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The School Free LifeEpisode 2: Lucy AitkenReadIn this episode I have a chat with New Zealand based unschooling visionary Lucy AitkenRead. 2024-03-1955 min
Self Directed57: Lucy Aitkenread | Being a parent is a gateway to Self-Discovery: A Journey Towards Community, Connection, and HealingSend us a textWhen Lucy AitkenRead swapped the serenity of her yurt for the lively hum of town life, it wasn't just a change of scenery—it was a pivotal shift in her family's journey. Our conversation with Lucy delves into how this move, prompted by a craving for community and connection, wasn't solely for her children's benefit. It also marked a turning point in her own healing process, intertwining the principles of unschooling with the intricate dance of parental self-discovery. Throughout this episode, we peel back the layers of how our own growth as parents de...2024-02-2950 min
The Unschool Space#55 Deschooling and moving beyond our limiting beliefs, with Lucy Aitkenread in New ZealandIn this episode, I'm chatting with Lucy Aitkenread. Lucy is originally from the UK, but 10 years ago, set off travelling with her partner Tim, and their two young daughters. They settled in New Zealand, which is where they live now. Their daughters are now 10 and 13 and haven’t been to school. So, today we talk about the culture of school and what a huge impact it has on our lives, even as adults. And how, it often takes our children to take us back to the roots of many limiting beliefs we have about ourselves, which is why the des...2024-01-1651 min
The Intuitive Family PodcastRadical Unschooling with Lucy Aitkenread from DISCO LearningIn this episode, you’ll meet Lucy AitkenRead, an unschooling coach and rewilding guide living in New Zealand. Her daughters Ramona, 12, and Juno, 10, have never attended school.
She founded the unschooling course DISCO and the rebellious business course Rewild Your Livelihood. She is determined to see mothers worldwide de-institutionalizing, untamed, and in touch with their wild hearts!
A few topics we discuss are:
Why she thinks the world needs a “Get out of school free card”
What people misunderstand about unschooling
What she’d tell the world if she had its a...2023-10-2543 min
Australian Homeschool StoriesCarolyn - Yackandandah, VIC / Dhudhuroa CountryUnschooling on a farm in country Victoria, Carolyn, her husband Michael and their three children (aged 8, 6 and 2) are living their dream life. Currently in their third year of homeschooling, two of her kids have attended school for periods of partial enrolment, they have now chosen to wholeheartedly unschool, completely free and unscheduled, dig deeply into their values and celebrate living simply and joyfully. SUMMARYAfter growing up in country NSW she moved to Melbourne, where she met Michael and thus began their journey in search of the place they now call homeStarting a new veggie garden i...2023-09-1059 min
The Menstruality Podcast95. How Cycle Awareness Unschools and Restores Your Creativity (Lucy AikenRead)Six years ago dedicated imperfectionist and mushroom-foraging witch of business, Lucy Aitken Read moved her family from South London, UK to a yurt in the middle of nowhere in New Zealand where they share their off grid farm with another family and are all unschooling their kids. She now writes and teaches about sustainable living, attachment parenting and living a life without school on her blog, youtube channel and in her courses.Lucy is also passionate about cycle awareness and today we’re talking about how intimacy to our cy...2023-07-0659 min
Self Directed12: Lucy AitkenRead | From London to a Yurt: A Journey of Unschooling and Self-DiscoverySend us a textHave you ever wondered what it would be like to leave the hustle and bustle of city life and embrace the wild? This episode features an incredible conversation with Lucy AitkenRead, a nomadic adventurer who shares her family's journey from London to off-grid living in New Zealand. Lucy AitkenRead is a mother, activist, bestselling author, and an unschooling advocate and runs Disco Learning. After living in London for years, Lucy and her husband felt the desire to break away from societal expectations and fulfill a deeper calling...2023-04-201h 10
Radical Learning Talks24. Living Joyfully Without School w/ Lucy AitkenReadIn this episode we have a blast with Lucy AitkenRead, a bad-ass unschooler and unschooling mom that works to support parents on their deschooling/unschooling journey.
We cover soooo many topics in this chat: how the unschooling movement is evolving, how we've all been wounded by school, how deschooling is deep healing work - and so much more!2022-07-0849 min
RevillagingThe kindness of strangers – Connecting online with Lucy AitkenRead“I’ve begun to understand that when you’re making radical decisions with your life…it’s so countercultural that in order to, I guess, do it in a really sustainable way, you need to bring in as much support, as much cheerleading, as much intention, in your own heart as you possibly can.” – Lucy Aitkenread
Lucy AitkenRead is an unschooling thought leader, living in New Zealand. Through her online community Disco Circle, she offers unschooling support for parents looking for more information and connection around the radical decision to protect their children's freedom in education.
In this episode L...2022-05-1657 min
UntamingLife Without School: Lucy AitkenReadWelcome to the off season of the Untaming Podcast!
To keep you entertained and enlightened until the return of Season Four we are releasing an episode on each full moon, these will be shorter conversations than our typical full length episodes, and will give us a glimpse into the diverse lives of rewilding families.
Today it is the Full Hunter's Moon here in the Southern Hemisphere and today's guest is Lucy AitkenRead, a mother of two living a life without school, with community.
Show Notes:
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com...2022-04-1652 min
Making Homeschool Life a Little EasierUnschooling Part 3In this video I chat to Essie, this is our third podcast over 5 years, it goes deep into the journey that Essie's family have been on following the unschooling route. Essie shares her heart and soul and talks about feeling free to now live life through joy.Disco Course and Circle Community: https://discolearning.comYouTube channel: Lucy at Life Without School Website: https://lulastic.co.ukInstagram: Lulasticblog FaceBook: Lucy AitkenRead Unschooling Support Akilah S Richards website: http://www.akilahsrichards.comBook: Raising Free People Podcast: Fare of the F...2021-12-031h 24
Rogue LearnerHow Do Family Values Shape Your Individual Unschooling Journey?Guest Cohost Sue Monteiro I am a violinist and violin teacher with an online teaching studio. I have been a homeschooling mom for 16 years. I also run a musical themed online book club called "Learning Music With the Authors" where we read literature based on music and history and discuss the books with the authors. I also have a podcast of the same name where every month I go over the book introduction and review along with author interviews and interviews with musicians as well as present puzzles for the kids who r...2021-06-2339 min
Rogue LearnerA Third Wave of Unschooling and Children's Rights with Lucy AitkenreadGuest Lucy AitkenRead YouTube IG @lulasticblog Lulastic.co.uk https://discolearning.com Show Notes Topics Discussed in Today’s Show: Lucy is a mom of two, a 10 year old daughter and an 8 year old son. She is originally from London, but now lives in New Zealand. They moved there to bring out a little more of their wild. Her kids have never been to school. The moment her daughter was born, they began thinkin...2021-06-161h 20
EnvisionE010 community and learning as unschoolers with Lucy AitkenreadEnvisioning community and learning as unschoolers in a rich conversation with Lucy Aitkenread. She is a writer, an activist, and unschooling mother who moved her family from London to a forest in New Zealand. You can find her all over the internet; Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Youtube with her screen name Lulastic and the Hippyshake.She graduated from the London School of Economics in 2008 with a Master of Science in Social Policy. After working for a Global NGO as a climate change campaigner her love of social and environmental justice took a turn towards the impact our...2021-06-1552 min
Raising WildlingsVicci's Leap to HomeschoolingSend us a textTwo weeks ago, we had a lot of fun when Vicci interviewed Nicki about her family's unschooling journey. In this episode, we flip the table and Nicki interviews Vicci about her family’s journey. We delve into her story of how they made the decision to homeschool based on their children’s personalities and how, after doing all the research, she took the leap.This is part four of our series on families that unschool, homeschool, wildschool and world school that will run until the end of the year. Last week we s...2020-11-2337 minRaising WildlingsOff-Grid and Unschooling with Lucy AitkenReadSend us a textIn this episode we chat to Off-Grid and Unschooling mama and activist, Lucy AitkenRead. We discuss how unschooling allows you to stand back and watch your child bloom and how unschooling your own children can heal your own school wounds. We also chat to Lucy about how to show up as your authentic self in business and her new book 30 Days of Rewilding.👉 We talk to Lucy aboutWhat made her choose to unschool her kids and if there was any defining moment that made the decision for her...2020-11-1657 min
Just Me Being Me - No ApologyLeftover curry for breakfast.... a journey to radical living - with Lucy AitkenreadI am so beyond stoked to have the crazy/amazing Lucy Aitkenread on the podcast this week as we continue our July Theme of - You Can Go Your Own Way.
So Lucy's bio describes her as 'Mama/writer/earthlover. Lives in a yurt etc' hahaha BUT Lucy is SO MUCH MORE THAN THAT. She is a total expander for me when it comes to questioning everything and creating an intentional life for her and her family
In this episode we chat about how Lucy left London come to NZ and set up her life...2020-07-1300 min
What She SaidLucy Aitkenread | "We exist in a school free paradigm"This week I explore the concept of life without school with author, educator and activist Lucy Aitkenread.
We talk about the GAME CHANGING parenting concept of Sites of Mutual Fulfilment and why we absolutely HAVE to put ourselves first and chase those endorphins as parents.
We also discuss privilege within home education and how to make those spaces safe for marginalised folk.
** please note that we recorded this prior to the deaths of George Floyd, Belly Mujinja and Breanna Taylor (amongst others) so don't discuss it/the Black Lives Matter protests **
It's a brilliant episode and I hope you enjoy...2020-06-1959 min
Sage FamilyCreating Community with Lucy AitkenreadToday I’m here with Lucy Aitkenread talking about creating community. Lucy lives off the grid in New Zealand with her family where she writes and creates videos, retreats, and workshops about how we can live compassionately. We go over what community is, why it’s important, how to create it, and how to maintain it. Get the full show notes here: http://www.sageparenting.com/podcast34 Support the Sage Family Podcast here: www.patreon.com/sagefamily2019-08-131h 42
Rune SoupTalking Off-Grid Living | Lucy AitkenReadThis week we are speaking to Lucy AitkenRead. Lucy is a writer, video blogger and off-grid homesteader. She is the author of several books, including 30 days of Rewilding and is the first guest to record an episode of the podcast from inside a yurt! Good stuff. Show Notes Lucy's website Lulastic on Facebook Lucy's YouTube channel Lucy's Patreon 2017-04-201h 10