The Unschool Space
The Unschool Space
Esther Jones
#93 The courage to step into the unknown, with Claire Gillespie in Hertfordshire, UK
53 minutes Posted Oct 14, 2025 at 6:00 pm.
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I’m delighted to welcome back Claire Gillespie, who was a guest on the podcast almost two years ago. Claire lives in the UK with her husband and two sons, who are 15 and 17, and who left the school system around six years ago. Claire now works as a coach and also runs a creative business called The Cardboard Shed. Today we talk about why it takes so much courage to leave mainstream school, even when it isn’t working, and how taking that step caused such a huge shift in her own life. We also t...