Faark The Shoulds (& Alchemising Education)
"Faark The Shoulds" plus little sister podcast, Alchemising Education - Inspirational, practical, transformational conversations from QuantiMama.com's wife and husband team, Jodi & McGill together with their 'sister from another mother' Curious QuantiMama Kerri on High Vibe Birth, Parenting, Relationships and Life.
It starts with noticing the "shoulds" in your life; what that means and how to remedy that programming to live honestly, authentically and embody pure love and most importantly, master the ability to 'fark the shoulds'.
Join the fun; be challenged, be inspired, get curious, be entertained by this refreshingly honest and intoxicatingly insightful smorgasbord of conversations, peppered by the odd swearword and abundant with seed sprouting and lightbulb moments. Check out QuantiMama's courses: High Vibe Birth; Take The Leap (to Homeschooling); countless other awesome offerings.
Episodes
53 episodes
Community Medicine - Part 1
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...
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Season 3
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Episode 52
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Community Medicine - Part 2
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...
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Season 3
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Episode 53
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Alchemising Education - Recipe to Achieve
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—a...
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Season 3
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Episode 51
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The Third Death
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...
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Season 3
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Episode 50
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Alchemising Education - Remote Controlled Kids
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...
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Season 3
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Episode 49
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Alchemising Education - Dear Teacher
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 questio...
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Season 3
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Episode 48
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35:39
Soul-centred Artist
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 conver...
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Season 3
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Episode 46
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55:30
Alchemising Education - Modern Day Addictions
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 trif...
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Season 3
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Episode 46
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Financial Resilience
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, Q...
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Season 3
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Episode 45
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Alchemising Education - (Being) Good As Gold
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 ...
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Season 3
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Episode 44
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Self-Healing Superpowers
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 ...
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Season 3
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Episode 43
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43:06
Alchemising Education - Leap Takers
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...
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Season 3
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Episode 42
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52:41
A Foot in Both Camps
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 s...
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Season 3
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Episode 41
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Alchemising Education - Uncoercible Parents
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 &...
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Season 3
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Episode 40
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Alchemising Education - The Tipping Point
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 Alch...
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Season 3
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Episode 39
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Living Consciously; Pt 2
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 Ra...
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Living Consciously; Pt 1
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 Ra...
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Season 3
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Episode 37
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Alchemising Education - It's My Life
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 stop...
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Season 3
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Episode 36
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Heroes, Villians and the Drama Triangle
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 i...
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Season 3
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Episode 35
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38:03
Alchemising Education - High Vibe A.I.
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.
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Season 3
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Episode 34
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Nurturing Connections After Birth
Oh, the postpartum period—the time when everything feels impossibly full (your heart, your hands, and let’s be frank, your boobs). In this episode, we’re cracking open what it really takes to nurture yourself after birth—not the Insta-...
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Season 3
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Episode 33
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Alchemising Education - Be The Example
Oh, the joys of parenting when you're running on three hours of sleep and yesterday’s coffee. In this episode, we’re peeling back the layers of what it really means to lead by example—not the Instagram-worthy, perfectly curated version...
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Season 3
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Episode 32
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Long-term Labels
Labels – they’re everywhere. But have you ever stopped to wonder what they’re really doing? Are they offering clarity, or boxing us in? This episode, QuantiMama Jodi is joined by the brilliant Katy, Neural...
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Season 3
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Episode 31
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Alchemising Education - Rocking The Holidays
What does it mean to truly rock the holiday season? Maybe it’s embracing the mess, or maybe it’s about finally finding a little stillness amidst the chaos. Whatever it looks like for you, we’re here to explore what happens when we let ...
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Season 2
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Episode 30
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