The Living Joyfully Network
The parents who find the Living Joyfully Network most transformative are the ones who love to notice, reflect, and grow. They bring a moment from their week—maybe a frustrating interaction, a surprising conversation, or an energy shift they can’t quite explain—and turn it this way and that with us and a community of other parents who get it.
Often, they end up seeing things a little differently; not just their child, but themselves too. Sometimes there’s a transformational a-ha moment. It’s not always easy, but it’s all learning and growing.
If that sounds like your cup of tea, we invite you to join us in the Living Joyfully Network, a warm, non-judgmental online community of like-hearted parents walking this path together. Pam, Anna, and Erika are active participants in the Network and look forward to welcoming you!
We offer a free month trial so you can see if it’s a good fit for you.
What’s Included in Your Membership
The Living Joyfully Network is a private, global online community that fosters connection, reflection, and friendships. Here’s what you’ll find when you join us:
- Monthly themes: dive deeper into important aspects of the journey (this year we’re exploring the stages of the journey following Pam’s book, The Unschooling Journey: A Field Guide)
- Weekly focus videos: Pam and Anna share their thoughts and experiences around the theme so you have something to reflect on each week
- Weekly reflection question: a prompt to turn inward and share what you’re noticing
- Weekly live Zoom conversations: come as you are, listen or share—no obligation, just connection
- Resource Library and Theme Index: a deep archive organized by topic so you can find what you need, when you need it
- Post anytime: share an a-ha moment, a challenge, a question, or something your child did that made you smile
What Members Are Saying
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Your Living Joyfully Network Team
Community Founder and Co-Host, Pam Laricchia
Pam is a long-time unschooling mom who loves exploring unschooling and sharing the fascinating things she’s discovered about learning and parenting along the way. She hosts the weekly Exploring Unschooling podcast and her writing has been published in various magazines including Toronto Life, Natural Parent Magazine, Life Learning Magazine, and the Journal of Unschooling and Alternative Learning.
She’s also written five books about unschooling, most recently, The Unschooling Journey: A Field Guide. Her first book, Free to Learn: Five Ideas for a Joyful Unschooling Life, has been translated into French, Spanish, Hungarian, and Portuguese.
My three unschooled children are now adults, but that hasn’t dampened my love for exploring the unschooling lifestyle. For me, that looks like embracing lifelong learning with the knowledge that we are always learning and growing, approaching my days with openness and curiosity, cultivating connected relationships with my family, and thinking critically and creatively as I continue to deepen my understanding of the world.
I love the information about unschooling I’ve shared in the books I’ve written, but walking with parents as they bring those ideas into their day-to-day lives is where the real work happens. It’s hard, it’s messy, but it’s so worth the effort. The Network community inspires me every day!
Co-Host and Community Advocate, Anna Brown
Anna’s two children were always unschooled and she has been an outspoken advocate for children and families for more than 20 years.
While my always unschooled children are grown, I’m here because I believe this is sacred work and that it ripples out into our communities and the world at large. Society often marginalizes and misunderstands children. I am passionate about helping parents truly connect with their children as the whole, amazing people they are today. The Network has proven to be a supportive, uplifting environment to peel back the layers of weight and expectations we carry into parenthood. As we peel back and focus on connecting with our children, everything changes. We see the world through a new lens and I love being a part of that! I love seeing relationships and families transform!
Community Moderator, Erika Ellis
Erika is an unschooling mom of two and she’s a scanner—interested in everything! She has organized parenting, unschooling, and wellness groups in person and online, and she loves exploring the world, learning together with her family.
This Network has been what was missing in my life! I find that being a parent can be very isolating, especially since we’re unschooling and making different choices than most of the families around us. For me, the Network has become a place where I can be inspired, ask questions, get suggestions, share my ideas, and meet other like-minded parents from all over the world. Every month, we have a different topic to consider which provides a new way to examine our lives and brings different tools and ideas to try. The Living Joyfully Network is a social network that leaves me feeling uplifted, encouraged, and refreshed. I only wish that I had joined in sooner. I give so much love and thanks to Pam and Anna and all of the amazing people I’ve met on the Network for being so welcoming and making life feel more fun!
A Peek Inside the Network
We talk about the platform, the flow, who the Network is for, what makes it different, and why we love being members ourselves!
We also share one of our weekly focus calls to give you an idea of our approach. Each week, Pam and Anna discuss an aspect of the theme of the month as it relates to our unschooling lives. For this call, the theme is Navigating Conflict and we’re diving into the idea of No Set Outcomes.