Hello Reader, Well, it's 2025, and I've been out of touch. Rather, I've been focused. Focused on creating a homeschool balance that works for us, focused on supporting my clients, and focused on co-creating a school alternative for families in my community. I've come to realize that creating alternatives is my primary form of activism, really, and I have long been an activist at heart. My main purpose with Partnered Path Parenting, for example, is helping families explore alternatives to...
5 months ago • 2 min read
Hello Reader, I’ve been quiet for a while. My grandmother passed away on September 28th, and it was hard to write about anything but that. Channeling my thinking into usable, relevant chunks for parents was the last thing on my mind. I was revisiting memories, thinking about my younger self. And honestly, I know that version of me would never have imagined that I could be someone who would write about one topic every week for six years. I have a rainforest mind, after all. Sometimes I’m not...
8 months ago • 4 min read
Hello Reader, So much I do as a parent goes against "the rules."You can find whole books written about the rules.You can find rules for every aspect of childhood and parenting.More important than following them, in my mind, is questioning them.Question the validity and the necessity.Question who wrote them and what their intention was.Do it even for the things you have always engraved as givens.Do it because you value your relationship with your child and their mental health over...
11 months ago • 1 min read
Hello Reader, I'm sending you this email from a new email address - [email protected]. You might want to add it to your contacts to make sure you're it doesn't go to your junk folder. But that's just housekeeping. The real reason I'm writing today is to share something that happened with my daughter recently and how we worked through it. It's a fantastic example of coaching and being coachable, and it illustrates exactly why I love what I do. These principles work for kids and...
12 months ago • 2 min read
Hello Reader, I'm thinking about all of you raising siblings this morning. When you are raising siblings and one of them (or more!) brings intensity to the table, it is natural to think about how it impacts the others. They need more of your attention, so you worry about the others getting less. They disrupt the flow of family life, so you worry about the way it will impact the others. And the others tell you it's not fair. They question what you're doing. They want things to change. And you...
about 1 year ago • 2 min read
Hello Reader, It's 7:06 AM. I have no idea how much time I have, but I know I need to start somewhere. I've been practicing what I preach and honoring this transition back to homeschooling with space. But if I'm honest, there's been a creeping fear of saying the wrong thing. It's been small, but steady, and it's been easier just to stay quiet than to say my world has been fundamentally rearranged. I didn't want anyone to question it. I didn't want sympathy either. I wanted celebration. And...
about 1 year ago • 2 min read
Hello Reader, Recently I saw a comment on a facebook ad asking what to do for their sensitive child who was having trouble with school. According to the commenter, the teacher was trying to fit their child into a box of conformity. One person responeded, "homeschool." Then someone called them out for being privileged. Then, the coach who published the ad said something about there being no need to homeschool because you can help your child be more resilient and thrive in that environment by...
over 1 year ago • 1 min read
Hello Reader, This isn’t a typical podcast, but then, this hasn’t been a typical month for us. I took an unplanned break from recording new episodes, and I wanted to take the time today to share a little bit about what’s been going on for us and why a break was necessary. Going forward, I will publish occasional podcast episodes, but they definitely won’t be weekly. Make sure you are subscribed to the podcast and receiving notifications for new episodes so you don’t miss out when I do release...
over 1 year ago • 1 min read
I get so many random offers from people who want to "fix" my business "problems." Problems that they think exist but I don't because I'm running a different kind of business and they simply don't understand. My business is built on relationships, is small by design, and accommodates different financial situations. My business prioritizes my life, my family, and allows me to homeschool - instead of hustle. I'm not here to make millions, and I'm certainly not interested in impressing the...
over 1 year ago • 1 min read