Latest Self-directed education Podcast Episodes
Ep 270: Following Our Rhythm, Knowing When to Let Go
Fare of the Free Child - August 17, 2023 23:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 252 ratingsWhadddup, Listener homie! I hope you're listening to this final episode thinkin' Daang, Akilah really helped me get more aligned with the type of person I wanna be. Who are you now that you have experienced some of these conversations here on the podcast? My answer to that question is that I...
Ep 269: Let's Notice How Whiteness Shows Up in Us Too, Boo!
Fare of the Free Child - August 07, 2023 16:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 252 ratingsHave you ever wondered how grief and loss might pave a pathway toward spiritual growth? In this penultimate episode of Fare of the Free Child podcast, I share with you the fourth path in my care package to this community. Sharing Season 9 reflections, Chemay Morales-James, Vanessa Molano, Jasai ...
Ep 268: Freedom Is For Your Grown Ass Too!
Fare of the Free Child - July 29, 2023 03:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 252 ratingsJoin Akilah as she journeys through the third path to Raising Free People: For Me not Them. Learn the languaging that helps you, the adult, the independent person, move through discovering confident autonomy and other themes that come through as you traverse the pathway of personal leadership. ...
Ep 267: It Ain't About Just Doing School Tings at Home!
Fare of the Free Child - July 21, 2023 10:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 252 ratingsMoving away from school-centric culture and the performances we got going on is a very real thing that one listener voiced and we're sharing it here in this episode. We're diving deep into this topic, addressing the importance of honoring our children's confident autonomy and moving away from t...
Ep 266: Starting a Journey of Trust and Discovery with Unschooling
Fare of the Free Child - July 15, 2023 07:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 252 ratingsA 6-minute offering for the beginner’s path. Start a journey of discovery, trusting that learning comes from various sources - many of which can't be measured on a conventional scale. May this bonus 6-minute offering on Fare of the Free Child serve you well! Be sure to listen to Episode 265 for...
Ep 265: New to This; Not Quite True To This
Fare of the Free Child - July 10, 2023 22:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 252 ratingsIf you've been searching and asking about some of the most innovative minds in the realm of unschooling, youth rights, and liberation, names like Zakkiyya Chase, Moji Yai, Lane Santa Cruz, and Dr. Sundiata should ring a bell. Some of our most listened-to early dialogues included ones with Ieis...
Ep 264: From Schoolish to Sovereign to Savorist
Fare of the Free Child - June 29, 2023 13:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 252 ratingsIn this episode, we'll explore the concept of savorism, a term Akilah coined to savor the spaciousness, slowness, and richness that comes from integrated unschooling. Sit with us for storytime about how Akilah's family made the shift from conventional school to homeschooling to unschooling. It...
Ep 263: Unschooling as Resistance: A Look Back at Season One
Fare of the Free Child - June 22, 2023 05:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 252 ratingsEver wondered how unschooling and liberation work intersect? Join us for a nostalgic trip down memory lane as we delve into the first season of Fare of the Free Child podcast. We discuss my personal journey to unschooling and how moving away from a school-centric life connected to liberation wor...
Ep 262: Gratitude, Growth, and Endings: A Tribute to the Unschooling Movement
Fare of the Free Child - June 14, 2023 13:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 252 ratingsWhat happens when we eulogize an elder who has guided us on our journey of unschooling, decolonizing education, and raising free people? Join me in this heartfelt final season as we celebrate the transformative energy of unschooling and the legacy of Self-Directed Education. Together, we'll ex...
Ep 261: Communal Care Ain’t Separate from Business Here!
Fare of the Free Child - December 25, 2022 08:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 252 ratingsAhhh….what an accomplishment! Our penultimate season reaches it’s finale… and ya’ll what a season it has been!! Manifestation, magic, bridges, money as a tool, and the community that is MRM Village! We talk about how networking is actually all about creating community and linking up with folks ...
Ep 260: Vanessa Molano on Abundance as a We Thing, Not a Me Thing
Fare of the Free Child - December 10, 2022 05:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 252 ratingsWhat is abundance culture? And what does pausing have to do with sustained abundance? These are some of the questions Vanessa Molano (our resident party animal + book nerd) asks us to explore in this conversation. "I designed a spreadsheet to help you manage your bone$ and circulate that shit....
Ep 259: Tuning Into "Spiritual Tech" with Stori + Jasai of Alaiyo Waistbeads
Fare of the Free Child - November 25, 2022 18:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 252 ratingsIn this episode, and through the season, we are inviting you to listen, to notice, and to feel through what these conversations evoke for you; within you. Madd Question Askin' What new language is forming for you? What are you resisting? What are you allowing? What are you reframing and rei...
Ep 258: Origin Stories | Remembering Some, Releasing Others
Fare of the Free Child - November 17, 2022 00:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 252 ratingsWhat is your connection to your origin story? Do you feel tied to your origin in ways that feel good and grounding? Or do you feel tethered to something that doesn’t quite feel like you? What do you think about when you read or hear the words Origin Story, anyway? Do you think about the start ...
Ep 257: Spirituality and Intuition in This Self-directed Life
Fare of the Free Child - November 08, 2022 23:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 252 ratingsThis is the first episode of Season 9 and we’re delighted to dive into the work of shifting our spiritual and intuitive work to include our raising free people practice. This feels important because while some of us might already see the connection between our commitment to raising free people a...
Ep 256: Season 9 Preview - Tuning In To The Themes
Fare of the Free Child - October 20, 2022 14:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 252 ratingsAs we continue our preparation for Season 9, you are invited to listen as Naaz (also known as Fatima) Mookadam tell us what showed up for her as she listened to Akilah S. Richards’s conversation with Dr. Crystal Menzies. You’ll hear much of that conversation in Season 9, so for now, hear Fatima’...
Ep 255: Season 9 Preview - Notes from the other side of the Pause
Fare of the Free Child - September 28, 2022 16:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 252 ratingsWhat's on the other side of a pause? Last season, we leaned into a focused pause, over and over, episode by episode. We also took that pause with us when the episode ended, and now we are ready to slow-walk our way into what arose for us, and for you. Listen as Naazneen (also known as Fatima) M...
Ep 254: Listening Party for ‘E. for Exploration
Fare of the Free Child - June 04, 2022 11:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 252 ratingsGrief. Avoidance. Funky energies. We’re wrapping up Season 8 with all kinds of feelings in the mix. How do we embrace or transform these feelings as they arise? That’s the pausewerk, and this week we arrive at E, for Exploration. “Noticing your behavior in that moment is about noticing that mom...
Ep 253: E. for Exploration What are some resources you can tap into, based on where you are right now?
Fare of the Free Child - May 28, 2022 12:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 252 ratingsThe second to last episode in season 8 is live, #fofcpod fam! This week’s inquiry is about the E (for Exploration) in our P.A.U.S.E. acronym. We’re also sharing some post-season offerings and spaces, so be sure to take notes on the things that perk your ears up! These spaces help us find communi...
Ep 252: Listening Party for ‘S. for Sorting and Shedding
Fare of the Free Child - May 18, 2022 15:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 252 ratingsPeace #fofcpod fam! This week, Domari is in the buildin’ for our Listening Party Live Chat,and she and Akilah share some experiences and examples of zoning in on the letter S. in P.A.U.S.E. We also continue speaking about the differences between practice and process. As we question what Sorting ...
Ep 251: S. for Sorting and Shedding - What’s good for YOUR family?
Fare of the Free Child - May 11, 2022 16:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 252 ratingsThis week in Episode 251, we droppin’ gems around the S. in P.A.U.S.E. S. is for Sorting and Shedding. Domari (put her links here as usual) starts us off with a nursery rhyme remix to remind us about the side effects of neglecting to slow it on down sometimes! This week, Akilah offers us seven ...
Ep 250 - Listening party for ‘U. for Understanding’
Fare of the Free Child - May 05, 2022 01:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 252 ratingsPeace, #fofcpod fam! This week we’re still focused on the letter U for understanding as part of our P.A.U.S.E.werk. Domari (of Positive and Purposeful Parenting) and Akilah hosted the listening party, and Jonie, Reese, Ana Maria, and Erica joined live to share and hear feedback and touchpoints. ...
Ep. 249: U for Understanding
Fare of the Free Child - April 28, 2022 17:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 252 ratingsThis week we’re focused on the letter U for understanding in our P.A.U.S.E.werk. Listen as we talk about the language of conscious parenting, the difference between dialogue and discussion, and then some. Domari and Akilah take us through some of their noticings about how understanding and cont...
Ep 248: Listening Party Replay for ‘A. is for Absences’
Fare of the Free Child - April 21, 2022 11:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 252 ratingsWelcome #fofcpod fam! This episode is the continuation of our Listening Party Replay around the letter A (for Absences) in PAUSE. We’ll be inquiring more about what’s missing, understanding, compassion, and boundaries as we navigate through the ups and downs that may arise from this PAUSEwerk. D...
Ep. 247 A for Absent: What feels missing in your current relationships?
Fare of the Free Child - April 14, 2022 14:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 252 ratingsHere we go #fofcpod friends! Let’s continue with this 70-day PAUSE journey, along with the amazing Domari Dickinson of Positive and Purposeful Parenting. P is for Pain Points A is for absences U is for understanding S for sorting or shedding E for exploration Episode 247 is part one of the...
Ep 246: Listening Party for “P. is for Pain Points”
Fare of the Free Child - April 07, 2022 11:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 252 ratingsThis week on #fofcpod we're serving insightful thoughts, feedback, and resources based on our current PAUSEwerk flow. The letter of the week is P, for Pain Points: What’s the matter? What took you here? What things feel like pain, discomfort, uncertainty? What is coming up for you and for the p...
Ep 245: P for Pain Points: What’s hurting you? What’s hurting them?
Fare of the Free Child - March 31, 2022 13:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 252 ratingsIt’s storytime #fofcpod fam and we‘re so excited to continue with this 70-day PAUSE journey along with the amazing Domari Dickinson of Positive and Purposeful Parenting. Ep 245 is live! We’re listening and taking a look at the skills that are happening in between the defined things. In this epi...
Ep 244: There is Real Power in the Pause tho!
Fare of the Free Child - March 24, 2022 13:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 252 ratingsSeason 8 is here and we are kickin’ it with the homie, Domari Dickinson of Positive and Purposeful Parenting. She is our co-producer for the season, and we’re in alignment about the need to spend all season on the importance of slowing down, and pausing. We’ve got invitations, resources, and so...
Ep 243: Seasonal Slow-downs and Shoutouts
Fare of the Free Child - December 31, 2021 14:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 252 ratingsEnding season 7 with gratitude, reminders, and major writing mojo Closing out season seven with major gratitude for you, #fofcpod fam! Your feedback and encouragement have been part of an active listening practice that opens up our mindset to different possibilities as we grow this village of/f...
Ep 242: Expansion and Feedback About Language
Fare of the Free Child - December 24, 2021 14:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 252 ratingsWe're continuing our language vibe this week on #fofcpod episode! First, you'll hear from Juan Pablo Pérez, audio manager of Fare of the Free Child, as he shares his thoughts on Episode 241: Freeing Your Approach to Language Studies (with Marley Richards). He talks about his experience as a Span...
Ep 241: Freeing Your Approach to Language Studies (with Marley Richards)
Fare of the Free Child - December 16, 2021 14:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 252 ratingsWelcome #fofcpod fam! Today's vibe is insightful conversation about language acquisition, culture, and how to learn stuff, with seventeen year-old unschooler, Marley Richards. Japanese and Korean languages are integrated parts of Marley's daily practices, so she shares with us some of the ways t...
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