Best The TraumaSensitive Mindfulness Podcasts (2025)

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Mindfulness, More than A Productivity Hack 28:35

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Send us a text In this episode, Amy Edelstein unpacks why mindfulness goes beyond technique and how wonder is a key ingredient that develops authentic leadership in young people and adults. Mindfulness as only an add-on falls short of what it can be and how awe, gratitude, and presence foster the qualities of autonomy and leadership that are becomi…

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Teaching Wonder: Jane Goodall inspires a Conscious Generation 29:47

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Send us a text What if the most powerful classroom tool isn’t another strategy, but a deeper way of seeing? In this episode, Amy Edelstein explore show purpose, presence, and philosophical clarity can reshape teaching from the inside out—so young people feel safe to grow, wonder, and lead with heart. As Amy reflects on the quiet force of Jane Gooda…

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Middle School Mindfulness, Made Practical 24:29

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Send us a text In this episode, Amy Edelstein shares a practical, developmentally appropriate guidance on teaching mindfulness to middle schoolers. She describes how to adjust practices to this age group, with a focus on structure, repetition, and emotional intelligence. Paying attention to their emerging selfhood, a teacher can guide that emergenc…

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Letting Go & Creating Safe Spaces: Rituals for the Conscious Classroom 20:10

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Send us a text For teachers feeling overwhelmed by global challenges and classroom responsibilities, this episode offers a lifeline of wisdom. Amy Edelstein delves into the transformative power of letting go—not as abandonment of responsibility, but as a profound acceptance that creates space for growth. Just as great trees stand witness through st…

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Mindful Interconnectedness: Seeing Beyond Personal Stress 24:20

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Send us a text In this episode, Amy Edelstein explains why she included the lessons on systems thinking in the Inner Strength Teen Mindfulness Program. Teaching students how to understand their experiences within larger systems, helps them manage stress by seeing interconnections across time and society rather than taking challenges personally. You…

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Closing the School Year with Purpose: Mindful Rites of Passage 28:44

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Send us a text We explore how to end the school year with mindful intention and purpose by creating powerful rites of passage that help students recognize their growth, learn from challenges, and prepare for summer with confidence. • Experiential mindfulness activity for you, the listener, to help all teachers acknowledge their own accomplishments,…

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True North: The Key to Navigating Change in Education 27:25

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Send us a text In this episode Amy Edelstein explores what it can meet to root in our True North, our deepest values, when we lean into how education needs to transform. The questions surrounding education's future form an intricate web: How do we pause and reflect while simultaneously responding to the immediate needs of our students? Who funds it…

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Brave New Learning: Sal Khan, AI Tutors, & the Future of Mindfulness Education 34:58

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Send us a text The educational landscape is undergoing a profound transformation through artificial intelligence, and mindfulness education stands at this exciting frontier. In this thought-provoking exploration, Amy Edelstein reviews Sal Khan's new book "Brave New Words" and unpacks the potential and challenge of AI tutors to support students' inn…

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Returning to Analog 25:54

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Send us a text In this episode of The Conscious Classroom, Amy Edelstein questions the use of the popular idiom "returning to analog." While agreeing with the sentiment that we reconnect with the preciousness of our humanity as technology continues to advance rapidly, she questions placing that sentiment within in technical context. Amy discusses t…

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Inspiration, Illumination & Sacred Intention: A New Year's Day Contemplation 41:43

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Send us a text This episode of The Conscious Classroom with Amy Edelstein invites us to explore the power of setting meaningful intentions and to learn how to let go of will-based resolutions as the most effective means to create lasting transformation. By uncovering our deepest values and nurturing inspiration from within, we can align our actions…

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Being with What Is During the Holidays 28:58

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Send us a text Holidays are awe-filled and also can bring about feelings of sadness, grief and loneliness for ourselves and our students. Join Amy Edelstein in this episode of The Conscious Classroom Podcast as we explore how to let go into the present moment and find the posture that allows us to be with what is with grace, strength, and presence.…

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Dedication, Transformation & the Arts 31:43

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Send us a text Experience the essence of creativity and dedication with Amy Edelstein as we journey with her to CoSM, the Chapel of Sacred Mirrors in the Catskills. This episode celebrates Alex and Alison Gray, the visionary artists who have devoted decades to the transformative power of art. For their entire adult life, they have been expressing t…

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Creating Positive Spaces with a Grateful Mindset 22:28

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Send us a text Creating Positive Spaces with a Grateful Mindset It's so simple, could it really change our outlook, experience and classrooms? In this episode of the Conscious Classroom, Amy Edelstein looks at ways that gratitude can transform our experience and deepen our understanding of presence, interconnectedness, and awe. You will see how we …

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Authenticity: the elusive quality that ignites classrooms 34:15

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Send us a text Do you feel like you're authentic in your teaching and in your life? How does we "become" more authentic? Can mindfulness bring authenticity or is it more than that? In this episode, Amy unpacks the elusive quality of authenticity. We all think we know it when we see it but how do we develop it? Authenticity brings integrity and stab…

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Contentment in Times of Stress 30:09

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Send us a text Discover the secret to finding profound contentment even in the most stressful times. What if you could cultivate a deeper sense of fulfillment through mindful awareness and systems thinking? On today's Conscious Classroom podcast, Amy Edelstein guides you through transformative insights that will help you create spaces for rejuvenat…

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Loneliness or Connection in the Classroom? 25:28

1+ y ago25:28

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Send us a text What happens when a student fails to show up for a crucial presentation? Explore the profound lessons on commitment and responsibility in this episode of the Conscious Classroom podcast. Join me as we unpack the culture of individualism and what that means when we try to instill a sense of commitment and purpose in our youth. In this…

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Plato Knew It All Along - Teachers, Transmission & Trustworthy Impact 1:04:14

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Send us a text Can shifting the focus for teachers from content to connection be the key to lifting adolescent loneliness? Journey with Amy Edelstein on this episode of the Conscious Classroom podcast as she unpacks the role of teachers as moral exemplars, following the principles laid out by Plato. You'll explore how transmission occurs and why te…

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Education Design that Works: Blending Visionary Ideas with Classroom Realities 29:16

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Send us a text In this episode we pack two levels of insight that are mostly at odds with one another when it comes to improving educational design. We examine the dual landscape of educational innovation, where grand visions and data analysis for systemic change clash with the hands-on challenges of classroom application. Working with systems thin…

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Jim Crow's Pink Slip - Dismantling the Education Gap 32:57

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Send us a text Jim Crow's Pink Slip - Dismantling the Education Gap with Amy Edelstein In this episode of The conscious Classroom, Amy Edelstein helps illuminate the little-known history and ongoing influence of resistance to de-segregation within America's education system - and how mindfulness, being conscious and aware of our biases, is an impor…

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Awareness & Innovation: The Wings of Tomorrow's Education 30:02

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Send us a text Unlock the synergy between mindfulness and innovation as Amy Edelstein explores the relationship between these two orientations in this episode of the Conscious Classroom. Imagine a learning environment where the air is alive with creativity, and students and teachers alike are inspired to view the world through a lens of fresh possi…

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Mindful Joy: The Secret Sauce in Educational Leadership 25:11

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Send us a text In this episode of The Conscious Classroom, Amy Edelstein unpacks the importance of teacher happiness and how to use mindful awareness and perspectives to improve teacher wellbeing and sense of possibility prior to making practical changes, which undoubtedly also need to occur. Amy explores the impact of educators who tap into their …

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Mindfulness Is Not A Pill, It's a Perspective 21:41

2y ago21:41

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Send us a text Discover the keys to unlocking our children's potential in an era where education is at a crossroads and technology's influence is undeniable. This enlightening journey through the world of learning reveals how an evolved mindset, coupled with a transformative educational system, is essential for nurturing the curiosity, purpose, wis…

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A Human Relationship to AI 24:19

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Send us a text Discover how the relationship we forge with AI in our classrooms can go beyond mere functionality to touch the very core of our humanity. Join me, Amy Edelstein, as we unveil the transformative potential of AI when approached with the same reverence we approach the great mysteries and subtleties of sentience and life. It's an invitat…

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Scaling Compassion? AI possibilities & Real Life Examples 31:32

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Send us a text In this episode, Amy Edelstein reflects on a recent trip to India, which raised intriguing and inspiring possibilities as she visiting with the founders of the Happiness Curriculum, that reaches 1.7 million students each day. She also explores AI potential and urgency to train AI on compassion and wisdom and scale that use for the be…

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The Power of Fostering Friendships in the Classroom 37:36

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Send us a text There's a hidden superpower in a regular teen activity that will provide support for teachers as well as students. This inclination, when activated, encouraged, and guided can create a safety net for students, build webbing so classrooms feel warm and encouraging, catch students who are falling behind, and bring out the sensitivity a…

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Peace, Reason & Care in the Face of War 24:10

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Send us a text In this episode of The Conscious Classroom, Amy Edelstein shares from the heart about the impact of the eruption of war between Israel and Gaza, and that pain that is bringing to so many in the region and beyond. How do we provide steadiness and guidance within our classrooms? How do we rise authentically and demonstrate care that go…

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The Future of Education - New Teacher Training Grounds 30:18

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Send us a text In this episode, The Future of Education, Amy Edelstein explores a visionary approach to teacher training. If we are to truly inspire teachers and students to engage with their own learning in an innovative and even prophetic way, the training grounds that prepare teachers to teach must exemplify that new world and its higher values.…

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Grounding In Nature Guided Meditation • Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness 18:24

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Grounding In Nature Guided Meditation • Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness by David TreleavenBy David Treleaven

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Body Appreciation Meditation • Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness 11:37

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A guided meditation by David Treleaven on appreciating the body.By David Treleaven

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AI - Potential or Peril or Both? 31:32

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Send us a text In this episode of The Conscious Classroom, Amy Edelstein shares insights about the potential and peril of new AI tools and considerations explored in the recent C20 meetings on Technology, Security and Transformation. As a panelist for the convening on Technology & Education, Edelstein was able to share views on the importance of te…

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Empathy or Compassion? Discovering an Orientation that Brings Energy & Joy 28:28

2+ y ago28:28

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Send us a text In this episode, Amy Edelstein looks at the difference between empathy and compassion, exploring the elements of compassion that allow it to become a source of our own joy and upliftment. She also illuminates how detachment, universality, and self-care enable us to orient ourselves around compassion and fuel our own resilience and up…

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Uncommon Leadership: The Path for the History Makers of Tomorrow - Villanova Women's History Speaker of the Month 54:23

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Send us a text In honor of Women’s History Month, Amy Edelstein was invited by Villanova University's School of Business to unpack what it takes to pursue our own calling, break limits, and strive to for excellence in our work, our personal growth, and our contribution to the world. These days, we are pressured to achieve in so many spheres, from t…

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Episode 28 | A Final TSM Podcast Episode 55:08

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In this solo episode, David speaks about the reasons he’s stepping back from TSM and three of the most important lessons he learned over the years: the importance of practicality, the inability to meet everyone’s needs, and the pros and cons of focusing on safety in trauma-sensitive work. David also shares his gratitude for the community and his vi…

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Virtual Reality Education- It's Coming, Are We Ready? 29:17

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Send us a text Virtual Reality Education is not a future prospect. Higher Education spaces like Morehouse College have already taught full semesters using VR. This Metaverse is rapidly expanding into K-12. In this episode of The Conscious Classroom, Amy Edelstein asks who is thinking about the potentials of this space to train us to be truly mindfu…

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A Web of Connection: Systems & Solutions for Teen Discouragement 29:18

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Send us a text In this episode, Amy shares a brief look at how our awareness of large scale systems that we can intuit through our mindfulness practice and through exploring the interconnected systems we see in nature and in the structure of the cosmos can reveal new solutions to our very entrenched problems. For teens who are discouraged and feeli…

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A Freedom Worth Striving For - Independence Day 16:35

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Send us a text A Freedom Worth Striving For - Reflections in Independence on the American Holiday 4th of July What makes freedom exalted? What can our students aspire to when the "freedom" they have been taught to cherish is either - in the case of politics and social orders - profoundly inequitable and even harmful or - as in the case of personal …

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Meditation on Love in the Face of Violence 27:35

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Send us a text These recent weeks have seen the scourge of senseless gun violence tearing through a school, a supermarket, and neighborhoods across America. In this episode, Amy Edelstein reaches deep into the power of meditation to imprint in us the undeniable experience of interconnectedness and love, a love that inspires us to want to dispel ign…

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Episode 27 | Mindful Education, Trauma, and Social Emotional Learning 44:52

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In this episode David speaks with Meena Srinivasan, an expert in the field of mindful education and Social-Emotional Learning (SEL). They discuss the relationship between SEL and mindful education, the mental-health crisis of Covid and the particular forms of stress that educators are facing in school systems, the difference between mindfulness as …

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Episode 26 | Mindfulness, Trauma, and Psychedelic Therapies 1:27:30

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In this episode, David speaks with Joe Flanders and Andrew Rose, two leaders in the field of psychedelic-assisted treatment. They discuss the current movement around psychedelic treatment, conditions that support healing and transformation in psychedelic therapy (including mindfulness), working with “stuckness” in psychedelic treatments, and the re…

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Purpose Driven Education and the Role Mindfulness Can Play 34:31

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Send us a text Purpose Driven Education and the Role Mindfulness Can Play In this episode, Amy Edelstein talks about the role of purpose in teen flourishing. When people are connected to a purpose greater than themselves, they experience more resilience, ability to persevere through challenges, sense of connection, and happiness. We can work with t…

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The Power of Purpose 35:00

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Send us a text In this episode, Amy Edelstein explores the power of purpose and the value that speaking about purpose with youth has on the rest of their lives. She discusses the great Stanford Educator and Author William Damon and his book The Path to Purpose , which looks at the impact of materialism and our fast-paced technological world on the …

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Engaged Buddhism: In Honor of Thich Nhat Hahn 26:03

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Send us a text The world renowned and beloved Vietnamese teacher Thich Nhat Hahn passed this week at the age of 95. This episode is dedicated to his work and life, bringing mindfulness to a secular environment, connecting deep mindfulness practice with social, political, and environmental activism, and being a powerful -- albeit profoundly gentle -…

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Happy New Year! Establishing Presence, Courage & Centeredness 25:03

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Send us a text In this episode, Amy Edelstein talks about the need of our times for greater courage, centeredness and connection to presence, or being. This episode and its guided meditation will start the new year off on a positive and directed note. Support the show If you enjoyed this episode please leave a review! Your review supports our podca…

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Episode 25 | Eating Disorders and Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness 58:44

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In this episode David speaks with Katherine Metzelaar about the relationship between mindfulness, trauma, and disordered eating. They discuss the prevalence of eating disorders, the ways undernourishment can impact our capacity to be mindful, how the spectrum of eating disorders connects to trauma, cultural assumptions around thinness and fatness, …

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Tech + Teens: Part 3 in dialogue with XPrize semifinalist Anthony Holland 21:27

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Send us a text Can technology empower rather than divide? Can we train robots to exhibit the empathy of their operators in humanitarian situations? How is Inner Strength looking ahead and the possibilities for supporting youth wellness through technology? Join Amy Edelstein in dialogue with XPrize semi-finalist and Inner Strength Board Member Antho…

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Tech + Teens: Part 2 in dialogue with XPrize semifinalist Anthony Holland 32:41

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Send us a text Can technology empower rather than divide? Can we train robots to exhibit the empathy of their operators in humanitarian situations? How is Inner Strength looking ahead and the possibilities for supporting youth wellness through technology? Join Amy Edelstein in dialogue with XPrize semi-finalist and Inner Strength Board Member Antho…

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Tech & Teens: in dialogue with XPrize Semi-Finalist Anthony Holland Part 1 34:05

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Send us a text Can technology empower rather than divide? Can we train robots to exhibit the empathy of their operators in humanitarian situations? How is Inner Strength looking ahead and the possibilities for supporting youth wellness through technology? Join Amy Edelstein in dialogue with XPrize semi-finalist and Inner Strength Board Member Antho…

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Episode 24 | Mindfulness and Trauma in South Africa 1:08:24

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In this episode, David speaks with Simon Whitesman about mindfulness and trauma in the context of South Africa. They discuss how mindfulness practice can increase the capacity to face historical trauma, the importance of elderhood in contemplative and trauma-healing spaces, the power of non-judgemental awareness in clinical work, and the reason tra…

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My New Memoir! Adventure in Zanskar 12:23

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Send us a text Adventure in Zanskar: one woman's solitary journey to reach physical and metaphysical heights This episode of The Conscious Classroom is a little different, some fun. I just published a memoir about a solitary trek I undertook in the highest mountains of the world, the western most corner of the Tibetan Plateau, and area called Zansk…

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Breakthrough Insights Can Come Quickly - Classroom Highs and Lows 31:11

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Send us a text Do you often relate just to the ways teens present in the classroom and forget that what goes on in their personal reflection may be much deeper? Teens present in all their awkward ways, they are in a growth stage and sometimes it feels like their bodies don't quite fit their minds and emotions or vice versa. Remember, there may be m…