HELP! My Child Hates School
An Awakened Parent’s Guide to Action
When children resist school, it’s not defiance — it’s a message.
In this compassionate, practical guide, I help parents decode what that resistance is trying to tell them. Drawing from 25 years as an educator, administrator, and consultant, I explore the deeper reasons why school often fails to fit our children — and what families can do about it.
Through real stories, reflection prompts, and clear action steps, readers learn how to:
- Recognize when traditional schooling is harming curiosity or confidence
- Reclaim a love of learning for both parent and child
- Explore new pathways — from homeschooling to micro-schools — that honor each child’s natural gifts
If you’ve ever felt like your child is “the problem,” this book will help you see them differently — as a signal that it’s time for something better.
The Micro-School Builder’s Handbook
Personalized Learning for Your Child — and an Amazing Business for You
What if instead of trying to fix the system, you built something entirely new?
This handbook is both a visionary roadmap and a step-by-step guide for anyone dreaming of creating a school where children thrive. Whether you’re a teacher ready to leave the system or a parent seeking a better fit for your child, this book walks you through how to design, launch, and sustain your own microschool — one that reflects your values and community.
Inside, you’ll learn how to:
- Identify your “5 Ws” — who, what, where, when, and why — for building your school
- Turn your gifts into your school’s unique “special sauce”
- Create a sustainable business model that supports your mission
- Build confidence, eliminate fears, and open your doors within a year
This book has inspired hundreds of educators and families to reimagine learning from the ground up — one joyful, purpose-driven school at a time.
Becoming a Wounded Healer
Coming soon…
This book is my most personal work to date — a meditation on healing, identity, and the courage it takes to live awake.
After facing cancer twice, I began to understand illness not as punishment, but as initiation — a sacred teacher guiding me back to myself.
The Wounded Healer weaves together stories from my life with reflections on energy, spirit, and meaning. It’s written for anyone navigating illness, loss, or transformation — and for those who sense that healing is more than recovery. It’s remembering who you are.
This book invites you to:
- View your challenges as part of your soul’s curriculum
- Embrace vulnerability as the gateway to wisdom
- Reclaim the parts of you that were lost along the way
Each chapter offers not just story, but medicine — a reflection, a practice, a way forward.
The Wounded Healer Tarot
A Companion Deck for the Journey Back to Wholeness
Born from the same well of experience as The Wounded Healer, this 78-card deck transforms the healing journey into an intimate dialogue with the soul.
Every card represents a step along the path — from collapse to emergence, shadow to light, fear to faith.
Created for readers, healers, and seekers alike, the deck helps you:
- Explore your inner landscape through archetype and story
- Translate pain into wisdom and self-compassion
- Reconnect with the part of you that already knows how to heal
It’s not a fortune-telling deck — it’s a mirror.
A companion for those ready to walk through the fire and come home radiant.
Dr. Mara Linaberger 