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EU237: The Unschooling Journey: A Field Guide, Part Six

August 6, 2020 By Pam Laricchia Leave a Comment

This week I’m sharing part six of the audiobook edition of my book, The Unschooling Journey: A Field Guide. Last week, we covered stages ten, eleven, and twelve, ultimately reaching the holy grail of our quest: unschooling with confidence and grace. Let’s do a quick review to set the stage for the final leg of our […]

EU236: The Unschooling Journey: A Field Guide, Part Five

July 30, 2020 By Pam Laricchia Leave a Comment

This week I’m sharing part five of the audiobook edition of my book, The Unschooling Journey: A Field Guide. Last week, we covered stages eight and nine. And while our deschooling story to that point was working through much of the nuts and bolts of unschooling, in stages eight and nine we begin the personal growth […]

EU235: The Unschooling Journey: A Field Guide, Part Four

July 23, 2020 By Pam Laricchia Leave a Comment

This week I’m sharing part four of the audiobook edition of my book, The Unschooling Journey: A Field Guide. Last week, we entered the deschooling phase of our journey and found ourselves on the aptly named road of trials: a series of tests and challenges that the hero faces as they begin this personal transformation in […]

EU234: The Unschooling Journey: A Field Guide, Part Three

July 16, 2020 By Pam Laricchia Leave a Comment

This week I’m sharing part 3 of the audiobook edition of my book, The Unschooling Journey: A Field Guide. One thing I love about looking at our unschooling lives through this lens is how intimately it connects us to the human journey, which can help us feel less alone. Recognizing that yes, other people really […]

EU233: The Unschooling Journey: A Field Guide, Part Two

July 9, 2020 By Pam Laricchia 2 Comments

This week, I’m sharing part two of the audiobook edition of my book, The Unschooling Journey: A Field Guide. Inspired by Joseph Campbell’s hero’s journey framework, The Unschooling Journey is a weave of myths, contemporary stories, and tales from my journey. It’s not a “how to” book—no two paths through the world of unschooling have the […]

EU232: The Unschooling Journey: A Field Guide, Part One

July 2, 2020 By Pam Laricchia Leave a Comment

This week, I’m sharing part one of the audiobook edition of my book, The Unschooling Journey: A Field Guide. Published in 2018, here’s a bit of the description: Inspired by Joseph Campbell’s hero’s journey framework, The Unschooling Journey is a weave of myths, contemporary stories, and tales from Pam’s journey. It’s not a “how to” […]

Interview: Anne’s Unschooling Journey

June 29, 2015 By Pam Laricchia 2 Comments

A bit about you … Name? Hi!  I Am Anne Elizabeth Ohman. Location? I live on 10 mountaintop acres in rural New York State. What does your family look like? I live in my home with my husband, our English Bulldog (Monty) and our Welsh Corgi (Roxi).  My youngest son, Sam (21, always unschooled) lives […]

Freedom to Live: Embracing the Flow of Life

June 26, 2015 By Pam Laricchia 2 Comments

Here we are! Can I just take a moment to say it makes me smile how closely the name of this final stage aligns with the title of my second book, Free to Live? That’s the one about living unschooling where I delve into the four lifestyle characteristics that I found had the most positive impact […]

Master of the Two Worlds: Seeing Possibilities Everywhere

June 12, 2015 By Pam Laricchia Leave a Comment

We’ve talked a lot lately about the two worlds—the unschooling/unconventional world and the conventional world—and how, in the return phase of our journey, we’re working to knit them together. Freedom to pass back and forth across the world division, from the perspective of the apparitions of time to that of the causal deep and back—not […]

Interview: Vicky’s Unschooling Journey

May 31, 2015 By Pam Laricchia 5 Comments

A bit about you … Name? Victoria Young Bennison Location? Welland, Ontario What does your family look like? Our family includes myself, my husband Dave, our two children, D.J. and Jessie (who are technically no longer children), two very pleasant dogs, and a cat with attitude. This morning our dining room table is covered with […]

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