Faark The Shoulds (& Alchemising Education)

You can’t outsource wisdom. Or connection. Or that strange blend of magic and monotony that is raising kids while trying to live in alignment with your values.

In this season final, two-part Faark the Shoulds conversation, QuantiMama Jodi gets comfy with Riona Seehusen—founder of Bellagreen Organic Farm and unintentional mother-hub creator—to explore what it means to live locally, parent cyclically, and hold community without fanfar...

Did you know the education system most Aussie kids move through was designed during the first industrial revolution? That’s horse-and-cart territory. Now we’re in the sixth, with AI reshaping everything from work to identity—and somehow, school hasn’t moved much past the factory floor.

Still standardised. Still compliance-driven. Still asking kids to fit into a model that no longer fits the world they’re stepping into.

In this episod...

There’s a kind of silence that follows death—the one where you realise the story won’t pick up again. Not in the way it used to. You’re left holding the memories, the what-ifs, and sometimes, the things you didn’t get to say.

In this 50th episode, QuantiMama Jodi and QuantiPapa McGill dive deep into what it means to do death well. Not with platitudes or tidy bows—but with presence, reverence, and a willingness to sit in the discomfo...

It's a beautiful day; the sun is shining; there's a cute kid in a pram, eyes glued to an iPad, whilst Mum scrolls Insta on the footpath. Normal? Maybe. Healthy? Faark no.

In this Alchemising Education chat, QuantiMamas Jodi and Kerri pull no punches on the quiet epidemic of digital babysitting. From toddlers tethered to tablets to teen tracked for "their safety", they unpack how tech has crept into every corner o...

Dear Teacher,

We see you. The spark you started with is still in there — buried maybe, but not broken. You wanted to change lives. Instead, you’re wading through reports, watching bright eyes dim. It’s enough to make anyone question everything.

In this Alchemising Education convo, QuantiMama Jodi and Kerri sit down with Jonathan Zalunardo — ex-teacher, founder of Apogee Australia, and proud builder of the new. He spent years trying t...

What if the most radical thing you could do today was to literally stop and pause? Side step the noise, the bills, life’s endless trail of shoulds—and listen for what’s calling you in that pause?.

In this Faark The Shoulds conversation, QuantiMama Jodi gets cosy with the luminescent Kristen Morrison—author, artist, stylist, ex-fashion designer, and long-time disruptor of the “good girl” narrative. They trace Kristen’s winding path f...

Picture Friday night: Mum’s juggling Uber Eats menus, Dad’s doom-scrolling share prices, and the kids are TikTok-surfing Try Not To Laugh shorts while the telly drones on. Looks like well-earned down-time, right? Nope— that’s the addiction trifecta hard-wiring itself into your family’s nervous system.

In this Alchemising Education episode, QuantiMama Jodi and QuantiMama Kerri rip the Band-Aid off modern-day addictions—busyness, shin...

A casual take away cuppa feels harmless… until you're skimming the bottom of your account to pay for bananas. Meanwhile, the kids are actually begging for your time—not, as expected, another babycino. Something’s off.

In this raw convo, QuantiMama Jodi and QuantiPapa McGill crack open their own story of financial resilience—complete with pub-cleaning at 5am, career pivoting, and a total rewrite of what “providing” even means. I...

Picture this, if you will: you rock up to the bank for your own hard-earned cash and upon supplying your withdrawal slip, they quiz you like a naughty schoolkid. 

Umm, Nope! 

Time for a shinier Plan B. 

In this Alchemising Education chat, QuantiMama Jodi and QuantiMama Kerri swap the credit card swipes for sovereign coins with Carmelle Pavan—journalist-turned-bullion boss and the only woman steering a precious-metals dealership in Vic...

Sick? Or… upgrading? 

In a modern world, addicted to immediate relief or reprieve, it can feel a foreign concept to prioritise and honour our body's need for time and space when it comes to common, transient illnesses like colds and flu. 

QuantiMama Jodi spent three full days horizontal, tanked at 20% energy, feeling sick as sh!t and in full surrender. QuantiPapa McGill muscled through—favouring activity and fasting. Turns out, ...

 What if the only thing standing between your child and a thriving education… is everything you were taught to believe about school?

In this gutsy, permission-giving episode, QuantiMama Jodi and QuantiMama Kerri get honest about what it really took to become Leap Takers. They lay down the five biggest fears parents face when considering a shift—fears they know intimately because they’ve lived them:
“I’m not qualified.”
“Wh...

There are two worlds in play. One that asks for presence, evolution, and inner growth—and one that demands you get up, get out the door, and get the job done.

In this episode, we sit inside the tension of holding both. QuantiPapa McGill speaks from the space many men quietly inhabit—walking the path of deeper awareness while still embedded in the density of everyday life. It’s not a complaint, and it’s not a call-out. It’s a thought...

What if the real skill our kids need isn’t academic — but the ability to discern, to disrupt, to know themselves?

In this Alchemising Education conversation with Adam Gibson (Parents With Questions), QuantiMama Jodi & QuantiMama Kerri explore what it means to raise children who are grounded in their own sovereignty — and why it starts with us, unravelling inherited and learned scripts and rebuilding trust in our own inner compas...

What if your tipping point wasn’t some grand, dramatic moment but just a small, uncomfortable nudge that forced you to question everything you thought you knew about schooling, life, and what’s truly important?

In this episode of Alchemising Education, QuantiMama Jodi and QuantiMama Kerri dive into those tipping point moments—the ones where everything you’ve been avoiding suddenly forces its way to the surface. It’s not always the b...

What if living consciously isn’t about fixing yourself—but finally listening to the you that never needed fixing?

In this two-part episode, QuantiMama’s Faark The Shoulds welcomes the wildly wonderful Jillian Rumble-Young from Rainbow OMG. Jillian is a biodynamic farmer, homeschooling mama, musician, plant whisperer, and balm maker extraordinaire—and if she had a business card, it would probably be compostable and smell like calendu...

What if living consciously isn’t about fixing yourself—but finally listening to the you that never needed fixing?

In this two-part episode, QuantiMama’s Faark The Shoulds welcomes the wildly wonderful Jillian Rumble-Young from Rainbow OMG. Jillian is a biodynamic farmer, homeschooling mama, musician, plant whisperer, and balm maker extraordinaire—and if she had a business card, it would probably be compostable and smell like calendu...

It's Their Life; Are We Raising Kids to Trust Themselves?

Alright, Quantifolks—balls and all time. When did we start believing that our kids needed to be managed/guided/fixed instead of just trusted?

Somewhere along the way, we stopped seeing our children as whole beings and started treating them like projects—something to manage, shape, or perfect. We, parents, have the best intentions, of course. We want them to be happy, succ...

What if the roles we play in our relationships — the hero, the villain, the victim — were keeping us stuck in cycles of disempowerment? 

In this episode of Faark The Shoulds, QuantiPapa McGill and QuantiMama Jodi get right into the heart of the drama triangle and how these roles shape our connections and self-perception. 

Why do we feel the need to fix, blame, or rescue? 

And what happens when we choose not to play those parts?

We expl...

Alright, Quantifolks—it's time to look past the oxymoronic request to prove to a computer that you're not a computer (thanks G00gle Capture!!) and dive head first into the wonderous/frighteningly-fast/potentially-quite-concerning world of AI.

 In this episode, QuantiMama Jodi and QuantiMama Kerri dive into the fast-moving, sometimes overwhelming, but ultimately mind-blowing world of AI. 

How do we keep our frequency high wh...