Building a Mindful Generation: From the Classroom to the Family Room
Guest Host Kathryn Collins continues the conversation with Jackie Savi-Cannon.
How do we help children build resilience and emotional literacy through mindfulness, yoga, and meditation? These practices can empower the next generation to cope better with life’s challenges. How can shifting our focus to states of peace and well-being can transform classrooms and families alike?
Learn how programs like Generation 1 Kids are equipping teachers, parents, and students with strategies to recognize and nurture emotional health, creating lasting habits that benefit both physical and mental well-being.
Highlights:
💥 Tools and techniques that integrate seamlessly into the school day through the Generation 1 program (from click-and-play video lessons to cross-subject applications, with training and support.
💥 How focusing on the three Cs of compassion, creativity, and collaboration changes classrooms.
💥 The science behind mindfulness and its instant results.
💥 Why relaxation is a state of being—not just an activity.
💥 How the "I" in team can be rebooted through emotional literacy.
💥 Real-world examples of integrating emotional well-being into classrooms and homes.
💥 Practical tips for creating a mindful family culture and fostering emotional awareness.
With Guest Host Kathryn Collins
Guest Host Kathryn Collins continues the conversation with Jackie Savi-Cannon. For the past 15 years, Kathryn held the pivotal role of Educational Coordinator, coordinating special education services and collaborating with community agencies to provide comprehensive support for students from kindergarten through grade 12.
How do we help children build resilience and emotional literacy through mindfulness, yoga, and meditation? These practices can empower the next generation to cope better with life’s challenges. How can shifting our focus to states of peace and well-being can transform classrooms and families alike?
We’ll dive into tools and techniques that integrate seamlessly into the school day, from click-and-play video lessons to cross-subject applications, making it easier for teachers and counselors to bring compassion, creativity, and collaboration into their classrooms.
Learn how programs like Generation 1 Kids are equipping teachers, parents, and students with strategies to recognize and nurture emotional health, creating lasting habits that benefit both physical and mental well-being.
Highlights:
💥 Tools and techniques that integrate seamlessly into the school day through the Generation 1 program (from click-and-play video lessons to cross-subject applications, with training and support.
💥 How focusing on the three Cs of compassion, creativity, and collaboration changes classrooms.
💥 The science behind mindfulness and its instant results.
💥 Why relaxation is a state of being—not just an activity.
💥 How the "I" in team can be rebooted through emotional literacy.
💥 Real-world examples of integrating emotional well-being into classrooms and homes.
💥 Practical tips for creating a mindful family culture and fostering emotional awareness.
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Navigating the New Emotional Landscape of the Classroom
Jackie Savi-Cannon has specialized in stress management education for over 30 years, providing services to corporations such as CIBC, TD, RBC, BASF, Windsor Regional Hospital, and the City of Windsor.
Key points of this show include:
💥 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑮𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑶𝒏𝒆 𝑲𝒊𝒅𝒔 𝑴𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒎 for elementary school age children which assists in developing emotional literacy and tools to manage their stress as young individuals.
💥 What's the impact of emotional literacy on school culture?
💥 What are the wellness techniques for classrooms that are adapted from corporate, contributing to a calmer classroom environment?
💥 How do we develop emotional vocabulary and self-awareness so children can navigate them rather than getting "stuck"?
💥 Emotional states affect learning readiness including function, focus, and learning.
💥 The importance of proactive support for teachers so they have the tools for students, allowing them to focus on academics while creating a healthier classroom dynamic.
With Guest Host Kathryn Collins
Jackie Savi-Cannon has specialized in stress management education for over 30 years, providing services to corporations such as CIBC, TD, RBC, BASF, Windsor Regional Hospital, and the City of Windsor.
Key points of this show include:
💥 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑮𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑶𝒏𝒆 𝑲𝒊𝒅𝒔 𝑴𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒎 for elementary school age children which assists in developing emotional literacy and tools to manage their stress as young individuals.
💥 What's the impact of emotional literacy on school culture?
💥 What are the wellness techniques for classrooms that are adapted from corporate, contributing to a calmer classroom environment?
💥 How do we develop emotional vocabulary and self-awareness so children can navigate them rather than getting "stuck"?
💥 Emotional states affect learning readiness including function, focus, and learning.
💥 The importance of proactive support for teachers so they have the tools for students, allowing them to focus on academics while creating a healthier classroom dynamic.
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iN-POWERMENT: DIGGING DEEP INTO HOW FAMILIES CAN TRULY THRIVE
Radhika (aka: Rad) Lakhani Esq., LLM JD, is an expert in human conflict resolution and relationship dynamics. She has thousands of hours of experience as a divorce lawyer, mediator, children’s lawyer, court appointed dispute resolution officer, and educator.
Key points of our interview include:
💥 Pain Pushes you until vision pulls you
💥 Moving from Bay Street, to private practice and listening to her heart call her for something bigger.
💥 Conscious lawyering
💥 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.
Radhika (aka: Rad) Lakhani Esq., LLM JD, is an expert in human conflict resolution and relationship dynamics. She has thousands of hours of experience as a divorce lawyer, mediator, children’s lawyer, court appointed dispute resolution officer, and educator. Rad's clients have called her their “life guru”, “Yoda” and “soul activator.” Her desire is to help people transform their greatest challenges into their greatest miracles, to help them experience rapid transformation with greater ease, and provide a new pathway for families to resolve conflict in a lasting and empowering way.
Key points of our interview include:
💥 Pain Pushes you until vision pulls you
💥 Moving from Bay Street, to private practice and listening to her heart call her for something bigger.
💥 Conscious lawyering
💥 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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From children to seniors: How expressive arts can change lives
Renata Chubb is a registered Expressive Arts Therapist and Arts Facilitator, working with groups and individuals, from young children to seniors whose backgrounds include a variety of needs and experiences. 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. She 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 discussion 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!
Renata Chubb is a registered Expressive Arts Therapist and Arts Facilitator, working with groups and individuals, from young children to seniors whose backgrounds include a variety of needs and experiences. 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. She 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 discussion 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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How Can EdTech Promote Behavioral Health and Academic Success?
Educational technology 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 and 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? wellness while supporting academic performance. How can these companies separate themselves from competitors and have an impact far beyond their product?
💥 Mike's work with Ed Tech 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 use technology effectively for our students from our holistic and wholistic lens.
💥 The United States model of Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) which include academic and behavioural health. How can national standards drive change within district school boards?
💥 How can tech help educators tailor their teaching strategies to meet the unique needs of each student, including disengagement, lack of focus and behavioural issues?
Educational technology 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 and 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? wellness while supporting academic performance. How can these companies separate themselves from competitors and have an impact far beyond their product?
💥 Mike's work with Ed Tech 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 use technology effectively for our students from our holistic and wholistic lens.
💥 The United States model of Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) which include academic and behavioural health. How can national standards drive change within district school boards?
💥 How can tech help educators tailor their teaching strategies to meet the unique needs of each student, including disengagement, lack of focus and behavioural issues?
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The GRIT Advantage: Guts, Resilience, Initiative, and Tenacity
Haze Schepmyer is a Life-Event Transition Consultant dedicated to helping individuals transition from surviving to thriving through life events. Following the unexpected loss of her dream job in 2019, Haze founded Grow My GRIT to spark powerful conversations about facing life's challenges with resilience.
She emphasizes reframing thoughts to focus on personal strengths and resources during tough times. Haze created the GRIT Growth Guide, a tool that helps people understand, develop, and demonstrate their GRIT both personally and professionally. Her GRIT framework has supported individuals of all ages in finding meaningful ways to thrive through life's transitions.
We delve 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.
Haze Schepmyer is a Life-Event Transition Consultant dedicated to helping individuals transition from surviving to thriving through life events. Following the unexpected loss of her dream job in 2019, Haze founded Grow My GRIT to spark powerful conversations about facing life's challenges with resilience.
She emphasizes reframing thoughts to focus on personal strengths and resources during tough times. Haze created the GRIT Growth Guide, a tool that helps people understand, develop, and demonstrate their GRIT both personally and professionally. Her GRIT framework has supported individuals of all ages in finding meaningful ways to thrive through life's transitions. We delve 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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CHANNELING PAIN INTO PURPOSE: THE POWER OF RADICAL EMPATHY
𝑯𝙤𝒘 𝒄𝙖𝒏 𝒂 𝒑𝙚𝒓𝙨𝒐𝙣 𝙬𝒉𝙤 𝙡𝒂𝙘𝒌𝙨 𝙪𝒏𝙙𝒆𝙧𝒔𝙩𝒂𝙣𝒅𝙞𝒏𝙜, 𝒂𝙬𝒂𝙧𝒆𝙣𝒆𝙨𝒔 𝒂𝙣𝒅 𝒔𝙚𝒏𝙨𝒊𝙩𝒊𝙫𝒊𝙩𝒚 𝒎𝙤𝒗𝙚 𝙩𝒐 𝒂 𝒑𝙡𝒂𝙘𝒆 𝒐𝙛 𝙧𝒂𝙙𝒊𝙘𝒂𝙡 𝙚𝒎𝙥𝒂𝙩𝒉𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙫𝙚𝙨, 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨? Bryan Saint-Louis has a goal to empower 1 million people to unlock their potential and pursue their dreams, equipping them with the tools to succeed and take action in today's world.
Bryan, a seasoned youth advocate and motivational speaker, has spent over a decade promoting resilience and leadership across North America. His personal journey through the loss of his daughter and his battle with depression grounds his advocacy in "𝑹𝙖𝒅𝙞𝒄𝙖𝒍 𝑬𝙢𝒑𝙖𝒕𝙝𝒚," a movement that not only fosters societal understanding but also inspires action.
💥 Bryan shares his vulnerability with the tragedy of losing a child and how one student saved his life.
💥 How his early calling towards becoming a pastor and 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 major school issues: teacher support, rising student behavior problems, and the need for earlier intervention. He demonstrates practical empathy-building activities like the ‘breathing ball’ exercise with grade 3 students.
Bryan’s Website
𝑯𝙤𝒘 𝒄𝙖𝒏 𝒂 𝒑𝙚𝒓𝙨𝒐𝙣 𝙬𝒉𝙤 𝙡𝒂𝙘𝒌𝙨 𝙪𝒏𝙙𝒆𝙧𝒔𝙩𝒂𝙣𝒅𝙞𝒏𝙜, 𝒂𝙬𝒂𝙧𝒆𝙣𝒆𝙨𝒔 𝒂𝙣𝒅 𝒔𝙚𝒏𝙨𝒊𝙩𝒊𝙫𝒊𝙩𝒚 𝒎𝙤𝒗𝙚 𝙩𝒐 𝒂 𝒑𝙡𝒂𝙘𝒆 𝒐𝙛 𝙧𝒂𝙙𝒊𝙘𝒂𝙡 𝙚𝒎𝙥𝒂𝙩𝒉𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙫𝙚𝙨, 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨? Bryan Saint-Louis has a goal to empower 1 million people to unlock their potential and pursue their dreams, equipping them with the tools to succeed and take action in today's world.
Bryan, a seasoned youth advocate and motivational speaker, has spent over a decade promoting resilience and leadership across North America. His personal journey through the loss of his daughter and his battle with depression grounds his advocacy in "𝑹𝙖𝒅𝙞𝒄𝙖𝒍 𝑬𝙢𝒑𝙖𝒕𝙝𝒚," a movement that not only fosters societal understanding but also inspires action.
💥 Bryan shares his vulnerability with the tragedy of losing a child and how one student saved his life.
💥 How his early calling towards becoming a pastor and 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 major school issues: teacher support, rising student behavior problems, and the need for earlier intervention. He demonstrates practical empathy-building activities like the ‘breathing ball’ exercise with grade 3 students.
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