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Redefining Home: My Family's Journey from City Living to Nomadic Life
It seems basic to have a home, but what does it really mean? After a year as digital nomads in a tiny house on wheels, our perspective has changed. Read on and learn what we learned and how it changed us.
Do you still co-sleep?
Bedtime with children is sometimes described as a science, it can be a huge fuzz ā and sleeping in one big pile is to some people a wild idea. Others embrace it, but believe it can only function with toddlers. But do we really need individual beds, how does reality look from a tiny house with big children?
How we ended up in Tarascon, Midi Pyrenees, France
When we go somewhere, it is practical to have a destination. We all know the journey is about the journey, not about the destination, and that the present moment is the challenge: Get into the present moment; there you will have it all.
For practical reasons, though, we set out with a destination. It is just like making a plan in the morning. In our belief and lifestyle, it is of great importance to be always awake, always ready, and always in every moment listening to what the Universe is whisā¦
Embracing the Nomadic Spirit: Our First Adventure in the VW Multivan
Road-tripping while already living as a traveler is just as amazing but more peaceful, more blessed, more amazing, and calmer. Join our adventures in the green van as we find a little piece of heaven in the Catalan Pyrenees.
Unschooling and responsibility
The question of parental responsibility in the context of the unschooling philosophy is quite complicated. To find the solution, we need to begin with core values. If we are just afraid of āruling,ā we, the adults, become unclear and vague, ruining the joy of life. And the unschooling as well.
The Nomadic Choice - Our Unschooling Journey from a House to a Bus
Why would you leave a perfectly happy life to move into a bus and go travel full time? Welcome to our story, our core values, our reflections, and our doubts.
Mi casa es tu casa - Our Transformational Journey Living with Strangers in Gran Canaria
My family and I dared to say 'Yes' to an extraordinary adventureāmoving in with a family we'd never met in Gran Canaria. From overcoming fears to spiritual awakenings, discover how this bold move changed our lives forever.
Digital nomad - the money question
How did we make it happen? This is the all times most asked question, we get. Read on to get insight into our experiences around the money question.
Trusting the path
Walking with faith, listening to the ways of God, the ways of the Universe, believing the miracles, and embracing even the complications. We learn every day to trust the process, and sometimes it all becomes very clear.
Entering Catalonia: Trust, Courage, and Beauty on Our Nomadic Path
Dive into our week of nomadic exploration, filled with unexpected detours, artistic inspirations, and heartwarming encounters. From the scenic Pyrenees to the vibrant streets of Spain, discover how each day brings new lessons in trust, courage, and the beauty of embracing life's unpredictable path.
A Week by the Mediterranean: Amazing nature, old ruins, salt culture, birds & ocean
From fixing bike racks to witnessing flamingos in the wild, we navigate the intricacies of bus life while embracing the serenity and surprises of our nomadic adventure.
Buslife - The beginning: Our first week on the road
This gallery is about the week when we started driving in the bus, going south, and learning to live in the bus as we moved around.
Our bus broke down: Learning to stay calm and move on
When we drove the bus the 100 km North to visit our unschooling friends in Gilleleje, the bus broke down a bit again and we became organic farmers for a week.
Nomadic reflections - Flying back from Malaga
We have been full-time travelers for almost three months, seven weeks of which were preparation: Clearing out our home in Copenhagen, converting the red bus into a tiny home.
Busconversion part 1 ā digital nomad, smell of diesel, sunshine gallery
A sunshine gallery about the first ten days of bus conversion, sharing visually how we began rebuilding a 43-year-old big red bus to a tiny house.
Bus Conversion: Tomorrow, we finish the bus!
We optimistically said this every evening of week 33: āTomorrow, we finish the bus!ā. It is scientifically proven that optimists live longer. And we did actually finish the bus ā the week after.
Always Choose The Most Beautiful Path
An insight into the inner and outer journey, what we learn, and how we transform while leaving our life in Copenhagen behind, and starting traveling full time.
Pulse of life - unschooling unfolding
Sharing real-life unschooling as it unfolds in a peaceful week, still a blast, an adventure, a party. Get insights into how life is when it is outside the box.
Deschooling and free play
Free play is precious, it is obvious ā but how and why did we, the adults lose it? And in what way do we know it, when we find it again? A peek into our lives and reflections on the subject.
Revisiting unschooling - If I had known
We do not outsource our children's education to a school system. We've been on a long inner journey as parents. Here I'm sharing what I wish I had known from the start.
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Hi, I'm Cecilie Conrad
Cancer-surviving psychologist, former single-parent; co-sleeping, yogi, gluten-free, primarily plant-eating; happily married, stay-at-home, organic barefooted hippie and mother of four, living in a bus, knitting teddy bears and learning languages, counseling and enjoying sunsets.
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