Feeling overwhelmed by all the “shoulds”? In this 3-minute Monday reset, Anya asks one simple but powerful question:

Are you climbing the right mountain?

If homeschool feels heavy, chaotic, or never “enough,” this episode helps you pause, breathe, and realign your path with what truly matters—to you and your child.

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Key Takeaways:

1️⃣ You might be climbing the wrong “mountain” if your homeschool goals come from social media, not your heart.

2️⃣ More drills, programs, and Pinterest-perfect plans don’t equal better learning.

3️⃣ Success looks different for every family—especially yours.

4️⃣ The first step toward peace is awareness, not guilt.

5️⃣ Ask yourself this week: Is this the direction I actually want?

Timestamps

0:00 – One question that can change your week

0:21 – What “climbing the wrong mountain” really means

0:48 – Chasing routines, reels, and unrealistic goals

1:14 – The ‘shoulds’ that steal your peace

1:45 – Drowning under everyone else’s expectations

2:10 – What if it’s not about doing more?

2:33 – Awareness over guilt: finding your own race

2:55 – A theme park moment that changed everything

3:15 – Sit with one question: Am I climbing the right mountain?

Resources & Links

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📚 Research & Sources Mentioned

• Research on Inuit and Maya families referenced in the work of Dr. Barbara Rogoff, cultural psychologist and author of The Cultural Nature of Human Development (2003), and in various ethnographic studies of indigenous learning practices.
• Montessori, M. (1967). The absorbent mind (C.A. Claremont, Trans.). Holt, Rinehart and Winston. (Original work published 1949)

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Hey, friend, let’s start this week with a deep breath and one simple question: are you climbing the right mountain? I don’t mean physically, obviously. I’m talking about the way we throw ourselves into something—homeschooling, parenting—trying to get it all right without ever asking if the mountain we’re climbing is even the one we meant to be on.

You see, sometimes we get so busy chasing routines, programs, Pinterest boards, and Instagram goals that we lose sight of what actually matters to us. We start measuring our success by someone else’s reel. We compare our behind-the-scenes to another mom’s perfectly filtered highlight reel.

We let the “shoulds” pile up. Your child should be coding by now, preferably in two languages. They should be reading chapter books by age five or counting to 100. Please don’t—you know it’s all about early multiplication now. You should have your homeschooling dialed in—color-coded, Pinterest-worthy, and totally meltdown-proof. Or you should be doing more STEM, more drills, more tests, more copywork—page after page of perfect handwriting—more of everything. And, of course, you’re supposed to be using whatever viral curriculum is lighting up Instagram this week, even if it has nothing to do with your child’s needs, interests, or pace.

And before you know it, you’re buried under the weight of other people’s expectations, trying to keep up with a version of homeschooling that was never ours to begin with. But what if it’s not about doing more? What if it’s about choosing what matters most—to you and your child? It’s not that we’re doing it wrong. It’s that we’ve been too busy running someone else’s race to realize we never chose our own.

That we forget to pause, to reflect, to ask, “Is this actually what I want for my kids?” Or am I just following a trail someone else laid out?

And here’s the thing—it’s not about guilt; it’s about awareness. Because if you’re feeling scattered, second-guessing everything, or wondering why it all feels heavier than it should, maybe it’s not you that’s off. Maybe it’s the direction.

So this Thursday, I’m sharing a story that caught me off guard—in the middle of a theme park gift shop, no less—and shifted the way I look at homeschooling forever. It’s a moment about clarity, about wandering, and about finally choosing a path that feels like home.

But for now, just sit with one question: am I climbing the right mountain? You might be surprised what comes up when you ask it. I’ll see you Thursday.