The Parent Educator Podcast

We did it - we moved. And this episode is the real, unfiltered update: the "holy fuck, we're here" moments alongside the messier middle nobody shows you. This week I'm getting honest about what it's actually taken to make this leap - the $800-a-week jump in cost of living, the old habits I've caught myself gripping onto as my nervous system tries to catch up, and hold...

Have you ever made a decision for your child and then had to revisit it? Changed course, second-guessed yourself, wondered what it says about you that you didn't get it right the first time? This week I'm joined by Amy - mother of three, birth trauma healer, and someone who has navigated exactly that. Amy homeschooled her son Parker for kindergarten while the family travelled Australia i...

What happens when the person who believed in the school system the most - the one who led it, shaped it, gave her career to it - becomes a mother and starts to see everything through a completely different lens? This week I'm joined by Charlotte Linde. Former teacher. Former Head of School. Worked internationally across New Zealand, Asia, and South Africa. Now living in regional NSW, homescho...

Over the last few months, I've been sitting with mothers who are questioning education, exploring homeschooling and feeling the pull towards something different for their family. And what I've realised is this: Very rarely is the real fear homeschooling. It's not curriculum. It's not socialisation. It's not whether their child will "fall behind." Underneath all o...

What If Your Child Is Here To Help You Evolve? This week's episode is one of the most personal and reflective conversations I've shared on the podcast so far. What started as a conversation about homeschooling quickly became something much deeper. Because the more I walk this path, the more I realise that homeschooling hasn't asked me to become a better teacher. It's asked me t...

Over the last few episodes, I've been sharing more about our decision to homeschool, move our family, and create a life that feels deeply aligned with who we are. But this episode goes even deeper. Because the truth is... the biggest obstacle is rarely homeschooling. It's rarely the move. It's rarely the business. It's rarely the money. More often than not, it's the storie...

Following my previous episode and hearing so many of your messages, I realised something… What people were connecting with wasn’t actually homeschooling... It was possibility. Because I think we’ve been taught to ask the wrong question. Most people ask: “How do we make homeschooling fit into our life?” However, what if the better question is: “What kind of life do we actually want to create… and h...

This episode is a little different. No framework or education conversation. Just me sharing where life is at right now and opening up a little more about the journey behind the scenes. We’ve just been approved for two houses… 10 hours away from where we currently live. And while that probably sounds exciting (and it is)… I wanted to share the parts people don’t always talk about. The fear. The res...

The Last System Many Conscious Women Haven’t Questioned Yet In this episode, I share what is probably one of the deepest reasons behind why we’re choosing to homeschool our daughter. And honestly… this conversation isn’t really just about homeschooling. It’s about alignment. Over the last few years, I’ve watched so many women consciously redesign their lives. They’ve questioned relationships. They...

What Happens Inside the Child Over Time In this episode, I go deeper into one of the biggest things I observed during my years working inside the school system… Children don’t just learn information at school. They learn who they are. Over time, I watched naturally curious children slowly stop asking questions. I watched confidence become tied to performance, comparison and approval. I watched ide...

This is a conversation I’ve been sitting on for a while. Not because I didn’t know what to say… but because there’s so much I’ve seen - and it’s not something I take lightly. In this episode, I share part one of why I’m choosing to homeschool my daughter, coming from my experience as a former Assistant Principal working inside the school system. This isn’t about criticising schools. It’s not about...

One of the biggest things that comes up for parents when they start questioning school, homeschooling, or choosing a different path for their family… isn’t actually education. It’s trust. In this episode, we unpack what it really means to trust yourself as a parent after years of being conditioned to look outside of yourself for answers. Because most of us were taught to follow systems, listen to...

This is a conversation that needs to be had so much more. Because when parents start questioning the school system… when they feel that quiet pull to choose differently for their child… This is the first thing that comes up. Money. Not just “can we afford it” - but everything underneath that. Safety. Control. Trust. Worthiness. In this episode, I’m sharing our real relationship with money. How Lac...

This is a really personal episode. I sat down with my husband Lachlan to talk about what it’s actually looked like for us to question the default path… and choose differently for our family. Not just in education - but in how we live, how we parent, how we make decisions, and what we’re really prioritising. Because this wasn’t something we both agreed on straight away. There were doubts. There wer...

There’s nothing “wrong” with our life right now… and that’s what’s making this decision so hard. We’re in the middle of making a decision right now that… doesn’t make logical sense. On paper, our life is really good. We have a beautiful home. We’re close to family. We have support. Eden is settled. There’s no clear reason to leave. And yet… we’re choosing to. This episode is a real-time reflection...

Many parents have experienced this moment. Not a big dramatic event… just a quiet feeling that something about their child’s experience in school doesn’t quite sit right. Maybe it’s the Sunday night shift in energy. The tears before getting in the car. The exhaustion after school. Or sometimes it’s even more subtle than that - just the sense that the environment your child is in doesn’t quite matc...

One of the biggest fears parents carry when they start questioning school is this: ' What if my child falls behind?' Behind academically. Behind socially. Behind in life. In this episode, we unpack where that fear actually comes from - and why it deserves a deeper conversation. Because the truth is, the modern schooling model was largely built during the industrial era to prepare childre...

For those who have followed my work for a while, this episode might feel like a shift. It isn’t. It’s an integration. In this first episode of The Parent Educator Podcast, I share the real story behind leaving my role as an Assistant Principal - not out of frustration or rebellion, but because I couldn’t ignore what I was seeing inside the system anymore. This conversation explores: • What slowly...