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Why Canadian Educators Don’t Need to Reinvent the Wheel When It Comes to Mental Health
Canada isn't the only Country experiencing a mental health crisis. Globally, the total number of people with depression was estimated to exceed 300 million in 2015. A similar number suffer from some type of anxiety disorders. And many experience both simultaneously...
Want To Get Hired? Lead With Emotional Intelligence
Emotional intelligence (EI) is popping up everywhere- from Facebook to LinkedIn there’s more and more buzz about why EI is the new IQ. Emotional intelligence includes your ability to recognize what emotion you are feeling and to manage that emotion in a way that...
The Science of Flow- Why Getting “In the Zone” Matters
This week an amazing group of professionals gathered at Claremont Graduate College for the Western Positive Psychology Association's conference delving into Evidence-Based Applications in Positive Psychology. I was lucky to present 2 sessions. 10 Years of Positive...
Teachers as Influencers/ Students as Followers- Is This The New Student/Teacher Relationship?
According to organizational leadership expert Ira Chalieff, the best way to view the leadership relationship is through the lens of influencer/follower. This makes sense in the workplace, but could it also work in an education setting? Could teachers be influencers...
Who’s Crazy About Your Child at School?
"In order to develop normally, a child needs the enduring irrational involvement of one or more adults in care of and in joint activity with that child. In short, somebody has got to be crazy about that kid." ~Brofenbrenner Parenting is hard. Kids don’t come with a...
What Positive Education Looks Like in Action
I recently spent a month at Geelong Grammar School. For any positive psychology or positive education junkies out there, you will know that this is the mecca for wellbeing educators. A little over 10 years ago a team of teachers from GGS flew to UPenn to learn...
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