Teresa Wiedrick is a writer, certified life coach, and the voice behind Capturing the Charmed Life and the Confident Homeschool Mom podcast.
For years, Teresa Wiedrick could be found sipping non-fat cappuccinos in mountain-town cafés while waiting for one of her four children to finish dance, choir, soccer, curling, or music lessons. Oh — and she wrote.
That love of writing eventually led to the release of her book, Homeschool Mama Self-Care: Nurturing the Nurturer, and opened the door to coaching and supporting homeschool moms who were quietly carrying too much.
Today, Teresa helps homeschool moms shed what’s not working so they can stop pushing through and begin enjoying their homeschool lives again.
“I’ve made some major shifts that have restored the joy in our homeschool.”
Her work focuses on:
- overcoming overwhelm
- strengthening boundaries and relationships
- navigating big emotions with self-compassion
- deschooling and embracing child-inspired learning
- helping moms reconnect with themselves and lead from clarity
“I now have infinitely better boundaries with our teenage daughter.”
“Talking with Teresa helped me get centered in myself.”
Because she’s lived it.
“Teresa helped me see the roots behind the surface-level issues.”
Here’s what a few homeschool moms have shared after working with Teresa:
“Teresa’s kindness and compassion gave me a safe place to speak my heart.”
“I felt so at ease, and able to fully express myself without editing or censoring myself.”
“Teresa listens to understand, and I never felt judged or rushed.”
For nearly two decades, Teresa and her family leaned into a child-inspired homeschool.
Their days were filled with books, conversations, projects, language learning, and curiosity that wandered from plate tectonics to ancient civilizations.
And more than once, she’s wondered who really received the richest education.
Likely her.
Like many homeschool families, their rhythm shifted with the seasons.
By spring, they leaned toward unschooling. Summers were spent outdoors — baking bread, growing gardens, raising chickens, training dogs, tending fruit trees, and building a life that felt deeply intentional.
Through it all, Teresa learned that homeschool isn’t just about education — it’s about alignment. Presence. Wholeness. And giving moms permission to matter too.
During that unschool season, Teresa Wiedrick and her kids spent more time outside.
They trained a Great Pyrenees puppy, Violet. Baked bread, grew vegetables, planted a perennial and tea garden, fertilized the fruit orchard, and kept a ready supply of plum jam and homemade meals. Teresa and her family sell a few dozen eggs a week, thanks to the Cluckingham Palace ladies, and happy Henry the 8th.
Her three oldest children have graduated, and her youngest is heading to University in the fall.
Together, their family has lived, worked, and travelled across British Columbia, Alberta, the Northwest Territories, Europe, the United States, and Africa — collecting stories and shaping a life rich with meaning.
When she’s not coaching or writing, Teresa is building a homestead alongside her husband Jim — caring for land they designed, shaped, and turned into a home and bed & breakfast.
Her “Uber mama” years have mostly passed now that her kids are grown. But if she’s indoors, you’ll likely find her writing, reading, or walking alongside another homeschool mom who is longing to feel less overwhelmed and more herself again.
Teresa Wiedrick helps homeschool moms shed what’s not working so they can stop pushing through and enjoy their homeschool lives again.
“When I start thinking ‘I can’t do this,’ I hear Teresa’s voice saying — You ARE doing it.”
Teresa is available to speak at your virtual or in-person event.
For podcast, television, or radio interviews, connect with Teresa here.
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