I am so happy we unschool!

I have been playing all day today with my kids. We flick in and out of modes, ipad, i do a little washing, picnic on the garden table under the trees which turns into climbing and throwing balls, Dora the Explorer, creating interesting raw puddings, Angry Birds, walking and running with the dogs in the park, pointing out interesting things, talking and we always meet someone interesting, all on our hands and knees as Lotus props herself up ready to crawl....we play with what we want and M(4) feels no pressure to do anything he doesn't want to do, and no judgement on any way he chooses to spend his time.

Our lives are all about choice. We have chosen as a family to endeavor as best we can to meet everyone's needs on any given day, Mossy is part of the decision making process as much as Dad and Mum. If Peck isn't off to Arboriculture school or work, we figure out ways we can make the day fun and interesting for all or also, if something has to be done, we find ways of giving that person the time and space to achieve his/her plan.

Today I loved linking in with the ReThinking Everything website, among a couple of others it is a blog/site I lurk around and listen to leading edge thinkers speak about the New Paradigm and fresh ways to co create with life. I get a buzz high when I am hearing things that so totally resonate and can easily see that I am on a huge journey that just keeps getting more and more and MORE exciting! I feel aligned when I am living this way, this way of no schedules, this free form life where we choose our own adventure daily.

I wanted to share some sites that make me smile, feel aligned and empowered on this path. There are heaps out there, I am really preferring to sit on the latest thinking and so I will share things that I find fun here:

http://werhumansbeing.com/

http://www.clanofparents.com/


A beautiful interesting blog about a travelling unschooling family.

http://www.rethinkingeverything.net/learning-from-kids#!__freedom

A place I like to hang out and tune in to the wicked podcasts that are SO exciting. For example today I listened to Barb Lundgren interview Oren Harris:

Topic: Living at the Speed of Spirit

Oren is a Life Transformation coach and flow master. He has helped thousands of people transform their lives. He currently mentors spiritual and personal development leaders/coaches, aspiring teachers, and those who are ready to harness the incredible power of THE FLOW.

Oren is one of the most natural, diverse, and talented speakers in the world today. He has shared the stage with many well-known thought leaders such as Neale Donald Walsh, Dr. Demartini, and Dr. Dennis Waitley.

His ability to take universal truths that can be difficult for the mind to understand and communicate them in a way that is profoundly simply is astounding. Although his words can penetrate straight to your core, its even more powerful, the space that he holds that allows individuals to have a direct experience that goes beyond understanding and belief into KNOWING.

Oren is an avid explorer of consciousness who is constantly exploring and bringing forth-new paradigms and potentials from the infinite field of possibilities to assist in evolving humanity.

Despite his impressive accolades and abilities, his greatest asset is his ability to fully be himself and see others in their full potential!

You can listen here:

http://recordings.freeconferencecalling.com/mp3/537274/537274/MN2124_04272011131205451_1050741.mp3


I am so excited to be sharing my life in partenership with my kids. I am learning more and more everyday, expanding myself so much. I am grateful to them for showing me whole new ways to be.

Mumprenuers

It is my pleasure to introduce Tara Mauger http://taramauger.com/

Tara is an *inspired* Mumpreuer, a new term used to describe stay at home mamas who are making an example of living an empowered life, Living a totally heart led, Law of Attraction in Action existence that extends to their parenting, their lifestyle, their self made careers, their partners and children and the legacy they want to leave in this world!

Tara has just launched her website and is offering 50% off her regular price for Self Empowerment Coaching, assisting you to become more empowered in all areas of life. Tara is truely an awesome example of a woman with a vision, and I am so pleased to know her! I can honestly recommend her Mentoring, as she is so easy to speak to, so positive and encouraging, warm and clear in her vision! Which is to help you get clear on where you want to be and how to get there!

Tara offers awesome tips on getting More of what you want into your Life experience!

Tara will also be at this years Unschooling Conference Retreat in Airlie Beach QLD,

www.unschoolingretreat.com/

This retreat is an awesome opportunity to explore new ideas about educating kids, parenting, Law of Attraction, the New Paradigm of thought about work, parenting, consensual living and simply being in the moment with your kids, basicaslly empowered living upgrade at this magnificent retraet. It is not too late to register, so click on the link and explore the possiblities! It may just be for you!

"This conference is a wonderful opportunity for families who are new to homeschooling and those considering it to learn more about natural learning as an option, it is perfect for experienced homeschooling families who would like to know more about natural learning and radical unschooling, and it is an incredible opportunity for those already living a radical unschooling lifestyle to spend time with other like minded families and enjoy a unique and memorable time together!"

www.unschoolingretreat.com/



Blessings, may you be ever expanding!

Holly

Playing on Leading-Edge of Thought

I want to explore for a moment the way we put value on our kids learning experiences why there are memes in society by which it is normal to think that writing, reading something "learned", putting together a project, or doing a science experiment is more valuable than perhaps, playing an iPad.

My son is into his iPad, big time. As a child, I would never have been allowed unlimited access to a gaming device, especially during the school week and and certainly not on a church day....as you can imagine when M let us know that an iPad was really something he wanted to bring into his life experience, I was a little concerned "is this all he will do?" From my own upbringing where value was placed on somethings and not others as educational, I had a few niggly little fears to work through.

As Quinn Eaker (whole life learner, entreprenuer) so fabulously says: parent functionally by feeling the dysfunction and doing the opposite. Well it goes a bit like that anyway. How do we do that? Feel the fear, acknowledge, but DON'T project onto your child!!!! ((Child climbs to top of tree confidently. you catch him swaying waaay up there. instead of freaking out and saying "watch it you'll fall!!!" (self fullfilling prophecy) you breathe count to three. and confidently project assurance and a relaxed energy.))

The new children are coming here on the Leading Edge of thought, as Abraham Hicks says, and Oh my Goodness are they ever! Abe says "they have come cable ready" simply meaning they get technology, it's not a mistake, they are not growing up the way kids used to grow up, but, they KNOW what they are in for before they come, ie, they know our tech is where it's at now (have they come to expand on the leading edge of thought???) could it be that they are actually here to be more. do more. say more. think more. create more. co create more than has ever even been thought of before? where are the new thinkers of expansive thoughts taking us now?

Imagine, everything you see around you from infrastructure, to zoo's, to homes, to electricity cables, to underground water pipes, to cars, anything, was once originated by a thought. How could it be here now if it wasn't? Thoughts are the stuff of things, they make things, and if living life causes us to think more things, then would not Every experience be valid? If expansive thought is our true and real work?

Sets you free doesn't it!

I truely think this is the case, so before we get all freaky about "why does he play it so much?"-he needs to it is his(work) it is causing expansion, "does he ever do anything else?"-yes he does, "what is he getting out of that?"-heaps, i imagine! Lets KNow and completely trust their passions, their expansion through activities and experiences that we may only have "thought" could be possible when we were children.

We are in such a special time, living through a massive shift in our conciousness, what has been done before, done over and over and over (like typical cereal box schooling) , has actually caused us to think more about new realities we would like to create, to manifest now, and that's why I have free range kids, thats why i rethink schooling, that's why i do the opposite of what has been done and done to death, life caused me to expand, rethink and co create a new version of reality. It is an interesting way to live, huh?

If they are living life, they have cause for expansion, they dream, they desire more and they bring it forth into their lives becasue I KNOW, they are powerful creators, I KNOW I am a powerful creator, they see me living that life of trust and expansion and happiness and freedom~to think.

I love this life, this expansion and this opportunity we have to be co creators of a whole new experience.

Life Rocks. Enjoy the Ride!!!

if you decide you like iPads, like my son did, you can check them out

Rethinking Everything Conference

This is a poem my friend Dan was inspired to write after attending the Rethinking Everything Conference last year! en*joy

Coloring Outside The Lines

Some invest heavily
In wrong and right
As if the world
Were black and white

Suppose you took
The color away
There’d still be
Countless shades of gray

Countless opinions
And points of view
Countless thoughts
On which to chew

Should you find something
That works for you
You may want to assume
It will work for me too

But I am unique
In my view of the world
How my thoughts and beliefs
Have swirled and twirled

In what I’ve experienced
What I like and detest
In what brings me joy
Or brings out my best

If I am to find
My place on this Earth
If I’m to find meaning
Feel value and worth

I require the freedom
To play and explore
To learn from mistakes
To make even more

To try on ideas
To try out new things
To find my own truth
To give my heart wings

To be sacred me
In a rainbow of colors
Not a two-tone clone
Spoon fed by others

No matter how good
Their intentions may be
No one else can see
What’s right for me

I am more capable
Than you can know
Your fears and limits
Won’t help me grow

Coloring outside the lines
Is essential
Like you, I am born
Of pure potential.

Dan Coppersmith