Archana Gehlot on unschooling children, living sustainably, rethinking time priorities, minimalism [#13]

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Archana Parsai Gehlot is a very unique individual. She's a mother of two wonderful 'unschooled' children, and founder of multiple initiatives such as Asmakam (www.asmakam.org, an organisation promoting self learning), Cotfoo (www.cotfoo.com, an organic nutrition startup) etc. She and her son also created a short film about the education system ('The Lost Gift', link: https://youtu.be/R4v-zOsk_nc). A chance connection on Linkedin led me to learn more about her work and eventually, to this conversation. We talk about her experience of bringing up two unschooled children, living sustainably, 'believing in emergence' and much more.

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Timestamps:

• 1:10 Intro.
• 5:02 Unschooling her children and the journey that led to it.
• 12:35 Her children’s learning journey.
• 18:38 Usual objections / concerns from parents about unschooling.
• 25:36 Rethinking our time priorities.
• 34:28 Slowing down, living sustainably. “Stay in the now, believe in emergence”.
• 41:49 Dealing with competition. “Arrival of the fittest”.
• 47:40 Finding self-motivation.
• 54:39 Quick questions.

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