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 · Jun 28, 2023
Nomad daily life | Day 179 of my 2023 Journal
I sit with the pain. I feel it. I feel the deep love and allow the pain to be. It is all okay. The root is love. And love is the meaning of everythin…Read more
Cecilie Conrad · Jun 27, 2023
Writing a book | Day 178 of my 2023 Journal
I have been wanting to write a book for a while now. Sometimes life throws something at you. At the right time, and the right place, in the right con…Read more
Cecilie Conrad · Jun 26, 2023
Do not be afraid - My Aunt Else | Day 177 of my 2023 Journal
Else is 99 years. She approached me at my Grandads funeral some ten years ago, and told me who she was - she is the younger sister of my late grandda…Read more
Cecilie Conrad · Jun 25, 2023
There is a sadness creeping in | Day 175 of my 2023 Journal
There is a sadness creeping in as we do our last rounds in Denmark this summer. The price for the adventure is being paid right now. Only five weeks …Read more
Cecilie Conrad · Jun 24, 2023
Garden Party | Day 174 of my 2023 Journal
When we came back from Sweden, we said goodbye to our oldest and delivered her back to her boyfriend and her home in Copenhagen. Then we drove to my …Read more
Cecilie Conrad · Jun 23, 2023
Leaving Sweden | Day 173 of my 2023 Journal
The summer nights are fantastic here, and with even one more sentimental emotion, we stick to our plan of leaving Scandinavia in high summer to get t…Read more
Cecilie Conrad · Jun 22, 2023
Learning to the highest potential | Day 172 of my 2023 Journal
But worse, much worse, is to impose this ambition on OTHERS, Adults want to set the scene for their (or others’) children to learn to their highest p…Read more
Cecilie Conrad · Jun 21, 2023
Summer Solstice | Day 171 of my 2023 Journal
One of the reasons we chose to become nomadic was my winter depression, and one clear sign for us was when I started worrying at Summer Solstice. On …Read more
Cecilie Conrad · Jun 20, 2023
Life of Pi | Day 170 of my 2023 Journal
Creating a better story is a way to survive a challenging situation emotionally. The question is: Do we always do that? And is the so-called reality …Read more
Cecilie Conrad · Jun 28, 2023
Nomad daily life | Day 179 of my 2023 Journal
I sit with the pain. I feel it. I feel the deep love and allow the pain to be. It is all okay. The root is love. And love is the meaning of everythin…Read more
Cecilie Conrad · Jun 27, 2023
Writing a book | Day 178 of my 2023 Journal
I have been wanting to write a book for a while now. Sometimes life throws something at you. At the right time, and the right place, in the right con…Read more
Cecilie Conrad · Jun 26, 2023
Do not be afraid - My Aunt Else | Day 177 of my 2023 Journal
Else is 99 years. She approached me at my Grandads funeral some ten years ago, and told me who she was - she is the younger sister of my late grandda…Read more
Cecilie Conrad · Jun 25, 2023
There is a sadness creeping in | Day 175 of my 2023 Journal
There is a sadness creeping in as we do our last rounds in Denmark this summer. The price for the adventure is being paid right now. Only five weeks …Read more
Cecilie Conrad · Jun 24, 2023
Garden Party | Day 174 of my 2023 Journal
When we came back from Sweden, we said goodbye to our oldest and delivered her back to her boyfriend and her home in Copenhagen. Then we drove to my …Read more
Cecilie Conrad · Jun 23, 2023
Leaving Sweden | Day 173 of my 2023 Journal
The summer nights are fantastic here, and with even one more sentimental emotion, we stick to our plan of leaving Scandinavia in high summer to get t…Read more
Cecilie Conrad · Jun 22, 2023
Learning to the highest potential | Day 172 of my 2023 Journal
But worse, much worse, is to impose this ambition on OTHERS, Adults want to set the scene for their (or others’) children to learn to their highest p…Read more
Cecilie Conrad · Jun 21, 2023
Summer Solstice | Day 171 of my 2023 Journal
One of the reasons we chose to become nomadic was my winter depression, and one clear sign for us was when I started worrying at Summer Solstice. On …Read more
Cecilie Conrad · Jun 20, 2023
Life of Pi | Day 170 of my 2023 Journal
Creating a better story is a way to survive a challenging situation emotionally. The question is: Do we always do that? And is the so-called reality …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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