Family Yields Podcast

After reading many books about respectful discipline (or gentle parenting, mindful parenting, respectful parenting, peaceful parenting, etc.) there is a good sense of what not to do with children, but what isn't so clear what TO do.  Because mindful parenting responds to the child and is specific to the parent/child relationship and personalities, it can be hard to get a sense of what it actu...

In this episode, Julie Walter takes a look at the ways in which homeschooling has the possibility to place the learner at the centre of their educational experience. While schools need to value the system above each individual student, homeschooling gives us the opportunity to educate the whole child.  When children have space and time to learn about themselves and the way they show up in the worl...

Many people argue that children are learning resilience through attending school during the pandemic. Although there is part of this that is true, this idea is problematic and difficult to tease apart. Resilience within a dysfunctional system is not necessarily helpful. This podcast takes a look at what resilience is, how children are and are not learning this skill through attending school during...

Education first began in order to prepare young children for work in factories and to free up their parents to work. The foundations of our current educational systems are still embedded in what it looks like today.  This podcast explores the ways in which capitalism is still very present in our educational institutions.  Follow me on instagram . For more information about parent coaching, homesch...

When you are raising children, it can be difficult to feel like you can make a difference with what is happening in the world. In this podcast, I take a look at what it means to bring your activism down to the personal level which in turn affects your family and those around you. We have a huge amount of power to change the world through how we do our own inner work and interact with our children....

This episode takes a look at the ways in which our ability to have self-compassion affects our family, children and homeschooling.  It is an interesting and meandering journey to explore how we can use self-compassion to build our ability to hold compassion for others...especially our children. Follow me on instagram . For more information about parent coaching, homeschool coaching or life coachin...

This episode goes through the reasons why we began homeschooling our children. The journey details the unlearning of my background as a school teacher and touches on the experience of teaching in the classroom at the same time as educating my children at home. The end of the episode takes a more specific look at how permaculture has influenced my thinking about homeschooling and unschooling in par...

In this episode, I take a look at how Rhythm works to keep family life more manageable. By applying the ideas of natural rhythms, we can create systems which support and serve our families. This podcast goes through our current family rhythm and gives you ideas for how to create a rhythm that suits your family. Follow me on instagram . For more information about parent coaching, homeschool coachin...

Although you may not think of yourself as a perfectionist, this type of thinking (that there is a right and wrong way to do something) is pervasive in our culture.  This podcast explores the ways in which this binary thinking limits us and prevents us from seeing the beauty of the in between. Diversity and growth is found at the edges, at the place of the in between. Follow me on instagram . For m...

When we can release ourselves from the idea that someone else knows how to solve our problem for us, we are giving away our power to support ourselves. Sure, experts give us loads of insight, but someone else can never do your inner work for you.  This podcast explores how we can shift the role of expert advice in our lives. Follow me on instagram . For more information about parent coaching, home...