1KHO 858: A Vision for What Your Homeschool Could Be | Jennifer Pepito, The Inspired Homeschool

The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast

Ginny Yurich

Kids & Family, Parenting

4.8 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 July 2026

⏱️ 60 minutes

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There is so much more possible for your children than you've been led to believe. In her fourth visit to the podcast, bestselling author Jennifer Pepito shares why homeschooling isn't about replicating school at home. Instead, it's about creating an environment where curiosity, character, creativity, and confidence can flourish. Drawing from the stories of Leonardo da Vinci, Booker T. Washington, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Blaise Pascal, and other remarkable people who learned outside traditional classrooms, Jennifer offers a hopeful vision that replaces fear with freedom. If you've ever wondered whether your own mistakes, limitations, or lack of experience disqualify you from giving your children an extraordinary education, this conversation is the encouragement you've been waiting for. Grab your copy of The Inspired Homeschool and check out https://www.thepeacefulpress.com A huge thank you to our sponsors! Check them out below: BetterHelp: Visit www.BetterHelp.com/1000HOURS today to get 10% off your first month. Quince - Visit www.quince.com/outside and get free shipping and 365 day returns IXL Learning - Head to www.ixl.com/1000hours to get an exclusive 20% savings on your membership Whisker - Take care of your cats while taking an additional $50 off bundles with code 1000HOURS when you shop www.whisker.com/1000HOURS woom Bikes - Go to woom.com and use code 1000HOURS at checkout for 10% off your new bike purchase, excluding the woom WOW. Muzzle Sleep Tape - Go to MuzzleSleep.com and use code 1000HOURS for 10% off. Ethos Life Insurance - Get your free quote at ethos.com/1000hours Active Skin Repair - Don’t forget to put this in your first aid kit! Visit ActiveSkinRepair.com and use the code 1000HOURS to save 20% on all Active Skin Repair products. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Some books change your life and the body keeps the score with that book for me.
0:05.0	As long as you keep secrets and suppress information, you are fundamentally at war with yourself.
0:10.0	The critical issue is allowing yourself to know what you know.
0:13.0	That takes an enormous amount of courage.
0:16.0	It was eye-opening, hearing how traumatic experiences leave scars on us. It's really changed how I understand people in relationships. Life changes when you listen. The body keeps the score by Basil van der Kolk. Now on Spotify. Welcome to the 1000 Hours Outside podcast. My name is Ginny Urton, the founder of 1,000 Hours Outside. And I always like like it when my in real life friends are here
0:37.8	Jennifer Pepito welcome oh I'm so happy to get to chat with you Jenny you have a brand new book
0:43.5	out people can go grab a copy it is a phenomenal one it's called the inspired homeschool
0:48.1	it's a great time to read a book like this in the summer when you're trying to figure out like
0:52.2	what are you going to do here come fall
0:54.2	come august come september with your kids this book is about how history's heroes light a path
0:59.8	toward joyful confident learning it's a really interesting take on a book looking at the
1:04.8	historical aspect like what do people used to do what were their opinion so i love the premise of
1:09.4	it jennifer is the host of Restoration Home
1:11.8	Podcast, bestselling author of Habits for a Sacred Home, the founder of The Peaceful Press,
1:17.0	which is a homeschool curriculum provider. And you're a mom with a lot of kids that spends a lot of
1:22.4	time outside, even a grandmother at this point. So welcome back. I'm so happy to be here. I'm so happy. I wish that we
1:30.8	were doing this in person. I'd love to be sitting by a creek or sliding down waterfalls as we've done.
1:36.4	Yes. Wouldn't that be wonderful? Wouldn't that be wonderful? But it is always a gift to get to spend
1:40.7	some time with you. Can you talk about this new book about looking at the historical
1:44.6	parts of? It's really interesting. I think homeschooling seems new, but really it's tried and true.
1:53.3	It's been around for a long time. So the thought of looking through history and different people
2:00.0	who, so you're looking historically at different
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