Brave Writer

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92. (S6E5) To Parent Or Not To Parent: That Is The Question Feb 19, 2020

Show notes

In this season of the podcast, my goal is to give you a chance to pause and consider ways to improve the experience of learning in your home and in your family by answering questions you’ve sent to me via Instagram, email, and through our customer help desk.

One theme is clear as I glance through the list of growing topics: parenting!

You want to know how to get your kids to cooperate with the plan or the lack of a plan, how to prepare them for their futures when they don’t seem to imagine life past age 15. You want to know how to help them fall in love with learning, and you want to do it without provoking resistance or anger or boredom or lethargy.

So often we believe that the issue we are facing in our homeschools is about learning itself or the subject area (like math, writing, or science). What we are facing, though, is more universal in nature. Even parents of kids who attend traditional schools struggle to get their children to finish homework or to care about their grades or to feed the dog or to brush their teeth and make their beds.

We ARE parents. But the question I want us to consider is: do we do an action called “parenting?” Do I do an action that can be described as “parenting?”

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

Resources:

Want help getting started with Brave Writer? Head over to bravewriter.com/getting-started
Sign up for the Brave Writer Newsletter to learn about all of the special offers we’re doing in 2020 + you’ll get a free 7-Day Writing Blitz guide just for signing up: http://go.bravewriter.com/writing-blitz

Connect with Julie:

Instagram: instagram.com/juliebravewriter
Twitter: twitter.com/bravewriter
Facebook: facebook.com/bravewriter

Brave Writer is produced by Crate Media

91. (S6E4) When You Have No Energy To Do Any Of It Feb 12, 2020

Show notes

Today’s question will likely feel very familiar to pretty much any parent:

“What if you just don’t have the energy to do all the stuff? The magic-making, the planning, the execution of all the tasks? I know what needs to get done, but I just can’t get myself to do it all. Help.”

I get it. There are seasons of life that make the ordinary tasks feel like bench pressing a truck. When you’re in a season like that, you can’t imagine ever getting out of it. So, to address this topic, let’s identify a few of the reasons we lose heart or energy for the tasks of homeschooling, as well as some solutions for finding your normal self again.

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

Resources:

Want help getting started with Brave Writer? Head over to bravewriter.com/getting-started
Sign up for the Brave Writer Newsletter to learn about all of the special offers we’re doing in 2020 + you’ll get a free 7-Day Writing Blitz guide just for signing up: http://go.bravewriter.com/writing-blitz

Connect with Julie:

Instagram: instagram.com/juliebravewriter
Twitter: twitter.com/bravewriter
Facebook: facebook.com/bravewriter

Brave Writer is produced by Crate Media

90. (S6E3) How Do You Balance Being a Parent & a Teacher? Feb 05, 2020

Show notes

Our goal with this season is to focus on your questions, both the questions you’ve been asking Julie throughout this podcasting journey and the questions you haven’t asked yet. Instagram, Twitter, Facebook groups — wherever you have the opportunity to reach out, please send a message to Julie about what you’d like to learn during season six of Brave Writer.

Today’s question: How do you balance your roles as a parent and a teacher?

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

Resources:

Get Started with Brave Writer by watching Julie’s brand new video series that helps you understand how to use the program at bravewriter.com/getting-started. Each video is only a couple minutes long and will give you the necessary information to determine which level and which products are just right for your kids. If you have further questions, reach out to our trained staff for personal advice and help: help@bravewriter.com
Sign up for the Brave Writer Newsletter at go.bravewriter.com/tea-with-julie
The Call of the Wild and Free: Reclaiming Wonder in Your Child's Education Book by Ainsley Arment

Connect with Julie:

Instagram: instagram.com/juliebravewriter
Twitter: twitter.com/bravewriter
Facebook: facebook.com/bravewriter

Brave Writer is produced by Crate Media

89. (S6E2) Love + Collaboration in Learning Jan 29, 2020

Show notes

Welcome back, Brave friends! We want to start this season with a big thank you to all of you for helping us achieve an incredible milestone: over one million downloads of the show! We couldn’t be more proud or more grateful.

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

Resources:

Get Started with Brave Writer by watching Julie’s brand new video series that helps you understand how to use the program at bravewriter.com/getting-started. Each video is only a couple minutes long and will give you the necessary information to determine which level and which products are just right for your kids. If you have further questions, reach out to our trained staff for personal advice and help: help@bravewriter.com
Sign up for the Brave Writer Newsletter at go.bravewriter.com/tea-with-julie
Join The Homeschool Alliance

Connect with Julie:

Instagram: instagram.com/juliebravewriter
Twitter: twitter.com/bravewriter
Facebook: facebook.com/bravewriter

Brave Writer is produced by Crate Media

88. (S6E1) Celebrating 20 Years of Brave Writers Jan 22, 2020

Show notes

We want to share some exciting news: Brave Writer just turned 20!

To celebrate, we will have a slew of wonderful offers throughout the year. You will find all of these deals in our newsletter, which you can sign up for at this link.

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

Resources:

Get Started with Brave Writer by watching Julie’s brand new video series that helps you understand how to use the program at bravewriter.com/getting-started. Each video is only a couple minutes long and will give you the necessary information to determine which level and which products are just right for your kids. If you have further questions, reach out to our trained staff for personal advice and help: help@bravewriter.com
Sign up for the Brave Writer Newsletter at go.bravewriter.com/tea-with-julie
Join The Homeschool Alliance

Connect with Julie:

Instagram: instagram.com/juliebravewriter
Twitter: twitter.com/bravewriter
Facebook: facebook.com/bravewriter

Brave Writer is produced by Crate Media

BONUS. Getting Wild + Free | with Greta Eskridge Feb 11, 2019

Show notes

Julie is getting ready to go down to Texas to present at the Wild + Free conference, so today we talk with someone who’s been getting Wild + Free since the inception of this beautiful gem of a community.

Greta Eskridge is a go-getter creative entrepreneur with enough projects to keep a team busy! Greta runs a website, a blog, a podcast, is an avid Instagrammer, and has written for and spoken at nearly every Wild + Free Conference. On top of that, she is a second-generation homeschooler to four adorable kids, wife to her artist husband Aaron, and “fur mama” to the family’s rescue dog, Shadow.

Nature is Greta’s self-proclaimed “Happy Place,” and she is best known in the home school community for her passion for taking her children into the great outdoors and helping them make nature a source of joy in their lives – and she’s even writing a book about this topic!

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

Resources:

Register for the Wild + Free Conference: https://www.bewildandfree.org/frisco (Feb. 15-16 in Frisco, TX)
Learn more at: http://www.gretaeskridge.com/
Listen to At Home: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/at-home/id1098331677?mt=2
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/maandpamodern/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maandpamodern
Order Julie’s new book & get your FREE companion guide at thebravelearner.com
Sign up for The Brave Learner Conference (July 19, 2019 in Cincinnati, OH): https://thebravelearner.com/conference
Join The Homeschool Alliance
Ask Julie a question: help@bravewriter.com (include “The Brave Learner” in the subject line)

Brave Writer is produced by Podcast Masters

BONUS. The Brave Learner: Happy Book Birthday! Feb 05, 2019

Show notes

We are so excited because it is the Book Birthday of Julie’s brand new book, The Brave Learner: Finding Everyday Magic in Homeschool, Learning, and Life!

We’ve heard from a lot of brave homeschooling parents throughout this season of the show, and looking forward, we want to hear from more of you Brave Learners out there: How are you rethinking curiosity, online gaming, or the role of collaboration in your home school – and what does that look like in your unique family?

We can change the conversation around education by being homeschoolers who take pride in what we do; we have a contribution to make back into the story of schooling, learning, and education, and this community is here to make it!

Resources:

Order Julie’s book & get your FREE companion guide at thebravelearner.com
Sign up for The Brave Learner Conference (July 19, 2019 in Cincinnati, OH): https://thebravelearner.com/conference
Join The Homeschool Alliance
Ask Julie a question: help@bravewriter.com

Brave Writer is produced by Podcast Masters

87. (S5E12) Routines, Chaos, and Big Goals—Oh My! Jan 28, 2019

Show notes

Today we’re joined by five wonderful moms from the CO Springs Homeschool Mamas Group.

So instead of focusing on just one question, we’ll tackle one from each of them, representing the wide variety of problems that every homeschooling parent has to tackle throughout their home education journey.

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

Resources:

Sign up for The Brave Learner Conference (July 19, 2019 in Cincinnati, OH): https://thebravelearner.com/conference
Preorder Julie’s upcoming book at thebravelearner.com (releasing Feb. 5th, 2019)
Looking to kickstart your writing program this school year? Download the FREE 7-Day Writing Blitz (and tag your creative young writers using #BWBlitz on Twitter & Instagram!)
Learn more about SCALE: https://readwriteact.org/
Join The Homeschool Alliance

Brave Writer is produced by Podcast Masters

86. (S5E11) Breaking Free From Multitasking | with Courtney Moyer Jan 21, 2019

Show notes

Courtney Moyer, a homeschooling mother of four (plus a young niece), wrote to Julie saying, “The consistent homeschool challenge that has confronted me is homeschooling multiple children at multiple levels, lacking expertise to multitask... It seems that chaos overrides my agenda on most days... I know if I could understand a way to multitask, anxiety would be minimal, creating a hospitable atmosphere that's desirable for my children.”

Courtney’s concern is one that almost every homeschooler deals with at some point (really, almost every parent), and our natural inclination is that doing everything requires multitasking expertise. However, that’s not the case at all – especially not in homeschooling!

So today, Julie discusses how our traditional notions of education interfere with our homeschooling opportunities – and how you can break free from multitasking to offer all of your children a more complete and joyful education!

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

Resources:

Sign up for The Brave Learner Conference (July 19, 2019 in Cincinnati, OH): https://thebravelearner.com/conference
Preorder Julie’s upcoming book at thebravelearner.com (releasing Feb. 5th, 2019)
Looking to kickstart your writing program this school year? Download the FREE 7-Day Writing Blitz (and tag your creative young writers using #BWBlitz on Twitter & Instagram!)

Brave Writer is produced by Podcast Masters

85. (S5E10) Prepping Your Teen for Adulthood | with Myah St. John Jan 14, 2019

Show notes

Our guest Myah St. John homeschools three children (plus a newborn), and her oldest child, 14, is on the verge of high school. Myah’s always embraced a one-room schoolhouse model for her family, but she finds herself floundering trying to balance high school with elementary school... and as her teenage daughter starts to become a young woman.

Why do our children become these people we don’t understand? How do they transform so quickly from a young kid happy to be part of the team to a young adult with their own opinions, wants, and needs – which they are more than happy to share with us, loudly?

We don’t always think about this transition in our children’s lives, but eventually, your pleasant young children will become teens, and they’ll start trying to figure out how they can be individuals in a homeschool household. This can be a big challenge, for both your and your child, but Julie is here to offer a helping hand.

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

Resources:

Follow the St. John Family on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stjohnfamilyfarm/
Want help getting started with Brave Writer? Head over to bravewriter.com/getting-started
Sign up for The Brave Learner Conference (July 19, 2019 in Cincinnati, OH): https://thebravelearner.com/conference
Preorder Julie’s upcoming book at thebravelearner.com (releasing Feb. 5th, 2019)
Looking to kickstart your writing program this school year? Download the FREE 7-Day Writing Blitz (and tag your creative young writers using #BWBlitz on Twitter & Instagram!)

Brave Writer is produced by Podcast Masters

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