Podcast Archives - Rachel Rainbolt

SFP 42: Playschool with Teacher Tom

Posted January 21, 2020January 21, 2020 Rachel Rainbolt2 CommentsPosted in Homeschooling, Podcast

Listen in iTunes This is episode 42 and today I’m here with Teacher Tom talking about playschool. Tom “Teacher Tom” Hobson is a preschool teacher, writer, speaker, artist, and author. After nearly 20 years as a teacher at the Woodland Park Cooperative School teaching children from 2-5, he has stepped into a new role as Head of Education for Weekdays where he helps teachers, daycare providers, and parents to start their own play-based neighborhood preschools and daycares. He is best known, however, for his namesake blog “Teacher Tom’s Blog” where he has posted daily for the past decade, sharing his thoughts […]

SFP 41: Food with Deena Barselah

Posted January 1, 2020January 7, 2020 Rachel RainboltLeave a commentPosted in Parenting, Podcast

Listen in iTunes This is episode 41 and today I’m here with Deena Barselah talking about food. Deena is a Holistic and Integrative Health Coach, a wife, and a mom to 4-year-old Zeke. Deena’s mission is to support mothers to thrive by leaning on simple, natural, and time-tested approaches to health and wellness. Her journey into holistic health began in her late 20s when she took a closer look at her several chronic health issues and found that a whole-body approach supported her healing process in a way conventional medicine never could. She questions the mainstream in many areas and […]

SFP 40: Protecting Passions with Roya Dedeaux

Posted December 16, 2019December 16, 2019 Rachel RainboltLeave a commentPosted in Homeschooling, Parenting, Podcast

Listen in iTunes This is episode 40 and today I’m here with Roya Dedeaux talking about supporting our child’s interests. Roya is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and grown homeschooler who lives with her husband, two kids, and assorted chickens and dogs in Southern California. Roya has a M.S. in Counseling and a B.A. in Recreation and Leisure Studies, which is the perfect combination of her interests: how play and recreation impact mental health and relationships. She has a private practice in Los Alamitos and provides in-person and online sessions for clients of all ages. Her therapy website is www.royadedeaux.com. […]

SFP 39: Mompreneur with Aubrey Hargis

Posted December 2, 2019December 2, 2019 Rachel RainboltLeave a commentPosted in Podcast

Listen in iTunes This is episode 39 and today I’m here with Aubrey Hargis talking about Mompreneurship. Aubrey Hargis, M.Ed. is a parent coach, Montessori advocate, and homeschooler best known for her empathetic approach and appreciation for the magic of childhood. Aubrey lives with her husband and two children under a blanket of San Francisco fog, where the coastal cliffs and nearby redwood trails are always beckoning for another adventure. You can connect with her at ChildoftheRedwoods. Support the show on Patreon Adventure of the Week This week I share my birthday adventure to a local mountain resort called Suncadia. […]

SFP 37: Peaceful Partnership with Avital

Posted September 24, 2019September 25, 2019 Rachel RainboltLeave a commentPosted in Parenting, Podcast

Listen in iTunes This is episode 37 and today I’m here with Avital talking about Peaceful Partnership. Founder of TheParentingJunkie.com, Avital is a mindful parenting coach and childhood designer whose mission is to help parents and caregivers who struggle with chaos, clutter and conflict to transform their experience with young children into one of presence, play and peace. Trained in the Simplicity Parenting and Hand-in-Hand parenting disciplines, her work has been published in Huff Post, Motherly and is endorsed by the leaders in the Parenting space, Dr. Shefali Tsabary and Dr. Laura Markham. Avital has a global and thriving community […]

SFP 36: Worldschooling with Brandon and Jen Pearce

Posted September 7, 2019 Rachel RainboltLeave a commentPosted in Homeschooling, Minimalism, Parenting, Podcast

Listen in iTunes This is episode 36 and today I’m here with Brandon and Jen Pearce talking about worldschooling. Brandon and Jennifer Pearce are the founders of the Family Adventure Summit, and co-founders of the At Home in the World Retreats. They have been traveling long-term with their three daughters (ages 16, 14, and 8) for the past 10 years, living in and/or visiting 45+ countries. Their website is PearceOnEarth.com. Support the show on Patreon Adventure of the Week This week I share Sky’s adventure with some sewing mentorship. Follow along on Instagram Highlights Pearce and Jen go over the […]

SFP 35: Financial Independence with Paula Pant

Posted August 24, 2019September 7, 2019 Rachel RainboltLeave a commentPosted in Minimalism, Podcast

Listen in iTunes This is episode 35 and today I’m here with Paula Pant talking about financial independence. Paula is financially independent and helps others break free through her Afford Anything podcast. We go over what FIRE is, how to increase income, reduce expenses, invest, and avoid common pitfalls. Support the show on Patreon Adventure of the Week This week I share our many adventures with my visiting niece and nephew. Follow along on Instagram Highlights We cover what FIRE or Financial Independence actually is. She shares her advice for increasing income. We go over how to dial down expenses. […]

SFP 34: Creating Community with Lucy Aitkenread

Posted July 12, 2019July 12, 2019 Rachel Rainbolt2 CommentsPosted in Homeschooling, Podcast

Listen in iTunes This is episode 35 and today I’m here with Lucy Aitkenread talking about creating community. Lucy Aitkenread is founder of Parent Allies, a place that resources parents to be allies to their children. She lives off the grid in New Zealand with her family, where she creates videos and writes, facilitates retreats and workshops about how we can live compassionately – with our families, communities, ourselves and the earth. Support the show on Patreon Adventure of the Week I share our adventure at the Playing with FIRE documentary screening. Follow along on Instagram Highlights We talk about […]

SFP 33: Anxiety with Rachelle McCloud

Posted June 23, 2019August 4, 2019 Rachel Rainbolt11 CommentsPosted in Parenting, Podcast

Listen in iTunes This is episode 33 and today I’m here with Rachelle McCloud talking about anxiety. Rachelle McCloud, LCSW is a mental health therapist and emotional wellness coach. She has a private practice located in Salem, Oregon where she specializes in moving anxiety, depression and trauma disorders into remission. She integrates traditional mental health therapy with emotional acupressure interventions, EMDR, and Energy Medicine strategies to provide the transformations required for her clients to achieve optimal and holistic emotional wellness. She also facilitates 3 transformation focused coaching programs including: Inner World Overhaul which is a program that helps people restore […]

SFP 32: Debt Freedom with Sami Womack

Posted June 23, 2019 Rachel RainboltLeave a commentPosted in Minimalism, Podcast

Listen in iTunes This is episode 32 and today I’m here with Sami Womack talking about debt freedom. Sami Womack is the podcaster behind A Sunny Side Up Life Podcast. Sami is the wife to her high school sweetheart, Daniel, and a homeschooling momma to their three daughters. Her family began their intentional living journey with a debt price tag of $490,000. They took control of their family’s finances by downsizing, budgeting, and changing habits. From this experience, A Sunny Side Up Life was born.Today, Sami owns this business helping women get through dark times and experience the life-altering magic […]

SFP 31: Contentment with Desirae Endres

Posted June 9, 2019July 2, 2019 Rachel RainboltLeave a commentPosted in Minimalism, Podcast

Listen in iTunes This is episode 31 and today I’m here with Desirae Endres talking about contentment. Desirae is a mom, wife, host of the minimal-ish podcast, and a former classroom teacher turned online educator. Her goal is to give moms the tools they need to dive into the version of realistic minimalism that fits their family best and live an intentional life, focused on what matters to them. She spends her days in her old little home in Pittsburgh, PA with her toddler, husband, and golden doodle pup enjoying the people she loves and the work she feels called […]

SFP 30: Intentional Spending with Elizabeth Willard Thames

Posted June 9, 2019June 23, 2019 Rachel Rainbolt3 CommentsPosted in Minimalism, Podcast

Listen in iTunes | Listen in Stitcher This is episode 30 and today I’m here with Elizabeth Willard Thames talking about intentional spending. Elizabeth Willard Thames, better known as Mrs. Frugalwoods, is the creator of the award-winning personal finance blog, Frugalwoods.com. In 2016, at age 32, she reached financial independence and left a successful career in Boston to create a more meaningful, purpose-driven life on a 66-acre homestead in the woods of Vermont with her husband and their two young daughters. Thames is the author of Meet The Frugalwoods: Achieving Financial Independence Through Simple Living (HarperCollins; March 2018). Thames has been featured on The […]

SFP 29: Self-Care with Amethyst Joy

Posted May 17, 2019May 17, 2019 Rachel RainboltPosted in Parenting, Podcast

Listen in iTunes | Listen in Stitcher This is episode 29 and today I’m here with Amethyst Joy talking about self-care. Amethyst has 3 littles that she co-creates with and writes about her healing journey, parenting, and generally being a person in a body under the handle Healed Mother. She also helps people reparent themselves while parenting the souls who chose them as a trained intuitive energy reader and healer. Support the show on Patreon Adventure of the Week I share our adventure at a Bat Biology and Box Building seminar at a local nature preserve. Follow along on Instagram […]

SFP 28: Respectful Parenting with Teresa Graham Brett

Posted May 17, 2019May 17, 2019 Rachel RainboltLeave a commentPosted in Parenting, Podcast

Listen in iTunes | Listen in Stitcher This is episode 28 and today I’m here with Teresa Graham Brett talking about respectful parenting. Teresa lives her passion for creating social change by combining work in social justice education with parenting. After graduating from law school, she opted to serve the cause of social change as an advocate, educator, and leader at three large public universities across the United States. Her life was transformed after the births of two children. In spite of her espoused professional values, she realized that she had accepted, without question, the dominant cultural beliefs that adults […]

SFP 27: Play with Peter Gray

Posted January 18, 2019January 31, 2019 Rachel Rainbolt2 CommentsPosted in Homeschooling, Parenting, Podcast

Listen in iTunes | Listen in Stitcher This is episode 27 and today I’m here with Peter Gray talking about play. Peter is a research professor of psychology at Boston College and founding board member and president of the alliance for self-directed education. You know him from his Psychology Today blog Freedom to Learn and his incredible book Free to Learn. Support the show on Patreon Adventure of the Week I share our adventure at the Pacific Science Center, Great Wolf Lodge, and the Museum of Flight. Follow along on Instagram Highlights Unpacking: We explains what we’ve gotten wrong. Definition: […]

SFP 26: Brave Learner with Julie Bogart

Posted January 17, 2019January 31, 2019 Rachel Rainbolt2 CommentsPosted in Homeschooling, Podcast

Listen in iTunes | Listen in Stitcher This is episode 26 and today I’m here with Julie Bogart talking about being a brave learner. Julie is the force behind the online writing program and podcast Brave Writer, the weekly habit Poetry Teatime, The Homeschool Alliance online coaching community, and the upcoming book Brave Learner. She lives in Cincinnati, Ohio, and can be found sipping a cup of tea, planning her next visit to one of her lifelong-learning kids. Support the show on Patreon Adventure of the Week I share our adventures at Winterfest, Winter Solstice, and the Leavenworth Reindeer Farm. […]

SFP 25: Collaboration with Dr. Ross Greene

Posted December 23, 2018June 10, 2019 Rachel RainboltLeave a commentPosted in Parenting, Podcast

Listen in iTunes | Listen in Stitcher This is episode 25 and today I’m here with Dr. Ross Greene talking about collaboration. Ross W. Greene, Ph.D., is the originator of the innovative, evidence-based approach called Collaborative & Proactive Solutions(CPS), as described in his influential books The Explosive Child, Lost at School, Lost & Found, and Raising Human Beings. He is also the developer and executive producer of the award-winning documentary film The Kids We Lose, released in 2018. Dr. Greene was on the faculty at Harvard Medical School for over 20 years, and is now Founding Director of the non-profit […]

SFP 24: Creativity with Meg McElwee

Posted December 14, 2018June 10, 2019 Rachel RainboltLeave a commentPosted in Homeschooling, Minimalism, Parenting, Podcast

Listen in iTunes | Listen in Stitcher This is episode 24 and today I’m here with Meg McElwee talking about creativity. Meg is an aspiring gentle parent of three, former Montessori teacher, homeschooler, work-at-home fiber artist and lover of beauty and creativity in all forms. For the past twelve years, she has run her indie sewing pattern company, Sew Liberated, from her home . . . almost always surrounded by her beloved little ones. Support the show on Patreon Adventure of the Week I share our adventure at our local pioneer fort for a Christmas Regale festival. Follow along on […]

SFP 23: Wardrobe with Zoë Kim

Posted December 3, 2018June 10, 2019 Rachel Rainbolt4 CommentsPosted in Minimalism, Parenting, Podcast

Listen in iTunes | Listen in Stitcher This is episode 23 and today I’m here with Zoë Kim talking about wardrobes. Zoë is the author of Minimalism for Families and a simplicity coach at Raising Simple where she partners with women to tackle the challenges of a cluttered home and life. She loves to try new food, travel, and talk psychology. With her pragmatic and thoughtful approach, Zoë helps mothers find the best solutions to simplify their homes and lives. She lives outside of Atlanta with her 4 children. Support the show on Patreon Adventure of the Week I share […]

SFP 22: Liberation with Akilah Richards

Posted November 29, 2018January 31, 2019 Rachel RainboltLeave a commentPosted in Podcast

Listen in iTunes | Listen in Stitcher This is episode 22 and today I’m here with Akilah Richards talking about liberation. Akilah is an unschooling podcaster, consultant, and founding board member of The Alliance for Self-Directed Education. Her work explores privilege and power in our relationships with children, and centers the voices of BIPOC (black, indigenous, and people of color) raising free people at raisingfreepeople.com. Support the show on Patreon Adventure of the Week I share our big adventure to Northern California and in particular our experience touring Alcatraz. Follow along on Instagram Highlights History: We share some historical context […]