#90 From falling apart to building something new, with Nicola Leyland, UK

My guest in this episode is Nicola Leyland. Nicola has two children who are now 19 and 17. Her journey to unschooling began when her son was just eight years old and had an accident that resulted in a brain injury. Nicola talks about her experience of seeing everything fall apart, and her son’s traumatic return to school, and the consequences of following what others said she should do rather than what she felt was right. And she shares the journey of taking her children out of school and slowly building something new that’s based on choice and agency. We talk about the freedom that Nicola has also found as she has unpicked the social conditioning she grew up with, and her rediscovered creativity that she now channels into making short films about her family’s experience. 

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https://www.youtube.com/@WildlyCompassionate

nicola@wildlycompassionate.com

https://www.instagram.com/wildlycompassionate_

https://www.facebook.com/wildlycompassionate

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