The HEFA Podcast - The Heart Of Home Education
Episodes
Home Ed 101 - Exams
22 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another week of Home Ed 101! This week I'm joined by the wonderful Katie who is quite the fountain of knowledge when it comes to GCSEs and ...
Screentime
22 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
A ramble about what 'screentime' means and how we can break it down to better relfect on tech use in our home education.
Real Talk - Home Ed and PDA
12 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week I am joined by the wonderful Rachel from the East Midlands to discuss all things home ed and PDA. It is definitely a must-listen episode for...
Question Time - 5th July 2024
05 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Craigy, Cheryl and Elen as we have another round of answering questions from the HEFA community! This week we discuss surviving the summer holida...
Real Talk- Home edding different ages
28 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week I am joined by Megan who shares her experience of home educating different ages. Megan decided to home ed because her children were unhappy ...
Question Time - 23rd June
23 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week Elen, Cheryl and Craigy answer more questions from our HEFA members. 00:00 Introduction and Lego Version of Craig 02:44 Taking Time Out f...
Real Talk - Recovering from school trauma
14 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week, I talk to Mel as she shares her experience of home educating her 13-year-old daughter. *please note there is mention of self harm in this e...
Question Time - 7th June
07 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week we are back with more of your questions! Join us as we discuss child-led learning and the challenges of adapting to a child-led approach, t...
Real Talk - Unschooling teens (31st May)
31 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week, I am interviewing Fred, a home-educating parent in England, about their experience with unschooling their three children, two of whom are t...
Question Time 25th May 2024
25 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's episode, we discuss various topics related to home education as we answer questions from listeners! We have a range of questions th...
Question Time with HEFA!!
29 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's episode, we enjoy our first question time with my new co-hosts, Craig and Cheryl! We discuss how to gauge a child's learning a...
Home Ed Dads - Craig
13 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week I am joined by the lovely Craig, a part time working, home ed parent in England! Craig shares their wonderful wisdom and insights of their f...
Home Ed Dads - George
06 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week I am joined by the wonderful George, a parent, carer and home educator in the south of England. George is a step father of a home educated c...
Home Ed Dads- Graeme
29 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week I'm chatting to Graeme! Graeme is a home ed single dad from the West Midlands with some wonderful thoughtful experiences to share!
Home Ed Dads - Adam
22 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week I am joined by the lovely Adam from Manchester who joins me to chat about home ed and how that works for his family. Adam chats more about w...
Home Ed Dads - Luke
15 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For this season we are focusing on home-ed dads! Join me as I chat with Luke, a home-ed dad who shares his excellent perspective and thoughts on what ...
September Panic
31 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
New to home education? Have a listen to our September panic episode with ours top tips, do's and don'ts!
Bonus - Summer Holidays
16 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join me for a bonus episode as I ramble about the summer holidays and how that can look as home educators.
Home Ed Nuts & Bolts - Friendships
07 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join me this week as I chat about friendships in Home Ed.
Nuts & Bolts- Help! My child won't do anything!
09 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, I am joined by Natalia, a home edder living in Scotland to talk about how we can approach education when we dont feel our child is able to ...
Nuts & Bolts - Friends and Family
26 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week I'm talking about how to deal with friends and family and their opinions, worries and fear about your decision to home educate.
Nuts & Bolts of Home Ed- Reluctant family
12 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's episode, I'm joined by my long-suffering husband as we chat about reluctance around home ed from both our perspectives- mine as the mai...
Real Talk Home Ed Families- Lulu
21 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the podcast I'm joined by the wonderful Lulu, a home ed mum from the South of England who is celebrating her 1 year anniversary TODAY of ...
Happy Birthday HEFA!
18 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the first-ever HEFA podcast! In our first episode, I'm chatting to the owners and founders of HEFA, Paula and Pip! We talk about all things...