FLOURISHING EDUCATION - SAFER AND BRAVER SPACE(S) TO BE AND BECOME WELL TOGETHER

I am delighted to share this conversation with Dr Charles Margerison , Founder of Amazing People Schools , a chartered psychologist and member of the Royal Institution. He has been researching the lives of Amazing People for over 20 years.  I talked to Charles about how by sharing these stories we can unlock the amazing potential of every student through their award-winning, whole-school appr...

I am delighted to share another powerful imperfectly perfect conversation. This time with the wonderful Christa Campsall who is the Teacher and Author of " My Guide Inside: Knowing Myself and Understanding My World" K12 Curriculum.  Christa introduced the 3 principles by Sydney Banks and we discussed the importance of discovering the wisdom within and the fact that we all have an innate wellb...

I am delighted to share this fantastic interview with Neil (Dr Values) Hawkes who is Founder of Values-based Education VbE Neil and I had such a powerful and magical conversation about what it means to be a values-based school, institution or organisation and why it is important if we want to reach true quality education. A must listen to!

In this episode, I share my powerful imperfectly perfect conversation with the wonderful Stephanie Sewell who is Independent Education Coach and Consultant | Homeschooling and Unschooling Support | Speaker | Advocate for Children's Right to Individualized Education. Stephanie told me how she helps: children and teens to look at their education through a new lens - a lens of ownership. Owning their...

In this amazing episode, I speak with Ulcca Joshi Hansen - author of The Future of Smart: How our education systems needs to change to help all young people thrive and Chief Program Officer at Grantmakers for Education . In our conversation Ulcca told me how we all have our sphere of influence. Education belongs to all of us. Young people grow into the adults who shape the world. And so education...

I am delighted to share this sensational conversation with Joanna Merrett who is a Home Education Researcher,  Early Years Professional and an Elective Home Education Support Consultant. We have a conversation about her research on home education and how we stop thinking about school as being the only option and how we can re-imagine education, learning and work that works for us all as a fam...

I am delighted to share this fantastic episode with Dr Rachael Jefferson-Buchanan who is a Lecturer in Human Movement Studies (Health and PE) and Creative Arts at Charles Sturt University , and International Consultant, Speaker, and Life Poet. Rachael shares her work and research and why she believes it is important to develop self-awareness as well as well as being kind - to oneself and to the yo...

What happens when your child suffers a really serious brain injury and his changed and unable to attend school? In this wonderful episode, I talk with Nicola Leyland - a mother, a dog walker and home educator who is also a part-time student on the Msc in Mindfulness at Aberdeen University. In this conversation, Nicola and I share our passion for mindfulness - its link to autonomy and agency in edu...

This is the second conversation I have with the wonderful Shannon Ross . He is Executive Director of The Community . Partner at Paradigm Shyft, Reentry Strategies and Consulting. Founding member of the Univ. of Reentry. Advisor for Sia Precision Education. Emotional IQ expert & jokester extraordinaire. Shannon shares his journey, what books have inspired him to change your mental models and ho...

Today I am so happy to share this amazing conversation with the fabulous PJ Jackson also known as the JoyOwl. PJ is a Soul Empowerment Coach who creates breakthroughs for high performers looking to level-up.  Author, influencer, difference maker, PJ brings a positive energy like no other, she is truly one-of-a-kind! A creative force that can influence change, PJ is making a difference, one mo...

In this episode I have a wonderful conversation with Thomas Schecter co-founder of MuchSmarter and Gavin Hepherd-Hall , Managing Director of Much Smarter UK Ltd. They both explain how we can help frustrated, stressed-out young people learn how to learn and the 3 habits of thinking, feeling and learning.  Enjoy!

In this episode I am very lucky and privileged to speak to Dr Peggy Kern who is Associate Professor at the Centre for Positive Psychology at the University of Melbourne’s Graduate School of Education. You can check out Peggy's website here . Peggy and I talk about flourishing and thriving. We discuss who thrives in life, why, and what enhances or hinders healthy life trajectories. We also discuss...

Today I am delighted to be sharing this interview with the wonderful Penny Pullan who is an expert, speaker and author as well as a mentor and consultant in Virtual and Hybrid Leadership and Creative Collaboration. You can check out her website Making Projects work here . Penny will help you take projects from hard slog to creative collaboration. We talk about how to become good leaders and virtua...

Today I am delighted to share this wonderful conversation with Willy Wijnands who is the Creator & Founder of eduScrum ® as well as co-founder of the worldwide initiative "Agile in education". As you will hear, Willy is a passionate chemistry and physics teacher on the Ashram College in Alphen aan den Rijn and Aikido teacher.  Willy shares about his journey and how he created eduscrum, we...

I am delighted to be sharing this powerful imperfectly perfect conversation with Dr John Cottone . John is a Psychologist, Researcher, Clinical Assistant Professor and Columnist for Psychology Today We discussed so many topics: mental health versus mental ill-health and the 4 types of depression, the Tao Te Ching for parents, how best to support our young people when 25 is the new 18 and we need t...

This week it's conversation two with the wonderful Olly Newton . If you haven't listened to our first conversation, you can check it out here: Episode 56 . In this episode Olly and I talk about his recent work on Rethinking Assessment and you can read Olly's blog post I mention in our chat here . Olly and I talk about the importance of all coming together to push for change and the holistic elemen...

This week I am delighted to share my powerful imperfectly perfect conversation with Hema Patel on the importance to love who we be and what we do in order to express ourselves authentically. Hema is a Hypnotherapist and Coach who also delivers Rapid Transformational Therapy (RTT). She supports rebellious growth seekers, like you, to LEVEL UP and ENJOY IT !!! She tells me how much she believes...

This week I am delighted to share a conversation with Dr Chris Bagley about his amazing work as an educational psychologist whose core motivation is to co-develop psychologically healthy education systems alongside young people, families, professionals and creative thinkers. We talk about his research as part of his role as Director of Research at States of Mind, and how he is part of an innovativ...

This podcast interview is another powerful imperfectly perfect conversation. This time with the wonderful Bea Herbert . Bea founded States of Mind in 2017, driven by a desire to create change in how our society speaks about and supports experiences of emotional distress. Bea is the Project Manager and Lead Facilitator at States of Mind . We talk about Bea's work - co-designing initiatives that pro...

I am thrilled to be sharing this powerful imperfectly perfect conversation with the wonderful Becky Carlzon . She is an Educator, enabler. Co-creator of Learning Pioneers , revolutionising Professional Learning. Nearly award-winning author, Powering Up Children . If you wonder what happens when two women who are passionate about education and change in education come together and have an in-depth...

Today I am delighted to share this wonderful conversation with Dr Abide Zenenga who is the co-founder of Riverside Education and a Special Education Needs Consultant. I visited Abide and his team in October 2021 and I was so impressed by his work and his school settings. I think you will thoroughly enjoy this powerful imperfectly perfect conversation with him.

I am delighted to start the New Year by sharing this amazing conversation with the wonderful Alice Sheldon . She is the Founder of Needs Understanding . Alice's book recently came out - it's called ' Why weren't we taught this at school? - the surprisingly simple secret to transforming life's challenges '. We talk about 'being busy', life and how we can get all of our needs met. I thoroughly enjoy...

In our previous episode, we talked about the importance of our wellbeing as mothers. In this conversation, I talk with the wonderful Florence (Ukpabi) Okwusogu and we discuss the importance of teachers' wellbeing.  Florence empowers burnt out teachers to thrive by becoming the Boss of their Health, Happiness & Life. You can check out her website here: Aligned Flow . We cannot have a flour...

This week I am delighted to share this powerful conversation with Dr Dani Hristova about a very important topic which is often ignored and certainly not discussed enough (in my humble opinion) and which can clearly affect our wellbeing and health as mothers (and as a result the rest of the family): menopause. Dani is a Senior Clinical Physician and Medical Advisor with a deep interest in Women's H...

In this episode, I talk to the wonderful Rob Hopkins - Rob is a cofounder of Transition Town Totnes and Transition Network , and the author of The Transition Handbook , The Transition Companion, The Power of Just Doing Stuff, 21 Stories of Transition and most recently, From What Is to What If: unleashing the power of imagination to create the future we want . Rob also hosts a podcast series ‘ From...