110. (S7E2) The Educational Value of Video Games, with Ash Brandin May 12, 2021

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Raising five kids during the internet era, everyone is dying to know what my thoughts on video games are! How many hours, how many minutes, how many days? Are they too violent? Is it okay if they love Minecraft? Will they lose all motivation to work? Let’s discuss all this and more!

Ash Brandin (they/them) is a middle school teacher from Golden, Colorado. After researching the use of video games in classrooms, Ash found that there was very little research about how games compel people to play, and how this can be brought into the classroom — or any educational environment. Since 2016, Ash has spoken across the country about how academic spaces can mimic game structures to make learning compelling, motivating, and engaging. They believe games, specifically entertainment based games, can help us create better teaching, more engaged learning, and motivated lifelong learners.

You can download show notes for the podcast here: http://blog.bravewriter.com/category/podcasts/

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109. (S7E1) Practicing Psychological Flexibility and ACT with Dr. Diana Hill May 05, 2021

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The podcast has been dark for a few months… and for a good reason! Julie just wrapped up writing her newest book (out February 2022). Now that it’s in the hands of publishers, she’s ready to get back to the business of podcasting. The theme for this season comes from the topic of the book: Critical thinking. Let’s peel back the layers and get a closer look at what it means to be a critical thinker.

Dr. Diana Hill is a psychologist and podcaster with Off The Clock Psychologists. At the beginning of the pandemic, when so many people unexpectedly had their children at home with them, Dr. Hill discovered Julie’s book “The Brave Learner.” She used the ideas in The Brave Leaner to become a home educator herself. In today’s podcast, Diana talks about how to create a better relationship with ourselves. She has co-authored a therapeutic personal journal that features a practice called Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). ACT is cutting-edge, evidence-based psychology that helps people develop psychological flexibility. Psychological flexibility is one of the best indicators of effective parenting, and recent research shows that psychological flexibility reduces the impact of pandemic stress on families and kids.

Psychological flexibility involves directing yourself towards your values — even in the face of difficulty and challenges. It takes skills in acceptance, perspective taking, values, being present, stepping back from thoughts, and commitment to become psychologically flexible. The ACT Daily Journal breaks psychological flexibility into an eight-week program that helps people in each of these skills to get present, identify their values, and take committed action in the direction that matters most to them.

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Resources:

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108. (S6E21) Teaching Your Children Shakespeare | with Ken Ludwig Dec 09, 2020

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Join Julie today as she talks with best-selling author and award-winning playwright Ken Ludwig. Together, they explore their shared enthusiasm for Shakespeare and how to bring the Bard to life for our children. Learn about memorizing soliloquies, examining Shakespeare’s language, and the details of how Shakespeare’s plays have been preserved for us to enjoy (it’s a great story!).

You can download show notes for the podcast here: http://blog.bravewriter.com/category/podcasts/

Resources:

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107. (S6E20) Overturning Overwhelm Nov 25, 2020

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It’s a little thing: that one comment, the nudge in the acceptable direction, the calm and carefully-worded reminder. You had the right tone of voice, the best intentions, the least egregious expectation. And then your child flies off the handle anyway. The resistance, the tongue-lashing, the pushing past whatever small boundary you set—putting on shoes to go to Target, taking the bowl to the sink, not licking the jug of milk with his tongue, not making that scooching sound with his chair...

When we face resistance or challenge, it’s so easy to abandon ourselves and declare: I’m overwhelmed!

Today’s episode is all about overturning that overwhelm and reclaiming our power—especially for women (though men are welcome to listen along).

You can download show notes for the podcast here: http://blog.bravewriter.com/category/podcasts/

Resources:

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106. (S6E19) What’s Worth Fighting (About) For? Sep 23, 2020

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When you signed up for the task of homeschooling, you surely imagined what the ideal homeschooling life would look like. This is the life you are fighting for. In homeschool, the vision for natural learning is a powerful draw. It’s also worthy of fighting for that vision. But because it is not natural to many of us and we have this controlling memory of traditional school interfering with our new, fragile vision of what homeschool can be, we often wind up fighting about it more than for it. We’re going to unpack the differences between the two, and how you can focus on fighting for the things you want instead of fighting about them.

You can download show notes for the podcast here: http://blog.bravewriter.com/category/podcasts/

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105. (S6E18) That Pernicious Topic: Chores Sep 16, 2020

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The number one question I get is not how to prepare kids for college, or what you need to start homeschooling, or even about homeschooling at all — it’s about chores. Should kids be assigned chores, should they be rewarded, and how do we enforce them?

While we’ve got our little ones home all day, we’ve got to keep our house running and sanitary. We’re not necessarily looking for a perfectly presentable home, but we are looking for order and a sense that yesterday’s mess will not impede today’s progress.

Let’s go over three myths regarding chores as well as practical solutions.

You can download show notes for the podcast here: http://blog.bravewriter.com/category/podcasts/

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104. (S6E17) Rigor vs. Relaxed Alertness: The Sweet Spot Sep 02, 2020

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How do parents ensure that homeschooling is challenging and rigorous enough for their kids to become smart, successful adults?

Many parents are under the impression that rigor is the best version of learning. Education that is rigorous means students are learning more, so many see rigor as a measuring tool for how serious the institution is for learning. But is that really the case? Let’s deconstruct the notion of rigor and see if there is something easier to implement and more effective for learning.

You can download show notes for the podcast here: http://blog.bravewriter.com/category/podcasts/

Resources:

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The Stanford Article: "Why Relaxed Alertness Provides the Optimum Emotional Climate for Learning"
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103. (S6E16) When You Worry About Public School Standards Aug 19, 2020

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I heard from a mom who wanted to know how to shed the fear that her children won’t be ready to enter the school system one day. She wanted to be able to put her kids in school at any given moment—next semester, next year, maybe high school, definitely college.

So, let’s talk about the difference between being educated and schooled, being a learner and being a student.

Are you worried that you may “ruin” your kids? They may love learning but they will have serious academic gaffes if you keep your kids home. Or perhaps you worry they won’t be socialized or will miss out on school traditions like sports, marching band, prom, and Spanish club.

Do you wonder how a child “catches up” if behind in a particular subject area? What happens to the child who wants to enter school but never kept up with math or skipped over science? What if your child is entering high school without ever having studied a foreign language? And finally, how can you tell if you are doing a good enough job at preparing your child for tests, lockers, or self-management in a classroom?

The underlying belief that I hear behind this fear is: To be successful in school, you have to go to school for years without interruption. Is that really the case?

Homeschoolers have proven for decades that they can enter the school system at any point in time and be successful. We know that in theory, but there’s always the feeling that your child may be the exception. So let’s take this topic one piece at a time and put that fear to rest.

You can download show notes for the podcast here: http://blog.bravewriter.com/category/podcasts/

Resources:

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Brave Writer is produced by Crate Media

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