Wild Life Unschooling

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Bonus episode: I'm reading you another chapter of my book "Of Course I Can Read, I'm Not Stupid: What 100 Podcast Conversations Taught Me About Unschooling."

"But what about socialization?" Every unschooling family hears it. In this chapter I answer it: thirty same-age kids who aren't allowed to talk versus friends from zero to a hundred, how my son makes friends wherever we go, what the research says, and the honest part: finding a good peer group is still the hardest thing.

📚 The study: Medlin (2013), "Homeschooling and the Question of Socialization Revisited", Peabody Journal of Education 88(3): https://doi.org/10.1080/0161956X.2013.796825

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Bonus episode: I'm reading you another chapter of my book "Of Course I Can Read, I'm Not Stupid: What 100 Podcast Conversations Taught Me About Unschooling."

My outdoor boy discovered gaming when he was nine or ten, and for a while it took over everything: the hikes, the beach, our little adventures. I tried time limits, then no limits at all. In this chapter I share the fights, what he was really learning behind the screen (how games are built, setting up his own servers, English from his gaming friends), and how, in the end, he sold his own computer.

📚 The study: Granic, Lobel & Engels (2014), "The Benefits of Playing Video Games", American Psychologist 69(1): https://doi.org/10.1037/a0034857

📖 The book is coming soon. While you wait, grab the free Unschooling Starter Guide: alexa-ko.kit.com/unschooling-guide

🌱 Unschooling coaching with me: book a free 15-minute call at linktr.ee/wildlifeunschooling

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Bonus episode: I'm reading you the first chapter of my book "Of Course I Can Read, I'm Not Stupid: What 100 Podcast Conversations Taught Me About Unschooling."

Before unschooling even had a name in our house, I was the mom with colorful alphabet cards on the living-room wall, an app for every subject, and a one-hour-a-day learning deal my son only did for me. In this chapter I share why I quit teaching on my very first day, how I slowly stopped being his enemy and started being his coach, and the day he picked up one of my old childhood books and read it out loud, fluently. His answer gave this book its title.

📚 The study: Suggate, Schaughency & Reese (2013), "Children learning to read later catch up to children reading earlier", Early Childhood Research Quarterly 28(1): https://epub.uni-regensburg.de/62808/

📖 The book is coming soon. While you wait, grab the free Unschooling Starter Guide: alexa-ko.kit.com/unschooling-guide

🌱 Unschooling coaching with me: book a free 15-minute call at linktr.ee/wildlifeunschooling

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In this final episode, I sit down with unschooling expert Esther Jones to explore the profound parallels between unschooling and psychedelics—both paths that dismantle conditioning, invite deep questions about who we are and why we’re here, and foster healing for parents as much as for children. Esther shares her personal journey into unschooling, the fine line between supporting and conditioning kids, advice for navigating parental fears and societal pushback, and a vision of how a society raised on intuition and freedom could transform connection and purpose beyond survival mode. She closes with her favorite piece of advice for parents curious about the unbeaten path and where to find more of her work.

Esther’s website: https://www.esther-jones.com/

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📖 Free Unschooling Starter Guide: alexa-ko.kit.com/unschooling-guide

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Two weeks after my ayahuasca ceremony marathon in the jungle and the integration is blowing my mind… from no more cravings to smelling snakes, seeing people’s true intentions in one glance, lucid dreams on steroids, and so much more! This deep inner unschooling is showing me how to stay real, present, and connected. That’s the real unschooling. That’s what I’m taking with me from this jungle journey.

📖 Free Unschooling Starter Guide: alexa-ko.kit.com/unschooling-guide

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This week I'm taking you deep into the Amazon, where my son, our animals, and I moved in with a family we had just met to learn about healing, jungle medicine, and the parts of ourselves most people spend their whole lives avoiding. If you've heard me say that unschooling starts with deschooling yourself, this episode is about exactly that: facing old wounds, working through trauma, and discovering what becomes possible when we stop running from the parts of ourselves that need healing.

And here the book I mention in the episode "Ayahuasca in my blood": https://www.amazon.com/-/de/dp/1452882908/ref=sr11?\_mkde_DE=ÅMÅŽÕÑ&sr=8-1

📖 Free Unschooling Starter Guide: alexa-ko.kit.com/unschooling-guide

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I think we're all here for a reason, but most of modern life is pulling us away from discovering what that reason really is. Soul-led education is about helping our kids stay connected to themselves, think independently, become un-fuck-withable and follow their own mission instead of spending their lives running someone else's program.

📖 Free Unschooling Starter Guide: alexa-ko.kit.com/unschooling-guide

🌱 Unschooling coaching with Alexa Ko: book a free 15-minute call at linktr.ee/wildlifeunschooling

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In this episode, I share a day in our life in a small village in the beautiful Amazon, from jungle walks and seeing monkeys every morning to boat rides, village routines, and so much more. It’s a glimpse into our unschooling life here and the way I experience all of it with a looot of appreciation and love for what’s around us :)

📖 Free Unschooling Starter Guide: alexa-ko.kit.com/unschooling-guide

🌱 Unschooling coaching with Alexa Ko: book a free 15-minute call at linktr.ee/wildlifeunschooling

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Finally in the Amazon, enjoying life, living with tribe people, boats instead cars, rivers instead of streets, and piranhas for breakfast <3

📖 Free Unschooling Starter Guide: alexa-ko.kit.com/unschooling-guide

🌱 Unschooling coaching with Alexa Ko: book a free 15-minute call at linktr.ee/wildlifeunschooling

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I joined a conversation on regenerative education as a guest, and it was refreshing to be part of a space where people are seriously questioning the current schooling system (how could you not).

We talked about why families are choosing alternative paths, what that looks like in real life, and how different people actually made the transition work around the world. A lot of personal stories, honest feedback about the challenges and learnings along the way, and a ton of inspiration!

This episode is part of the Regenerative Culture project, take a look at Yoshi and Pola's work here: https://regenerativeculture.life/. Guests of this workshop included Radonda Dobbins, Hila Russ-Woodland, Michael Fraser, Katy Star, Marie Kristin, and Michele. Enjoy <3

📖 Free Unschooling Starter Guide: alexa-ko.kit.com/unschooling-guide

🌱 Unschooling coaching with Alexa Ko: book a free 15-minute call at linktr.ee/wildlifeunschooling