Creativity, Thinking & Education Podcast

Renaissance Knights was founded in 2005 by David and Sheila Heiser to bring the many educational benefits of chess to young people throughout Chicago. The vision they hold for all their chess players is to help them be critical thinkers, be problem solvers, be motivated learners, think before they move, have good sportsmanship, and take pride in their accomplishments. Chess has the power to change people's lives and this foundation has helped thousands of kids do that.

Dr. Mary Jo Bulbrook, RN, CEMP/S/I, HTCP is a master teacher and practitioner in innovative programs worldwide. She is founder and director of Energy Medicine Partnerships and Akamai University's Dean of Continuing Education and Dean of the Institute of CAM Studies on-line educational programs.

Mary Jo is a mystic and spiritual/medical intuitive as well as founder of Transform Your Life through Energy Medicine (TYLEM). TYLEM™ is based on her distinguished 36+-year career as a university professor and clinical specialist in psychiatric mental health nursing where she blended Energy Therapies and academic training. She has taught a range of health care professionals both energy therapies and psychotherapy during her career over the years throughout USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Peru, South Africa, and Chile.

From 1974-1984, she was a key figure in the development of world-renowned family therapist Virginia Satir's teaching organization, Avanta Network. Drawing on their twelve years together, elements from Virginia's teachings and philosophy were integrated with Dr. Bulbrook's holistic nursing theory "Healing From Within and Without". For 15 years Mary Jo facilitated the spread of Healing Touch worldwide while on the HTI board of directors as well as Energy Psychology board of ACEP and also Touch For Health Kinesiology Association board. Humanitarian service is also a key component of her life's work and dedication.

Dr. Mary Jo Bulbrook, RN, CEMP/S/I, HTCP is a master teacher and practitioner in innovative programs worldwide. She is founder and director of Energy Medicine Partnerships and Akamai University's Dean of Continuing Education and Dean of the Institute of CAM Studies on-line educational programs.

Mary Jo is a mystic and spiritual/medical intuitive as well as founder of Transform Your Life through Energy Medicine (TYLEM). TYLEM™ is based on her distinguished 36+-year career as a university professor and clinical specialist in psychiatric mental health nursing where she blended Energy Therapies and academic training. She has taught a range of health care professionals both energy therapies and psychotherapy during her career over the years throughout USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Peru, South Africa, and Chile.

From 1974-1984, she was a key figure in the development of world-renowned family therapist Virginia Satir's teaching organization, Avanta Network. Drawing on their twelve years together, elements from Virginia's teachings and philosophy were integrated with Dr. Bulbrook's holistic nursing theory "Healing From Within and Without". For 15 years Mary Jo facilitated the spread of Healing Touch worldwide while on the HTI board of directors as well as Energy Psychology board of ACEP and also Touch For Health Kinesiology Association board. Humanitarian service is also a key component of her life's work and dedication.

Ricardo Ocampo is a certified Master Practitioner and Trainer who has been involved in NLP since 2004. He routinely assists as coach in various trainings in the U.S., Portugal, and Brazil at both the Practitioner and Master Practitioner levels and got his Master Trainer training from NLP University of California.

He is a registered psychotherapist with the State of Colorado and specializes in helping couples transform their relationships. He draws from a wide range of experience when practicing his transformative work which allows him to solve complex issues. His favorite life experiences include being a father of two boys and traveling to Peru to study Peruvian shamanism and mysticism. Ricardo is fluent in Spanish and English, and is proficient in Portuguese. He lived in Guatemala and currently lives in Denver, Colorado.

Read Ricardo's blog post "Why did they do that?!" on the Creativity, Thinking & Education blog.

Learn more about NLP at NLPoftheRockies.com

Ricardo Ocampo is a certified Master Practitioner and Trainer who has been involved in NLP since 2004. He routinely assists as coach in various trainings in the U.S., Portugal, and Brazil at both the Practitioner and Master Practitioner levels and got his Master Trainer training from NLP University of California.

He is a registered psychotherapist with the State of Colorado and specializes in helping couples transform their relationships. He draws from a wide range of experience when practicing his transformative work which allows him to solve complex issues. His favorite life experiences include being a father of two boys and traveling to Peru to study Peruvian shamanism and mysticism. Ricardo is fluent in Spanish and English, and is proficient in Portuguese. He lived in Guatemala and currently lives in Denver, Colorado.

Read Ricardo's blog post "Why did they do that?!" on the Creativity, Thinking & Education blog.

Learn more about NLP at NLPoftheRockies.com

Tony Armstrong has been a full-time professor of political science at Wesley College since 1991. His Ph.D. in political science is from the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington. Tony received his M.A. in political science from Philipps University in Marburg, Germany and his B.A. in psychology from Boise State University in Boise, Idaho. He is the author of three books: Educating Angels: Teaching for the Pursuit of Happiness, The Lovestar: A Philosophy of Love, and Breaking the Ice: Rapprochement between East and West Germany, the United States and China, and Israel and Egypt.

Tony says he has become a "happiness education crusader." In addition to his book Educating Angels, which he calls a "happiness education manifesto" and "a rather unique philosophy of education," he has a website dedicated to his writings on happiness education, has a TEDx talk on the subject, and teaches a course called "Happiness" every semester at Wesley.

Tony has lived in Delaware with his wife of 41 years (Marlies) for 25 years. He has four sons and two grandkids.

Website: http://educatingangels.co

TEDx talk: Happiness Education

Articles: "Real happiness is more than putting on a face" and "Getting Serious about Happiness"

Jeff Goelitz is currently an education curriculum developer, senior trainer and education specialist with the nonprofit Institute of HeartMath. He regularly consults with education professionals, mental health specialists and parents around the U.S. and Canada to help improve the well-being of youth, parent-child communication and classroom climate and performance. In the last fifteen years he has created and contributed to numerous educational curricula and programs designed to improve social and emotional learning. Goelitz is the co-author of Using emWave Technology For Children With ADHD, The College De-Stress Handbook, Heart to Heart: Communicating With Your Child and the newly released book, Transforming Stress for Teens. As a new stress solutions expert on HowtoLearn.com, he will contribute ongoing articles and webinars on a variety of topics related to youth.

Jeff Goelitz is currently an education curriculum developer, senior trainer and education specialist with the nonprofit Institute of HeartMath. He regularly consults with education professionals, mental health specialists and parents around the U.S. and Canada to help improve the well-being of youth, parent-child communication and classroom climate and performance. In the last fifteen years he has created and contributed to numerous educational curricula and programs designed to improve social and emotional learning. Goelitz is the co-author of Using emWave Technology For Children With ADHD, The College De-Stress Handbook, Heart to Heart: Communicating With Your Child and the newly released book, Transforming Stress for Teens. As a new stress solutions expert on HowtoLearn.com, he will contribute ongoing articles and webinars on a variety of topics related to youth.

Master's in Educational Psychology Counseling and Development K-12 from the University of Nebraska; demonstrated expertise with every imaginable label awarded childhood behaviors, physical attributes and learning styles. She parlayed her phenomenal success with at-risk youth into Continuing Education Courses for Portland State University on how to be energetically effective educators. For the past two decades, she has taken her exceptional programs to educational professionals, business leaders, entrepreneurs, corporate managers and administrative assistants conducting training and consulting on how to be effective in creating improvement in their organizations through the power of Team Synergy.

Master's in Educational Psychology Counseling and Development K-12 from the University of Nebraska; demonstrated expertise with every imaginable label awarded childhood behaviors, physical attributes and learning styles. She parlayed her phenomenal success with at-risk youth into Continuing Education Courses for Portland State University on how to be energetically effective educators. For the past two decades, she has taken her exceptional programs to educational professionals, business leaders, entrepreneurs, corporate managers and administrative assistants conducting training and consulting on how to be effective in creating improvement in their organizations through the power of Team Synergy.