#103 Embracing a different kind of learning, with Zahra Lightway and Patricia Sprenger
This episode, I am with Zahra Lightway and Patricia Sprenger of Light Way Learning. Both came to alternative education through feeling disilusioned with the education system, Zahra as a teacher whose ...
15 Huhti 43min
#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 Unschooling Mom2Mom. Sue has three adult children, wh...
1 Huhti 46min
#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 school and suffering from burnout. Jenny describes th...
19 Helmi 45min
#100 In celebration of 100 conversations and The Unschooling Summit 2026, with Melissa Crockett-Joyoue
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 online community and is also an unschooling mother. S...
3 Helmi 30min
#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 two of her children have additional needs. We talk ...
20 Tammi 39min
#98 There is no one right way to live, with Stephanie McDowell in Texas
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-school teacher. Burnt out from her teaching career, sh...
6 Tammi 43min
#97 Looking back—reflections on grown unschooled children, with Linda Velwest in New Jersey
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 for many years. It’s always lovely to talk with paren...
10 Joulu 202537min
#96 Following a deeper knowing and letting go of systems that don’t serve us, with Ash Winton in Queensland, Australia
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 indigenous Tlingit people. She and her husband, who run ...
27 Marras 202547min
