Drop Your Anchor: A Hands-On Mindfulness Activity The basis of the drop your anchor metaphor is this: Your brain can be thought of as a boat sailing on the ocean. You’ve got to be a good captain, and drop your anchor when things get stormy. A few years ago, we...
An Interview with Andy, Empowering Education’s Founder Andy Wilfong, founder of Empowering Education, has advocated for Social Emotional Learning (SEL) in schools for over a decade. We spoke to him on July 14, 2020 about where he started with SEL and where the...
We believe in what we do. We believe it has meaning, value, depth and (pardon the cliché) truly makes a difference. As such, we have a tendency to tout the merits of our work. We like to tell success stories, to share the heartwarming moments from our lessons and to...
Recently I had the opportunity to meet Chris Sharma. If you’re not sure who this is, think Wayne Gretzky or Michael Jordan for rock climbing. Sharma is one of the best climbers in the world and has been for many years. Meeting someone who performs at this level, one...
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