Exploring Unschooling

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EU283: The Value of Play with Anna Brown Jun 24, 2021

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This week, Anna Brown and I talk about our theme in the Living Joyfully Network this month, Play! We dive into how integral play is for learning both about the world and about ourselves. We can carry a lot of preconceived notions about play, its value, its place in our lives, even the definition of […]

EU282: Teachers Turned Unschoolers Jun 17, 2021

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This week, I want to dive into another question that I get pretty regularly, and that’s whether I have podcast episodes with unschooling parents that used to be teachers. It’s fun to ponder the why behind the question. Does it seem like a strange leap to make? To me, choosing teaching indicates an interest in […]

EU281: Going Deep with Unschooling with Talia Bartoe Jun 10, 2021

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Talia Bartoe joins me again on the podcast to update us about her family’s unschooling journey. We didn’t know it going in, but it quickly became obvious that the theme of our conversation was “going deep”! Talia generously shares so much about her inner work and the shifts she’s made as part of deschooling and […]

EU280: Growing Up Unschooling with Samantha Donndelinger Jun 03, 2021

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This week, I am joined by 20-year-old Samantha Donndelinger, who has always been unschooled. Samantha shares some of her childhood stories and reflections on growing up unschooling. We talk about how her family’s lifestyle gave each child the space to make choices and figure out their own path, and how making choices and exploring her […]

EU279: Validation with Anna Brown May 27, 2021

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This week, Anna Brown and I talk about our theme in the Living Joyfully Network this month, Validation. Diving deep into validation flows beautifully from last month’s theme of Stories because practicing validation with the people in our lives is about hearing, understanding, and accepting their stories as their truth in the moment. Our connections […]

EU278: Unschooling in Large Families May 20, 2021

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This week, I’ve put together a compilation episode to dive into a question that I get pretty regularly: What does unschooling look like in larger families? As we learn more about unschooling, we’re encouraged to spend time with our kids, to say yes more, to connect with them more, to explore ways to meet everyone’s […]

EU277: Unschooling Q&A with Sue Patterson, Part 2 May 13, 2021

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Sue Patterson joins me again this week for the second part of our conversation, diving into three more listener questions. Check out part one here! Watch the YouTube video QUESTION SUMMARIES I feel like I should be finding more friends for my kids to play with, but I’m introverted and it’s hard for me to […]

EU276: Unschooling Q&A with Sue Patterson, Part 1 May 06, 2021

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Sue Patterson joins me this week to dive into listener questions! And I’m sure it’ll surprise nobody that our conversation went long, so I’ve split it into two episodes—three questions each. A quick reminder, these Q&A conversations aren’t about giving anyone a “right” answer. We can’t know that because we don’t intimately know the real […]

EU275: Stories with Anna Brown Apr 29, 2021

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Anna Brown joins me this week to talk about our theme in the Living Joyfully Network this month, Stories. Diving into this theme has been fascinating because there are so many ways in which we tell stories as humans, with really far-reaching impacts. We talk about the stories we tell ourselves and our families in […]

EU274: Rules versus Principles Apr 22, 2021

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This week, I’ve put together a solo episode. This episode is geared to parents who are newer to unschooling, navigating the paradigm shifts that come with questioning so much of the conventional wisdom around learning and parenting that we absorbed growing up. Spoiler alert: there are no unschooling “rules.” But I think more experienced unschooling […]

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