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Victoria Lenormand

Victoria Lenormand

Ex Police Detective, Author and Holistic Health Expert Reimagining Education, Health & Justice Through a Family Lens

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Self Directed

Self Directed

Victoria Lenormand | From Detective To Unschooling Advocate

December 22, 2025

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Ex-detective turned homeschooler Victoria Lenormand describes leaving a policing career as it shifted from service to force and recognizing the same pattern in her son’s early schooling. In this conversation, she explains how grading, labels, and constant assessment eroded confidence, and how home education replaced pressure with agency, learning by doing, and community built through shared interests rather than age-based classrooms.

🗓️ Recorded December 8, 2025. 📍 Tarragona, Spain

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Victoria Lenormand Podcast Episodes

She Rises Studios Podcast

Interview with Victoria Lenormand

She Rises Studios Podcast

Jan 2026

Education On Fire - Sharing creative and inspiring learning in our schools

Navigating the Complexities of Autism and Education: Insights from Victoria Lenormand

Education On Fire - Sharing creative and inspiring learning in our schools

Dec 2025

Sensory Classroom

EP 52: The Importance of Being an Investigator

Sensory Classroom

Nov 2025

Brilliantly Resilient

Episode 230: How to Build Resilience By Questioning the Status Quo, with Victoria Lenormand

Brilliantly Resilient

Oct 2025

PODCAST With SHEILA - (Sharing Uplifting & Impactful Real Life Stories)

Interview with Victoria Lenormand

PODCAST With SHEILA - (Sharing Uplifting & Impactful Real Life Stories)

Aug 2025

Well, That F*cked Me Up! Surviving Life Changing Events.

S5 EP32: Victoria's Story - Fighting Against A Broken System

Well, That F*cked Me Up! Surviving Life Changing Events.

Aug 2025

Adulting with Autism

Victorial Enormand on Healing, Energy, and Empowerment —Unlocking Holistic Strength and Neurodivergent Power

Adulting with Autism

Jul 2025

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me

Victoria Lenormand: Cacao, Crystals, and Courage: Unconventional Autism Support

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me

Jul 2025

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She Rises Studios Podcast

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Education On Fire - Sharing creative and inspiring learning in our schools

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Key topics

Home Education and the Myth of ‘One-Size-Fits-All’ Learning

She gently unpacks common fears about homeschooling, from socialization to exam pressure, and offers language for parents who sense their child is struggling but don’t yet have a name for it.

From Burnout to Breakthrough: Reclaiming Your Life After a High-Pressure Career

This isn’t a story of reinvention—it’s one of return. To alignment. To health. And to a life that fits.

Advocating for Your Child (and Yourself) in Rigid Institutions

For anyone feeling like the system is too big to question, Victoria shows how small acts of resistance can lead to big relief. And how to hold your ground, without losing yourself in the fight.

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