Mindful Living With Athea Davis

Happy Day, Friend! In this podcast episode I’m talking about cell phone bans in schools, new social media guidelines for young people, paying attention, and different meditation techniques. This episode is a conversation starter and I hope to dive into these topics more deeply in a separate episode.  Hope you gain tons of value!To purchase Magic Mind so you can get more natural energy and focus and receive your special discount, because remember, the world needs your spark in action, go to https://magicmind.com/MINDDECLUTTER20  and use code - MINDDECLUTTER20I'd love to connect with you on social media

Happy Day, Friend! In this podcast episode I’m chatting with Dr. Lori Desautels about the nervous system, behavior, and education. Dr. Lori Desautels, has been an Assistant Professor at Butler University since2016 where she teaches both undergraduate and graduate programs in the College of Education. Lori was also an Assistant Professor at Marian University in Indianapolis for eight years where she founded the Educational Neuroscience Symposium that has now reached thousands of educators and is in its 15th year. Lori’s passion is engaging her students through the social and relational neurosciences as it applies to education. She does this by integrating the tier one trauma accommodating Applied Educational Neuroscience framework, and its learning principles and practices into her coursework at Butler.The Applied Educational Neuroscience Certification,created by Lori in 2016, is specifically designed to meet the needs of educators, counselors, clinicians and administrators who work beside children and adolesc

Happy Day, Friend! In this podcast episode I’m sharing some evidence-based strategies to help you get your number one asset back - your presence. I share the 3 kinds of attention that Dr. Matt Dewar writes about in his book, The Mindful Breathing Workbook for Teens, what presence is, how we can develop it, and a little about the science of where in the brain our attention skills live. I hope you find this episode valuable! I'd love to connect with you on social media

Happy Day, Friend! In this podcast episode I’m sharing the key points and highlights from the recent CDC report, Promoting Mental Health and Well-Being in Schools: An Action Guide for School and District Leaders. You can read the report HERE.Per the CDC, “adolescents reporting poor mental health is increasing, building stronger bonds and connecting to youth can protect their mental health, and schools and parents can create protective relationships with students and help them grow into healthy adulthood.”For information on youth mental health from the CDC read HERE.I'd love to connect with you on social media

Happy Day, Friend! In this podcast episode I’m sharing a few strategies to help you sort out the inner and outer clutter that can cloud your thinking and actions. These evidence-based strategies will help you gain more clarity on any issue, and get you back to feeling more balanced internally. I'd love to connect with you on social media

Happy Day, Friend! In this podcast episode I’m talking about my personal reflections of 2023, what’s to come in 2024, and what steps I took to begin again, let go, and start over. I'd love to connect with you on social media

Happy Day, Friend! In this podcast episode I'm talking about ways to increase your everyday wellbeing with gratitude. I hope you gain tons of value from the episode. If so, please share with your people. I mentioned GiveThx in this episode. You can learn more about them at https://www.givethx.org/I'd love to connect with you on social media

Happy Day, Friend! My special guest today is Ilana Nankin. We are talking about Ilana’s journey into founding the organization Breathe For Change and all the things Breathe For Change is offering educators and school districts through its yoga, mindfulness, and social-emotional learning trainings and professional development seminars. Dr. Ilana Nankin—the Founder & CEO of Breathe For Change—is an award-winning entrepreneur, teacher educator, and former public school teacher committed to using wellness as a vehicle for healing and social change. Ilana earned degrees in both psychology and education at UC Berkeley, and received her Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction at University of Wisconsin. Her dissertation revealed the critical connection between educator well-being and student learning, and the positive impact that wellness and social-emotional learning can have on teachers and students’ lives. Inspired by her research, Ilana founded Breathe For Change, a movement on a mission to enhance the health an

Happy Day, Friend! In this podcast episode I’m sharing a meditation moment from TGBA, my book, Today’s Gonna Be Awesomesauce: Daily Meditations for Youth, Parents, and Families. Today’s meditation is from June 26, Be You.Use today’s meditation as a guide or intention for your day, week, or the season of life you’re in. I hope you gain tons of value from the episode. If so, please share with your people. Let's learn and grow together

Happy Day, Friend! My special guest today is Meryl Arnett. We are talking about ways you can deepen your meditation practice. Meryl is a mama, international meditation teacher, and trainer, and her passion is introducing mindfulness in ways that are both accessible and enjoyable to all of us.Meryl’s meditation classes have been featured on CNN Headline News, TODAY.com, and Good Housekeeping Magazine, and her podcast is consistently named a Top 10 meditation podcast. In 2022, The Mindful Minute podcast was in the top 5% most shared podcasts of the year.Connect with Meryl

Happy Day, Friend! In this podcast episode I’m talking about perspective-taking and difficult conversations, and how mindfulness practices can create and empower greater perspective shifts. I share the “3 Conversations Framework” from the book, Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, and Sheila Heen, and give ten (10) ways mindfulness practices help you implement this framework with more fidelity and greater success in all your conversations. I hope you gain tons of value from the episode. If so, please share with your people. I'd love to connect with you on social media

Happy Day, Friend! In this podcast episode I’m sharing a meditation moment from TGBA, my book, Today’s Gonna Be Awesomesauce: Daily Meditations for Youth, Parents, and Families. Today’s meditation is from June 15, Holding Two Truths in One Moment. If you are looking for a meditation to help you navigate the world of the many different truths we might hold individually and in relationship to others, then definitely give this episode a listen. Use today’s meditation as a guide or intention for your day, week, or the season of life you’re in. I hope you gain tons of value from the episode. If so, please share with your people. Let's learn, grow, and glow together

Happy Day, Friend! This podcast episode is in collaboration with the Coalition of Schools Educating Mindfully (COSEM). COSEM conducts monthly member-only events and this member event is about how to create virtual calm classrooms. My special guest today is Anne Kasa.  Anne is an instructional technology coach, an SEL certified educator through Mindful Practices, a certified SEL facilitator, and a registered yoga teacher from Breathe for Change.If you would like full access to this special event audio and video on How To Create a Virtual Calm Classroom, become a member today with the Coalition of Schools Educating Mindfully at www.educatingmindfully.org. Members get exclusive access to special events; a diverse network of experts, leaders and educators taking mindful-based social and emotional learning (SEL) practices into their schools, districts, and homes; a variety of mindful-based SEL resources; and member-only content on its member-site. Connect with COSEM

Happy Day, Friend! On this week’s podcast episode, I’m talking about integrating mindfulness into schools. My special guest today is Ben Painter.  Ben Painter is a Partner and Co-Founder at WholeSchool Mindfulness, focusing on strategic growth. Ben works with WholeSchools’s supporters, Mindfulness Directors, staff, and Board to support the movement to integrate mindfulness into our education system. In high school, Ben had the opportunity to take mindfulness classes with Mindfulness Director Doug Worthen. Since then, Ben has used his meditation practice to become a healthier, happier person and a more compassionate community member. Prior to serving in his current position at WholeSchool, Ben worked at New Profit, a venture philanthropy organization that partners with social entrepreneurs to break down barriers to opportunity in America. Ben studied at Bowdoin College, where he served as the Vice President of the Student Body and co-founder of the Mindfulness Club. Ben has attended numerous meditation retreat

Happy Day, Friend! In this podcast episode I’m sharing life lessons from my recent ultra run journey. You can apply these principles to any goal or endeavor. They are principles you can use in any aspect of your life. If you are looking for guidance and inspiration to grow beyond what you think is possible for yourself, then definitely give it a listen. I hope you gain tons of value from the episode. If so, please share with your people.Let's learn, grow, and glow together

Happy Day, Friend! On this week’s podcast episode, I’m talking about self-compassion for educators. My special guest today is Lisa Baylis. Lisa Baylis has been sharing well-being strategies for the last 20 years. A natural born connector with an innate ability to make people feel valued and heard, she is a teacher, a counselor, a speaker, and a mother. Lisa is a published author of Self-Compassion for Educators as well as the creator of the AWE Method - Awakening the Wellbeing of Educators - which merges self-care, mindfulness, and self-compassion.Lisa has a master’s degree in Counseling Psychology and a bachelor’s degree in Physical Education. She has taught internationally and locally. Much of her vast teaching experience was gained in the classrooms across British Columbia, Canada. Currently, she is spreading her work to all communities that will welcome her. When she can she works as a high school counselor in the Greater Victoria School District and drives her children to their many music and sports less

Happy Day, Friend! In this podcast episode, I’m sharing four (4) myths about teaching kids mindfulness. There have been quite a few of them over the decade I’ve been doing this work, but I boiled it down to the top four. In knowing these myths, you can anticipate other people sharing them, and feel more confident in educating them about mindful-based social-emotional learning and educating the whole child. These myths might pop up in casual conversations with friends, parents, and teachers or they may come up when you’re giving a seminar, speech, or professional development series about kids and mindfulness. In any case, you’ll be ready to debunk them and appropriately educate others. I hope you gain tons of value from the episode. If so, please share with your people. Let's learn, grow, and glow together

Happy Day, Friend! On this week’s podcast episode, I’m talking about building community across generations. My special guest today is  Camelia Felton aka Mimi Kids Yoga. Camelia (aka Mimi) is a Black Yoga Teacher Alliance  + a Yoga Alliance 200RYT Yoga Teacher, a KAY (Kidding Around Yoga) Certified Kids Yoga Teacher, a Certified Meditation Instructor, a YBB (Yoga Behind Bars) certified Trauma-Informed Yoga Instructor & a Reiki II Practitioner. Mimi started Mimi’s Yoga Kids in 2018 after realizing the many benefits of doing yoga with her young grandson. She knew that this was something that kids and families needed. She couldn’t find what she wanted so she decided to create it!Camelia is very excited to share all these wonderful practices with children and their families. She wants to share her knowledge with the world to cultivate  awareness that these wonderful practices can teach all of us, especially our children - mindfulness, inner peace, meditation, and imagination. Connect with Camelia Felton

Happy Day, Friend! On this week’s podcast episode, I’m talking about how to turn overwhelm into opportunity. My special guest today is  Jana York. Jana  is a Certified Mindfulness and Meditation teacher and has been a mindfulness practitioner and children’s mindfulness educator for more than a decade, at international schools in Thailand and Japan. Her main passion is teaching children how to reduce anxiety and self-regulate while being in the present moment. She is the author of U-Is for Understanding - Claire’s Journey toward Mindfulness, a storytelling approach based on an eight-year old’s journey of learning mindfulness in school. Jana is also the special contributor of Teaching Mindfulness: A Guidebook for Teachers, Parents, Counselors and Caregivers. She is also featured in the book Educating Mindfully - Stories of School Transformation Through Mindfulness. This special episode is in collaboration with the Coalition of Schools Educating Mindfully (COSEM). To listen to the complete episode, and get acces

Happy Day, Friend! In this podcast episode, I’m talking about how you may be getting in your own way of experiencing peace even through the chaos of everyday life and what you can do today to shift it. I’m sharing ten (10) of some of the most common ways you are disrupting the calm factor in your life. Remember to give yourself some grace as we all struggle with these. It’s a practice. Adopt the mantra “progress over perfection”, and you will continue to grow with steadiness and more ease on your self-discovery journey. Small shifts create big impact. I hope you gain tons of value from the episode. If so, please share with your people. Let's learn, grow, and glow together