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We're Pat and Jessi,
and we’re so happy you’re here.
"Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself"
- John Dewey, philosopher & psychologist
We believe education has one primary purpose: to cultivate the skills necessary to create a deeply meaningful, successful, and fulfilling life.
We also believe the traditional approach to education, however well-meaning, directly hinders this goal.
School trains children to value compliance, conformity, external validation, dependence, fear of failure, disconnection from their own instincts, and the relentless pressure to perform. As a result, kids are more anxious, depressed, stressed, and disconnected from their wellbeing than ever before.
We believe that children, and their families, deserve so much better. And we’re here to help you break free from these chains, radically reimagine what’s possible, and reclaim your family’s freedom, creativity, and power – both in the realm of education, and in the conscious creation of your life together as a family.
Our mission is to empower families to envision the lifestyle of their dreams— and give them the courage they need to create it together.
Our Core Beliefs About Education:
1
You are already your child’s most important teacher. No one knows them better, loves them more, or is as invested in their future than you.
2
Education should be tailored to a child’s strengths, not their weaknesses. When the method and the child disagree, trust the child.
3
There is no difference between living and learning. Life is the greatest teacher, and the world is the most powerful classroom.
4
True education is sacred preparation for becoming who we were born to be — and for building our lives, families, and future from that truth.
5
Learning how to create a deeply meaningful and fulfilling life is the only education that truly matters in the end.
Freedom has always been one of our family’s deepest values. To us, freedom means having the power — and the courage — to think, act and live however we choose, according to our deepest values and desires.
Freedom means reclaiming our inner guidance system from external forces (society, schooling, familial expectations, fear, conditioning, etc) and having the courage to follow it unconditionally into our fullest aliveness.
Our measure of success as a family isn’t money or status or grades or stamps of approval from the outside — our measure of success is how much freedom we can create in our lives.
Freedom to do life our own way with a respectful but profound disregard for what anyone else is doing, or what anyone else might think.
In 2012 we exited the matrix as a family and never looked back. We got to work on building a truly sovereign and soul-centered life. We began homeschooling, which really just meant that we began fully pursuing and creating our most fulfilling lives together as a family — outside the system, on our own terms.
What else is life for but experiencing existence as deeply and meaningfully as we’re able, and contributing the absolute best that’s within us? And what else should education be for but preparing our children to do exactly that?
Knowing how to create an extraordinary, fulfilling life is the only skill that really matters in the end.
We've been homeschooling for 13 years, and this is our story
As we forged our own homeschool path, more and more families began turning to us for guidance.
“How do I get started?”
“How do I balance this with my schedule, job, and responsibilities?”
“How did you go from working to staying at home with your family?”
“What do I actually need to teach, and what can I let go of?”
“What if my child falls behind?”
“How do I prepare my child for college, work, and the real world without following the traditional path?”
“How do I overcome the fear that I’m doing it all wrong?”
Over the years, LifeSchool has grown from the way we chose to raise and educate our own children into something much bigger: a living philosophy for families who want more freedom, meaning, and connection — and the courage to live life on their own terms.
We’ve taken everything we’ve learned — through years of homeschooling, travel, experimentation, reinvention, and building our own life beyond the status quo — and turned it into tools, guidance, and experiences designed to help other families do the same.
Today, LifeSchool is a home for courageous families who are ready to question the system, trust themselves more deeply, and build lives that reflect who they truly are and what they value most.
If something in you is whispering “there must be a better way,” follow it. You don’t need to have the whole path figured out — you just need the courage to take the very first step.
We’d be honored to walk beside you as you create a family life and an education that feels fully, wildly, beautifully your own.
Our Core Beliefs About Education:
1
You are already your child’s most important teacher. No one knows them better, loves them more, or is as invested in their future than you.
2
Education should be tailored to a child’s strengths, not their weaknesses. When the method and the child disagree, trust the child.
3
There is no difference between living and learning. Life is the greatest teacher, and the world is the most powerful classroom.
4
True education is sacred preparation for becoming who we were born to be — and for building our lives, families, and future from that truth.
5
Learning how to create a deeply meaningful and fulfilling life is the only education that truly matters in the end.
What families say about LifeSchool
Begin your journey with our free PDF guidebook:
Homeschool For All
A Proven Method For Any Family To Reclaim Their Child's Education & Freedom
Premium Homeschool Resources
Our Online Program:
The Homeschool Revolution
Get all the support you need to create a homeschool that’s built around who your child is, and what your family values most. Gain the clarity and courage you need to break free from the school old paradigm and create a family life that feels deeply aligned, meaningful, and alive.
Coming soon:
The SoulMap Guide
The SoulMap app will guide you to discover your child’s “innate curriculum” — their unique personality, gifts, passions, learning styles, and emerging potential — and turn that insight into an education powered by what we call their “soul blueprint,” and who they were born to be.
Coming soon:
The LifeSchool Inner Circle
An ecosystem for families who believe deeply in doing education (and life) differently. The LifeSchool Community is an gathering place for genuine connection, parental empowerment, life-changing wisdom, and unwavering support for your homeschooling journey.
