#78 When unschooling is a healing journey, with Essie Richards in Cornwall, UK
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In this episode I'm chatting with Essie Richards from Cornwall in the UK. Essie’s family came to unschooling nine years ago after realising that school was not a place where their childre, who were three and six could thrive. Later, Essie began an Agile Learning Centre for 10 to 15-year olds. Today we talk about the deconditioning we need to go through as parents in order to give our children real agency and how that can work can be deeply healing, what it means to be neurodivergent and unschooling, and all the practices that can help us along the way. Essie also tells us about what life looks like in an Agile Learning Centre. I hope you enjoy the conversation.
Connect with Essie
https://www.instagram.com/unschoolingcircle/
https://www.instagram.com/essiejrichards/
https://www.essierichardscoach.com
https://www.lunaragilelearningcentre.org
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