EU406: Foundations: Open and Curious

EU406: Foundations: Open and Curious

From Exploring Unschooling by Pam Laricchia

April 9, 2026 · 16 min

About this episode

This episode discusses the importance of being open and curious in navigating relationships and challenges.

For this week’s episode, we’re sharing the next Foundations episode of the Living Joyfully Podcast with Pam and Anna, Open and Curious . Open and curious is a helpful mindset shift for navigating relationships and challenges. In this week’s episode, we dive into Pam’s mantra and some of the many ways that it has proven to be so valuable in our lives. Being open and curious takes us back to beginner’s mind and allows us to see possibilities and question limiting beliefs that no longer serve us. We hope today’s episode sparks some fun insights for you! Watch the video of our conversation on YouTube . THINGS WE MENTION IN THIS EPISODE We invite you to join us in the Living Joyfully Network , a warm and welcoming online community of like-hearted parents. It’s a non-judgmental space where you can steep in these unconventional ideas around parenting, relationships, and learning, and explore what they might look like day-to-day in your uniquely wonderful family. We offer a free month trial so you can see if it’s a good fit for you.  Click here to join us. Sign up to our mailing list on Substack to receive our email newsletters as well as new articles about learning, parenting, and…

People in this episode

Host: Pam Laricchia

Guest: Anna Brown

Topics covered

  • mindset
  • relationships
  • parenting
  • curiosity
  • unschooling

Keywords

  • open and curious
  • mindset shift
  • beginner's mind
  • limiting beliefs
  • parenting insights

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Living Joyfully Network, Substack, YouTube, livingjoyfully.ca

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