Exploring Unschooling

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EU392: Unschooling Stumbling Blocks: Strong Beliefs
We are back with another episode in our Unschooling Stumbling Blocks series and this time, were talking about unschooling with strong beliefs. Sometimes our strong beliefs can be a stumbling block al
EU132 Flashback: Deschooling Two Cultures with Iris Chen
In this episode, were sharing a conversation that Pam had with Iris Chen in 2018. At the time, Iris was new to unschooling her two sons in China and was writing blog posts about her experience at her
EU391: Foundations: Boundaries, Comfort Zones, and Capacity
For this weeks episode, were sharing the next Foundations episode of the Living Joyfully Podcast with Pam and Anna, Boundaries, Comfort Zones, and Capacity. The idea of boundaries comes up pretty of
EU390: When School Isn’t Working
We talk about changes you might notice in your child, about the choices that we have when it comes to living and learning, and about the value of community during that big transition away from mainstr
EU110FB: Unschooling Dads and Music with Alan Marshall
In this episode, were sharing a conversation that Pam had with unschooling dad Alan Marshall in 2018. At the time, Alan was a professional musician and a university music professor with three kids at
EU389: Foundations: Consent and Consensual Living
For this weeks episode, were sharing the next Foundations episode of the Living Joyfully Podcast with Pam and Anna, Consent and Consensual Living. Consent is really the backbone of everything we tal
EU388: Bids for Connection
Join Pam, Anna, and Erika to talk about bids for connection. John and Julie Gottman from the Gottman Institute coined the term bids for connection to describe many moments through our days when peop
EU286 Flashback: Connect with Courage with Roya Dedeaux
This week, we share a conversation that Pam had with Roya Dedeaux in 2021, diving into her book, Connect with Courage. Roya is a grown unschooler, a marriage and family therapist, and an unschooling m
EU387: Foundations: Seeing Through Someone Else’s Eyes
For this weeks episode, were sharing the next Foundations episode of the Living Joyfully Podcast with Pam and Anna, Seeing Through Someone Elses Eyes. Seeing through someone elses eyes is a shif
EU386: Building Confidence
In this episode, Pam, Anna, and Erika talk about building confidence. We had an interesting month in the Living Joyfully Network recently where we dove deep into this topic and it was fascinating how