Ep. 62 - Mothering Ourselves in the Homeschooling Years with Missy Willis

What happens when you've been needed for so long that you've lost touch with yourself? After years of caregiving, homeschooling, co-regulation, appointments, accommodations, and carrying the invisible labor of family life, many parents find themselves running on empty. Resentful. Exhausted. Overstimulated. Disconnected from their own needs, interests, and identity. In this episode, unschooling mom, educator, and writer Missy Willis joins me for a conversation about mothering ourselves in the homeschooling years. We explore why so many parents disappear inside caregiving, where the need to control often comes from, how grief shows up in home education, and what it looks like to reconnect with ourselves when we can't remember what lights us up anymore. This is Part 2 of our 3-part series on capacity. In this episode, we discuss: • Why parents lose touch with themselves in caregiving • The difference between self-care and mothering ourselves • Grief, identity, and capacity in homeschooling • "Pre-planning your breakdown" and what it reveals • The connection between control, safety, and overwhelm • Reconnecting with your needs, interests, and inner life • Creating a family culture where everyone's needs matter This is Part 2 of our Capacity Series: Part 1 - Not Everything Is a Discipline Problem with Sunita Kapahi Theiss Part 2 - Mothering Ourselves in the Homeschool Years with Missy Willis Part 3 - Microdosing Our Regulation with Katy Murdock   CONNECT WITH MISSY: Website  Unschooled: A Guide to Living and Learning without School Educating the Uniquely Wired Child Workbook Instagram Substack CONNECT WITH KELLY: Learn more about 90-Minute School Day Training Learn more about Day in the Life (DITL) Community