I began A Place on A Hill in 2018. We were still fairly new to unschooling and living in an old house on a hill about half an hour north of Barcelona. I was healing from a burnout of 25 years of striving for success, whilst also deeply immersed in my own deschooling and in... Continue Reading →

I’m excited to share that I have a book coming out on August 21st — it’s called The Parent’s Handbook to Unschooling Yourself, and it’s written for anyone beginning (or deepening) the journey of deschooling. The book is a guide for parents who are learning to let go of their conditioned, school-based thinking and create... Continue Reading →

Over the last couple of weeks, I have been slowly painting our hallway and landing. I bought the paint about six months ago, and it felt like such a chore that I’d been putting it off. But finally doing it has been a revelation for several reasons. Firstly, I had forgotten how much I enjoy... Continue Reading →

If you knew nothing about unschooling, you might understandably assume that, liberated from the worries of exams, curriculums, and school meetings, unschooling parents are a carefree bunch, joyfully surrendering to the present moment and deeply connected to what makes themselves happy. In fact, although living without school absolutely gives us the opportunity to live with... Continue Reading →

Not so long ago, I was reading an article in which a home-educating mother in the UK was describing how she and her children spent the days. Among other things, she mentioned doing the shopping together and running the various errands of life as they came up. There was a disdainful response from a professional... Continue Reading →

If there’s one thing most humans hate, it’s the unknown. It doesn’t how much we try to talk ourselves into being brave, the unknown unsettles us. Why? Because our brains are wired for survival, and when faced with uncertainty, our ancient survival software gets triggered. Fight, flight, freeze—or overthink. Leading to all those "what ifs,"... Continue Reading →