Guest: Chris Moore

Topics Covered: Emotional contagion, why meditation matters, how to attune with children and co-workers to reduce fear and anxiety in the workplace, neuroscience, contemplation, epigenetics, and humanism.

Chris Moore is a School Psychologist in the Salem-Keizer School District and functions as a professor at Oregon State University’s School Counseling Program. Chris covers over 30+ schools in his service to educators and students in Salem-Keizer. His work is heavily centered on consultation. He discovered in the midst of his consulting work a way to serve others by eloquently balancing hard-nosed science with the mystery and human components of working with people in a helping profession. From this balance, he formulated a theoretical orientation he calls “neuro-contemplative-epigenetic-humanism.” The theory balances the head and the heart. It balances science with humanity and provides a helpful framework for anyone in the helping profession.

This episode is expansive and covers wide-ranging territory. As you will hear, Chris Moore is a impressive and widely-read individual. If your work involves people, this episode will be a helpful resource as you learn to balance your  knowledge of science with the real demands of being a human in a helping profession.

References: 

Carl Rogers Client-Centered Model to Therapy https://www.simplypsychology.org/carl-rogers.html

“try again, fail again, fail again better” -Samuel Beckett/Cornel West

Calm.com

stopbreaththink.com

stopbreaththink.com/educators

headspace.com

headspace.com/educators

Dan Siegel “Brain Storm”

Dan Siegel “Mind Sight”

Chip and Dan Heath “Switch”

Covey Foundation “Four Disciplines of Execution”

Adverse Childhood Experience Scores (ACE) Score https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/childabuseandneglect/acestudy/index.html

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