The Parent Classroom

Here we are at the end of Season 1. 

In this podcast episode, I quickly share why I have decided to close out Season 1 of this podcast, and what I am looking forward to moving forward. By the end of t…

Here's an interview of me (your host) by two fellow educators. 

In this podcast episode, I am honored to be interview by both Lauren Pinto and Seth Fleischauer, where they get the opportunity to pick …

What if ALL children are good at math? 

In this episode, I am joined by mom and founder of Ready Set Learn, Navi Riar, as we dive into how math can be problematic in schools, but how we can shift it …

What if the school you worked out was inherently conscious?

In this podcast episode, I explore my first month of teaching at my new job, and all the ways in which it is conscious. I explore the cultu…

What if AI is a powerful tool for schools?

In this episode, I am joined by expert Dr. Sabba Quidwai, founder of Designing Schools and former education executive at Apple . We dive into the fears that …

Life has a funny way of working out - and I'm telling you why. 

In this podcast episode, I explore my BIG decision of going back to become a teacher. I speak to the five years that I took off, why I l…

How do you choose the RIGHT school for your child?

In this episode, I am joined by guest Lauren Pinto, a former teacher and a mother. We dive into the journey of choosing a school for your child, and…

What if college license plates are the reason we aren't innovating education? 🎓

In this podcast episode, I explore the idea that our identification with old ideals of success as parents are holding ou…

How did our schooling affect us in adulthood? 

In this episode, I breakdown my own experience of the ways in which my  K-12 schooling  had negative consequences for me when I got to my 20s and 30s. I …

How do you support your child's dreams over the summer?

In this episode, I am joined by guest Matt Barnes, a Parenting Education Coach and parent of three. We dive into the term summer "vacation", an…

How do you equip your child to navigate the emotions in school?

In this episode, I am joined by guest Mansi Parikh, a Conscious Parenting Coach and parent of three. We dive into the emotional cost of …

As a teacher, I always felt like I failed.

In this episode, I share a personal anecdote that led me to believe that I failed as a teacher for every parent's child. With a system that is built on urge…

How can self-love be integrated with achievement for your child?

In this episode, I am joined by guest Neha Patel, parent of two and co-founder of Hatch Brighter. We dive into the nature of external …

What is self-love and are schools denying this for your child? 

In this episode, I breakdown the word "self-love" and how the K-12 schooling system denied my own self-love growing up, and so many of m…

How does a parent communicate grades with their child?

In this episode, I have a brilliant conversation with guest Seth Fleischauer, both a parent of two and former educator on all things grades. We d…

What if grades are a big problem in our schooling system? 

In this episode, I break down my perspective on grades as a former teacher. Though I dive a little bit into my own childhood experience with …

What if your child was not behind? What if this word was created to just have every child be pitted against each other to survive? 

In this episode, I breakdown the word "behind" and how the K-12 scho…

How was school for you growing up? Did it inform the way you see education for your child?

In this episode, I become vulnerable and share about my own journey as a K-12 student. As someone who was a s…

"The highest form of learning is unlearning" - Rumi

In this episode, we dive deep into one of the most critical step to nurturing your child's K-12 schooling, which is unlearning. Though this topic co…

"Komal, what is conscious education?" 

This is a question I get so often by parents and educators alike so I wanted to take a step back and give you a Conscious Education 101 crash-course. 

In this epi…