You Matter Too!

September 27th, 8pm-9.30pm

 With invited guests: Amanda Diekman & Chemay Morales-James
Hosted by: Esther Jones and Melissa Crockett-Joyoue 

It can be easy to fall into the idea that you are the last priority, and that your needs come after everyone else's. But, as a parent, your happiness is central to your children's experience, and even more so when you are unschooling. We'll be discussing how we can tend to ourselves and why that's so important.

In this 90-minute Zoom session, you'll have the chance to engage in personal reflection, interactive discussion, and live Q&A with our experienced guests and hosts. 

GUESTS:

AMANDA DIEKMAN is a late diagnosed autistic adult, parent coach, and author in the neurodiversity space. Amanda became a leading voice in the movement for low demand parenting practices, with her book Low Demand Parenting, published July 2023. Amanda runs a successful coaching practice for parents of neurodivergent children, offering a variety of online courses. She is the host of Low Demand Parenting podcast. She lives with her husband and three neurodivergent children in an intentional community in Durham, NC. Amanda holds two degrees from Duke University, including a Masters in Theology. 

CHEMAY MORALES-JAMES is an intuitive facilitator, embodied learning designer, ancestral guide, and steward of sacred land in Borikén (Puerto Rico). Chemay founded My Reflection Matters Village, a global unschooling and healing community serving over 1,000 members. There, she integrated self-directed learning, intuitive facilitation, and embodied liberation practices. Today, her work centers on land-based healing, ancestral reconnection, and supporting change-makers and visionaries in cultivating inner coherence as the foundation for meaningful, sustainable transformation.

HOSTS:

ESTHER JONES is a mindfulness teacher, deschooling coach and mother of three unschooled children. She is the Co-Founder of The Unschooling Summit, author of The Parent's Handbook to Unschooling Yourself and host of The Unschool Space podcast, in which she explores unschooling with other unschooling parents. 

MELISSA CROCKETT-JOYOUE is a Māori, AuDHD mama of two unschooled neurodivergent children. She is the Co-Founder of The Unschooling Summit and the Founder of Weave ND, an online membership community supporting neurodivergent unschooling families with a focus on capacity building and connection for the parents.  

Price $15 USD including replay

(Accessibility concession rate $10 USD)

After the live session, the replay will be available for $15 USD

What people are saying about the Sunday Sessions

"The first Sunday Session was so reaffirming for me! I felt great comfort from all of the collective wisdom of the presenters, organizers, and participants. I came away with great tips about unhurried, long-game trust in both process and people." - B.M.

"Thank you so much. I have a lot to reflect on. I hope to join another session." - M.C

"Thank you everyone, really great to hear other unschoolers thoughts." - E.

"Thank you so much - this is exactly what I needed this week." - G.P

"Reassuring and grounding as always, thanks." - L.D