Today I'm here with Kaleena Amuchastegui talking about taking the Homeschooling Leap. Kaleena is a mama of 4 and author of The 5-Hour School Week. We go over where she started, what prompted her leap, what lessons she learned along the way, why self-directed is important, what homeschooling looks like for her family now, her homeschooling parallel with The 5-Hour Work Week, and how the values we center in homeschooling are reflected in other areas of life.

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Today I'm here with Jenny Taylor talking about Conscious Adulting. Jenny is a parenting journalist and fierce advocate for children. We go over the stories we hold about ourselves and the world and how valuable it is to unpack them, confirmation bias and what it's like to get out of your own echo chamber, how the media influences us, digesting news and media yourself and with your children with intention, being in connection with people who think and believe differently, and how to navigate friendships as adults.

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Today I'm here with Kim John Payne talking about Simplicity Parenting. Kim is a counselor, speaker, researcher, adult educator, and the author of the book Simplicity Parenting. We go over cumulative stress reaction, environment, rhythm, and schedule.

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Today I'm here with Blake Boles talking about teens. Blake is a writer, speaker, and adventurer who founded Unschool Adventures and wrote Why Are You Still Sending Your Kids to School?. We go over self-directed learning, video games, peers, college, and experiences.

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Today I'm here with Kerry McDonald talking about unschooling. Kerry is an unschooling mother of 4 with a master's degree in education policy from Harvard University and the author of the book Unschooled. We go over origins of schools, threats to a family's legal right to choose homeschooling, how children learn, what unschooling is, how literacy and numeracy develop naturally, society level replacements for school, teens, and launching.

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Today I'm here with Claire Bidwell Smith talking about grief. Claire is a therapist specializing in grief and the author of 3 books: The Rules of Inheritance, After This, and Anxiety. We go over culture, anxiety, self-care, story, afterlife, kids, and estate.

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Today I'm here with Diane Boden talking about sentimentality. Diane is a wife, mother, and the voice behind the top-rated Minimalist Moms podcast. We go over why it's so hard to let go of keepsakes, how your keepsakes can tell the story of your life, criteria for keeping or letting go, use of precious objects, photos, and digital keepsakes.

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Today I'm here with Desirae Endres talking about Habits. Desirae is a mom, wife, host of the minimal-ish podcast and former classroom teacher turned work at home mom. We go over struggles and intentions that can be supported by habits, unbusying, language, getting started, lowering the bar and setting up the environment for success, reflections between morning and evening, and moving in one direction.

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Today I'm here with Shira Gill talking about Organization. Shira Gill is the founder of Shira Gill Home, a lifestyle brand focusing on clutter-free living, that merges minimalism, organization, and style. We go over clutter, minimalism, blocks, focus, lists, process, zero waste, and style.

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Today I'm here with Teacher Tom talking about Playschool. Teacher Tom is a preschool teacher, writer, speaker, artist, and author. We go over assumptions/expectations/beliefs about children that schools and parents get wrong, components of school that are not serving children, how children learn and socialize, why it's important to support a child's emotions in schools, how to respond to the pressure for early reading, and what playgrounds should have and why.

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