A Wildly Nourished Life. 

What if the most radical thing you could do was actually live the life you were meant to live; your full potential?

In this episode of Faark The Shoulds, QuantiMama Jodi sits down with Miek Paulus - the powerhouse behind Ket Baker on the Bellarine Peninsula - for a conversation about obligation, energy, the inner critic, and what it actually means to show up fully to your one wild and precious life.

Miek is ten years into building something she deeply believes in, and the way she talks about it - flour up to her elbows, business calls happening simultaneously, a non-negotiable standard for quality - is less a business story and more a life philosophy. This episode is for the humans who feel the fire but keep dimming it. For the parents who sense what they're capable of and keep talking themselves out of it. For anyone who's wondered whether the grass is actually greener on the other side, or just looks that way from a safe distance.

INSIDE THE CONVO

 • why "do what you need to do and it will be right" is the only bumper sticker worth having

 • the deathbed question that reframes every moment of playing it small • how to handle the inner critic without trying to magic it away

 • why the grass actually IS greener when you push through - and not when you flee

 • building an empire in the divine feminine and why birth has something to say about that

 • the difference between having the drive and having the wish

There's a thread running through this conversation about obligation - not obligation as burden, but obligation as energy source. The thing you owe yourself and the world that, when you lean into it, gives you more than it takes. The energy Miek invests in the details at Ket Baker - 100% sourdough bakery, infamous for its 5-day-in-the-making pastries - the lamination of a croissant, the mood in the kitchen - and why that investment always comes back. It's a reframe worth sitting with for anyone preparing for something big. Including birth.

Fair warning: this one might make you want to book a trip to the Bellarine Peninsula, eat mouth-watering sourdough pastries, and then go do the thing you've been putting off. 

As always, (dough) balls and all.

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What does homeschooling look like after the panic settles down and real life takes over?

In Alchemising Education Season 4, Episode 56, QuantiMama Jodi and QuantiMama Kerri share a five-year homeschool progress report. This episode is for homeschool-curious families, reluctant homeschoolers, and parents questioning whether mainstream education is still the right fit for their child. It explores trust, autonomy, the potency of deschooling the parent, and what happens when learning is no longer forced through someone else’s timeline.

This isn’t a shiny success story tied up with a neat ribbon. It’s a reflection on the (sometimes) free fall, the (inevitable) surrender, and the deprogramming that can happen when parents stop trying to control every part of their child’s learning. The QMs unpack what they’ve learned across five years of homeschooling, what surprised them, and why autonomy has become one of the strongest indicators that things are actually working.

The pressure parents put on themselves to recreate school at home is real; the fear of getting it wrong, and why being a child’s parent matters more than being their perfect (on paper) teacher. Real reassurance for families who are in the messy middle and wondering whether they’re doing enough.

Inside the episode:

•  what five years of homeschooling has taught the QuantiMamas 
•  why deschooling the parent matters 
•  how autonomy supports confidence and problem-solving 
•  why grades are a flimsy measure of a full human life 
•  how to trust the process when it still feels uncomfortable 

If homeschooling has felt equal parts brave, untidy, liberating, and mildly unhinged, this episode will feel like a good exhale. Press play for a grounded reminder that there’s more than one way to raise capable, connected humans.

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The Evolution of Self

What if the whole “I’m still the same person” line is complete rubbish?

In this episode of Faark The Shoulds, QuantiMama Jodi and QuantiPapa McGill kick off 2026 and Season 4 with a big, juicy conversation on personal growth, memory, identity, and what actually keeps people stuck. Fresh off their double 50th celebrations and a very on-brand “re-wedding”, the hosts dive into the evolution of self and ask a deceptively simple question: who is anyone really, five years later? 

This one is for the Quantifolks who know they’ve changed, but still feel snagged on old pain, old stories, or old versions of themselves. It’s also for the people quietly wondering why some humans seem to move through hard things and grow, while others keep looping the same wound. Jodi and McGill get into perception, memory, contrast, radical responsibility, and the difference between being unchanged and being stuck. 

Inside the convo:

•  why nobody can literally be the same person they were five years ago 
•  how memories and perception can keep old suffering alive 
•  why discomfort, contrast, and challenge can become growth fertiliser 
•  the role of the drama triangle, transactional patterns, and self-awareness in moving forward 
•  why birth is such a powerful teacher for trust, surrender, and transformation 

There’s a beautiful reframe at the heart of this episode: even when someone looks stagnant, they’re not the same person they were before. The cells are new. The life force is still moving. What might actually be happening is that they’re stuck in an environment, a pattern, or a perception that no longer fits. And that’s a very different thing. 

It’s a steady reminder that growth doesn’t always look shiny. Sometimes it looks like sitting in the discomfort long enough to stop running from it and instead, integrate. 

If the past has been feeling a bit clingy, or the old identity is starting to itch, this one’s worth a listen. As always, balls and all.

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You can’t outsource wisdom. Or connection. Or that strange blend of magic and monotony that is raising kids while trying to live in alignment with your values.

In this season final, two-part Faark the Shoulds conversation, QuantiMama Jodi gets comfy with Riona Seehusen—founder of Bellagreen Organic Farm and unintentional mother-hub creator—to explore what it means to live locally, parent cyclically, and hold community without fanfare.

Riona’s Bellarine Peninsula farm isn’t just where food grows—it’s where mothers gather, side by side, babies on hips, stories shared between the carrots and the compost. Raised in a Steiner community and now raising and homeschooling five kids while running a thriving business, Riona makes a quiet but persuasive case for slower rhythms and deeper roots.

Because the real cost we’re reckoning with isn’t just at the checkout—it’s in our nervous systems, our disconnection, our collective amnesia about how to live together.

Across these episodes, Riona and Jodi wander through:

— The natural mentorship that happens when mums work side-by-side
 — Teaching kids resilience through rhythm, not rigidity
 — Farming as a metaphor for womanhood, motherhood, and community life
 — How school refusal, spirited kids, and stress might be signs we’re ready for something different
 — Why pronoia—the belief that life is rigged in your favour—might just be the medicine

This is community care without the performative glitter. It’s honest, imperfect, and rooted in dirt-under-the-nails knowing. Pour the tea, walk the dog, or potter in your garden—but don’t miss this one.

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You can’t outsource wisdom. Or connection. Or that strange blend of magic and monotony that is raising kids while trying to live in alignment with your values.

In this season final, two-part Faark the Shoulds conversation, QuantiMama Jodi gets comfy with Riona Seehusen—founder of Bellagreen Organic Farm and unintentional mother-hub creator—to explore what it means to live locally, parent cyclically, and hold community without fanfare.

Riona’s Bellarine Peninsula farm isn’t just where food grows—it’s where mothers gather, side by side, babies on hips, stories shared between the carrots and the compost. Raised in a Steiner community and now raising and homeschooling five kids while running a thriving business, Riona makes a quiet but persuasive case for slower rhythms and deeper roots.

Because the real cost we’re reckoning with isn’t just at the checkout—it’s in our nervous systems, our disconnection, our collective amnesia about how to live together.

Across these episodes, Riona and Jodi wander through:

— The natural mentorship that happens when mums work side-by-side
 — Teaching kids resilience through rhythm, not rigidity
 — Farming as a metaphor for womanhood, motherhood, and community life
 — How school refusal, spirited kids, and stress might be signs we’re ready for something different
 — Why pronoia—the belief that life is rigged in your favour—might just be the medicine

This is community care without the performative glitter. It’s honest, imperfect, and rooted in dirt-under-the-nails knowing. Pour the tea, walk the dog, or potter in your garden—but don’t miss this one.

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Take The Leap (to Homeschooling)
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Did you know the education system most Aussie kids move through was designed during the first industrial revolution? That’s horse-and-cart territory. Now we’re in the sixth, with AI reshaping everything from work to identity—and somehow, school hasn’t moved much past the factory floor.

Still standardised. Still compliance-driven. Still asking kids to fit into a model that no longer fits the world they’re stepping into.

In this episode, QuantiMamas Jodi and Kerri sit down with Dean Delia—an ex-teacher, youth worker, parent, and now Executive Director at King’s Trust Australia—to ask the question every parent eventually runs into: what are we actually preparing our kids for?

They talk about outdated career advice, disillusioned teens, and why so many educators feel trapped between what they want to teach and what the system demands. Dean doesn’t come with blame—but he does bring a clear-eyed look at where things are breaking, and how the King's Trust Australia's full subsidised Achieve framework, shaped by young people, for young people, to build the skills and confidence they’ll actually need to be workplace ready.

— Reframe “success” beyond grades and ATARs
 — Get clear on what career readiness really looks like
 — Understand why kids disconnect—and how to spot it early
 — Explore co-design as a tool, not a buzzword
 — Hear what real-world prep sounds like (hint: it’s not an essay nor an exam)

It’s confronting, yes—but there’s relief in hearing someone name it so plainly and be working so earnestly to facilitate tangible and relevant solutions. If you’ve ever wondered whether school is still fit for purpose, this one will meet you right there.

Keen to have your child prepared, for the real world, beyond school, with actual, useful skills: augment their education with the fantastic Achieve Online programme. More info and access at kingstrust.org.au and achieveonline.org.au

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There’s a kind of silence that follows death—the one where you realise the story won’t pick up again. Not in the way it used to. You’re left holding the memories, the what-ifs, and sometimes, the things you didn’t get to say.

In this 50th episode, QuantiMama Jodi and QuantiPapa McGill dive deep into what it means to do death well. Not with platitudes or tidy bows—but with presence, reverence, and a willingness to sit in the discomfort. They share their own stories of losing parents, of miscarriages, of holding space when words fall short.

It’s not a grief guide. It’s a conversation. One that gently asks—what if we stopped treating death as a failure or an interruption, and started seeing it as part of the whole?

— Reframe death as part of a complete life
 — Understand the “three deaths” and why they matter
 — Explore how kids can handle these truths better than we think
 — Learn how to hold space without fixing or filling the silence
 — Reflect on the legacy you’re building—now, not later

Gentle nudge: If death has felt like a topic too hard to touch, maybe this is your way in. No pressure. Just two people, cups of tea, and a conversation that might help you feel a little less alone.

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It's a beautiful day; the sun is shining; there's a cute kid in a pram, eyes glued to an iPad, whilst Mum scrolls Insta on the footpath. Normal? Maybe. Healthy? Faark no.

In this Alchemising Education chat, QuantiMamas Jodi and Kerri pull no punches on the quiet epidemic of digital babysitting. From toddlers tethered to tablets to teen tracked for "their safety", they unpack how tech has crept into every corner of parenting—and what it’s stealing from our kids in the process.

Incredibly, 91% of Aussie kids own a smartphone by age 12 [1]. The QuantiKids are firmly in the minority on this occasion.

A phone in your kid's hand? Let's be honest, that’s not connection—that’s early on-boarding to addiction. And it’s shaping a generation who, it seems, can’t sit with boredom, regulate emotions, or walk to the corner shop without GPS.

 When did it become the norm to sit kids at the restaurant table with a device?
 What happens when we trade short-term silence for unrelenting engagement?
 Could a bush walk or board game reset the whole family’s rhythm?
 Is your child scrolling by choice—or by design?
 And the kicker: who’s really in charge—you or the device?

You’re not crazy for questioning the “everyone’s doing it” narrative. If something in your gut says, this can’t be right, then faark the norms and tune in. This episode is your permission slip to unplug the kids—and yourself.

Sources
 [1] ACMA Kids and Mobiles Report (2023)

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Dear Teacher,

We see you. The spark you started with is still in there — buried maybe, but not broken. You wanted to change lives. Instead, you’re wading through reports, watching bright eyes dim. It’s enough to make anyone question everything.

In this Alchemising Education convo, QuantiMama Jodi and Kerri sit down with Jonathan Zalunardo — ex-teacher, founder of Apogee Australia, and proud builder of the new. He spent years trying to make the old model work. It didn’t. So he left, not in defeat, but in devotion — to kids, to parents, and to what school could actually be.

Over 50% of Aussie teachers say they’ll quit within five years[1].

And who could blame them? When your gut says this isn’t it, but the system says stick it out, the misalignment corrodes more than just your weekdays. Jonathan listened to that inner nudge — and now works alongside families to reimagine learning from the ground up.

This episode isn’t about burning it all down. It’s about choosing something better — together.

If you're a parent or teacher quietly thinking there must be another way, this one’s for you. Grab a cuppa. The conversation’s already started.

Sources
 [1] Australian Education Union – State of our Schools Report (2024)

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What if the most radical thing you could do today was to literally stop and pause? Side step the noise, the bills, life’s endless trail of shoulds—and listen for what’s calling you in that pause?.

In this Faark The Shoulds conversation, QuantiMama Jodi gets cosy with the luminescent Kristen Morrison—author, artist, stylist, ex-fashion designer, and long-time disruptor of the “good girl” narrative. They trace Kristen’s winding path from homesteaded tablecloth couture to inadvertent Down syndrome advocacy, from lockdown burnt-out business to community art space, with Kristen modelling one thing through it all: permission to live responsively, not reactively.

Her story isn’t a pivot—it’s a series of reckonings. Of choosing real over polished. Enough over everything.

Because when “becoming” is your default mode, what does success even look like?

— Make peace with the pace of your child's growth (and your own)
 — Reclaim art as a way of relating, not performing
 — Stay in the room when it gets uncomfortable—then breathe
 — Ask what wants to be created, not what should

Kristen reminds us that presence is a practice. And that sovereignty isn’t a solo act—it’s a shared frequency. One that gets stronger in circle.

Find Kristen at Soul Centred Art Space on Instagram or dive into her writing at kristenmorrison.co, where she weaves together insights on creativity, sustainability, food, wellbeing, and the messy, beautiful business of being human.

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