SS #173: Think for Yourself

Scholé Sisters: Camaraderie for Classical Homeschooling Mamas

Brandy Vencel

Kids & Family, Parenting, Education

4.7 • 540 Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2026

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

In today's episode, Mystie, Abby, and Brandy discuss the importance of independent thought (versus depending on gurus, for example). You're going to love this conversation!

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John Muir Laws — artist, author, and nature enthusiast — is teaching the Scholé Sisters Spring Training Sessions this year. Come join us and embrace the practice of nature notebooks for every age. Session 1 is on May 5th at 12:30 pm Pacific and will cover nature notebooks with children. Session 2 is the next week on May 12th at the same time and will cover nature notebooks for teens and adults. Come and develop some skills that will help you forge a deeper connection with creation. Go register now: scholesisters.com/nature

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Transcript

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0:00.0	And also those kind of comments where it's like, well, it's not a Christian author, so I'm not going to read it.
0:03.7	Always make me really nervous that if the author is Christian, they'll just take it whole.
0:11.3	Yeah, everything it says.
0:12.6	Because there are so many bad Christian books.
0:15.3	For sure.
0:16.0	So true. Welcome to Skullay Sisters, where we are cultivating the maximum number of thinking
0:29.7	moms we can.
0:31.3	This is the podcast for classical homeschooling mamas who yearn for something more than just
0:36.6	checking boxes and getting it all done.
0:39.6	School A sisters discusses topics that matter to those of us who believe that educating
0:44.2	ourselves through reading widely, thinking deeply, and applying faithfully, equips us for the
0:50.4	task of educating our children.
0:53.4	I'm your host, Brandy Benzel.
0:56.1	To get my free, almost weekly, mostly Charlotte Mason newsletter, go to afterthoughtsblog.net
1:03.1	slash subscribe and sign up.
1:06.8	My co-hosts today are Misty Winkler and Abby Wall.
1:13.7	Misty is a homeschooling mom of five,
1:20.3	including three graduates. She writes and podcasts at simplyconvial.com and is the author of two excellent books, the convivial homeschool and simplified organization. Abby is basically the queen of the Scholeysistership.
1:30.3	Abby is a country-living farmer-rancher, a loving wife and mom of five who homeschools
1:36.3	and reads whenever she can.
1:40.3	John Weir Laws, artist, author, and nature enthusiast is teaching our spring training sessions this year.
1:48.3	Come join us and embrace the practice of nature notebooks for every age.
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