by Garth Sundem | Feb 24, 2021 | Mental Health, Social-Emotional Learning
Think about a time in your life when you felt like your mental health and mental wellbeing were strong. Chances are other things were going well in your life at that point, too. Maybe you were motivated and pushing forward with career or school, or felt grounded in...
by Garth Sundem | Feb 10, 2021 | Inspiration, Mental Health, Social-Emotional Learning
Download Bruce Smith’s free Positive Psychology workbook HERE. In 2005, Bruce Smith, Ph.D. began teaching a course on Positive Psychology at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. At the time, most psychologists were focused on treating disorders – on...
by Kristi Pikiewicz | Nov 4, 2020 | Education/Parenting, Social-Emotional Learning
Before we were allowed to take our son, Leif, home from the hospital where we lived in Bozeman, MT, hospital staff had us watch the “Happiest Baby On The Block” video. True to the instructions, that first week we swaddled, shushed, and swung Leif for hours, but we...
by Garth Sundem | Oct 21, 2020 | Social-Emotional Learning
A recent webinar by the organization CASEL explored our new understanding of social-emotional learning. If you’re a parent or a professional working with young people, it’s worth taking a couple minutes to check in with your understanding of the...
by Kristi Pikiewicz | Feb 26, 2020 | Education/Parenting, Social-Emotional Learning
As part of my job as an educational psychologist at a K-8 school with a mission for gifted education, I run our social-emotional learning curriculum. What this means in practice is that I get to help kindergartners sort through what it means to be a friend and how to...
by Kristi Pikiewicz | Feb 5, 2020 | Education/Parenting, Social-Emotional Learning
The only way to keep from failing is to not try. But it’s so much easier to stay safe in your bubble of known activities, experiences, and routines! Trying new things, trying HARD things, and truly attempting to do your best exposes you to the possibility of...
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