Inspiration, Influence and Impact

My guest this episode, Sue Langley, shares her passion for guiding and supporting others to be their best selves through practical application of neuroscience, emotional intelligence and positive psychology.

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Sue Langley is a keynote speaker, global consultant and positive

leadership expert. Sue specialises in the practical applications of

neuroscience, emotional intelligence and positive psychology,

synthesising the science and research into simple, practical tools

that anyone can use.

As the CEO and Founder of the Langley Group, Sue has taught

thousands of business leaders, coaches and consultants how to

create positive work cultures and harness the brain's potential. As

Academic Director of the Langley Group Institute, Sue created the

world’s first nationally recognised Diploma of Positive Psychology

and Wellbeing. She has a Masters in Neuroscience of Leadership

and was a featured expert in the hit ABC TV series Redesign My

Brain and in the award-winning documentary Make Me a Leader.

My guest this episode, Kari Sutton, shares her passion for helping parents and adults who care for kids lay the foundations of resilience and emotional wellbeing in early childhood, so we can protect our future generations. She talks about her determination to nurture conversations about how we cultivate children’s positive mental health to deliver tangible strategies and insights which are immediately actionable.

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Kari Sutton is a consultant, author of two books,educator, and speaker who has helped over 25,000 children, parents, and educators with evidence- based strategies, tools and approaches to foster children's resilience and emotional wellbeing. During her 30 year career in education, both as a teacher and school counsellor, she had a front row seat dealing with the escalating crisis in children’s mental health and is determined to change the way we cultivate children’s positive mental health. 

My guest this episode, Kelly Chase, shares her passion for sharing the voices and stories of women in history, and her desire to support educators with resources for teaching all perspectives of our full history.

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People - Dr Stephanie Smith; Vince Wall; Michael Cox; Brett Salakas

Books - Education: The School by Brendan Murray

Historical Fiction: Anything by Kim Kelly

Women’s History: Forgotten Warriors by Sarah Percy

Australian History: Making Australian History by Anna Clark

Women and Leadership by Julia Gillard and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Podcasts - HP Reinvent the Classroom with Brett Salakas; Science Versus; Stuff the British Stole; Download this Show; Stop Everything; No Filter; Frontier War Stories

Cause - Save the Bilby Fund

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Twitter - https://twitter.com/HistoryDetect 

Instagram/Threads - https://www.instagram.com/historydetective9/

Website or Blog - www.historydetectivepodcast.com 

Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/historydetectivepodcast 

Podcast - History Detective

YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@historydetective 

My guest this episode, Keelie Allen, shares her passion for making the world a better place and the life experiences that have inspired her to create a kindness movement.

Keelie's inspirational, influential and impactful recommendations:

Person - Someone you haven't connected with for a while.

Book - Atomic Habits by James Clear

Podcast - Brene Brown's podcasts

Cause - Kindness

Dream Travel Destination - Anywhere with sunshine and beautiful beaches

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Instagram - @randomactsofkeelie

Facebook - Random Acts of Keelie

Linkedin- Keelie Allen

Keelie Allen is a creator of kindness, and loves making a positive impact in the lives of others by helping them become the best version of themselves. With a passion for positive psychology, believing that there is power in numbers and that kindness has the power to change the world, had led her to where she is today, starting a kindness movement. 

My guest this episode, Jane Taylor, shares how her life experiences led to her passion for connecting and building relationships with others, and how her journey of unlearning led to her own self-discoveries. She talks about how this knowledge and understanding now guide her as she supports people to change the way they see themselves in order to be whole-heartedly themselves. 

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Jane Taylor is a certified and registered ICF PCC coach, mentor, author of 4 journals, facilitator and registered teacher who is committed to helping support people to change the way they see themselves through "(Un)Learning, so You Can Reconnect, Realign and Reclaim Your Inner Resources and BE Whole-Heartedly YOU... One Habit at a Time!", so we can live in peace and harmony.

Jane began her career as a professional athlete competing on the world tennis stage before finding her passion – learning (or unlearning may be more accurate) and building relationships. This passion evolved in to a career in education as well as facilitating national coaching programs for Tennis Australia and co-ordinating national initiatives for education, before starting Habits for Wellbeing. Jane has supported and worked with over 33000 adults in leadership, coaching, education, emotional intelligence, mindfulness meditation, self-compassion, mental health promotion and prevention and organisational wellbeing.

My guest this episode, Sarah Donaldson, shares her passion for empowering people to be their authentic selves and for all people to feel seen, heard and valued, which is complemented and supported by her belief that education can and should be an act of social justice and an opportunity to nurture global citizens that embrace diversity and bring people in from the margins. She talks about her vision for deconstructing the status quo and recreating a more equitable society, as belonging and equity benefits us all, and the influence working in international schools had had on her beliefs and practice. 

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Sarah Donaldson is currently the elementary associate principal at the International School of Curitiba, and has been in education for 20 years as an elementary classroom teacher, an EAL teacher, and a literacy coach.  Sarah stands up firmly on the side of human rights, equity, diversity, social justice, and belonging.  She believes that education can and should be an act of social justice, an opportunity to nurture global citizens that embrace diversity and bring people in from the margins in order to collaborate in solving the world's problems.  In fact, Sarah’s Master’s thesis led her and a group of 17 inspiring 3rd graders to research and write a 300 page book on the topic.

My guest this episode, Amy Green, shares her vision for helping educators thrive both in and outside the classroom, her mission to support schools to identify effective systems to ensure the wellness of staff, and how her own wellness journey has inspired and influenced her work. 

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Amy is founder of The Wellness Strategy, a published author, speaker, facilitator, and coach, and a leader in improving workplace culture and wellbeing in schools and organisations. As a past teacher and school leader, Amy is determined to change the way we view wellbeing to support our everyday and workplace needs. With a background in teaching and leadership and having studied human behaviour and positive psychology, Amy brings to the wellbeing space a fresh approach to what can be a sensitive topic.

Amy guides workplaces to understand the difference between individual and collective wellbeing to ensure all employees feel safe, valued, and fulfilled, and to bring about a workplace culture in which all staff thrive and flourish.

My guest this episode, Brett Salakas, shares his wide and varied educational journey and its impact on his teaching pedagogy and practice. He talks about his passion for turning educational theory into real classroom practice, and supporting other educators to do the same. Brett's mission for connection, collaboration and inspiration drives his work and the influence and impact he hopes to have. 

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Uniquely experienced, Brett’s innovation, curriculum insight and passion to deliver results set him apart. His reputation for innovation in the education industry is truly global. He has been the keynote speaker at multiple international conferences, in Australia, Asia, Europe and North America and has run Professional Learning for schools and systems both in Australia and in North America.

Brett is a teacher, leader, poet and the founder of #aussieED (the largest online network of teachers in Australia) and the co-founder of both the ED Poets Society and #TheWalkingED.

Brett has leadership experience within the Public Education System, Catholic and Independent systems as well as being a Curriculum and Digital Technologies Officer while teaching in Singapore. Couple that with the rare experience of having taught from Kindergarten to Year 10 and you will find that Brett brings a blend of deep pedagogical awareness and flexibility that allows him to rapidly adapt to and understand complex educational contexts.