Welcome to PearceOnEarth!
Our family sold our house and traveled nomadically for 11 years, living in and visiting 45 countries to deepen our connections and expand our minds. If you’re interested in family travel, worldschooling, entrepreneurship, or heart-led living, we hope you find inspiration on our site.
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We let the world teach them
We let curiosity lead instead of a curriculum — our kids learned by chasing what interested them, with the world as the classroom.
The work that paid for it
How a small software company, built from a side project into something a team now runs, funded eleven years on the road.
Open to the mystery
Staying awake to the wonder in things — and the search for meaning, connection, and contribution that travel kept opening up.
Travel
More on travel
The West Coast of New Zealand’s South Island —Three Traveling Families Sharing One Epic Roadtrip
Have I mentioned how much more kids learn when they are exploring the world with their friends?
A Glimpse Into Our Life in Bali
In my latest video, I wanted to give you a glimpse into our lifestyle while we travel. I share a sneak peak into our renovated Bali home while detailing some of the realities of how we live—both the good and the bad—to help you see what it’s like to travel long-term.
The Family Adventure Summit
With the values of Acceptance, Courage, Kindness, Adventure, and Sustainability guiding the event, from the speaker selection and sponsors, to the children's program and event decor, Family Adventure Summit was a welcome and supportive environment for families to explore who they were out in the…
Entrepreneurship
More on entrepreneurship
Time Mastery Trio - 3 Ways to Track Your Time for Improved Productivity
Many people struggle with not having enough time to do what they truly love, or even accomplish their most basic goals for the day. As an entrepreneur and business owner with a staff of over 20 employees, it's been essential for me to master my time in order to keep up with my projects on the road.
From Entrepreneur to CEO
When I started my online business, I did everything myself. The planning, programming, graphics design, database management, server maintenance, marketing, customer support, billing, accounting, taxes -- everything! Most of it I learned as I went along. It was a lot of work and took every spare…
How I Spend My Time Now
::: note Update: In April, 2009, I wrote a post entitled How I Spend My Time, where I tracked what I was doing every minute of every day for one whole week, to help me visualize how much time I was spending on what really mattered to me. In March, 2011, I did it again and wrote this post below. In…
Spirituality
More on spirituality
Living Beyond Labels
Remember when you were a child, and life was full of wonder and excitement? When every experience was new and you were fully present in each moment, feeling more than thinking, and enjoying your connection to everything you interacted with? What if you could jump back into that state of aliveness…
Healing Sexual Shame
It's no secret that humans are sexual beings. Yet, many of us have been taught from a young age to suppress this part of our nature, to hide it, or to see it as wrong or evil. The negative effects of this conditioning can be far reaching, and can last a lifetime.
Why I Left the Mormon Church
There have been some rumors floating around that we have left the Mormon church (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints). Perhaps you've seen the pictures of Jen in sleeveless dresses, or you've noticed from my tweets the absence of any mention of church for almost a year, and you're…