Raising Wildlings

Raising Wildlings

Hosted by: Vicci Oliver and Nicki Farrell

Welcome to Raising Wildlings, a podcast about parenting, alternative education and stepping into the wilderness, however that looks, with your family. Each week, we’ll be interviewing experts that truly inspire us, to...

Episodes

Adventure Day 101 with Nicki and Vicci

Season #3 Episode #8

 In this episode, we’re talking about how and why we try and do adventure days with our children as part of our Unschooling and Wildschooling journeys.  👉  Nicki and Vicci ShareWhat an adventure day looks likeWhy it...
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The First Years with Leah Tibbits

Season #3 Episode #7

We love a child advocate here at Wildlings and on today's episode, I’m chatting with early years childhood advocate Leah from Leah and the first years.👉  Leah SharesAbout Leah and The First YearsAbout the brain and...
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How to Nurture your Little Earthling with Pennie Brownlee

Season #3 Episode #6

In this episode, we’re talking with Pennie Brownlee, from Dance with Me in the Heart about heavy world content in the context of children’s perspective, a child’s true nature and how the classroom is stifling, the...
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Should we be calling it " Free Nature Play?" with Angus Gorrie

Season #3 Episode #5

In this episode, we’re chatting to the passionate Angus Gorrie, from The Outsiders: Play Advocates all about the evolutionary perspective of loose parts and the problematic nature of titling it "risky” and/or “nature...
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'EcoHappiness' and Why You NEED to Hug a Tree with Sandi Schwartz

Season #3 Episode #4

If you are listening to this podcast, my assumption is that you have a love of nature. In this episode, I chat to Sandi Schwartz, author of Finding Ecohappiness, all about the healing power of mother nature and the...
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Open to the Flow of Reimagined Education with Peter Phillips

Season #3 Episode #3

It is unsurprising that the COVID 19 Pandemic has been the catalyst  for change in education. Today I’ll introduce you to another educational changemaker, Peter Phillips, who has taken a vision shared by his...
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Conscious Education for your Child with Gill Howarth

Season #3 Episode #2

In this episode we are talking to Gill Howarth from Born Wise, who ultimately aims to inspire families to revolutionise education from their own backyards and embrace conscious education! 👉  Gill SharesAbout Born Wise...
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It Takes a Village and a Mentor with Britt Laidlaw from Wild Song

Season #3 Episode #1

Imagine a place that recognises children’s need for personal autonomy and emotional safety so that children are re-empowered in the learning process and learn to trust their wild instincts. Well, such a place exists...
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2021 Wrap Up: The Year That Was with Wildlings Forest School

Season #2 Episode #47

It’s our 2021 End of Year Wrap Up! This episode is all about the year that was and what a year it was! 👉  Nicki sharesShocking stats and a summary of why we are doing what we are doing! Some successes of this yearOur...
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Self-Compassion and Mindfulness for Mums with Candice

Season #2 Episode #47

 In this episode, we’re talking with the founder of The Kindness Couch, Candice Fraser about  nurturing ourselves with holistic self-care and self-compassion so that our children can grow to do the same. Wondering...
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Rough and Tumble Weapon Play with Nicki and Vicci

Season #2 Episode #46

Battle sounds fill the forest, swords clatter and arrows whizz through the air, groans and victorious shouts ring out. Huzzah! It’s not a medieval war you’re witnessing – but children playing with weapons. In today’s...
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Nutritious Movement with Katy Bowman

Season #2 Episode #45

We know that as a society we are living an increasingly sedentary lifestyle and children have never moved as little as they do today. That’s why people like Katy Bowman, author of Move your DNA and now her latest book...
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