#95 Thriving at 14, after school burnout, with Maddy in Somerset
About this episode
Maddy discusses her daughter's experience with school burnout and how they navigated her journey to thriving outside of the traditional education system.
I’m delighted to be chatting today with Maddy, who is a doctor and lives in Somerset with her husband and son who is 13 and daughter who is 14. Maddy’s daughter left school two years ago after beginning secondary school and not coping at all. Maddy talks about what burnout looked like for her daughter and how her daughter was able to slowly reconnect with the things she loved and is now thriving. And Maddy talks about letting go of the “shoulds” of school and learning has been life changing f...
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