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Brave Writer

320. An Important Message from Julie about Brave Writer

Brave Writer

Julie Bogart and Melissa Wiley

Education For Kids, Education, Kids & Family, Books, Arts

4.8 • 927 Ratings

🗓️ 31 December 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

What happens when you realize the mission can grow even as your energy changes? This week, we share a heartfelt update about Brave Writer’s next chapter—why protecting the “sacred trust” matters, how strong culture makes change possible, and what it looks like to move from doing it all to mentoring new leadership. Along the way, we revisit a long-held Florence dream (Santa Croce + A Room with a View), talk about training replacements, and offer a “January gift” idea: online writing classes kids experience as a treat. Come listen—and then join us at bravewriter.com/online-classes.

Resources:

  1. Find A Room With a View in the Brave Writer Book Shop
  2. Brave Writer class registration is open!
  3. Visit Julie’s Substack to find her special podcast for kids (and a lot more!)
  4. Purchase Julie’s new book, Help! My Kid Hates Writing
  5. Find community in our membership forum, the Brave Learner Home
  6. Learn more about the Brave Writer Literature & Mechanics programs
  7. Start a free trial of CTCmath.com to try the math program that’s sure to grab and keep your child’s attention
  8. Give your child the gift of music! Sign up for a free month of private lessons with Maestro Music and let your child discover their own musical voice: www.maestromusic.online/brave
  9. Subscribe to Julie’s Substack newsletters, Brave Learning with Julie Bogart and Julie Off Topic, and Melissa’s Catalog of Enthusiasms
  10. Sign up for our Text Message Pod Ring to get podcast updates and more!
  11. Send us podcast topic ideas by texting us: +1 (833) 947-3684
  12. Interested in advertising with us? Reach out to media@bravewriter.com

Connect with Julie:

  1. Instagram: @juliebravewriter
  2. Threads: @juliebravewriter
  3. Bluesky: @bravewriter.com
  4. Facebook: facebook.com/bravewriter

Connect with Melissa:

  1. Website: melissawiley.com
  2. Substack: melissawiley.substack.com
  3. Instagram: @melissawileybooks
  4. Bluesky: @melissawiley.bsky.social

Produced by NOVA

Transcript

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0:00.0

Looking for a great math program?

0:03.0

CTC Math provides online video tutorials that make learning math easy and effective

0:10.0

by using creative graphics and animation that are sure to grab and keep your child's attention.

0:16.0

Here's a great testimonial from Lori.

0:18.0

She said one day, my 10-year-old was in tears over math.

0:23.6

I tried my best to help, but I ended up in tears as well. That very night, I received an email offer for CTC Math.

0:31.6

The following Monday, we reviewed the curriculum together. She was willing to give it a shot, and we have never looked back.

0:39.9

Start your free trial today by visiting ctcmath.com.

0:49.9

Well, happy new year, Melissa Wiley.

0:53.3

Happy New Year, Julie Bogart. This has been such an incredible

0:58.8

year of podcasts with you. And it's hard for me to believe that I ever did the podcast without you.

1:06.4

You have become essential to my weekly sharing and it's been such a boost to our friendship to have this regular time together.

1:14.6

Thank you for being here.

1:15.8

Yeah, it turns out you really need a homeschooling mama pals to hash everything over with all the time.

1:21.8

One of my favorite things about this year is how much positive feedback we've received from those of you who are listening.

1:29.7

I've heard people tell me that Melissa's stories of her current kids who are still homeschooling

1:36.6

have meant so much to them and that they love hearing us when we really dissect the philosophy

1:42.9

of learning at home, which of course is our jam.

1:46.3

So thank you when you email us, write reviews, and share this podcast with your friends.

1:52.2

Honestly, we love doing it, but it's even more meaningful when we hear from you.

1:57.2

It really, really is.

1:58.7

You know, Julie, over the weekend, I got such a beautiful email from somebody who had discovered my blog as she's a young mom and she said she had read through all of the archives and she thanked me for leaving them up. It was such a kind letter, but it really got me thinking about the value of something like we're doing

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