Welcome to the Brave Rider Podcast. I'm Julie Bogart. I've got five adult kids and I got to homeschool them for 17 years.

I'm also the creator of Brave Rider, a language arts and writing resource for families.

On these podcasts, I look forward to addressing topics that enhance the parent-child relationship

while allowing you to be effective coaches and allies to your children in the task of home education.

Thanks for joining me today.

So Leslie, my friend, is a marriage and family therapist and a sex therapist.

She's done it for what, 25 years, less?

25 years.

25 years.

She works in Denver.

We know each other from UCLA Kappa Kappa Gamma and we were amazed to

discover after years of living apart and marriage and children we were both

home educators it was like a total fun

discovery. Not only that but she's a huge periscoper and so was I and we kind of came

on to periscope at the same time.

You got me on Periscope.

I got her on Periscope.

That's right.

So anyway, we've just developed this great renewed friendship and Leslie's advice around marriage is fantastic.

And I have so many people ask me about marriage and homeschooling.

I thought we would let her join the conversation, guide the conversation.

Of course I'm more than happy to share but you know my story I am not still married and I

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