Episode 0031 - Viva

Episode 31 of Feel Free to Deviate features Viva Butler. Viva is a teacher who spent many of her formative years traveling and working in cooperatives and food service, including an indie chocolate company!!! Now she’s a teacher who lives at and maintains a retreat in the Berkshires with her partner and a tiny activist who happens to be her daughter. We talk about her circuitous journey towards uncertainty, but also how walking the proverbially walk has generally served her well over the course of her life. Topics include:Food cooperatives and the surrounding cultureMaking chocolateVagabondingHome schoolingTeaching and the need to better serve kids in middle schoolTeaching and covidLiving off the gridSo much more!For more information about the retreat where Viva lives and works go to https://www.temenosretreatcenter.org/Feel Free to Deviate is the podcast about people, their careers, and their relationships with success. My name is Jim Turbert, and I am the host. You can find me at https://feelfreetodeviate.com or on Instagram @feelfreetodeviate https://instagram.com/feelfreetodeviateFeel free to send inquiries to [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.