The COVID-19 pandemic had a huge impact on how we educate our children. And while most of our kids have returned to learning in the classroom, that doesn’t mean we should abandon online education tools altogether. Especially since the rise of online learning has produced incredible platforms like Outschool, which offers a diverse range of classes on every subject you can think of, from marine biology to horror films. In today’s episode, we unpack one course in particular that every parent should know about by Jo Reynolds on the dangers of video gaming and why it can be so addictive. To learn more about this informative course and how you can help your children safely navigate video gaming, be sure to tune in today!

Key Points From This Episode:

• An overview of Outschool, an online learning platform for kids. 
• How Outschool allows for flexibility.
• The diverse range of classes that Outschool has on offer.
• The excellent teachers on the platform.
• Outschool’s course by Jo Reynolds on the dangers of video games.
• Jo Reynolds's enthusiasm for teaching and why her kids love him.
• How Sarah manages her children’s gaming based on his course.

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

OutSchool

Sarah Southwell on LinkedIn

GroWise Be Well on TikTok

GroWise Be Well on Instagram

GroWise Be Well on Facebook

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Please note that this episode carries a trigger warning for school shootings and gun violence.

Welcome to 2023 and Season 4! Sarah Southwell has set out a goal to focus more on education in her future episodes, and this episode is doing just that. In this episode, Sarah wants to ask an important question; what are the parents going to do about gun violence in schools? With a terrifying and devastating increase in this violence, there has been an outcry from parents asking the administration what their mitigation plans are. Parents and schools have to work together to create a solution, and Sarah shares some of her personal and professional ways to do just that. She discusses the long-term implications of gaming and gun violence imagery and why there needs to be a reshaping of the education system to change the narrative of the public school institutional model into one that is enjoyable, encouraging, and supportive of learning. It all comes down to a need for active, communicative, and (unfortunately) more restrictive parenting. 

Key Points From This Episode:

• Discussing Sarah’s passion: using education as a tool for empowerment. 
• What is coming up in 2023 for Sarah and GroWise.
• How parents influence their children's behavior.
• Why Sarah believes there needs to be a change in the educational format.
• What children need to feel when they are at school.
• How the cafeteria food is causing harm. 
• Why metal detectors and guards are not the way forward.
• The different elements Sarah thinks about when designing a school.
• The influence and control parents have over their children, both subtle and overt. 
• Why gun violence imagery is harmful (TV, gaming, music, etc.).
• How technology has allowed parents to ‘unparent’.
• Sarah’s opinions on necessary parenting styles.
• Why we need to focus on the nutritional value of the food our children eat.
• How educators have to compensate for the deficiencies of their students when they come to school.

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Sarah Southwell on LinkedIn

GroWise Be Well on TikTok

GroWise Be Well on Instagram

GroWise Be Well on Facebook

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As 2022 draws to a close, Sarah reflects on all she’s been working on in the last couple of months and what she’s discovered over the years of homeschooling her children. We learn about her passion for education and what she feels the word encompasses, as well as her critique of the current educational model and intention to develop a holistic education model that includes both the metaphysical and financial aspects of education. Tune in to discover what Sarah feels we need to be teaching the youth, and her goal to provide the necessary change through GroWise Be Well!

Key Points From This Episode:

• What Sarah’s been working on since the last episode. 
• What she covered in the previous podcast.
• How she discovered her passion for education.
• What education encompasses.
• Why financial education shouldn’t be neglected.
• The curriculum Sarah developed and discarded.
• The faults of the current educational model.
• The most important things to teach young people.
• What we can learn from the current educational model.
• Sarah’s goals and intentions for GroWise Be Well going forward.

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Sarah Southwell on LinkedIn

GroWise Be Well on TikTok

GroWise Be Well on Instagram

GroWise Be Well on Facebook

GroWise Be Well

Welcome back to GroWise Be Well! During today’s conversation, we talk about all things manifestation. Tune in to hear how Sarah teaches children to manifest while they are coloring, encouraging them to daydream in detail to bring about what they really want. You’ll also learn how Sarah uses an allegory she learned in church to illustrate the way in which the Universe sends you pieces of what you are seeking, or variations of what you want, and what to do about it. She empowers listeners by reminding you that we have to facilitate whatever we are seeking, and introducing you to tools you can use to strengthen your manifesting power. Join us today for an empowering conversation about harnessing the Universe’s power along with your own, to reach your goals and create a life you love! 

Key Points From This Episode:

• Sarah’s upcoming book about a space age education model.
• What most adults don’t realize about manifestation.
• How Sarah teaches manifestation to children through intention setting and gratitude.
• The power of daydreaming in detail.
• An allegory to illustrate the way that the universe sends you pieces or variations to work with.
• Why you have to facilitate what you are seeking for the universe to deliver.
• The importance of bringing our energy to whatever it is that we want.
• What happens when you collaborate with the universal energy.
• Sarah’s experience of looking back and seeing what she had to learn before she shone.
• Setting intentions and recognizing parts of what you manifested when they arrive.
• Understanding that you may have to take steps towards what you want to achieve.
• Tools you can use to strengthen your power to manifest.
• Having gratitude and recognizing that you already have everything you need.
• The various energetic wavelengths for creating what you want. 
• A reminder of the incredible abundance available to us on earth. 

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Sarah Southwell on LinkedIn

GroWise Be Well on TikTok

GroWise Be Well on Instagram

GroWise Be Well on Facebook

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Welcome back to GroWise Be Well! Things have been quite amazing at GWBW for the last few months. As of today, it’s just your host, Sarah Southwell! There are no employees, just Sarah editing the podcast, stocking the shelves, and writing the blogs. A new chapter has begun at GroWise Be Well, and Sarah is seeking new treasure by striking out on her own! Tune in today to hear what she has rediscovered, her latest undertaking, and what she wants to bring into fruition within her lifetime. You’ll also hear about her thoughts on revolutionizing the education system, how she has completely fallen in love with everything she’s been trying to do, and what you can expect to see next from GroWise Be Well. Don’t miss today’s episode for the inside scoop on what’s next from the podcast and all our platforms. 

Key Points From This Episode:

• The recent shift at Grow Wise Be Well, where your host Sarah Southwell, is the only member of the team.
• The call Sarah felt to reach people the way she wanted to, which is through her heart!
• A recent reminder Sarah had of a moment in the book, the Alchemist by Paulo Coelho.
• Where she recognized her own path in the book which pushed her to strike out on her own.
• The learning curve Sarah has experienced taking on everything herself.
• Her intentions to take on the blog and social media, as well as doing video logs.
• What she has been able to rediscover returning to headquarters on her own. 
• The changing direction of the podcast. 
• One of the things Sarah has undertaken: writing a book!
• Her passion for education and allowing our youth to feel valuable and powerful.
• The idea she has for a futuristic take on education.
• Her intention for the podcast to introduce listeners to her new concept.
• How she has fallen back in love with everything she has been trying to do. 
• Her excitement to step into new changes at GroWise Be Well.

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

The Alchemist

Sarah Southwell on LinkedIn

GroWise Be Well on TikTok

GroWise Be Well on Instagram

GroWise Be Well on Facebook

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The choices we make affect the world around us, but they also impact our daily lives in profound ways. Sarah’s 16-year-old son, who was diagnosed with a sensory processing disorder at age five, was the main driving factor behind her family’s decision to buy a farm and grow most of their own food. As you may already know, there are numerous correlations between environment, nutrition, and how a child heals, recovers, and displays their best qualities, whether they are on the autism spectrum or not. In today’s episode, we learn from Sarah’s observation of her son working through how his body is responding to his own choices and examine the relationship between choice and consequence. We also invite you to consider the choices that you make on a daily basis and how they may help or hinder you in achieving your goals. Tune in today to learn more!

Key Points From This Episode:

• Some of the amazing things Sarah’s son has been able to achieve and overcome.
• Why you should set high goals for yourself; dreams keep us excited about life!
• How dedicated Sarah’s 16-year-old is to work hard to achieve his goals.
• The decline she has witnessed in his ambition and how it’s related to his neurological system.
• How she helps her son understand that his choices directly influence his outcomes.
• The positive impact that better sleep, cutting out dairy, and reducing video game time has had.
• An invitation to consider the choices you’re making and how they help or hinder you in achieving your goals.
• How you can affect real change by making some simple changes!

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Sarah Southwell on LinkedIn

GroWise Be Well on TikTok

GroWise Be Well on Instagram

GroWise Be Well on Facebook

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As we enter the final stages of summer following the June solstice, we want to take some time to tell you about a few of the exciting things on the horizon at GroWise Be Well! Created with children in mind but captivating to all, our new Roller Friends crystal-filled essential oil rollers are a fun, hands-on, and multi-sensory introduction to essential oils and crystals that you will learn all about in today’s episode. You’ll also find out what to expect from the GroWise Be Well App, how to sign up for upcoming classes with our in-house herbalist, and some of the new products you will find in the store in the coming weeks, plus so much more! Make sure to tune in today!

Key Points From This Episode:

• Introducing Roller Friends, a multi-sensory introduction to essential oils and crystals.
• The activities and information that you can expect from the GroWise Be Well App.
• How the app will allow you to organize your life in an earth phase-based way.
• Learn about the forthcoming GroWise Be Well biannual magazine.
• Classes with MacKenzie, our in-house herbalist, that will be available soon!
• New products, including a spider shield, a bite and sting repair clay, an energy clearing spray infused with black tourmaline, and more!

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Roller Friends

Ancient Root Apothecary

Mackenzie Brosious on Instagram

Sarah Southwell on LinkedIn

GroWise Be Well on TikTok

GroWise Be Well on Instagram

GroWise Be Well on Facebook

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Anger is something that we all struggle with from time to time. In this episode, our host, Sarah Southwell, opens up about a recent experience she had with anger. She explains how she has been struggling with direction. As much as she loves GroWise Be Well, she doesn’t necessarily want to run a large business. This lack of guidance has left her feeling like she’s in a void, and she has found herself feeling very angry. Today, she explains how she dealt with her anger by journaling, creating a rhyming incantation, and calling upon her guardians for help during the last full moon. Tuning in you’ll hear what this incantation was, why the full moon was the best time for her to let go of her anger, and the many messages she received from the universe calling her back to love and joy afterward. We believe that love is the frequency of manifestation, so for a reminder of the power of love to overcome anger, tune in today!

Key Points From This Episode:

• The uncomfortable void Sarah feels she has been in due to the uncertainty of direction for GroWise Be Well.   
• How this void is making her angry.  
• Why full moons are a good time to let go.  
• The rhyming incantation that Sarah created to deal with her anger. 
• The story she read to her kids about anger and how it echoed what she was going through.
• All the different ways the universe was sending her messages calling her back to love.
• How love is the frequency of manifestation. 
• How Sarah is stepping into a place of wanting to care for humanity and be a leader and a teacher, not a business owner.
• How she identified the source of fear that was making her angry. 
• Closing words on the power of love. 

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Sarah Southwell on LinkedIn

GroWise Be Well on TikTok

GroWise Be Well on Instagram

GroWise Be Well on Facebook

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The pro-life versus pro-choice debate can be an intimidating issue. While one is preoccupied with saving the unborn, the other is focused on women’s sexual and reproductive rights, and both stances have complex motives and objectives. In light of current events in the US, today’s episode touches on these sensitive subjects from a human, emotional perspective and proposes that we approach them from a position of love and understanding, not judgment and hate. Tune in today to learn more!

Key Points From This Episode:

• Introducing today’s subject gently and touching on the role that control plays.
• The importance of containing human population growth for the sake of the planet.
• Why forcing another human being to do anything is counterintuitive to human evolution.
• Why ‘think about the children’ isn’t a valid reason to put women in bondage.
• Understanding that going backwards in the way that we treat an equal part of our species is not the right way forward.
• What you can learn from a conversation with someone who has a different perspective.
• Approaching difficult topics from a position of love and understanding, not hatred.

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Sarah Southwell on LinkedIn

GroWise Be Well on TikTok

GroWise Be Well on Instagram

GroWise Be Well on Facebook

GroWise Be Well

In today’s episode, Sarah shares her experience with a type of home testing kit she ordered to better understand her own digestive system and that of her family members. Tuning in you’ll hear all about bio-hacking, what it is, how it can help you, and how Sarah first became interested in it. She explains why she decided to order the test kits for both herself and her family, what the testing process was like for her kids, and how she supported her child in overcoming his fear of having his finger pricked. She expresses her concerns about what the results may indicate and explains how the information will help her but will not be taken as scripture. She opens up about what it was like for her to be allergy tested as a child, how tough it was to cope with a dairy allergy when there were no dairy alternatives, and how different things are for her son who now also has a dairy allergy. Sarah believes that if we’ve been through something and somebody else can learn from our experience, we have a responsibility to share this information with one another. So tune in today to hear all about Viome test kits and biohacking, and how these things may help us to grow wise and be well. 

Key Points From This Episode:

• An introduction to what bio-hacking is. 
• Why Sarah decided to order Viome test kits for both herself and her family.
• What the testing process was like for her kids. 
• Some of Sarah’s concerns about what the results may indicate. 
• How she supported her child in overcoming his fear of having his finger pricked.
• What it was like for Sarah to be allergy tested as a child.
• What it was like coping with allergies when she was a child.
• How Sarah’s son copes with his dairy allergy. 
• What Sarah hopes listeners will gain from hearing about her experiences.
• How the test works.
• How Sarah found out about Viome and what inspired her to buy the kits.
• Why we shouldn’t necessarily follow the food pyramid and how even healthy foods can be bad for some people. 
• Why you should listen to your body and your intuition when it comes to your diet.
• Other ways that you can research this information.

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Sarah Southwell on LinkedIn

Viome 

GroWise Be Well on TikTok

GroWise Be Well on Instagram

GroWise Be Well on Facebook

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