PRIVATE COACHING WITH SUE

Get Unschooling Support Built Around Your Family

Every family is different. Our conversations will begin with your children, your circumstances, and what you’re trying to work through, not a one-size-fits-all version of unschooling.

Sometimes you’ve read the articles, listened to the podcasts, and tried to work through the situation yourself, but you still feel stuck. Maybe your child is not learning in the way you expected. Screens have become a source of conflict. You’re worried about reading, math, motivation, socialization, or the future. You and your partner may not agree about what unschooling should look like. Or perhaps you simply need someone who understands this path to listen and help you sort through everything.

You do not need to arrive with the right words or a perfectly formed question. Bring Sue the whole picture: the complicated situation, the worry you keep circling, or the thing you haven’t said out loud yet.

Whether you need one focused conversation or steady support over the coming months, Sue can help you understand what is happening, untangle old school expectations, and find a way forward with more clarity, confidence, trust, and connection.

30 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE

Guidance That Begins With Your Child

Sue Patterson has spent nearly 30 years living unschooling with her own family and helping other parents work through the questions that come with choosing a life outside traditional school. She will not hand you a rigid formula or try to fit your family into someone else’s version of unschooling.

Instead, Sue will listen carefully, ask questions, and help you look more closely at:

• What is actually happening in your home
• What your child may be communicating
• Which school-based expectations may be shaping your fears
• What is already working
• Where your family may need more support
• Which next steps feel realistic and useful

The goal is not to solve your child or create a perfect unschooling plan. It is to help you move forward with more clarity, confidence, trust, and connection.

WHAT CAN WE TALK ABOUT?

Coaching for the Questions That Feel Personal

Private coaching can help you work through:

• Beginning unschooling or leaving school
• Deschooling and adjusting expectations
• Reading, writing, math, or perceived learning gaps
• Screens, gaming, and online relationships
• Motivation, boredom, and resistance
• Parent-child conflict and family dynamics
• Unschooling teens and growing independence
• Socialization and friendship concerns
• Criticism from relatives, friends, or a co-parent
• Disagreement between partners
• Transcripts, college, work, and future plans
• Rebuilding confidence after a difficult season

If it is affecting your relationship with your child or making it harder to trust your choices, you can bring it to the conversation.

One-Time Coaching Session

One focused conversation about what’s happening now

We all get stuck in our own thinking sometimes. A private session gives you space to step back, explain the whole situation, and receive thoughtful guidance focused on your family.

Use your session to work through your biggest concern, untangle several connected issues, or gain a clearer sense of what to do next.

Talking with someone who's done this can be so helpful!

You’ll receive:

• One private 60-minute coaching session
• Focused support for your child and family
• Space to talk honestly without judgment
• Practical ideas and clearer next steps

Four Months of Private Support

Regular check-ins without joining a membership

If you're too busy for the membership but still want someone in your corner over the next few months, this is your option!

Perfect for brainstorming, accountability, talking through what worked and what did not, and setting practical intentions for the month ahead. Schedule the calls at the pace that works best for you.

You’ll receive:

• Four private 30-minute sessions
• Flexible scheduling over four months
• Ongoing familiarity with your family and concerns
• A regular place to reflect, adjust, and plan your next steps

Six Months of Mentoring With Sue

More than quick check-ins

You’ve been figuring this out alone long enough. You want ongoing help from someone who can get to know your child, understand your family, and help you build something that actually fits.

Over six months, you and Sue will work through obstacles, explore what works for your children, and create practical plans you can use in real life.

You’ll receive:

• Six monthly 60-minute private sessions
• Daily voice notes, videos, practical tips, and weekly themes through Sue’s Creating Confidence Daily
• Six month Strewing Calendar subscription
• Ongoing guidance grounded in your specific child and family
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  This option is for the parent who knows that both good days and difficult days are coming, and does not want to navigate either one alone.

One Year of Mentoring With Sue

Individualized support through an entire year of unschooling

A full year gives Sue time to truly get to know your child, understand your family, and see what is working, as well as what needs to change.

Together, you will create an individualized plan and spend the year making it work in real life. As your children grow, circumstances shift, or new concerns appear, you will have ongoing support to adjust, expand, and move forward.

You’ll receive:

• Twelve monthly 60-minute mentoring sessions
• A written individualized plan built around your family
• Between-session text support for questions that arise
• Twelve months of access to the Strewing Calendar
• Daily voice notes, videos, practical tips, and weekly themes through Sue’s Creating Confidence Daily
• This option is for the parent who wants more than occasional advice. You want someone who knows your family, notices your growth, and is there to support you throughout the year.

WHAT TO EXPECT

A Conversation, Not an Evaluation

You do not need to prepare a presentation, prove that you are unschooling correctly, or make your family sound more put together than it feels.

Sue will listen, ask questions, and help you slow the situation down. Together, you’ll look at what may be driving the concern, what your child may need, and which options make sense for your family.

You will not leave with a generic checklist or someone else’s formula. You will leave with a clearer understanding of what is happening and a more grounded sense of what to try next.

"Sue can really SEE things from another person's perspective. She doesn't judge. If there's a way out, she will help you see your options. That's a true gift."  ~Lindsay

NOT SURE WHICH OPTION FITS?

Start With a Clarity Call

With so many unschooling resources and support options available, it can be difficult to know what would help most.

A brief Clarity Call gives you a chance to tell Sue what you’re working through and determine whether a coaching session, mentoring package, community membership, course, or other resource would be the best next step.

• 10-minute conversation
• Help choosing the right type of support
• Designed for questions about your next step
• Not a private coaching session