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  • In-Powerment: Digging Deep into How Families Can Truly Thrive

    In-Powerment: Digging Deep into How Families Can Truly Thrive
    Oct 9 2024
    Radhika (aka: Rad) Lakhani Esq., LLM JD, is an expert in human conflict resolution and relationship dynamics. In 2022, after almost 20 years in law and ADR, Rad transitioned from family law lawyer to family IN-powerment educator. Rad’s mission is to help families experience greater peace and harmony. She believes that when parents and children are IN-powered, with the right tools, they not only resolve their own conflict, but begin to truly THRIVE. Rad believes that every child deserves to be raised in a peaceful home. Key points of our interview include: * Pain Pushes you until vision pulls you. Dr. Brian Weiss * Moving from Bay Street, to private practice and listening to her heart call her for something bigger. * What is Conscious lawyering and how has it impacted clients? * Rad's own awakening following the loss of her son at birth where she faced the greatest Armageddon of her life. What BIG question did she ask and get an answer to after experiencing such a loss? * What are the foundational pillars that help us live an epic life? * When we get quiet, what do we hear? Silence is underrated. * What does it take to make a family thrive for parents and children? The three overarching categories. * Different types of meditation and the impact of Dr. Joe Dispenza on Rad's life. Breaking through the four minute mile to tap into the next level. * Rad shares tools through free resources, 1:1 coaching, group-coaching, and various online education courses.
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    57 min
  • From Children to Seniors, How Expressive Arts Can Transform Lives

    From Children to Seniors, How Expressive Arts Can Transform Lives
    Sep 11 2024
    Whether you are looking to find your way through a challenging situation (e.g., grief, anxiety, substance abuse, medical conditions, relationship issues) or whether you want to rediscover your joy and aliveness, expressive arts therapy is right for you. Renata believes in her core that art, sound, movement, words, and play offer great potential for healing and reconnection with self. We need to tap out of. our thinking mind and feel our way through that moment, that experience, that memory. Without a doubt, a space can be made by working with colour, or sounds, tiny movements, our breath, written words. Key points of our conversation include: * What's the difference between Expressive Arts Therapy and an Art Therapy? * The connection to journaling, drawing, painting, playing acting, dancing ... and diffusing the energy of a emotional tension. * How children express themselves differently and why many are stifled from a young age. What's our role as parents to help embrace the arts, when we ourselves need to be in control? * How we heal ourselves through the arts or identify what's getting in our way. It can be as gentle or as deep as we need it to be. * Using our imagination and visualization and how our bodies/minds respond. * How do our children express themselves in the world? Curiosity, physical, flow through nature, music etc * Convenience Verses Skill... Let's stop correcting and fixing!
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    57 min
  • How Can EdTech Promote Behavioral Health and Academic Success?

    How Can EdTech Promote Behavioral Health and Academic Success?
    Aug 14 2024
    Educational technology (EdTech) should play a critical role in fostering both academic achievement and behavioral health. Our children need us more than ever. But has it? Michael Bates has designed a groundbreaking framework to help tech founders understand the challenges faced by our children and youth so they understand their social responsibility to develop products that prioritize student wellness while supporting academic performance. How can these companies separate themselves from competitors and have an impact far beyond their product? Key points in our conversation include: - Mike's work with EdTech developers to shift the focus for well-being to drive student success. How can tech foster authentic connections for Gen A and Gen Z, who are the most isolated generations? - We are the face of our brand. What can we give rather than take? - Understanding how we can use technology effectively for our students from our holistic and wholistic lens. - Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) and how national standards can drive change within district school boards. - How can EdTech help educators tailor their teaching strategies to meet the unique needs of each student, including disengagement, lack of focus and behavioural challenges?
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    59 min
  • The GRIT Advantage: Guts, Resilience, Initiative, and Tenacity

    The GRIT Advantage: Guts, Resilience, Initiative, and Tenacity
    Jul 10 2024
    Haze Schepmyer delves into the incredible value of GRIT, especially for children and youth. Haze will explore the essential elements of GRIT and why understanding, developing, and demonstrating it is crucial in today's world. Here are six key questions we'll tackle: - What is GRIT and who’s got it? Discover the essence of GRIT and the characteristics of those who possess it. - Why is it important to know your GRIT? Reflect on Buddha's wisdom: All that we are is the result of what we have thought, and learn why self-awareness of your GRIT matters. - Why is it important to grow your GRIT? Inspired by William James' insight, Our greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another, understand the significance of nurturing your GRIT. - Why is it important to show your GRIT? Embrace Eckhart Tolle's belief that Awareness is the greatest agent for change, and see how demonstrating your GRIT can inspire transformation. - Why is it important to sow your GRIT? Learn about the impact of modeling and nurturing GRIT as parents, guardians, mentors, role models, teachers, and community members. - What’s the GRIT game? Uncover the engaging and practical aspects of the GRIT game, a tool to instill resilience and perseverance in the younger generation.
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    58 min
  • Channeling Pain into Purpose: The Power of Radical Empathy

    Channeling Pain into Purpose: The Power of Radical Empathy
    Jun 12 2024
    Bryan Saint-Louis is a man who turned personal pain into a powerful mission of empathy and youth empowerment. He shares his very personal story of losing a child and how one student changed and saved his life in a time of deep depression and despair. His experiences have shaped his approach to fostering understanding and empathy in children and communities. Bryan shares his early calling towards becoming a pastor and how working in a youth juvenile detention centre taught him the importance of meeting children where they are to truly help them. Why did he drop out after two years into his Master’s Program for Theology and how did this decision lift his relationship with his father? How do we practice and teach empathy with our own young children? Bryan shares concrete examples. He discusses what he believes are the major issues in schools, including teacher support, rising student behavior problems, and the need for earlier intervention. By introducing empathy-building activities, like the 'breathing ball' exercise with grade 3 students, he demonstrates practical ways that we can begin to change school culture. Through his Radical Empathy Programs, his goal is to build stronger, more empathetic communities by starting conversations and encouraging collaborative learning.
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    57 min
  • Teen Empowerment: Breaking Toxic Cycles

    Teen Empowerment: Breaking Toxic Cycles
    May 8 2024
    Kristi is a woman who broke free from toxic patterns after becoming a mother. She empowers both herself and the teens she now supports. From battling low self-confidence and self-worth to finding a new sense of purpose through motherhood, our guest shares her deeply personal story of growth and resilience. Through the guidance of a trusted coach, she gained invaluable insights into her own needs and potential, paving the way for a career dedicated to supporting struggling teens. She opened doors to opportunities in online tutoring and holistic coaching. Our guest reveals the power of mind-body-soul alignment in helping teens navigate life's challenges, emphasizing the importance of managing mental health through thought awareness and more. Kristi shares: - How becoming a mom sparked a profound shift in perspective, leading her to leave behind a full-time teaching job and embark on a journey of self-discovery. - Tools and strategies for building confidence and self-worth - How setting intentions and creating safe spaces for vulnerability fosters trust and connection with teens, empowering them to overcome obstacles. - What's the Mindful Mountain of self-discovery? - With insights from experts like Byron Katie and a toolbox of tailored resources, how do we support children/teens through challenges like self-doubt or test anxiety?
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    56 min
  • Phoenix Rising: Angela Legh's Path to Emotional Liberation

    Phoenix Rising: Angela Legh's Path to Emotional Liberation
    Apr 10 2024
    Have you asked yourself, Where did that come from after a situation where you over reacted or blew up? Emotional triggers happen to all of us but why? How do we change patterns of behaviour that are harmful to us and others? Angela suffered from the tyranny of an alcoholic father, entered a toxic marriage and in a time of crisis after a wild fire, listened to the angels whispering in her ear to take her first act of self-love. Angela now gives children and their parents tools and techniques for emotional balance. She has done everything from writing the series, The Bella Santini Chronicles to speaking to high school students about emotional intelligence, to cohosting a television show on Thriving Women Network. Key takeaways and questions we discuss: What is emotional repression and how does it hurt ourselves and others? How do we feel and express our emotions to heal, without harming others? When we shift our responsibility through the game game, we become a victim rather than putting ourselves in control. How can we combine a high level of nurturing with a high level of boundaries and rules for children? What does emotional well-being mean? Angela shares countless resources including her up-coming TV show, blog post, website resources, speaking and writing engagements as well as her book series.
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    56 min
  • Connecting With Our Kids ... A Love Based Approach

    Connecting With Our Kids ... A Love Based Approach
    Mar 13 2024
    Jim White is an author, podcast host, coach and founder of the Family Enrichment Academy. He has spent the last 40 years studying the topics of personal development, marriage and parenting. More importantly, he has also spent those 40 years applying these lessons and living his life as a husband, a father to 6 children and a grandfather to 12. What's Jim's connection to the classic storytelling technique of heroes embarking on two journeys – the pursuit of external goals and internal transformations? Let's build better habits and move out of fear into love based habits. Jim is a seasoned expert in family dynamics and shares his insights on raising six children while instilling new principles and guides for family growth. Why do we wait for life lessons to become apparent through crisis or when confronted? What are the challenges parents face in the age of social media? How do we acknowledge and validate children's feelings while fostering open two-way conversations? How can we build better habits, transition intentionally during the day, and create love-based connections with your children? When de we take control as a parent and provide a safe space for our child to regain composure in overwhelming emotional situations? What if your love language is different than you child's? Learn about the five love languages and how understanding your child's preferences can strengthen your connection. Jim introduces his course and its three fundamental components while highlighting key insights from his book, How to Be the Parent Your Teenager Needs You to Be.
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    55 min