Sage Family

Today I'm here with Kaleena Amuchastegui talking about taking the Homeschooling Leap. Kaleena is a mama of 4 and author of The 5-Hour School Week. We go over where she started, what prompted her leap, what lessons she learned along the way, why self-directed is important, what homeschooling looks like for her family now, her homeschooling parallel with The 5-Hour Work Week, and how the values we c...

Today I'm here with Jenny Taylor talking about Conscious Adulting. Jenny is a parenting journalist and fierce advocate for children. We go over the stories we hold about ourselves and the world and how valuable it is to unpack them, confirmation bias and what it's like to get out of your own echo chamber, how the media influences us, digesting news and media yourself and with your children with in...

Today I'm here with Kim John Payne talking about Simplicity Parenting. Kim is a counselor, speaker, researcher, adult educator, and the author of the book Simplicity Parenting. We go over cumulative stress reaction, environment, rhythm, and schedule. Get the full show notes here: rachelrainbolt.com/podcast49 Support the Sage Family Podcast here: patreon.com/sagefamily

Today I'm here with Blake Boles talking about teens. Blake is a writer, speaker, and adventurer who founded Unschool Adventures and wrote Why Are You Still Sending Your Kids to School?. We go over self-directed learning, video games, peers, college, and experiences. Get the full show notes here: rachelrainbolt.com/podcast48 Support the Sage Family Podcast here: patreon.com/sagefamily

Today I'm here with Kerry McDonald talking about unschooling. Kerry is an unschooling mother of 4 with a master's degree in education policy from Harvard University and the author of the book Unschooled. We go over origins of schools, threats to a family's legal right to choose homeschooling, how children learn, what unschooling is, how literacy and numeracy develop naturally, society level replac...

Today I'm here with Claire Bidwell Smith talking about grief. Claire is a therapist specializing in grief and the author of 3 books: The Rules of Inheritance, After This, and Anxiety. We go over culture, anxiety, self-care, story, afterlife, kids, and estate. Get the full show notes here: rachelrainbolt.com/podcast46 Support the Sage Family Podcast here: patreon.com/sagefamily

Today I'm here with Diane Boden talking about sentimentality. Diane is a wife, mother, and the voice behind the top-rated Minimalist Moms podcast. We go over why it's so hard to let go of keepsakes, how your keepsakes can tell the story of your life, criteria for keeping or letting go, use of precious objects, photos, and digital keepsakes. Get the full show notes here: rachelrainbolt.com/podcast4...

Today I'm here with Desirae Endres talking about Habits. Desirae is a mom, wife, host of the minimal-ish podcast and former classroom teacher turned work at home mom. We go over struggles and intentions that can be supported by habits, unbusying, language, getting started, lowering the bar and setting up the environment for success, reflections between morning and evening, and moving in one direct...

Today I'm here with Shira Gill talking about Organization. Shira Gill is the founder of Shira Gill Home, a lifestyle brand focusing on clutter-free living, that merges minimalism, organization, and style. We go over clutter, minimalism, blocks, focus, lists, process, zero waste, and style. Get the full show notes here: rachelrainbolt.com/podcast43 Support the Sage Family Podcast here: patreon.com/...

Today I'm here with Teacher Tom talking about Playschool. Teacher Tom is a preschool teacher, writer, speaker, artist, and author. We go over assumptions/expectations/beliefs about children that schools and parents get wrong, components of school that are not serving children, how children learn and socialize, why it's important to support a child's emotions in schools, how to respond to the press...

Today I'm here with Deena Barselah talking about Food. Deena is a holistic and integrative health coach and mom. We go over food issues many women carry from their past into their present, problematic mainstream approaches to food, how to utilize the home environment to set your family up for success, the importance of allowing your child to experience a variety of foods, how to enjoy mealtimes, a...

Today I'm here with Roya Dedeaux talking about Protecting Passions. Roya is a homeschooler, heritage artist, therapist, and professor who combines her interests and work in play and recreation with mental health and relationships. We go over judgment, fears, reparenting, reframe, benefits, support, and role modeling. Get the full show notes here: http://www.sageparenting.com/podcast40 Support the...

Today I'm here with Aubrey Hargis talking about Mompreneurship. Aubrey Hargis, also known as Child of the Redwoods, is a parent coach, Montessori advocate, and homeschooler. We go over launching, integration, priorities, routine, simplicity, self-care, automation, and delegation. Get the full show notes here: http://www.sageparenting.com/podcast39 Support the Sage Family Podcast here: www.patreon....

Today I'm here with Rachelle Crawford, author at Abundant Life With Less, talking about Simple Holidays. We go over decorations, traditions, Santa, decluttering, gifts, and boundaries with extended family. Get the full show notes here: http://www.sageparenting.com/podcast38 Support the Sage Family Podcast here: www.patreon.com/sagefamily

Today I'm here with Avital talking about Peaceful Partnership. Founder of theparentingjunkie .com, Avital is a mindful parenting coach and childhood designer. We go over unpacking baggage, clearly communicating needs, controlling yourself instead of your partner, handling it when a parent is willfully resistant to peaceful parenting, extending peaceful parenting skills into the partnership, and us...

Today I'm here with Brandon and Jen Pearce talking about worldschooling. Brandon and Jen are the founders of the Family Adventures Summit and have been traveling long-term with their 3 daughters for the past 10 years through 45+ countries. We go over their story, minimalism, values, travel, worldschooling, finances, fears, and growth. Get the full show notes here: http://www.sageparenting.com/podc...

Today I'm here with Paula Pant talking about financial independence. Paula is financially independent and helps others break free through her Afford Anything podcast. We go over what FIRE is, how to increase income, reduce expenses, invest, and avoid common pitfalls. Get the full show notes here: http://www.sageparenting.com/podcast35 Support the Sage Family Podcast here: www.patreon.com/sagefamil...

Today I'm here with Lucy Aitkenread talking about creating community. Lucy lives off the grid in New Zealand with her family where she writes and creates videos, retreats, and workshops about how we can live compassionately. We go over what community is, why it's important, how to create it, and how to maintain it. Get the full show notes here: http://www.sageparenting.com/podcast34 Support the Sa...

Today I'm here with Rachelle McCloud talking about anxiety. Rachelle is an unschooling mama of 5, mental health therapist, and emotional wellness coach. We go over symptoms, science, sources, and treatments around anxiety along with what it can look like in childhood and how we can help our kids with anxiety. Get the full show notes here: http://www.sageparenting.com/podcast33 Support the Sage Fam...

Today I'm here with Sami Womack talking about debt freedom. Sami is a homeschooling momma and the voice behind A Sunny Side Up Life Podcast. A shift into intentional living got her family out of $490,000 of debt and Sami now helps other women to downsize, budget, and change habits to experience the life-altering magic of intentional living for themselves. We go over why we advocate for debt freedo...

Today I'm here with Desirae Endres talking about contentment. Desirae is a mom, wife, host of the minimal-ish podcast, and a former classroom teacher turned online educator. We go over contentment in our spaces, time, relationships, comparison, gratitude, and the distinction with complacency. Get the full show notes here: http://www.sageparenting.com/podcast31 Support the Sage Family Podcast here:...

Today I'm here with Elizabeth Willard Thames talking about intentional spending. Liz is the creator of the personal finance blog Frugalwoods and book Meet the Frugalwoods, who reached financial independence at 32 and moved onto a 66-acre homestead in the woods with her husband and 2 young daughters. We go over frugality, lifestyle design, redefining success, relationships, parenting, community, an...

Today I'm here with Amethyst Joy talking about self-care. Amethyst is an energy healer, mother of 3, and writer who shares her healing journey and helps people reparent themselves while parenting their children. We go over trauma, integration, maintenance, mindfulness, boundaries, choice, tools, and community. Get the full show notes here: www.sageparenting.com/podcast29 Support the Sage Family Po...

Today I'm here with Teresa Graham Brett talking about respectful parenting. Teresa lives her passion for creating social change by combining work in social justice education with parenting and is the author of Parenting for Social Change.  We go over semantics, mainstream parenting, respectful parenting, transformative learning and tools, and unschooling.   Get the full show notes here: www.sagepa...

Today I'm here with Peter Gray talking about play. Peter is the research professor behind the Psychology Today blog Freedom to Learn and the book Free to Learn.  We go over what we've gotten wrong, real play, mixed age play, scaffolding, equality, screens, independence, and lifestyle.   Get the full show notes here: www.sageparenting.com/podcast27   Support the Sage Family Podcast here: www.patreo...