336. Do You Suffer From an Adventure Deficit?
Brave Writer
Julie Bogart and Melissa Wiley
4.8 • 927 Ratings
🗓️ 22 April 2026
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
What if the crankiness in your homeschool isn’t a behavior problem at all, but an adventure deficit?
In this episode, we explore how too much routine can flatten a family’s energy and how a little surprise, novelty, and wonder can bring learning back to life. We share simple ways to add adventure at home, outside, in literature, in language, and even on rainy days, plus ideas for building an “adventure list” before you need one. Along the way, we talk about wonder walls, theater games, jump rope, gardening, punctuation, and the hilarious flow chart that asks the all-important question: “But did you die?” Listen in, then come share your own adventure ideas with us.
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| 0:23.9 | my best to help, but I ended up in tears as well. That very night, I received an email |
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| 0:50.3 | Melissa, I know by the time this airs, the Artemis 2 mission will be over, but today is the day |
| 0:57.2 | when they do the moon fly by while we're recording. And I have been obsessed. What about you? |
| 1:02.9 | Oh my gosh. I was in tears at the part where they're naming the craters. |
| 1:08.2 | Oh, naming it after Reed's wife who died of cancer and then spelling her name, he could |
| 1:15.3 | hardly get through it. |
| 1:17.1 | That was emotional. |
| 1:18.9 | The whole thing is so emotional and magical. |
| 1:23.0 | I haven't even seen Project Hail Mary yet, but when Mission Control said, amaze, amaze, |
| 1:27.3 | amaze, and they |
| 1:29.3 | were quoting the movie. It's incredible. In fact, one of the things I just posted on my |
| 1:35.1 | threads account is how lovely the women at Mission Control are. I keep thinking it's a model for |
| 1:43.6 | the way we lead. There's kindness, generosity, endless |
| 1:47.9 | affirmation. Every time anyone in that little capsule says anything, they're like, great job |
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