Welcome to a universe of reflections on the radically different.
Podcasts and writing on childhood, feminism, unschooling, modernity, consumer culture, inner and outer journeys, nomad life, spirituality, paths and detours.
Life is not an experiment – it is far too important for that. But it is also not just another package on the mainstream sausage factory line. With all senses open and infinitely vulnerable – also and perhaps especially to my own limitations – I have challenged what life can be, to find a way of being in it that makes sense.
I felt it was important to share, in the hope that the path might be easier to find for others who feel the box is a little too small. Here you can find it all, in writing and as podcasts.
Latest blogpost from Cecilie Conrad
Cecilie Conrad · Aug 16, 2023
Home Education Families’ Festival | Day 228 of my 2023 Journal
Every day, there is yoga on, discussions and panels, workshops of all sorts, sports and crafts, and dance, and you name it. Evenings of music, live b…Read more
Cecilie Conrad · Aug 16, 2023
Fairford and a friend | Day 227 of my 2023 Journal
Fairford is a small town in Gloucestershire in the Southwest of England. A pretty and neat little place I would have never visited if it was not beca…Read more
Cecilie Conrad · Aug 15, 2023
Stonehenge, what can I say? | Day 226 of my 2023 Journal
“There is no way I am leaving England without seeing Stonehenge first,” my youngest child said when we did our planning day in Forest of Bowland a we…Read more
Cecilie Conrad · Aug 14, 2023
You will never walk alone | Day 225 of my 2023 Journal
This is the key to football as a religion. The loneliness. Or, more precisely: The human craving for belonging. There has been so much lost in modern…Read more
Cecilie Conrad · Aug 13, 2023
William Turner at TATE Liverpool | Day 224 of my 2023 Journal
William Turner is epic. And the exhibition was special. I think we spend two or maybe 3 hours staring at how he describes the ocean, the clouds, the …Read more
Cecilie Conrad · Aug 12, 2023
Everything The Beatles | Day 223 of my 2023 Journal
We walked the streets, passed the club where the Beatles took their first steps into fame, the whole rock and roll area with live music (of varying q…Read more
Cecilie Conrad · Aug 11, 2023
Arriving in Liverpool | Day 222 of my 2023 Journal
Here begins a little bite of the road trip, just the five of us - as planned on our pausing day in Forest of Bowland. Liverpool was on the way to Sto…Read more
Cecilie Conrad · Aug 10, 2023
Kendal | Day 221 of my 2023 Journal
We met Annas' family at the castle in Normandie in the spring, and we all got along very well. And it was a pleasure to visit them in Kendal, even th…Read more
Cecilie Conrad · Aug 9, 2023
Sheep, Rivers and Stone walls | Day 220 of my 2023 Journal
We stopped at the most magical and beautiful place to have lunch in the grass by the river under the trees. Literally magical. We crossed the river t…Read more
Cecilie Conrad · Aug 16, 2023
Home Education Families’ Festival | Day 228 of my 2023 Journal
Every day, there is yoga on, discussions and panels, workshops of all sorts, sports and crafts, and dance, and you name it. Evenings of music, live b…Read more
Cecilie Conrad · Aug 16, 2023
Fairford and a friend | Day 227 of my 2023 Journal
Fairford is a small town in Gloucestershire in the Southwest of England. A pretty and neat little place I would have never visited if it was not beca…Read more
Cecilie Conrad · Aug 15, 2023
Stonehenge, what can I say? | Day 226 of my 2023 Journal
“There is no way I am leaving England without seeing Stonehenge first,” my youngest child said when we did our planning day in Forest of Bowland a we…Read more
Cecilie Conrad · Aug 14, 2023
You will never walk alone | Day 225 of my 2023 Journal
This is the key to football as a religion. The loneliness. Or, more precisely: The human craving for belonging. There has been so much lost in modern…Read more
Cecilie Conrad · Aug 13, 2023
William Turner at TATE Liverpool | Day 224 of my 2023 Journal
William Turner is epic. And the exhibition was special. I think we spend two or maybe 3 hours staring at how he describes the ocean, the clouds, the …Read more
Cecilie Conrad · Aug 12, 2023
Everything The Beatles | Day 223 of my 2023 Journal
We walked the streets, passed the club where the Beatles took their first steps into fame, the whole rock and roll area with live music (of varying q…Read more
Cecilie Conrad · Aug 11, 2023
Arriving in Liverpool | Day 222 of my 2023 Journal
Here begins a little bite of the road trip, just the five of us - as planned on our pausing day in Forest of Bowland. Liverpool was on the way to Sto…Read more
Cecilie Conrad · Aug 10, 2023
Kendal | Day 221 of my 2023 Journal
We met Annas' family at the castle in Normandie in the spring, and we all got along very well. And it was a pleasure to visit them in Kendal, even th…Read more
Cecilie Conrad · Aug 9, 2023
Sheep, Rivers and Stone walls | Day 220 of my 2023 Journal
We stopped at the most magical and beautiful place to have lunch in the grass by the river under the trees. Literally magical. We crossed the river t…Read more
The coaching was exactly what I needed. I felt a super high level of professional and knowledge. I am back on track and trust my feelings! Thanks so much!
Julia W Berlin, Germany
Podcast on Unschooling, parenting and living a self directed life
I share my knowledge and curiosity about family life and learning in my two podcasts.
Podcast om Unschooling - The Ladies...
It all started in Normandie, France, during a worldschooling event, when I was solving all the problems of the world in deep dive conversations with my amazing friends: I realized - wuauv, if only I had had the chance to listen in on something like this, when I was first starting out on my unschooling journey. If I had only known! Fixing the world over a cup of tea or a meal or a walk, I realised technology today allows us to share with a much larger group than the ones around us. Via long-format podcast, I learn a lot, and this is my contribution: Listen in, when I fix the world with my co-hosts.
Podcast: Self Directed
Self Directed is a podcast I make with my husband, Jesper Conrad. We have recorded more than 150 episodes, almost all of them about self-directed learning, unschooling and being a parent.
The podcast consists of conversations with guests who live and think differently about learning, life and family life, exploring how to create space for children where freedom, responsibility and curiosity have room.
Cecilie possesses an exceptional presence and a spectacular ability to see me clearly. She is one of the most ‘relevant’ and life-wise people I have met in the field of children.
Cathrine Legardh Denmark
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