Self Directed

About Self Directed

Self Directed - A guest based podcast on Life, Learning, and Raising Free Thinkers. Hosted by Cecilie and Jesper Conrad, full-time travellers since 2018 and parents to four.

Publisher

Cecilie & Jesper Conrad

Category

education · kids & family · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

2 Feb 2023

Latest episode

20 Jan 2026

Latest episodes

251 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   20 Jan 2026

   Hannah Beach | The Importance of True Play in Children’s Development

   Hannah Beach explains why true play and “void moments” are essential for healthy child development. She describes void moments as unstructured, unstimulated time where children are not directed, entertained, or managed, and shows how these moments allow children to process experience, develop identity, regulate emotions, and build resilience. Hannah is an award-winning educator, author, and emotional health consultant with more than 25 years of experience developing play-based and relationshi...

2. 

   4 Jan 2026

   Jeppe Trolle Linnet | Men, Vulnerability, and Masculinity in Transition

   Anthropologist Jeppe Trolle Linnet explains how men’s fear of vulnerability is shaped by dominance, shame, and competition, drawing on years of work with men’s groups and recent field research in Greenland. He describes why men struggle to share pain, how loneliness and divorce intensify isolation, and how fatherhood, emotional listening, and community spaces offer alternative models of masculinity grounded in trust rather than control. 🗓️ Recorded December 8, 2025. 📍 Tarragona, Spain 🔗 ...

3. 

   21 Dec 2025

   Victoria Lenormand | From Detective To Unschooling Advocate

   Ex-detective turned homeschooler Victoria Lenormand describes leaving a policing career as it shifted from service to force and recognizing the same pattern in her son’s early schooling. In this conversation, she explains how grading, labels, and constant assessment eroded confidence, and how home education replaced pressure with agency, learning by doing, and community built through shared interests rather than age-based classrooms. 🗓️ Recorded December 8, 2025. 📍 Tarragona, Spain 🔗 Re...

Who has been a guest on Self Directed

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Jamie Rumble
• Vanessa Woozley
• Jack Stewart
• Jennie Germann Molz
• Corianda Shepherd

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

136,472

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

11 ratings

Spotify

4.9 / 5

16 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 84 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

100

Social presence

0

YouTube

86

Engagement

85

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