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Homeschool Unrefined — 265 episodes

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212: Our Best Advice + Our Audiobook Is Here!

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Bonus Episode: Our Thoughts On Education with Teresa Wiedrick

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211: Raising Critical Thinkers With Julie Bogart

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Bonus Episode: Seeing Children As Humans with Rachel Rainbolt

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Bonus Episode: Homeschooling & Motivation with Casey O'Roarty

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Bonus Episode: Creativity And Homeschool with Julie Soul

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Bonus Episode: Differently wired Learners with Debbie Reber

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210: When Struggles Happen

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209: Devices, Technology & Screens

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208: Getting Honest About Socialization

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207: Easy Ways To Connect With Your Kids

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206: Reframing Mental Health

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205: A New Approach to Neurodivergent Learning (That Works For Everyone!)

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204: 4 Homeschool Tentpoles

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203: 5 Elements of Effective Learning

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202: You Don't Need Our Permission, But...

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201: Homeschool and ADHD with Tanya Faisal

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200: Bonus: Outsourcing with Amir Nathoo

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199: Let's Hear It For Quirky Kids

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198: Changing Our Minds with Julie Bogart

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197: How We Homeschool With Robyn Robertson

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196: When Kids Push Back

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195: Bonus Episode: Sparking Inspiration with Josh Davidson

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194: How We Homeschool With Camille Kirksey

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Clip: September Check In

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193: Your Unique Homeschool

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Clip: September Q&P: Kids & Social Media

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Clip: August Check-In

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Clip: August Q&P: Neurodivergence + Homeschool

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192: Most-Loved Episodes #1: Where We Empower Kids to Self-Evaluate

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Clip: Summer & Letting Go

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191: Most-Loved Episodes #2: The Reluctant Learner

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Mini Bonus Episode: LTW's & Back To School Summit

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Clip: July LTW Extra

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190: Most-Loved Episodes #3: Where We Confess Our Biggest Homeschool Mistake

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Clip: Angela's Teen On Homeschool, Public School & Neurodivergence

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189: Most-Loved Episodes #4: A Harmonious Homeschool

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Clip: July Check-In

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Clip: June Q&P: Rapid-fire Homeschool Edition

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188: Most-Loved Episodes #5: Where We Give Ourselves Credit

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Clip: June LTW Extra

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187: Most-Loved Episodes #6: Where We Begin with Deschooling

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Clip: Maren Interviews Her Mom

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186: Most-Loved Episodes #7: Where Audiobooks Count

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185: Most-Loved Episodes #8: What We Don't Do

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Clip: Homeschool Conversation with Angela's Sister

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184: Most-Loved Episodes #9: Where We Make it Fun

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Clip: May LTW Extra with Jill Jarvis

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183: Most-Loved Episodes #10: Where We Think Differently About Homeschool

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Clip: Screens and Devices

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182: Most-Loved Episodes #11: Where We Honor Authenticity

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Clip: May Check-In (plus a tween/teen parenting class)

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181: Most-Loved Episodes #12: Where We Marie Kondo Our Homeschool

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180: Most-Loved Episodes #13: Where We Hit the Road

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Clip: April LTWs

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179: Most-Loved Episodes #14: When Hobbies Are Your Homeschool

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Clip: Teens & Pop Culture

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178: Most-Loved Episodes #15: Raising Confident Kids (Raising Ourselves, Too)

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Clip: April Check-In

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177: Most-Loved Episodes #16: Where We Let Go of Perfectionism

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176: Most-Loved Episodes #17: Where Autopilot Save the Day

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Clip: How We Handle Puberty and Sex Talks

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175: Most-Loved Episodes #18: Where We Follow Their Interests

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Clip: March LTWs

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174: Most-Loved Episodes #19: Where We October (2018) Check-In

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Clip: Homeschool vs. Public School

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173: Most-Loved Episodes #20: Permission to Cancel School This Year

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172: How We Homeschool with Rachel Jepson Wolf

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171: What We Don't Do

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170: How We Homeschool: Video Games and Unschooling with Deb Shin

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169: The Socialization Episode: A Patreon Exclusive

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168: How We Homeschool with Iris Chen

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167: The Reluctant Learner

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166: How We Homeschool with Faryal from Cup of Home

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165: Getting On The Same Page As Your Partner

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164: How We Homeschool with Tanya from Project Happy Home

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163: Personal Updates & 3 Tips for a Successful Fall

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162: Diverse Books Mini-Episode

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161: Summer Mini-Episode

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160: YouTube Is the New Curriculum (and a big list of our favorite shows)

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159: Our 10 Favorite Books of the Year (for all ages!)

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158: Simplify Spring and Summer

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157: Making Mealtime Easier

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156: When Hobbies Are Your Homeschool

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155: Finding a Rhythm, Unschooling, and Screens

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154: Unrefined Education: What Have We Learned From Pandemic Schooling?

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153: Permission to Cancel School This Year

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152: What's Going On With Chores

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151: Pandemic Homeschooling & Aha Moments

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150: Taking Our Own Advice

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149: You've Got This: What We Don't Do

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148: You've Got This: A Harmonious Homeschool

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147: You've Got This: The Device Dilemma

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146: On Being a Homeschool Family of Color with Niurka Maldonado

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145: How Homeschool is REALLY Going (A FREE Patreon Episode)

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144: Raising Confident Kids (Raising Ourselves, Too)

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143: Prioritize Your Strengths. Energize Your Homeschool.

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142: When It's All Too Much: The Mental Health Episode with Yolonda Coles Jones

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141: Loose Planning: Curriculum, Books, and Routines

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140: The Summer Recap & The Fall Pivot

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Bonus: The Unrefined Curriculum Guide is here!

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139: How We Homeschool Through a Pandemic: 3 Solutions for Your Summer

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138: How We Homeschool Through a Pandemic: Q &A

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137: How We Homeschool Through a Pandemic: What We Miss & What's Saving Us

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BONUS: Where We Read Diverse Books with Charnaie Gordon

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136: How We Homeschool Through a Pandemic: What's Next?

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135: How We Homeschool Through a Pandemic: Projects & Productivity

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134: How We Homeschool Through a Pandemic: Learning All the Time

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133: How We Homeschool Through a Pandemic: Screens, Self-Care, Curriculum

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132: How We Homeschool Through a Pandemic, Part 3

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131: How We Homeschool Through A Pandemic, Part 2

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130: How We Homeschool Through a Pandemic

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129: Where Diverse Books Matter with Christine Platt

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Bonus: Introducing the App School Guide!

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128: Where Audiobooks Count

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127: Where We App School

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126: Where We Begin with Deschooling

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Throwback: Where We Marie Kondo Our Homeschool

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Throwback: Top 10 Things We've Learned In 21 Years of Homeschooling With Pam Barnhill

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Throwback: Where We Honor Authenticity

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125: Where We Go Our Own Way with Saira Siddiqui

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Bonus: A Holiday Gift Guide for YOU

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124: Simple Holiday Gift Guide

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123: What's Saving Our Homeschool + Personalities: Four Tendencies

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122: What's Saving Our Homeschool + Enneagram

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121: What's Saving Our Homeschool + Myers-Briggs

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120: What's Saving Our Homeschool + Personalities

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Bonus: The "Unruffled by Skeptics" Chat

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119: Your Guide to Non-Traditional Homeschool Resources

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Bonus: Favorite IG Follows Excerpt

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118: Our Best Homeschool Hack: Homeschooling on Autopilot

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Bonus: The "Sibling Rivalry & Competitive Kids" Chat

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117: Creating a "Heck Yes!" Homeschool Plan

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Bonus: The "I'm So Bored" Chat

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116: No Report Cards Necessary: The Power of Self-Evaluation

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Bonus: July Check-In Excerpt

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115: You're Not Lazy (The Give Yourself Credit Episode)

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Bonus: The "Talking About Hard Things" Chat

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114: Homeschool That's Fun for Everyone, Including YOU

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Bonus: LTW Extra Excerpt

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113: Interest-Led Learning IRL

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112: How We Summer {plus our Summer Favorites gift guide}

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111: Where We Hit the Road

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110: Where We Get in the F.L.O.W. with guest host Vanessa Wright

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109: Where We Introvert with Jamie Martin

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108: Personalities Deep Dive—An Introduction

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107: Where We Think Differently About Homeschool

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106: Where Our Kids Are Differently Wired With Debbie Reber

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105: Where We Honor Authenticity

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104: Where We Marie Kondo Our Homeschool

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103: Where We Get an Enchanted Education With Julie Bogart

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102: Where We Ease Back In: A Post-Holiday Check-In

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Throwback: Where We Confess Our Biggest Homeschool Mistake

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Throwback: Where Nature Inspires Us With Greta Eskridge

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Throwback: Where Our Kids Fight

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101: Where We Get Unschooled With Kristiina Craven

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100: Where We Celebrate!

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99: Where We Take a Winter Break

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98: Where We November Check-In

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Throwback: Where We Are Brave Writers With Julie Bogart

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97: Simple Holiday Gift Guide

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96: Where We Follow Their Interests

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95: Where We October Check-In

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94: Where We Break Out the Non-Traditional Resources

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93: Where We Relax Into High School With Renee Tougas, Part 2

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92: Where We Relax Into High School With Renee Tougas, Part 1

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91: Where We Werk!

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90: Where We September Check-In

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89: Top 10 Things We've Learned in 21 Years of Homeschooling With Pam Barnhill

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88: Where We Empower Kids To Self-Evaluate

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87: Where We Make It Fun

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86: Where Nature Inspires Us With Greta Eskridge

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85: Where We Pare Down: Curriculum, Co-ops & Clubs

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84: Nature Series: How To Raise a Wild Child, Ch 9-10

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83: Summer Mode: Slow Planning, Library Fees & Book Recs

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82: Nature Series: How To Raise a Wild Child, Ch 6-8

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81: Summer Mode: Competitive Kids, Shoe Update & Amazon Weakness

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Throwback: Where We Stage an Intervention

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Thowback: What We Don't Do

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80: Nature Series: How To Raise a Wild Child, Ch 3-5

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79: Summer Mode: The State of Our Cars

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78: Nature Series: How To Raise a Wild Child, Ch 1-2

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77: Summer Mode: Boredom, Rhythm & Reading

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76: Where We Play! With Christy Thomas

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75: Where We Q & A

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74: Where We Slide Into Summer

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73: Where We Learn How To Homeschool

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After School Special: Get To Know Us

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72: Where Simple Homeschool Is Our Jam with Jamie Martin

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71: Where You're Considering Homeschool

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70: Where We Are Brave Writers With Julie Bogart

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69: Where Our Kids Fight

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68: Where We Don't Make Meaning For Our Kids With Amanda Ginn

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67: Where We Have All the Feels About Screens

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66: Where Angela and Her Teen Talk Books and Homeschooling

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65: Where We Confess Our Biggest Homeschooling Mistake

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64: Where We Need a Reset

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63: Where We Are Students of Our Children With Krista O'Reilly-Davi-Digui, Part 2

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62: Where We Are Students of Our Children With Krista O'Reilly-Davi-Digui, Part 1

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61: Where We Do a Curriculum Check-In

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60: What We're Reading {With Some Listener Reads Too}

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59: Where We Address Anxiety In Children With Rachel Larson

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58: Where We Don't Live Up To Our Ideal Homeschool

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57: Where We Speak In Love Languages

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56: Where We Adventure With Emily Carlson

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55: Where We Give Ourselves Credit

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Throwback: Where We Talk Science With Jenny

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Throwback: Where We Appreciate the Highly Sensitive Person

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54: Where We Take a Break

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53: Where Homeschool Doesn't Break the Bank with Jessica Sarchett

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Throwback: Favorite Christmas Books

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52: Where We De-stress

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51: What Every Homeschool Parent Deserves {Gift Guide}

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50: What We Don't Do: Holiday Edition

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49: Where Autopilot Saves the Day

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48: Where We Take On Tweens With Vanessa Wright

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47: Where We Throw Ourselves a Surprise Party {With Anniversary Giveaways}

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46: Where We Dive Into the Four Tendencies by Gretchen Rubin

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45: Where We Fumble Through Conversations About World Events

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44: Where We Positive Discipline with Casey O'Roarty

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43: Where We Decide What's Next

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42: Where We Change Things Up

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41: Where We Stage an Intervention

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40: Where We Let Go of Perfectionism

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39: Where We Talk Curriculum Specifics

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38: Where We Are Unruffled By Skeptics

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37: Where We Plan Loosely

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36: Where We Transition

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35: Where Maren Talks With Her Husband

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34: Summer Book Club: How To Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk, Part 3

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33: Where We Include the Little Ones: Summer Chat Series

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32: Summer Book Club: How To Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk, Part 2

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31: Where We Homeschool Through Hard Times With Vanessa Wright

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30: Summer Book Club: How To Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk, Part 1

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29: Where We Institute Quiet Time: Summer Chat Series

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28: Where We Co-op: Summer Chat Series

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27: Where We Appreciate the Highly Sensitive Person

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26: Where We Demystify Audio Content

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25: Where We Suggest Simple Summer Projects

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24: Where We Recap This Year's Read-Alouds

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23: What We Don't Do

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22: Where We Enneagram

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21: Where We Summer

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20: Where We Get Chatty 2

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19: Where We Charlotte Mason

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18: Where We Travel

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17: Where We Embrace Routine

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16: Where We Ask Why

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15: Where We Delegate

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14: Where We Get Crunchy

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13: Where We Get Techie

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12: Where We Exercise Self-Care

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11: Where We Question All Our Decisions

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Bonus #5: Simplicity Parenting Book Club Ch. 5-6

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10: Where We Talk Science With Jenny

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Bonus #4: Simplicity Parenting Book Club Ch. 3-4

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09: Where We Geek Out About Hamilton

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Bonus #3: Simplicity Parenting Book Club Ch.1-2

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08: Where We Read Simplicity Parenting

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07: Where We Get Chatty

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06: Where We Talk Personalities

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Bonus #2: Favorite Christmas Books

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05: Where We Get Musical

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Bonus #1: Favorite Read Alouds

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04: Where We Read Aloud