The art of satisfying everyone's needs

This is where I often walk in circles with an audiobook while my kids play. Kids: in their happy place Me: my heart, body and mind are at peace What I do varies. Sometimes I'll sit and read. I also like to bring a jump rope if it&

⚽️ I'm playing multiple games at the same time

Rapinoe, the 2019 Women's Ballon d'Or winner, added: "What I've realised for a long time is that we're playing two games at the same time. One, we're playing all against each other, and then the other one, we'

Making choices is a skill to be learned

Making life choices is a skill to be learned. It sounds incredibly simplistic. Almost like there shouldn't even be a reason for me to write about this. Yet here I am. Parents often believe they're providing this freedom to their children, yet when you step back

Self-directed education is not just good for learning, it’s amazing for our well-being.

My girl was in a mood yesterday. I tried to help her by doing a craft project, she loves crafting and it normally does the trick of satisfying her needs. Not today. She perked up at the end of the day with some resources she had printed out about gems.

A meaningful and learning focused social strategy

I’d love for social posts to be created with different intentions. When they’re created with ‘engagement’ in mind, they are only successful when we see growth and engagement. When we post something without this “growth” success, many get bored and quickly move on to something else. We call

I am inconsistently consistent

You can be consistent without being held ransom

🌻 Making my days about just one thing

As a way to find focus and pre-plan mentally

Designing life around the kids

Modern day world means we are pressured to design a life around work. I've spent the past 15 years working towards the opposite—designing my life around my family's needs. I can't see any other way now. This is the way, or at least,

Over engineering the internet and why newsletters are the dumbest

She says as she sends you daily emails, yup! Go me!

Sometimes it's the little "insignificant" things

When I talk to others about unschooling I feel they miss the point of how the insignificant little are actually the big things. It's pretty exciting not to have to do all those little things anymore. And people (probably) see them as "insignificant" because they either