The Worldschooling Space

Joanne Lee Paul is the founder of Îleo, a worldschooling hub in Curaçao, a Dutch island. I enjoyed learning more about Joanne’s inspiration for creating a hub in Curaçao, what to expect from her current hub, and how to apply. Her website is: https://ileo.life/ For the month of June, you can apply for a Fall 2026 discovery trip from 1-4 weeks. I used the song Forest Lullaby for the intro and outro...

Chad and Brittany Slater are worldschooling parents of two children who sold all of their belongings in 2024 to be with their children and travel the world. I enjoyed learning more about The Traveling Slaters and how they started worldschooling, how they have chosen to slow travel for 2 months at a time, remembering the importance of being OK with taking some rest days, and learning their non-nego...

Stacy is a worldschooling mother of three children. She is a resilience coach and HeartMath practitioner who works specifically with traveling families — helping parents and kids stay emotionally connected while living a nomadic lifestyle. I enjoyed learning more about Stacy's story of how she started worldschooling, and also trying two breathing practices that she shared during our conversati...

I spoke with Ivana Peterson, a friend with whom we are currently co-living in Fethiye, Turkey. Ivana is a mother of three children and wife to her husband, Tommy. You can listen to Episode 4 of this podcast if you’d like to hear our first conversation. One thing I appreciate about Ivana and her family is that they are full-time traveling with older children (ages 6, 9, and 12), and they consider e...

We are currently in Fethiye, Turkey, staying with our friends at The Petersons. They met Lorian and his daughter, Mira, at the Bansko Worldschooling Hub run by the  Arctic Terns Foundation , which they participated in before coming to Fethiye. Lorian and Mira came to Fethiye for a visit for a few days this week. I knew we had to record a podcast when I heard some of his stories. Lorian has travele...

Cara H Cadwallader is a solo worldschooling mother with her 10 year old son, who is currently in Luxor, Egypt attending the Egyptian Adventures Worldschooling Hub.  We took some time this past week to talk about her story of worldschooling, roadschooling, and grieving after the loss of her life partner, Burt. We speak about her travels with Burt, without him, and the firsts that come after losing...

I interviewed Liana Zanin about the Egyptian Adventures Worldschooling Hub in Luxor, Egypt. She shares her story of how she became inspired to start this Hub, how she worked with her adopted Egyptian family to create it, and how it is opening new opportunities for women in Egypt who are employed by it. She offers her advice to those thinking of starting a Hub and to those families thinking of join...

For context, please listen to Episode 13 first. This bedtime story will take you to Kyoto, Japan where Peaches, Gum Cat, Charlotte Puppy, and R2D2 explore Maruyama Park during the cherry blossom season. They search for and find a Geocache, and rest in a hammock while Peaches says the 61 points. It is a good one to listen to before bed.

This episode Ani and I explain the characters that often feature in our bedtime stories. This episode is a must before listening to episode 14 for context. It is also a way for us to preserve the memory of our imaginary friends and characters, because as time passes they aren't mentioned as frequently.

In this episode I talk with Asha, a fellow traveling village member and a single mother by choice to Kheff, who is almost two years old. I appreciate her alternative lifestyle and hope you will enjoy listening to our conversation about traveling, worldschooling, and her touring life with the Trans Siberian Orchestra. Instagram Page: https://www.instagram.com/ashamevlana/ Traveling Village Project:...

This episode is a conversation with Giuseppe Funicello, an Italian friend who is traveling with us on the Traveling Village Project. He has been slow traveling with his wife, Barbara, and their four year old son, Jacopo. I love his voice and Italian accent. I hope you enjoy this conversation.  Famiglia Slow Travel Instagram Page:https://www.instagram.com/famigliaslowtravel/ Traveling Village Proje...

In this episode, my daughter, Ani Cotter, age 9, and I chat about her perspective of our Worldschooling life. Music intro and outro titled Forest Lullaby by Lesfm

In this episode I talk with Jessica and her two sons, Alex and Max, ages 12 and 9. They have a home base in Oregon and take trips together as a family all over the world. I hope you enjoy our conversation, and hearing the perspective of worldschooling from Alex and Max.   We talked about the following websites during the show: Worldschooling Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/477823370...

My guest is Trace Owens. He and his wife, Ashley, and their 9 year old daughter, Erin started traveling around North America in their RV in August 2019. They left the US in March of 2022 and have been worldschooling since. In this episode you will hear the Owens’ story of how they started worldschooling, how they educate Erin, a top 10 moment, a low moment of their travels, and the work Trace does...

In this episode I talk with my husband and life partner, Andy Cotter, about how we are able to live this lifestyle of Worldschooling, and explain how we budget our money to be able to sleep better at night. Our budget categories are: Activities Auto: Fuel Auto: Insurance Auto: Maintenance Charity Education Lodging MealsMedical Misc Personal: Andy Personal: Ani Personal: Irene Personal: Other Savin...

In this episode I have my husband and life partner, Andy Cotter, on to discuss our experience using AirBNB. We share how we use the platform to get the best experience and how we contact our hosts to ask questions and sometime arrange meeting up. I share one of my top 10 life moments which came from staying with an excellent host in Croatia. If you enjoyed this episode or want to suggest future to...

Nikolaj Astrup Madsen is a new friend of mine that I met through the Traveling Village Project. We will be embarking on this trip together with 21 families in total in Vietnam, Thailand, and Japan starting in January 2024.  Nikolaj is from Denmark and has a home base there with his wife, Michelle and their two children. I enjoyed speaking with Nikolaj about his experiences traveling around the wor...

Ivana Petersen is a new friend of mine that I met through the Traveling Village Project https://travelingvillage.com/ . We will be embarking on this trip together with 21 families in total in Vietnam, Thailand, and Japan starting in January 2024.  Ivana is from Croatia, her husband is from Denmark. They lived together in Denmark for many years before starting their worldschooling journey a few yea...

Kiran Pathakota is a new friend of mine that I met through the Traveling Village Project https://travelingvillage.com/ . We will be embarking on this trip together with 21 families in total in Vietnam, Thailand, and Japan starting in January 2024.  Kiran has been traveling since September 2022 with his wife, Nritya, and their 1 year old, Sakshi. Our interview takes place while Kiran is slow travel...

Stacey Sellar and I met in Sintra, Portugal in January 2022. Originally from California, she has been traveling the world with her two sons and Scottish husband for the past several years. Listen in as we cover the following questions: How would you define World Schooling? What is the story behind why you started world schooling?  How long have you been traveling? Do you have a home base? What do...

In this first episode, Irene shares how she came to worldschooling, and answers some of the questions she will ask future guests living the worldschooling lifestyle. A few of the questions are: "What is your definition of worldschooling? How did you come to worldschool? How do you finance this lifestyle? What do you do for education?" Music titled Forest Lullaby by Lesfm