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@juliamcgarey.bsky.social
Life coach for parents of highly sensitive kids. Host of Parenting Your Sensitive Child podcast. Secular homeschooler. Doing things differently & helping others along the way: https://juliamcgarey.com
I live in a realm of perpetual cuteness and sneak attacks.
November 20, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I live in a realm of perpetual cuteness and sneak attacks.
I have written so much over the years, I'm ready to start distilling some of it into a book. I don't know what my mom will be yet, but I'm not worried about that. I'll figure out which thread needs following. I'm scared of the rest of it, though. The publication, the marketing. #booksky reassure me.
November 16, 2025 at 10:37 PM
I have written so much over the years, I'm ready to start distilling some of it into a book. I don't know what my mom will be yet, but I'm not worried about that. I'll figure out which thread needs following. I'm scared of the rest of it, though. The publication, the marketing. #booksky reassure me.
Trying to spread my bluesky wings a bit this morning and looking for secular homeschoolers, but finding lots and lots of homeschool should be banned posts, and I get where they're coming from but think they are missing the mark; the question needs more nuanced consideration. +
November 15, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Trying to spread my bluesky wings a bit this morning and looking for secular homeschoolers, but finding lots and lots of homeschool should be banned posts, and I get where they're coming from but think they are missing the mark; the question needs more nuanced consideration. +
I've been absolutely disgusted by some of the *recent* parenting videos I've seen. It reminds me why I stay away from those other platforms and makes me want to come back to my original message: there is a different way to do #parenting and all it requires is understanding yourself & your child.
November 15, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I've been absolutely disgusted by some of the *recent* parenting videos I've seen. It reminds me why I stay away from those other platforms and makes me want to come back to my original message: there is a different way to do #parenting and all it requires is understanding yourself & your child.
If you give an eleven year old a cardboard robot hand, be prepared to see some emphatic gesturing 😆
November 2, 2025 at 2:02 AM
If you give an eleven year old a cardboard robot hand, be prepared to see some emphatic gesturing 😆
I am delighted that my daughter has finally allowed me to read Little Women to her. We are two chapters in. The play is complete. I'm hoping we finish by the holidays for a wintery viewing of the movie. #booksky #homeschool
October 17, 2025 at 4:42 AM
I am delighted that my daughter has finally allowed me to read Little Women to her. We are two chapters in. The play is complete. I'm hoping we finish by the holidays for a wintery viewing of the movie. #booksky #homeschool
When I was newly 18, I went to see Jane Goodall speak in Houston. It was a formative experience, and I still have the book she signed for me. #rippleeffect #janegoodall
October 6, 2025 at 11:57 PM
When I was newly 18, I went to see Jane Goodall speak in Houston. It was a formative experience, and I still have the book she signed for me. #rippleeffect #janegoodall
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 4, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Just one of many highlights from today: a beautiful birthday gift from a beautiful friend. I'm so excited about the journal 🤩 and so grateful to have literary friends in my circle.
September 29, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Just one of many highlights from today: a beautiful birthday gift from a beautiful friend. I'm so excited about the journal 🤩 and so grateful to have literary friends in my circle.
A lot is happening in my life right now, but the past week or so has reminded me that I'm at my best when I'm helping people. I have quietly been helping my clients over the past year and a half, but I want to help more people. More details coming, but I'm thinking on demand coaching via voxer.
July 19, 2025 at 3:27 AM
A lot is happening in my life right now, but the past week or so has reminded me that I'm at my best when I'm helping people. I have quietly been helping my clients over the past year and a half, but I want to help more people. More details coming, but I'm thinking on demand coaching via voxer.
Day one of derby camp was a success! @rosecityrollers.bsky.social 🛼
July 14, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Day one of derby camp was a success! @rosecityrollers.bsky.social 🛼
I'm going through my body of work today in preparation for a resource fair I will be at in August and damn, things have gotten messy!
My goals for this week: put together a brochure that represents my work better than my website, create a starter pack for new subscribers. Clean up will happen.
My goals for this week: put together a brochure that represents my work better than my website, create a starter pack for new subscribers. Clean up will happen.
July 14, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I'm going through my body of work today in preparation for a resource fair I will be at in August and damn, things have gotten messy!
My goals for this week: put together a brochure that represents my work better than my website, create a starter pack for new subscribers. Clean up will happen.
My goals for this week: put together a brochure that represents my work better than my website, create a starter pack for new subscribers. Clean up will happen.
I'm testing my capacity, slowly, slowly, as I come up for air from: homeschooling, teaching, buying a condo, moving, and -surprise- a family health situation.
Here's my latest post to my substack, The Blackbird Chronicles. I'd love it if you'd come visit.
juliamcgarey.substack.com/p/testing-my...
Here's my latest post to my substack, The Blackbird Chronicles. I'd love it if you'd come visit.
juliamcgarey.substack.com/p/testing-my...
Testing My Capacity
One little stretch at a time
juliamcgarey.substack.com
July 14, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I'm testing my capacity, slowly, slowly, as I come up for air from: homeschooling, teaching, buying a condo, moving, and -surprise- a family health situation.
Here's my latest post to my substack, The Blackbird Chronicles. I'd love it if you'd come visit.
juliamcgarey.substack.com/p/testing-my...
Here's my latest post to my substack, The Blackbird Chronicles. I'd love it if you'd come visit.
juliamcgarey.substack.com/p/testing-my...
Life on the catio. #morningroutine #catsky
July 14, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Life on the catio. #morningroutine #catsky
July 14, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Life's thrown us some curves recently, but we're gearing up for derby camp tomorrow so I'd call that a win.
July 14, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Life's thrown us some curves recently, but we're gearing up for derby camp tomorrow so I'd call that a win.
I'm still a Texas girl at heart. I went to Camp Olympia, but definitely knew girls who went to Mystic 💔 One of my good friends grew up in Kerrville. This has all been so hard to watch. I'm not in a place where I can offer much help, but I am feeling the pain of my home state.
July 8, 2025 at 4:38 AM
I'm still a Texas girl at heart. I went to Camp Olympia, but definitely knew girls who went to Mystic 💔 One of my good friends grew up in Kerrville. This has all been so hard to watch. I'm not in a place where I can offer much help, but I am feeling the pain of my home state.
Thought of the day: hyperbole can be a sign of anxiety.
Ex: My kid is feeling nervous about starting roller derby camp next week. Tried to play it off like that's not the problem, then starts saying "I just hate the idea of summer camp."
Everything else seems awful because this is hard.
#parent
Ex: My kid is feeling nervous about starting roller derby camp next week. Tried to play it off like that's not the problem, then starts saying "I just hate the idea of summer camp."
Everything else seems awful because this is hard.
#parent
July 8, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Thought of the day: hyperbole can be a sign of anxiety.
Ex: My kid is feeling nervous about starting roller derby camp next week. Tried to play it off like that's not the problem, then starts saying "I just hate the idea of summer camp."
Everything else seems awful because this is hard.
#parent
Ex: My kid is feeling nervous about starting roller derby camp next week. Tried to play it off like that's not the problem, then starts saying "I just hate the idea of summer camp."
Everything else seems awful because this is hard.
#parent
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Please don't just assume I don't need a video of a red panda eating sweetcorn on the very day I hear there are no Epstein files.
July 7, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Please don't just assume I don't need a video of a red panda eating sweetcorn on the very day I hear there are no Epstein files.
I am recovering from some hard news, climbing up from a low point, and what do I see in my inbox? Not one but TWO coaching inquiries. Feeling deeply grateful that I get to support parents in this way, even when life gets in the way of marketing. And even more grateful that I get to coach AND teach.
July 1, 2025 at 11:55 PM
I am recovering from some hard news, climbing up from a low point, and what do I see in my inbox? Not one but TWO coaching inquiries. Feeling deeply grateful that I get to support parents in this way, even when life gets in the way of marketing. And even more grateful that I get to coach AND teach.
I thought 2020 was a hard year. The worst. But the last 18 months? They've been wonderous and deeply challenging. Both. I want to show up here more, to share the easy I used to share on other social media platforms. But new challenges keep coming. Slow and steady. That's it.
July 1, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I thought 2020 was a hard year. The worst. But the last 18 months? They've been wonderous and deeply challenging. Both. I want to show up here more, to share the easy I used to share on other social media platforms. But new challenges keep coming. Slow and steady. That's it.
The last two or three months have been a blur. Keeping an eye on the news and a finger on the pulse of my coaching practice, but mostly I've been packing, unpacking, and organizing. Moving is never fun, but this time around it really was the last thing I wanted to do.
June 27, 2025 at 2:12 PM
The last two or three months have been a blur. Keeping an eye on the news and a finger on the pulse of my coaching practice, but mostly I've been packing, unpacking, and organizing. Moving is never fun, but this time around it really was the last thing I wanted to do.
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May 4, 2025 at 3:49 PM