Spirited Hearts the podcast
Welcome to Spirited Hearts® The Podcast with Stephanie Heartfield. This is a space filled with rich, beautiful, authentic, alive and empowering conversations about parenting, motherhood, natural learning, homeschooling, early childhood education and life. Nothing is off limits, and we explore many of life's challenges and struggles, as well as the beauty and joy. Filled with heartfelt and meaningful content, this is the perfect podcast for you if you want to delve into the deep topics of life in an aware space where you are welcome to reflect and enjoy a cup of tea. Steph is a trauma-informed & neuro-arffirming Play Therapist, Counsellor, Early Childhood Educator, Level 2 Aware Parenting Instructor, the founder of Spirited Hearts® a multi-service community business dedicated to providing the most emotionally safe and supportive space to children, families and educators, and The Heartfield Way Mentor Program.
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28. Learning Diversity, Deschooling & Parental Burnout with Kimberley George
In this week's episode, I have the pleasure of welcoming back Kimberley George, founder of The Creativity Room, Women's Circle Facilitator and Speaker, and Mum of 3.
Kim shares her journey of homeschooling, deschooling, schooling and parental burnout.
We also discuss:
- how learning is so diverse, and learning happens more meaningfully when the child is interested
- parental shame when it comes to homeschooling or sending your child back to school
- deschooling ourselves and our child
- children going into the education system with greater awareness
- intergenerational cycles and a lack of meeting our own needs
- listening to everyone's needs and willingness
- plus so so much more
Where to Find Kim:
Instagram: @kimberley_charlotte__
Instagram: @the_creativity_room__
Facebook: Kimberley George - The Creativity Room
Resources Mentioned:
Kim's previous episode on Spirited Hearts
Turning Down the Noise by Christine Jackman
Steph's book review on Turning Down the Noise (see Februrary)
ABOUT KIMBERLEY:
Kimberley was born in VIC, Australia and spent most of her childhood in America where she attended classes and groups relating to visual arts, choir and piano but her creativity spread into many areas of her childhood, and she spent many days working with ideas and creating what she envisioned. She now lives in QLD, Australia with her 3 children and husband. Kimberley George is an Artist, Writer, Creativity Coach and Holistic Mentor with a Bachelor of Creative Arts. Kimberley’s qualifications go beyond the confines of her degree as she continues to explore what it means to embody a creative life for herself and in facilitating this for others. Kimberley lives a creative life engaging in song writing, visual arts, journaling, writing, cooking, and in play. Her life is her research, and her creativity isn’t limited. Kimberley’s work and research are based on nurturing the individual to gain confidence in accessing and embodying their unique creativity. She creates space and freedom with the tools she has for the activation of creativity and seeing that come alive in practice individuals as they accept the journey that asks for imagination, innovation, and experimentation to create what is deeply reflective of them. Her mission here is to see others burst open the creative spring inside them so they can move in it every day. Her belief is that we all have access to creativity, and we all are worthy of it.