#108 Home Educating (and more); An Interview with Amanda Appiagyei

Amanda Appiagyei is a Productivity Strategist* and home educating Mum of 3. She grew up in the UK but her and her family is now based in Rome, Italy.

She describes herself on her (gorgeous) website as a 'Routine loving, chaos-wrangling, business-owning, home-ed Mum of 3 — not working out at 4am'. — I love that!

Amanda and I connected back in 2021 and I love what she does so I'm glad to finally have a conversation for you to hear.

TRIGGER WARNING: From 31 minutes, 18 seconds to 31 minutes, 31 seconds Amanda speaks about early pregnancy loss aka miscarriage.

In this episode we speak about:

• a bit about Amanda and the work she does
• *how loaded the word 'productivity' can be — and what Amanda & I feel about it
• the nervous system and body literacy
• Amanda's experience of birth, matrescence and motherhood so far
• the 'Birth Time' film (released 2021)
• the beauty of a supportive relationship and how vital it is, as well as being SEEN in what you do and/or experience
• why Amanda and her husband chose to home educate and the benefits they've witnessed
• supporting stages of transition
• Amanda's 'Time Buckets' system (see more here)

Themes: home education, creativity, nervous system recovery, postnatal depression, pelvic girdle pain, matrescence, ADHD

We mention Episode #39 of MFM with Naomi Galliano, the 'Birth Time' film, and Episode #25 of MFM with Angela Sellar.

To learn more about Amanda see here on Instagram. And to find her website, click here.

At the end, I read a poem by Liezel Graham.

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