Unlearn everything you’ve been taught.

Professional consultation, coaching, and inspiration to help you deindoctrinate from conformist expectations and live your life on purpose.

Welcome to Deindoctrinate.com, an emerging online community for reimagining our lives.

We, Melanie and Cath, have became informal students of “deindoctrinating” as we’ve recognized harms of absorbing societal orthodoxies without critically examining them to better understand their impacts and inherent limitations. We see both “deindoctrinating and living lives on purpose” as lifelong journeys that we want to share amidst community. We are still in the process of envisioning what this space might offer going forward, and in the meantime want to share some of our learning and unlearning with you here. We are inspired by Robin Wall Kimmerer’s invitation to “live in a way that Earth will be grateful for us”, and in a way that might honor every creature’s unique gifts to Earth’s family.

We dream of a world where our spirits are unencumbered by a belief system that no longer fits us.

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We dream of a world where everyone is not just included or tolerated, but welcomed and celebrated just for who they are.

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We dream of a world where reverence and love for our planet results in Earth’s restoration and renewal.

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