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#103 Embracing a different kind of learning, with Zahra Lightway and Patricia Sprenger
Season 1 Episode 103
This episode, I am with Zahra Lightway and Patricia Sprenger of Light Way Learning. Both came to alternative education through feeling disilusioned w…
5 months ago
#102 From soccer mom to unschooling coach—changing the stories in our heads, with Sue Patterson in Austin, Texas
In this episode, I am talking with Sue Patterson, who lives in Austin Texas. Sue is an unschooling coach, author, and the founder and voice behind Un…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
#101 Unschooling and one child's recovery from burnout, with Jenny Mainwaring in Oxford, UK
In this episode I’m chatting with Jenny Mainwaring who lives near Oxford in the UK. Jenny took her oldest son out of school while still in primary sc…
6 months, 4 weeks ago
#100 In celebration of 100 conversations and The Unschooling Summit 2026, with Melissa Crockett-Joyoue
Season 1 Episode 100
To mark the podcast's 100 conversations, this episode is a little different. I am in conversation with Melissa Crockett-Joyoue who runs the Weave onl…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
#99 Trusting the ebb and flow - unschooling with four neurodivergent children, with Cassie Emmott in East Sussex, UK
My guest this episode is Cassie Emmott from East Sussex in the UK. Cassie lives with her husband and four children, who are all neurodivergent, and t…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
#98 There is no one right way to live, with Stephanie McDowell in Texas
Season 1 Episode 98
In this episode, I am talking with Stephanie McDowell. Stephanie lives in the US with her husband and five-year old daughter and is a former high-sch…
8 months, 1 week ago
#97 Looking back—reflections on grown unschooled children, with Linda Velwest in New Jersey
Season 1 Episode 97
In this episode I am chatting with Linda Velwest, who lives in New Jersey and has three adult son, now aged 26, 28 and 31, who were all unschooled fo…
9 months, 1 week ago
#96 Following a deeper knowing and letting go of systems that don’t serve us, with Ash Winton in Queensland, Australia
Season 96 Episode 1
Today I am chatting with Ash Winton. Ash has lived in Queensland, Australia for the last 12 years, but is originally from Alaska, and is of the indig…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
#95 Thriving at 14, after school burnout, with Maddy in Somerset
I’m delighted to be chatting today with Maddy, who is a doctor and lives in Somerset with her husband and son who is 13 and daughter who is 14. Maddy…
10 months ago
#94 Journeys from burnout to recovery, with Holly from South Wales
Season 1 Episode 94
I’m really happy to be talking today with Holly from South Wales, who I first spoke to two years ago. We talk in depth about Holly’s experiences of a…
10 months, 2 weeks ago