PODCAST · education
Element Is Everything
by Terri Novacek
Terri Novacek of Element Education connects with educators, parents, researchers, and authors to discuss the mindset and behaviors that help us discover and develop our element– that place where interests and talents collide so the heart, mind, and body work together to do good and feel good.
Episodes
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Live and Learn
Do you find that you separate school life from home life? Terri shares perspective and ideas on how to bring it altogether - to become life-long and self-determined learners.
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Doing Less So Others Thrive with Dr Michaeleen Doucleff Part 2
Terri continues the discussion with Michaeleen Doucleff, PhD, science journalist and author of New York Times Bestseller Hunt, Gather, Parent about societal shifts that have impacted motivation and cooperation.
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Doing Less So Others Thrive with Dr Michaeleen Doucleff Part 1
Terri chats with Dr. Michaeleen Doucleff, award-winning science journalist, NPR correspondent, and author of two groundbreaking books that challenge many of the assumptions we make about parenting in the modern world.
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Empowering Moments with Dina Emser
Dina Emser, professional coach, speaker, and author, shares strategies to avoid the drama of blame and shame, and focus on solutions that that reflect mutual respect.
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Positive Solutions with Jane Nelsen
What began in the early 80s out of necessity continues to grow and help parents, spouses, educators, and managers find solutions with dignity and respect. Terri speaks with Jane Nelsen, founder of the Positive Discipline Association and author of dozens of resources for helping people young and…
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AI and Keeping Your Element Real
Jeff Riley, Executive Director of Day of AI, shares his perspective on the good, the bad, and the possibilities of AI in K-12 education.
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Blake Boles: The World I'd Like to Live In Pt. 2
Terri continues the conversation of self-directed learning with Blake Boles as he shares his thoughts on consensual schooling, intensive parenting, hard fun, and the importance of peer groups.
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Blake Boles: The World I'd Like to Live In
Terri dives into the topic of self-directed learning as Blake Boles shares his notion of consensual schooling, intensive parenting, hard fun, and the importance of peer groups.
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Adventures in Self-Directed Learning with Blake Boles
Terri dives into the topic of self-directed learning as Blake Boles shares his notion of consensual schooling, intensive parenting, hard fun, and the importance of peer groups.
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Against the Grade with Mason Ember
Terri speaks with a teen film-maker about the what school should be, learning at the right time, setting and measuring your own goals, and experiencing summer vacation all year round.
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Power With - Not Power Over
Catina Franklin Sweeney of Embark Center for Self-Directed Education shares how adolescents and teens develop compassion, competence, and confidence in a sociocratic learning community.
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A Digital Perspective on Passion and Purpose
Terri speaks with author and teacher Michael Hernandez on why and how we can support teens in purposeful use of technology.
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Let Go with LetGrow
Terri speaks with Lenore Skenazy author, speaker, and cofounder of LetGrow.org to discuss the why and how of bringing independence, competence, and courage back to our lives. The Challenge for this episode: Our challenge for this episode is to visit the LetGrow.org website and select the Parent...
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Opting Out of the Anxious Generation
Erin Loechner, author of "The Opt-Out Family," shares personal perspective and suggestions for how to give your kids what technology can't. www.optoutfamily.com
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The Anxious Generation
Terri introduces Jonathon Haidt's best-selling book on technology's impact on the mental health of adolescents.
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Mastery, Autonomy, and Purpose: The MAP That Stands the Test of Time
While educational philosophies, policies, and methodologies are endless, one thing remains...there is no one way of learning that fits everyone. History finds us coming full circle with parent bringing primary learning and connections back to the home.
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Sharpen Your Moral Compass: A Conversation with Dane White, City Mayor
Dane White, Mayor of Escondido, CA, tells his story of a rocky road to finding his element and the power of patience, perseverance, purpose, and people to find your moral compass.
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Ned Johnson Part 2: The Science and Sense Behind the Self-Driven Child
Terri continues the conversation with Ned on what we can do to reverse the trend of anxiety and learned helplessness.
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Ned Johnson Part 1: The Science and Sense Behind the Self-Driven Child
We are wired to care. Care about ourselves, our learning, and each other. Ned Johnson, co-author of The Self-Driven Child, shares his experience and views on why we are becoming an uncaring society.
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Relationships: Screens vs Humans
Casey O'Roarty of Sproutable discusses adolescents and smartphones.
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School is in Session: Get Out of the Classroom
Meet young high school students who share how their natural love of learning remains alive through a personalized learning journey.
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Out of the Muck with Consent-based Learning
Ken Danford, author of Learning is Natural; School is Optional and co-founder of North Star, a center for teen learners shares his story and insight on self-directed learning.
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Stress vs Passion: Different Forms of Rigor
While rigorous learning requires challenge, it doesn't have to be painful. Two high school students share their experience transitioning from meaningless to meaningful learning. Show Notes: https://realitychangers.org/
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Spark and Go Wild. Part 2
Part 2: John Ratey, MD, best-selling author and doctor of psychiatry, shares common everyday practices that bring a natural sense of well-being. Show Notes: Healthy Habits Inventory
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Spark and Go Wild: Part 1
John Ratey, MD, best-selling author and doctor of psychiatry, shares common everyday practices that bring a natural sense of well-being. Show Notes: Harvard Article on Exercise Can Boost Your Memory and Thinking Healthy Habits Inventory
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Standing By the Water: Owning What You See
Personal leadership for success and happiness requires personal accountability. Stryder Spillane, CEO of Leader Prep, explains the crucial step of problem-solving – owning the situation. Show Notes: Meet Stryder Spillane, recently featured in HR Tech Outlook magazine, to reflect on how owning…
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The Power of a Picnic: Time to Relax, Reflect, and Rejuvenate
They say life is no picnic...but what if it was? What if every day we scheduled time for ourselves to relax, reflect, and rejuvenate. Discover how a new mindset and habits can lead to better results with less work. This is the first of five parts of Season 3: Taming the Modern Day Sabertooth
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Heading for Open Waters: A Reflection on the Purpose of School
Imagine your children waking each day, knowing what they are going to do and how they need to go about doing it. You've prepared them and the environment so well, they hum along in their work driven by curiosity and fueled by discovery. They tackle the “boring stuff” with patience and overcome...
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If I Only Had a Brain - Using Multiple Brains for Better Decisions
Follow your heart, use your head, trust your gut. Which is a person to do? The neuroscience behind mBraining and Multiple Brain Integration Techniques (mBiT) tells us to do them all. A discussion with Lisa Blackett, certified mBIT coach and trainer, tells us how.
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Make Time to Find Your Element
Connor Swenson discusses the Make Time Framework to manage the forces that compete for our time.
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Redefining Success
Scott Schimmel, Founder, and CEO of You School walks us through the process of identifying what success looks like and explains why it is different for everyone. "Where do you go to figure yourself out?"
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Learning as a Fountain, Not a Drain
Dr. Yong Zhao, award winner and author of hundreds of articles and thirty books on education, talks about the need for a new paradigm for assessment, technology, and the purpose of education.
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Dr. Peter Gray: All Is Not Lost When There is Play
Play is self-determined learning at its best, Peter Gray author of Free to Learn states, nature does not turn off our desire and capacity to learn when children turn five or six, we turn it off with our coercive system of schooling. In this episode, Terri speaks with Dr. Gray on the history and...
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The Hidden Element in Your Play History
More and more research is showing there is a correlation between play deprivation and depression. Dr. Stuart Brown, who we will hear today is the founder of the National Institute for Play, and the author of the national best-selling book Play, How It Shapes the Brain Opens the Imagination, and...
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Supporting the Self-Determined Learner
Imagine spending time on what you care about using your observation of others as not only motivation, but as an actual learning resource. Today is part four of four on making learning personal. Mike Wehmeyer, co-author of the 2020 book titled, Teaching Students to Become Self-Determined Learners,...
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Different Learners, One Roof
Imagine a household of independent, self-determined and cooperative beings, where everyone understands their role and embraces it with pride. Today, we hear from three working mothers, one of them widowed, all of whom have multiple children with different learning styles and power traits, and…
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Mariaemma Pelullo-Willis: Turning a Space into a Place-How to Create Your Most Productive Environment
Imagine working and learning where you feel safe, comfortable, and inspired. Having the freedom, the insight, and the courage to design a place to do your best learning and work. A place, where you will lose track of time, dive deeper into your task with no desire to make excuses to avoid your...
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Take Learning Personal - Designing the Personalized Learning Plan
Imagine paving your own path for learning and professional development, the freedom to determine your own learning objectives, resources, and work products. This month, Terri's focus is on the personalized learning plan. Whether a student in a traditional school setting, a homeschool student, a...
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A Matter of Perspective
Imagine looking at the members of your family, your team, your workplace, and feeling a sense of appreciation, recognizing them for their uniqueness. Imagine the sense of pride that comes from recognizing your own uniqueness, how you think, what makes you tick, what you have to offer others....
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Dr. William Stixrud: Second Hand Stress - A Roadblock to Your Element
Today we talk with Dr. William Stixrud, a clinical neuropsychologist and faculty member at Children's National and George Washington University School of Medicine, as well as the author of the book, The Self-driven Child in his book, which runs the gamut on topics related to child development…
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Don't Misunderstand Me - Why We Do the Things We Do
Imagine the important relationships in your life like family, friends, and colleagues, being peaceful, open, trusting, and cooperative. Feeling understood, and understanding others. Feeling respect. Today we hear from Lois Ingber, licensed clinical social worker and certified trainer for Positive...
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Executive Functioning - You've Got the Power
Imagine feeling smart, balanced, important, and connected. Executive Functioning-You’ve Got the Power is part one of four on connection is key. Last month, Terri introduced the concept of finding your element and talked a lot about the importance of self-worth and mindset and how what we know and...
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Life Happens - The Courage to Own it and Make it Better
While the path to your element is not always smooth, it is the rocky points that have the potential to bring out our best. Before we can help our children, our students, and others, we need to get ourselves on the right path first. And then we can walk the path together.
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Given the Circumstances: Integrating interests and talents into your life
Terri speaks with Rick and Laura Sylvester about how and why they created a program of support dogs for children with special needs, especially keeping their son in mind, who has been diagnosed with non-verbal autism.
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Looking for the Element in all the Wrong Places
Earl Otte, Montessori educator, shares his story of the many paths it took for him to get to a place where work is play and he experiences joy on a daily basis.
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The Genie in Us (genius) All
We all possess genius. It looks different for each of us. That’s what makes it genius. The first step to finding it is to make sure we are not trying to be something we’re not. Then we will be able to focus on what we are.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Terri Novacek of Element Education connects with educators, parents, researchers, and authors to discuss the mindset and behaviors that help us discover and develop our element– that place where interests and talents collide so the heart, mind, and body work together to do good and feel good.
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Terri Novacek of Element Education connects with educators, parents, researchers, and authors to discuss the mindset and behaviors that help us discover and develop our element– that place where interests and talents collide so the heart, mind, and body work together to do good and feel good.
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