Lindsey Frank, M.Ed., CEO of The Butterfly Within and President of the Coalition of Schools Educating Mindfully (COSEM), joins us to explore how cultivating presence through heart-centered practices can transform schools and communities. With over 13 years of experience as an educator and now a global changemaker, Lindsey shares her courageous journey of stepping out of the classroom to embrace a broader mission of empowering others to unlock their “butterfly within.”

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Lindsey also leads a guided mindfulness practice to help you assess and deepen your own level of presence. Whether you’re an educator, parent, or leader, this episode will leave you inspired to create courageous, calm, and connected communities through heart-centered mindfulness.

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Guest Host Kathryn Collins continues the conversation with JackieSavi Cannon.

How do we help children build resilience and emotional literacy through mindfulness, yoga, and meditation? These practices can empower the next generation to cope better with life’s challenges. How can shifting our focus to states of peace and well-being can transform classrooms and families alike?

We’ll dive into tools and techniques that integrate seamlessly into the school day, from click-and-play video lessons to cross-subject applications, making it easier for teachers and counselors to bring compassion, creativity, and collaboration into their classrooms.

Learn how programs like Generation 1 Kids are equipping teachers, parents, and students with strategies to recognize and nurture emotional health, creating lasting habits that benefit both physical and mental well-being.

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Introducing our first Guest Host on Taking the Helm, Kathryn Collins! She has dedicated over 30 years to supporting and educating students from grade school through high school. Her distinguished career has focused on enhancing emotional and social well-being.

Key points of the rich conversation include:

💥 What stressors have changed and increased every year for students and educators? What's the common denominator and the generational lens?

💥 What's the impact of emotional literacy on school culture? What are universal tools and activities that empower us to manage things coming at us day to day?

💥 What are the wellness techniques for classrooms that are adapted from the corporate world, contributing to a calmer classroom environment?

💥 How do we develop emotional vocabulary and self-awareness so children can navigate them rather than getting "stuck"?

💥 Emotional states affect learning readiness including function, focus, and learning.

💥 The importance of proactive support for teachers so they have the tools for students, allowing them to focus on academics while creating a healthier classroom dynamic.

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Radhika (aka: Rad) Lakhani Esq., LLM JD, is an expert in human conflict resolution and relationship dynamics. She has thousands of hours of experience as a divorce lawyer, mediator, children’s lawyer, court appointed dispute resolution officer, and educator.  

In 2022, after almost 20 years in law and ADR, Rad transitioned from family law lawyer to family IN-powerment educator.  

Rad’s mission is to help families experience greater peace and harmony. She believes that when parents and children are IN-powered, with the right tools, they not only resolve their own conflict, but begin to truly THRIVE.  Rad believes that every child deserves to be raised in a peaceful home. 

Rad left law to help families heal conflict at the ROOT (which she realized the legal system is not designed to do).

Her experimental group-courses led to dozens of clients stating that they felt more empowered, less anxious, happier, & more at peace in 1-2 months.  The results were incredible, and better yet, they were starting to positively impact her client’s children.   

 Rad's clients have called her their “life guru”, “Yoda” and “soul activator.”  Her desire is to help people transform their greatest challenges into their greatest miracles, to help them experience rapid transformation with greater ease, and provide a new pathway for families to resolve conflict in a lasting and empowering way.

Key points of our interview include:

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Renata Chubb is a registered Expressive Arts Therapist and Arts Facilitator, working with groups and individuals, from young children to seniors whose backgrounds include a variety of needs and experiences. Whether you are looking to find your way through a challenging situation (e.g., grief, anxiety, substance abuse, medical conditions, relationship issues) or whether you want to rediscover your joy and aliveness, expressive arts therapy is right for you. She believes in her core that art, sound, movement, words, and play offer great potential for healing and reconnection with self. We need to tap out of. our thinking mind and feel our way through that moment, that experience, that memory. Without a doubt, a space can be made by working with colour, or sounds, tiny movements, our breath, written words.

Key points of our discussion include:

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Educational technology should play a critical role in fostering both academic achievement and behavioral health. Our children need us more than ever. But has it? Michael Bates has designed a groundbreaking framework to help tech founders understand the challenges faced by our children and youth and their social responsibility to develop products that prioritize student wellness while supporting academic performance. How can these companies separate themselves from competitors and have an impact far beyond their product?

Key points of our conversation:     

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She emphasizes reframing thoughts to focus on personal strengths and resources during tough times. Haze created the GRIT Growth Guide, a tool that helps people understand, develop, and demonstrate their GRIT both personally and professionally. Her GRIT framework has supported individuals of all ages in finding meaningful ways to thrive through life's transitions.

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𝑯𝙤𝒘 𝒄𝙖𝒏 𝒂 𝒑𝙚𝒓𝙨𝒐𝙣 𝙬𝒉𝙤 𝙡𝒂𝙘𝒌𝙨 𝙪𝒏𝙙𝒆𝙧𝒔𝙩𝒂𝙣𝒅𝙞𝒏𝙜, 𝒂𝙬𝒂𝙧𝒆𝙣𝒆𝙨𝒔 𝒂𝙣𝒅 𝒔𝙚𝒏𝙨𝒊𝙩𝒊𝙫𝒊𝙩𝒚 𝒎𝙤𝒗𝙚 𝙩𝒐 𝒂 𝒑𝙡𝒂𝙘𝒆 𝒐𝙛 𝙧𝒂𝙙𝒊𝙘𝒂𝙡 𝙚𝒎𝙥𝒂𝙩𝒉𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙫𝙚𝙨?

Bryan Saint-Louis has a goal to empower 1 million people to unlock their potential and pursue their dreams, equipping them with the tools to succeed and take action in today's world. Bryan, a seasoned youth advocate and motivational speaker, has spent over a decade promoting resilience and leadership across North America. His personal journey through the loss of his daughter and his battle with depression grounds his advocacy in "𝑹𝙖𝒅𝙞𝒄𝙖𝒍 𝑬𝙢𝒑𝙖𝒕𝙝𝒚," a movement that not only fosters societal understanding but also inspires action.

His insights have motivated students, workplace leaders, and directors to surpass their circumstances and actively engage in empathetic leadership. Bryan's workshops emphasize recognizing strengths and making impactful societal contributions.

💥 Bryan shares his vulnerability with the tragedy of losing a child and how one student saved his life.

💥 How his early calling towards becoming a pastor and working in a youth juvenile detention centre taught him the importance of meeting children where they are to truly help them.

💥 Why did he drop out after two years into his Master’s Program for Theology and how did this decision lift his relationship with his father?

💥 How do we practice and teach empathy with our own young children? Bryan shares concrete examples.

💥 He discusses major school issues: teacher support, rising student behavior problems, and the need for earlier intervention. He demonstrates practical empathy-building activities like the ‘breathing ball’ exercise with grade 3 students.

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Kristi is a woman who broke free from toxic patterns after becoming a mother. She empowers both herself and the teens she now supports. From battling low self-confidence and self-worth to finding a new sense of purpose through motherhood, our guest shares her deeply personal story of growth and resilience.

Through the guidance of a trusted coach, she gained invaluable insights into her own needs and potential, paving the way for a career dedicated to supporting struggling teens. She opened doors to opportunities in online tutoring and holistic coaching. Our guest reveals the power of mind-body-soul alignment in helping teens navigate life's challenges, emphasizing the importance of managing mental health through thought awareness and more.

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Angela Legh is best known as the author of her children’s fantasy book series, The Bella Santini Chronicles, which gives children and their parents tools and techniques for emotional balance. For over 50 years, Angela experienced abuse, bullying, and belittlement, and through that exposure, she developed emotional management methods. Angela has been featured in USA Today; she is a Los Angeles Tribune newspaper and magazine columnist and has countless other media exposures. Angela is an international bestselling author with ten published books. Her most recent book is a 90-day journal that prompts users into self-love.

Angela is a conscious parenting consultant who has done everything from speaking to high school students about emotional intelligence to cohosting a television show on Thriving Women Network.

Have you asked yourself, "Where did that come from" after a situation where you over reacted or blew up? Emotional triggers happen to all of us but why? How do we change patterns of behaviour that are harmful to us and others? Angela suffered from the tyrrany of an alcoholic father, entered a toxic marriage and in a time of crisis after a wild fire, listened to the angels whispering in her ear to take her first act of self-love.

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