Best Talk Consensually To Me Podcasts (2023)

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The Unschool Space

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#43 Creating a self-directed learning community, with Lorna Norton in North Yorkshire 47:13

7d ago47:13

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In this episode, I'm chatting with Lorna Norton. Lorna has a 5-year-old son and, together with her husband, founded a learning community called Kith Homestead in North Yorkshire. Lorna came to alternative education through her studies of psychology and education and then her many years of working with children. We talk about her own deschooling pro…

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#42 Why self-directed learning is a natural fit for our children, with Naomi Fisher 59:51

8d ago59:51

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My guest this episode is Naomi Fisher, who I am delighted to have back for a second conversation (see #5 for our previous chat). Naomi is a clinical psychologist, mother of two children who are at a self-directed learning centre, and author of the book Changing our Minds, which is about the importance of choice, autonomy and self-direction in educa…

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#41 In search of wholeness - deschooling and shedding all the layers, with Sari Gonzàlez and Becka Koritz in Mexico 49:50

17d ago49:50

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Today I'm joined by Sari Gonzàlez and Becka Koritz wholive in Puerto Escondido in Mexico. Becka moved to Mexico from Sweden and Sari from the US, both leaving lives that felt stressed and disconnected. They now run Explora ALC, an agile learning centre. Both Sari and Becka have neurodivergent sons but began their deschooling journeys long before ha…

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#40 A new journey - slowing down, reconnecting, and embracing our children's autonomy, with Caroline Frances in Ontario 52:40

30d ago52:40

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Today I’m chatting with Caroline Frances from Ontario. Caroline lives with her husband and two sons who are 7 and 10, and they are just in the second month of their unschooling journey. They had tried different school environments, but found that, in particular for their eldest son, who is diagnosed Autistic with a PDA profile, they needed to find …

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#39 Unschooling on the path to healing, with Sarah Rose in Maine 52:52

1M ago52:52

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My guest today is Sarah Rose. Sarah lives in Maine with her husband and her 11-year old daughter. Her family’s journey to unschooling stemmed from their daughter’s illness, which resulted in her leaving school and embarking on a long healing journey at home. We talk today about providing a judgment-free space in which our children feel seen and sup…

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#38 How children naturally educate themselves, with Peter Gray, author of Free to Learn 1:00:19

2M ago1:00:19

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I’m so delighted to be talking today with Peter Gray, author and research professor at Boston College. Many of you will have read his wonderful book, Free to Learn, or his regular writing for Psychology Today about children, play and learning. Among many things, we talk today about his experience of self-directed education through his son, what sel…

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#37 The natural joy of living in partnership with young children, with Lou Westall in Brighton, UK 47:31

2M ago47:31

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My guest today is Lou Westall, who lives in Brighton, in the UK, (though she was travelling in South Africa when we recorded this episode). Lou and her husband have two daughters, who are 6 and 8. They had never considered home education until their eldest daughter began school, and things just didn’t feel quite, particularly regarding the early ap…

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HEALING HOE RADIO

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E51: DOES THE NEW D-CK ALIGN WITH MY INNER HOE? 30:04

2M ago30:04

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STORYTIME: i literally tore my asshole. but it sent me on a new journey of whoreing -- let's chat abt it! ♡

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E50: HEALING MY WHOREING 25:14

3M ago25:14

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a poly life update (im not poly anymore???) + a check-in w miss good pwussy (or is she still broken..) ♡ fashion show link: https://hypebae.com/2023/2/di-petsa-london-fashion-week-fall-winter-2023-collection-runway

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#36 Unschooling and living a slower, more intentional life, with Ashley Short in Ontario, Canada 53:40

3M ago53:40

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Today, I’m chatting with Ashley Short. who lives in Ontario, Canada with her husband and two sons, who are 6 and 9. Ashley is a former teacher, and her family came to unschooling during the pandemic, when her son, who had always found the school environment difficult, refused to engage in any school-like work. Among other things, we talk about prio…

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#35 Healing, trust, and low demand parenting. Unschooling and PDA, with Amanda Diekman in North Carolina 51:34

3M ago51:34

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My guest this episode is Amanda Diekman. Amanda lives in North Carolina with her husband and three sons, who are 6, 8 and 10. Amanda’s journey to unschooling started with her 8 year-old who is autistic, PDA and the reality that school was a difficult and traumatic experience for him. Her 10 year old son, who is also autistic later chose also to lea…

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#34 Creating an authentic life that meets everyone's needs, with Emma Hosfeld in Illinois 52:17

4M ago52:17

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Today’s conversation is with Emma Hosfeld from Illinois. Emma lives with her husband and three children, who are 7, 5 and 4. Emma traces the roots of her journey to unschooling back to when she was pregnant and the sense of disempowerment she felt within the medical system, and the choices she then made for a more empowered birth experience. She de…

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#33 Living joyfully and in relationship with our children, with Pam Laricchia in Ontario 55:22

5M ago55:22

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Today, I am beyond thrilled to be chatting with Pam Laricchia. Pam lives in Ontario, Canada and has three adult children, who are now 30, 28 and 25, and I came across her website about unschooling, which is called Living Joyfully, early on in my own journey, when I was still a little shaky. I found her so incredibly warm and reassuring. So, it was …

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#32 Worldschooling and partnership parenting our teenagers, with Lainie Liberti in Mexico 48:52

5M ago48:52

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Today, I’m chatting with Lainie Liberti. Lainie is originally from California, but, in 2008, decided to go travelling with her 9-year-old son for a year. She closed the business she had been running for some years and took her son out of school. He is 24 now and they never went back. They’ve travelled extensively, given a Ted talk together on world…

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#31 Moving from eclectic homeschooling to unschooling, with Marni Kammersel in Colorado 53:28

6M ago53:28

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My guest today is Marni Kammersel from Boulder, Colorado. Marni lives with her husband and three children, who are 13, 10 and 6. She tells us about her family’s recent transition from an eclectic homeschool style to full-on unschooling, a move inspired by her oldest entering his teens, and her youngest having a huge need for autonomy. We talk about…

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HEALING HOE RADIO

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MY EX(ES) WEDDING... & A BROKEN BUSSY 25:15

6M ago25:15

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hi, i missed u ♡ tune in for a poly life update + broken bussy chronicles l o l (storytime starts around the 8 minute mark). have fuuuun whores and follow @healinghoeradio

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#30 Four different journeys - as our unschoolers become adults, with Erin Rosemond in Ontario, Canada 55:06

6M ago55:06

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Today I’m chatting with Erin Rosemond in Ontario, Canada. Erin has four children, who are now aged between 17 and 23. Erin came to unschooling when her oldest child reached school age, after connecting with home educating parents and realising that school would be a bad fit for her son. Today we talk about what unschooling looks like as our childre…

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#29 A new unschooling journey and challenging old stories, with Katy from Connecticut 55:08

7M ago55:08

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Today, I’m chatting with Katy, who lives in Connecticut with her husband, her five year old son and her two year old daughter. Katy and her family have just started out on their unschooling journey. As a teacher for many years, Katy had frequently felt uneasy about many aspects of mainstream education, but felt she had no other option for her child…

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#28 Deschooling, healing, and stepping off the treadmill, with Emily Ghassempour 40:29

7M ago40:29

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My guest today is Emily Ghassempour. Emily has a son and a daughter, who are 8 and nearly 6, and they left mainstream school just six months ago. School had become a source of extreme stress for the whole family. Daily meltdowns and anxiety finally culminated in the children refusing to go to school and in the family’s decision that they had to try…

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#27 Reflections on life with grown unschooled children, with Ann Hansen in Oregon 47:16

8M ago47:16

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My guest today is Ann Hansen from Oregon. Ann has two sons, who are now 19 and 20. They went to an alternative school for a couple of years but decided to try out unschooling and were immediately hooked. Besides teaching yoga, Ann now works as a coach with other families who choose not to take the mainstream route. Today Ann reflects on what she le…

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#26 Unschooling and healing from trauma and upheaval, with Melissa Crockett-Joyoue in New Zealand 44:42

8M ago44:42

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This week I’m chatting with Melissa Crockett-Joyoue from New Zealand. Melissa lives with her wife Doria and their two children, Tumana, who is 7 and Hine who is 4. Their journey to unschooling began about a year ago because their son, who is diagnosed dyslexic and gifted found school extremely difficult and stressful. Both Melissa and Doria have al…

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#25 From tiger mother to peaceful parent, with author, Iris Chen 45:13

9M ago45:13

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My guest today is Iris Chen, author of the wonderful book, Untigering: Peaceful Parenting for the Deconstructing Tiger Parent. Iris and her husband have two boys, who are 12 and 14, and in the book Iris charts her journey from strict, perfectionist mother to advocate of peaceful parenting and unschooling. Iris is Chinese American, as is her husband…

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#24 Unschooling and unraveling our beliefs, with Esther Jones (and guest host Nicola Corcoran) 42:56

10M ago42:56

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A few people have asked me to talk about my journey so, in this episode, my good friend Nicola Corcoran is taking over as host, and is interviewing me : ) Nicola has two children, who are 19 and 16, and she and I often enjoy long conversations pondering our experiences as mothers, and as people in the world, so it's a delight to have this conversat…

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#23 Three unschooled journeys. Reflections on her adult children's paths in life, with Jane Evans in New Zealand 45:12

11M ago45:12

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Today, I’m chatting with Jane Evans from New Zealand. Jane has three adult children, who are now 23, 21 and 18. We talk about how important it is to trust our children and the choices they make, and how learning can just take so many forms. And, we reflect on how vastly different each person’s path will be if it comes from their own deep knowing. A…

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#22 A healing journey. Autism, PDA, and life beyond school, with Eliza Fricker 47:58

12M ago47:58

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My guest today is Eliza Fricker. Eliza has a 14-year old daughter who is autistic, PDA, and who struggled hugely with school. Eliza spent many years attempting to navigate the education system and advocate for her daughter, but after much frustration and despair, finally decided that leaving mainstream education was the only option. Eliza has publi…

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#21 Trust and flow - a post-pandemic unschooling journey, with Arielle Nobile in Argentina 51:20

1y ago51:20

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My guest today is Arielle Nobile. Arielle is an artist, musician and filmmaker who lives with her husband and 11-year-old daughter. They moved recently from Illinois to Argentina, where her husband, who is also an artist, is from. Arielle and her family came to unschooling mid-pandemic after a number of years struggling with the school system, and …

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#20 Reflections on an unschooled childhood, childbirth and self-directed education, with Bria Bloom 42:31

1y ago42:31

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In this episode, I chat with Bria Bloom, from Portland, Oregon. Bria lives with her husband and her 11-year-old stepson, who attends a self-directed education project. I've known Bria for some time through her work as Community Manager for The Alliance for Self-Directed Education (ASDE), but only recently found out that she was unschooled herself. …

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#19 Unschooling and living in relationship with our young children, with Sarah Plazas in Boulder, Colorado 40:23

1y ago40:23

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My guest in this episode is Sarah Plazas, who lives in Boulder, Colorado with her husband and two children, who are three and five. When her son, Arlo, was three, Sarah and her husband realised that he wasn't coping with the demands and stimulation of preschool. They made the choice to change the way they were living, with both parents moving to pa…

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#18 Tending relationships. Reflections on self-directed education and living with adult children, in Montreal, Canada, with Renee Tougas 44:27

1+ y ago44:27

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My guest in this episode is Renee Tougas, who lives in Montreal, Canada with her husband and three adult children (22, 21 and 19). Renee discovered self-directed learning when her children were small and, whilst she had initially imagined that homeschooling would be all about academics, she soon realised that things just naturally unfolded in the r…

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#17 The right environment and lots of trust - two essential ingredients for unschooling with autism/PDA, with Simon Crummay 35:57

1+ y ago35:57

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Today, I’m talking with Simon Crummay. Simon lives in East Sussex in the UK with his partner Wendy, and their son Luca, who is 13. Luca is diagnosed autistic with demand avoidance and went to school on and off for some years. After almost two years out of school, during which Simon and Wendy adopted an unschooling approach to learning, Luca now att…

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#16 Intersectional unschooling in East London, with Naomi Clarke 44:06

1+ y ago44:06

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My guest in this episode is Naomi Clarke. Naomi lives in East London and has two sons who are 11 and 6. Naomi is the co-director of Gamechangers, a self directed learning and democratic community which her eldest son also attends. Naomi has been home educating since her eldest child was 5, and embraced unschooling after he was seriously ill in hosp…

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#15 Holding space for our children and uncovering our limiting beliefs, with Nadia Joshua 34:43

1+ y ago34:43

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Today I’m talking with Nadia Joshua. Nadia lives in Barry Island in Wales and has two daughters, who are six and nine. Until her daughter left school, three years ago, Nadia was working as a social worker. She took her daughter out of school when she was six years old and had just started year one, as she had rapidly become unhappy and self-critica…

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#14 Letting go: from teacher to unschooling parent in Atlanta, Georgia, with Marta Obiols 36:06

1+ y ago36:06

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My guest today is Marta Obiols. Marta is originally from Spain, but has lived in the US for 21 years. She now lives with her husband and three children in Atlanta, Georgia. Marta was a teacher when her children were small, but became interested in unschooling after taking her children out of school and coming across the works of John Holt. She quic…

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#13 The daily practice of unschooling, healing and gentle parenting, with Sarada Villeneuve 36:49

1+ y ago36:49

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Today I’m joined by Sarada de Villeneuve. Sarada lives in Brighton, UK, with her husband and three children, who are 14, 11 and 8 . They began unschooling seven years ago, when their eldest son was seven and having a difficult time at school. Sarada had already felt some conflict around sending her children to nursery at a young age, and found her …

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#12 Living without school, from Dubai to Maine, with Fran Liberatore. 39:22

2y ago39:22

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My guest in this episode is Fran Liberatore. Fran has two children, aged 7 and 9, and has just moved to an island in Maine after spending three years in Dubai. Fran first came across unschooling some years ago when she discovered John Holt, and her intention had been to to home educate her children. For different reasons, it took until the pandemic…

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E48: DEGRADE ME... consensually 23:15

2y ago23:15

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E47: LEMME TALK MY SHIT HOE 29:08

2y ago29:08

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time 444 another kinky q+a! and oh! have u tuned into Netflix's new series "Sex Life"?! ..spoiler alert insiiiiiide (:

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#11 Unschooling in the south of France, with Laura Smith 34:27

2y ago34:27

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Today I’m delighted to be joined by Laura Smith. Laura and I have been in touch online for a few years, but this the first time we've spoken. Laura lives in the south of France with her partner and her son, Rowan, who is nearly six. For her family, unschooling was really a natural progression that felt coherent with the way they were living and par…

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HEALING HOE RADIO

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EP46: A GOOD LITTLE WHORE 13:24

2y ago13:24

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#10 Unschooling teens, the importance of mental health, and a father's perspective, with Anthony Eldridge-Rogers 39:45

2y ago39:45

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My guest in this episode is Anthony Eldridge-Rogers. Anthony has three teenage children with his wife Lehla (my podcast guest in episode #8) and, together, they wrote a book recounting their family's experiences, called Jump Fall Fly. Anthony works with people with behavioural health challenges and is a specialist recovery and wellness coach. Today…

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E45: ZODIAC KILLAH + other outlandish things.. 32:20

2y ago32:20

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this whore refuses to get out of bed so enjoy me in bed chatting abt my fav zodiac signs in bed. *queer hoe stories included cause.. why tf not

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#9 Joy, fun, trust, and creating a life that works for you, with Lianne Campbell 40:26

2y ago40:26

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In this episode, I chat with Lianne Campbell, a dancer, performer, well-being coach, and mother to 12-year-old Anoushka. Lianne came to unschooling when seeing that her young daughter had no desire to be in school. She hadn't considered home education as she assumed that would mean her doing the teaching and she had left school herself with few qua…

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E44: TOXIC TIES THAT MY PUSSY LIKE 29:03

2y ago29:03

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#8 Undoing our scripts, letting go, and unschooling with teenagers, with Lehla Eldridge 34:37

2y ago34:37

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In this episode, I’m joined by Lehla Eldridge. Lehla is an illustrator and a performer. She and her husband Anthony have three children, twin daughters, who are nearly 18, and their son who is 15. They’ve been unschooling for many years, and their desire to try something different took them to Italy for four years, and then back to the UK. Lehla an…

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#7 A new unschooling journey and embracing the whole child, with Paige Hall 35:20

2y ago35:20

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My guest in this episode is Paige Hall. Paige has three children, who are nine, seven and four, and she came to unschooling during the pandemic. Without the expectations of school and with the focus entirely on her connection with her children, she found that everyone was happier and more confident, and learning to exercise their own autonomy. So, …

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#6 Living in connection with our children and rediscovering ourselves, with Heidi Steel 34:27

2y ago34:27

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In this episode I am joined by Heidi Steel. Heidi has four children and lives in West Sussex in the UK. Before having children, Heidi used to work as an early years primary school teacher. Her experience in the education system was part of her and her husband’s choice not to send their children to school. Heidi runs a Facebook group called Live Pla…

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#5 Unschooling our neurodivergent children, with Naomi Fisher 36:40

2y ago36:40

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My guest this episode is Naomi Fisher. Naomi is a clinical psychologist and mother of two. Her children were unschooled for six years and now attend a self-directed learning centre. Naomi has just published a wonderful book about self-directed learning, entitled Changing our Minds, which explores the theory and research behind autonomous learning, …

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#4 Raising empowered people, and trusting ourselves, with Sophie Lovett 30:40

2y ago30:40

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Today, I’m joined by writer and mother-of-two, Sophie Lovett. Sophie has two sons, aged eight and three, and found her way to unschooling as a natural progression of attachment-style parenting. Sophie was formerly a teacher, but found it hard to reconcile how she wanted her children to live with the demands of mainstream schooling. Like so many of …

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#3 Self-therapy, balance and living with our children, with Sophie Larcher 32:44

2y ago32:44

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In this episode of The Unschool Space, I'm delighted to be talking to my friend Sophie Larcher. We met when we both lived in Barcelona, and I remember being so excited to finally come across another unschooling family. Sophie is French and is a costume designer. She, her partner Claudio, who is an artist and teacher, and their two children, Rita an…

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EPISODE 43: SHE SUCKED IT IN MIAMI 25:05

2+ y ago25:05

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