Episode 48: Crafting A 'Home Ed' Life with Fiona Sim

Episode 48: Crafting A 'Home Ed' Life with Fiona Sim

August 5, 2025 · 58 min · Season 1 · Episode 48

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Fiona Sim shares her journey of home education and creating a life shaped by values and instincts.

What if raising your kids didn’t mean following the rules - but rewriting them altogether? In this episode of  Do Your Thing , I’m joined by the brilliantly honest and refreshingly down-to-earth  Fiona Sim : a home-educating mum, Certified Business Strategist and freedom-seeker who’s created a life and career shaped by values and instincts, not expectations. Fiona lives in the Scottish Borders with her husband and two daughters. After spending 15 years trying on different jobs and directions, it wasn’t until motherhood that she truly found her path - which included the decision to Home Educate her kids. Fiona shares her inspiring story of consciously stepping away from the conventional path, from years of trying to “figure it all out” to building a lifestyle that blends parenting, learning, travel and self-trust. During this conversation we explore: Why Fiona chose to home educate her children - and what that actually looks like in real life How home education has become a natural, blended part of their everyday life The role of freedom in her parenting journey - and how her perspective shifted after becoming a mum The balance between supporting her children’s autonomy…

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Host: Tamsin Williamson

Guest: Fiona Sim

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Places: Scottish Borders

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