Happy Medium Unschooling 

A Different Way to Learn.

A Braver Way to Be.

If your child has outgrown the box—or was never meant to be in one—we’re here to offer something different.

The Happy Medium Approach provides year-round, individualized coaching and unschooling support for neurodivergent children and teens through nature-based exploration, animal connection, and principle-based behavior science.

Whether your child is thriving in self-directed learning, recovering from school trauma, or simply needs a more humane way to engage with the world, we meet them where they are—and walk with them toward what matters.

🧩 This is for the child who:

• Struggles in rigid or one-size-fits-all environments

• Experiences overwhelm, shutdowns, or resistance in traditional schooling

• Has been labeled “defiant,” “noncompliant,” or “unmotivated”

• Needs emotional safety, autonomy, and trust to feel like themselves again

• Comes alive when learning is interest-led, movement-rich, and relational

Whether your child is formally identified with PDA, ADHD, autism, anxiety, or is simply wired a little differently, we see their strengths—not just their struggles.

🌾 How We Work: The Happy Medium Approach

We don’t use protocols, sticker charts, or behavior plans. We use principles—guiding truths that flex with the child, the context, and the relationship. Our sessions are:

• 🐴 Relational – Co-regulation and connection come first. Always.

• 🌱 Responsive – Each session is shaped by the child’s needs, interests, and cues.

• 🐾 Nature-Integrated – Outdoors, on trails, in gardens, or alongside horses and animals whenever possible.

• 💬 Language-Sensitive – We use declarative and descriptive language to support autonomy, emotional insight, and choice.

• ✨ Pressure-Sensitive – Designed for children who need space, flexibility, and genuine trust—not compliance.

📍 Locations:

We serve families along Colorado’s Front Range, from Boulder and Longmont to Colorado Springs, including:

• Boulder

• Longmont

• Denver Metro Area

• Arvada
• Golden
• Littleton 

• Castle Rock

• Larkspur

• Palmer Lake

• Monument

• Northern El Paso County

• Colorado Springs

Sessions take place in outdoor environments, animal-supported settings, and natural spaces that promote emotional safety, autonomy, and relational connection.

🌎 Outside this area?
We offer remote consultation and coaching for families seeking support aligned with the Happy Medium Approach, no matter where you are located. Let’s co-create support that fits your child—even from afar.

💬 What We Offer:

• 1:1 Coaching Sessions for children and teens (ages 3–21)

• Relational Learning Environments that support emotional safety and flexible skill development

• Parent Coaching & Support Tools, including People File development and emotional scaffolding strategies

• Unschooling Enrichment Options, such as project-based exploration, interest-driven learning, and values-guided goal setting

• Horse-supported and nature-integrated sessions, when appropriate

🔑 The Principles That Guide Us:

Borrowed from the heart of behavioral science and reimagined through the Happy Medium lens:

• The relationship is the intervention.

• Behavior makes sense in context.

• All beings deserve the right to resist, ignore, or connect without fear of punishment.

• Regulation begins in safe relationships, not self-control.

• True support honors autonomy, emotions, and curiosity.

🧭 Next Steps:

Let’s co-create a support path that actually fits your child.

Book a free 30-minute call to explore fit, availability, and options for year-round unschooling coaching and support.