This podcast shares stories about non-coercive change: how joy, curiosity, community, and a sense of purpose lead to untangling how we live our lives and who we think we are.

It's not just seeing what's wrong that leads to sustainable shifts--but seeing what's right.

Reflect

There's a lot to process in these interviews! To share your thoughts and questions, join the conversation on Mastadon or Patreon.

Support

Podcasting costs money! Help me keep the show going by leaving a tip through my hosting service, Pinecast, or by supporting on Patreon.

Topics

Memoir + cultural analysis about unlearning, deprogramming, decolonizing, deschooling, and deconstructing.

Covering topics such as non-coercive leadership, peaceful parenting, unschooling, feminism, leaving high control religion, neurodivergence, disability, donor conceived people, free Palestine, arts and music, local organizing, mutual aid, trans rights, children's rights, CPTSD, and toxic family systems.

Recommendations

You'll enjoy "Untangling Ourselves" if you enjoy podcasts like: "On Being," "Dean Spade's Love in a F*cked Up World," "Reclaiming," "Your Kids Don't Suck," "Becoming the People," "We Can't Do it Alone / You Me Empathy," "Leadermorphosis," "Family Secrets," "Exploring Unschooling," "Grounded Futures," "Inconveivably Connected," or "We Can do Hard Things."

Background

Hosted by Kaitlin. I'm a white cis woman, unschooling parent, community organizer, social media admin, and former academic. As an academic I studied English, Native American studies, Queer theory, and Feminist theory. I now spend most of my time parenting, managing communications for multiple grassroots communities, and helping organize crowd-sourced information about unschooling, disability, and neurodivergence for Unschooling Every Family.

Unschooling forced me to question so many "shoulds" and biases. The deschooling process led to unlearning ableism via the work of Autsitic self-advocates, which led to setting boundaries and then recognizing abusive family systems. This process changed my life dramatically. With the help of illustrator Kerry Vineberg, I tell that story of change in a short comic memoir published by Mutha Magazine.

With this podcast, I want to share other people's stories about what changed their lives.

Connect

You can find me at my website, or posting on Mastadon. I'm also on Substack, Patreon, and Instagram.

For interview requests, appearance inquiries, feedback, etc., DM or use this gmail: untanglingourselvespod Or DM on Mastodon