Are you someone who loves noticing your child in action and reflecting on what you’re learning, about them and yourself?
If so, we’d love to support you as you navigate the challenges and celebrate the joys on your journey with your family.
The Exploring Unschooling Podcast
Hosted by Pam Laricchia, Anna Brown, and Erika Ellis.
Choosing to live and learn without school isn’t as intimidating as you might imagine. Children really do enjoy learning when it’s driven by curiosity rather than curriculum, and the strong and trusting relationships that develop in unschooling families are priceless.
With over 400 episodes in the archive, it is a treasure trove of information, insight, and inspiration, filled with stories from unschooling families, honest conversations about the hard moments, and plenty of food for reflection.
Subscribe in your favorite podcast player. Or watch us on YouTube.
Many of our Network members found us through the podcast. If that’s you, hi!
If you’ve been listening and finding yourself pausing an episode to think, wishing you could ask a follow-up question, or wanting to share something that happened in your family, the Network is where the conversation continues.
Connect with Us
Our Substack is where we share our thinking between podcast episodes: reflections, stories, and ideas that invite you to observe and reflect alongside us. It’s another great way to learn on your journey and get a feel for our work before stepping into the Living Joyfully Network community.
The Living Joyfully Network
The parents who find the Network most transformative aren’t just looking the “rules” of unschooling or parenting tips and tricks. They are people who love to notice, reflect, and grow. They bring a moment from their week to the community to process their thoughts, ponder what others have shared, and return to their day seeing things a little differently. And often, feeling energized and inspired.
We invite you to join us in the Living Joyfully Network, a warm and welcoming online community of like-hearted parents.
It’s a non-judgmental space where you can steep in unconventional ideas around parenting, relationships, and learning, and explore what they might look like day-to-day in your uniquely wonderful family.
We offer a free month trial so you can see if it’s a good fit for you.
The Network has had an enormous impact on me and my family! Conversations in the Network have been the catalyst for a number of realizations about my identity and other members of my family. It has helped me grow in patience, compassion, and confidence. I have been able to relax a lot of expectations of others that were unhelpful to all of us, and understand what I can control (myself) and what I can’t (eeeeverything else!). The knowledge that others are on this same path has been priceless to me in just not feeling so alone. I feel like it has literally rewired the way I think!
BECKY M, Network Member
The Living Joyfully Team
Pam Laricchia is passionate about the gifts of connected relationships in parenting, unschooling, and beyond. She has written five books and dozens of articles highlighting the importance of cultivating connected relationships in our families.
Anna Brown has applied the principles of effective communication and connection in positions ranging from corporate re-engineering to couples counseling. She loves sharing ways to improve all the relationships and interactions in our lives.
Erika Ellis brings a creative eye to everything she touches. She dives deep into self-discovery and how understanding more about ourselves and our differences improves all of our relationships.
