Unschooling Conversations

Sep 16 2024 28 ep. 49 mins 31
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Unschooling conversations with Heidi Steel and guests, discussing life and learning from an Unschooling perspective

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Empowering Teens: The Benefits and Challenges of Unschooling

Sep 16 2024 36 mins  
The teenage years are undoubtedly a whole new phase even for unschooling parents. We come equipped with unschooling principles but they take on a whole new meaning as your young people naturally develop, grow, and change in new ways. Heidi Steel is joined in this episode by Esther Jones from Esther Jones | Mindful parenting and learning beyond school to explore unschooling thro

Conscious Parenting is for Everybody

Aug 15 2024 35 mins  
In this insightful episode, Heidi Steel sits down with conscious parenting and living coach Sarah Parkes to explore the transformative power of conscious parenting. Sarah shares how the foundations of unconditional love, radical acceptance, and emotional regulation can profoundly impact families. They discuss the practical ways conscious parenting looks in daily life, including a

Managing Emotions and Improving Relationships

Jul 02 2024 38 mins  
Are you worried about your child’s mental health and feel that they (and you) need a little extra support? Unschooling allows for you to prioritise your child’s mental health and your relationships, and whilst the principles of unschooling and the lifestyle are naturally therapeutic, they are not therapy. This episode of Unschooling Conversations introduces you to the work of

Voices of Unschooling with Martha

Jun 20 2024 30 mins  
Welcome to the first in a new series of episodes The Voices of Unschooling. We know that unschooling looks different in every family and that there is no curriculum, manual or blueprint for what unschooling looks like. Unschooling families are drawn together by their ideas on how learning happens and their focus on building and establishing a family culture based on shared princip

Unlocking Communication: Unschooling Speech and Language Therapy

May 25 2024 35 mins  
How essential is SALT and when should we seek their help? Many families leave the school system behind often wondering which elements of support they still need as they begin unschooling. With concepts such as 'being behind' (which your child is not) and 'early intervention' (which causes its own problems with neurodivergent children) it can be hard to know what to

Screen Addiction with Dr Naomi Fisher

Apr 09 2024 39 mins  
Screen Addiction: How to Support Your Teen's Healthy Relationship with Technology Tea and Guest Episodes are on 'Early Release' to LivePlayLearn Monthly members. You can find out more and join at https://ko-fi.com/liveplaylearn/tiers In this episode Dr Naomi Fisher and Heidi Steel discuss the complexities of Screen Addiction. So, pop the kettle on, grab a cup of tea,

#22 Seen, Heard, and Understood with Lainie Liberti

Jun 16 2022 49 mins  
SUPPORT THE PODCAST ON Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/liveplaylearn Lainie Liberti joins Heidi Steel this month, to talk about her journey into radical unschooling and her recent book Seen, Heard and Understood. As a result of the 2008 California economy crash, Liberti closed her Los Angeles based branding agency. Liberti and her then 9-year-old Miro decided to “be the change” instead of vic

#21 Life and Learning as an Autonomously Educated Person

May 16 2022 41 mins  
SUPPORT THE PODCAST ON Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/liveplaylearn Tamsyn Fortune-Wood joins Heidi Steel this month, to talk about her experiences as an unschooled person. We discuss: · Making the decision to Home Educate her own children and ditching those school registration forms in the bin 3:00 · What are the most common questions that Tamsyn is asked when people find out that she was ho

#20: Reflections from Grown Unschooler Summer Jean Campbell

Apr 16 2022 62 mins  
SUPPORT THE PODCAST ON Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/liveplaylearn Summer Jean Campbell joins Heidi Steel this month, to talk about her experiences as an unschooled person We discuss: Introducing Summer Jean Campell and welcome to the podcast How Summer spends her days as a grown unschooler 2:00 Reflections on how life would have been different had Summer been in school 4:00 The value of explor

#19 Creating Community with Alice Khimasia

Mar 16 2022 48 mins  
SUPPORT THE PODCAST ON Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/liveplaylearn Alice Khamisia joins Heidi Steel this month, to talk about Creating Community We discuss: · How to begin finding the community that you need and the snowball effect 3:00 · The necessity of finding the right community for encouragement and support 10:00 · Dealing with discouragement, the reality of not having a ready