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
64 episodes
How a Joke Became a Framework for Honesty
Some jokes don't stay jokes. Four years ago, calling a podcast Faark the Shoulds was mostly just funny - a release valve for how much of adulthood runs on quiet obligation. It's still funny. It also became the actual way this family makes decis...
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Pure Love Connection: Healthy Masculinity, Empowered Birth and Inner Knowing
What happens when a man actually knows his job in the birth space?Not “just be supportive”.Not “rub her back and stay out of trouble”.Not standing in the corner like an awkward extra waiting for someone to hand him a script.<...
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Alchemising Education - Whole-Self Children - Part 2
"Mum, stop pushing me. I'm not ready."Dr. Maxine Therese's son said this at the school gate when he was small. She was not dragging him. She was doing what most of us do - quietly, persistently, anxiously moving him toward the door. He n...
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Alchemising Education - Whole-Self Children - Part 1
"Mum, stop pushing me. I'm not ready."Dr. Maxine Therese's son said this at the school gate when he was small. She was not dragging him. She was doing what most of us do - quietly, persistently, anxiously moving him toward the door. He n...
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Family Ties
Your kid comes home polite, capable, and lovely for everyone else… then absolutely unloads on you over something that feels wildly disproportionate.Rude? Yes. Fun? Not particularly. Proof your family is broken? Not so fast.In Epis...
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Alchemising Education - Big Sister Love
What if the conversation that changes a girl’s life isn’t the big dramatic one everyone notices?What if it’s the quieter stuff. The language. The noticing. The steady reassurance of being seen before things go ...
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Why Mothers Need Real Support After Birth
Postpartum PowerWhat if postpartum isn’t “just hard” because motherhood is intense… but because women have been sold a version of recovery that leaves them isolated, underprepared, and quietly drowning?In this episode of Faark the...
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Alchemising Education - The Parent Graduation
What if the measure of your parenting isn't what your child achieves - but whether they know how to do it without you? The moment your kid takes you off their bank account might just be the graduation you've been working toward all along.
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How to Stop Playing It Small and Live the Life You Actually Want
A Wildly Nourished Life. What if the most radical thing you could do was actually live the life you were meant to live; your full potential?In this episode of Faark The Shoulds, QuantiMama Jodi sits down with Miek Paulus - th...
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Alchemising Education - Progress Report: 5 Years of Trust, Autonomy and Letting Go
What does homeschooling look like after the panic settles down and real life takes over?In Alchemising Education Season 4, Episode 56, QuantiMama Jodi and QuantiMama Kerri share a five-year homeschool progress report. This episode is for...
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Why You’re Not the Same Person You Were 5 Years Ago
The Evolution of SelfWhat if the whole “I’m still the same person” line is complete rubbish?In this episode of Faark The Shoulds, QuantiMama Jodi and QuantiPapa McGill kick off 2026 and Season 4 with a big, juicy conversation on p...
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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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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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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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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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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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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...
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...
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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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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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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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 ...
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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