Raising Wild Hearts
A Soulful podcast to help you create a fulfilling life and raise the next generation with patience, presence, and purpose— while staying deeply connected to yourself, others, and God. Here we're turning pain into purpose, confusion into clarity, and breakdowns into breakthroughs. Wherever you're at in your journey, these conversations will meet you there, offering culture-shifting, revolutionary, and simple ideas you can weave into your home life, at work, and everywhere in between. This is not just another parenting podcast. Raising Wild Hearts is the only show that speaks to the woman beneath your role as mother. The cycle breaker, the quiet leader, rewriting her family's story. Here, we're honoring motherhood as a spiritual path, an emotional journey, and a legacy of love all in the same breath. We're a community of conscious creators, devoted caregivers, and passionate educators, changing the world by starting at home in our own minds and hearts. The biggest change starts small in the chaos and the calm, the messy and the mundane, and most importantly, in your own heart. Calling all cycle breakers, trailblazers, and change makers—this is Raising Wild Hearts.
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Raising Wild Hearts
The Genius Concept Behind Montessori & Teaching Kids How to Think Not What to Think
What if our schools actually taught kids how to think, not what to think? In this episode, we explore Montessori teaching methods, the Socratic Method, and the real-life benefits of alternative education — plus practical Montessori-at-home ideas every parent can use.
In this Raising Wild Hearts conversation, host Ryann Watkin sits down with educator and philosopher Marsha Familaro Enright, founder of Reliance College and The Great Connections Seminar, to talk about transforming education and re-igniting curiosity in both kids and adults.
You’ll hear how the Montessori philosophy and the Socratic method work together to cultivate self-reliant, confident thinkers — from preschool to higher education. Marsha shares stories from her 25+ years leading Montessori schools, walks us through a Socratic seminar example, and explains why freedom, discussion, and play are the foundations of real learning.
Whether you’re an educator, entrepreneur, or lifelong learner, you’ll take away insights on how to raise (and become) an independent thinker who leads with curiosity, compassion, and courage.
✨ In this episode:
- Montessori teaching methods that nurture independence and creativity
- How to apply Montessori-at-home ideas in your family
- A Socratic seminar example that brings active learning to life
- Alternative education benefits for kids and adults
- Why traditional classrooms often kill curiosity — and how to revive it
- How discussion-based learning builds leadership and self-trust
📚 Resources Mentioned:
Reliance College
Let Grow ( Lenore Skenazy )
The Geek Way by Andrew McAfee
How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk
Montessori: The Science Behind the Genius
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