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Rhythm Over Routine

After leaving the system, most families try to recreate school at home — until they realize life itself has a better curriculum. Rhythm Over Routine is Matthew Lawler’s meditation on time, presence, and the art of learning in flow. It invites families to trade schedules for seasons, performance for presence, and to live once again by the natural pulse of life.
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Matthew Lawler
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October 14, 2025
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The Education of the Free 🕊️

“The Education of the Free” is a personal declaration and cultural critique — a call for families to reclaim their children’s learning from systems built on compliance. Matthew Lawler shares how, when the world locked down during COVID, it became clear that true education couldn’t survive inside a machine of fear and obedience. From that realization, Bēhere was born — a movement starting with outdoor enrichment for alternative educating families with aims to deliver a technology platform dedicated to restoring freedom, privacy, presence — and total ownership of education data and insights — to the family. The article explores how education must return to rhythm, curiosity, and nature, powered by Privacy AI that protects children’s data and honors their sovereignty. It ends with a call to parents everywhere to step outside institutional control and help pioneer the new foundation for learning on Earth.
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Matthew Lawler
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October 14, 2025
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The New Earth Education System

The New Earth Education System is the culmination of Bēhere’s philosophy — a blueprint for families, educators, and creators to build a civilization based on presence, privacy, and peace. Matthew Lawler reveals how rhythm, technology, and family sovereignty converge to form a new foundation for how humanity learns and lives.
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Matthew Lawler
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The Family DAO

What if the family was the original DAO? The Family DAO explores how the same principles that built decentralized technology — transparency, autonomy, and cooperation — can help families reclaim sovereignty over education, data, and economy. Matthew Lawler unveils how Bēhere and Nillion’s Privacy AI are building tools that allow families to live, learn, and govern with love and integrity.
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Matthew Lawler
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October 14, 2025
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The Garden School Revolution

The Garden School Revolution is Matthew Lawler’s call to rewild education — to return learning to the soil, where curiosity grows freely and families rediscover their rhythm with nature. This essay unveils how Bēhere’s next phase blends outdoor learning, regenerative farming, and privacy-driven technology into a living ecosystem for the future of education.
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Brooke Lawler
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October 14, 2025
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The New Schoolhouse

Bēhere unveils “The New Schoolhouse” — a campus-and-app model that re-roots education in nature, family, and privacy. Discover how a Santa Barbara County campus and the Bēhere Rhythm App (with Nillion’s Privacy AI) create a living ecosystem for learning.
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Brooke Lawler
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October 14, 2025
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Privacy Is the New Literacy

A manifesto for the digital age. Matthew Lawler argues that the next frontier of freedom in education isn’t just escaping the school system — it’s reclaiming our data. In Privacy Is the New Literacy, he invites families to treat privacy as sacred space and introduces the Bēhere Rhythm App’s partnership with Nillion’s Privacy AI — a way for families to learn with technology that protects, not spies.
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Matthew Lawler
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October 14, 2025
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The Tau of 6.28

Some dates ask for our attention. June 28 — 6.28 — is one of them.It began, for us, as our wedding anniversary. A joyful milestone, yes — but there was something more. We noticed that others in our life, including close friends and collaborators, were also born on that day. The synchronicity multiplied. Each year, 6.28 would arrive like a subtle gong: charged, bright, often coinciding with meaningful transitions, reflections, or celebrations.It wasn’t until we discovered the significance of 6.28 in mathematics — specifically, its connection to the number Tau (2π ≈ 6.28) — that the mystery deepened. We realized we weren’t just experiencing a personal pattern; we were standing on sacred ground in the geometry of time.This paper is the result of that realization: an offering of research, reverence, and remembrance. We invite you to explore the mathematics of wholeness, the rhythms of nature, the poetry of numerology, the deep echoes of history, and the soulfulness of astrology — all converging on this one extraordinary day.We believe 6.28 is more than a date. It is a portal — to presence, to purpose, and perhaps to something greater than any of us alone. A point where the personal meets the cosmic. A circle completed. A signal remembered.
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Matthew Lawler
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June 28, 2025
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Our new Paper Boss at Bēhere

Step into the visionary world of Bēhere as we introduce our new Paper Boss. Since its inception in 2022, Bēhere has been fueled by big ideas and a commitment to serving families through outdoor enrichment. Now, guided by the Paper Boss philosophy, our brand takes center stage. Uncover the belief that the brand itself is the boss, shaping decisions and empowering families to break free from limiting systems. Discover how Bēhere is more than an enrichment program—it's a movement fostering home education, alternative living, independence, and sustainability. Join us as we become the bridge to a better future, supporting families on their journey to rise from the matrix. You are all your child needs, and we are the village you need.
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Matthew Lawler
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February 5, 2024
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The Future of Education in an AI-Saturated World

The rise of AI technologies, particularly advanced models like ChatGPT, is transforming education. At Bēhere, we aim to replace outdated systems with a model of enrichment that unlocks individual genius. This blog explores the future of education in an AI-saturated world, highlighting personalized learning, flexibility, enriched content, and efficient administration, while addressing challenges like data privacy and equity. Discover how AI can enhance human creativity, fostering a lifelong love of learning and empowering every individual.
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Can AI Flower for Alt-educating families?

Matthew brings questions for homeschooling and alternative educating parents. Can the right use of technology support the growth of an incredible enrichment system?
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Matthew Lawler
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