Lade Akande is a trailblazer in bringing wellness practices to schools, hospitals and non-profit settings. She holds an MS in School Counseling from Butler University and is a certified 500hr Trauma-informed Yoga Teacher and a Continuing Educational Provider through The Yoga Alliance, where she has helped lead multiple teacher trainings. With over 13 years of experience in education, Lade has created research-based school curriculum around yoga & mindfulness and is currently serving as the first Director of Wellness at a high school in Indiana. She is passionate about sharing trauma-informed practices that are easy and accessible and takes a holistic approach in integrating wellness themes within the culture of the organizations in which she serves. Lade looks forward to sharing her research, techniques and unique perspectives in bringing creative, trauma-informed practices and wellness initiatives to non-traditional settings. 

In this episode we talk about:

• the mental health epidemic we are facing with youth
• what teens really care about and what they need from us
• practices that help young people cope with stress and anxiety
• how to connect with young people so you can be a trusted adult in their lives

SELF CARE LEVEL 1000 is a podcast about the many ways we nurture ourselves physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually so that we show up more fully in the world and do the good work that needs to be done. We will get curious together about how we can practice self care in multiple ways with many modalities, leveling up the love we show ourselves every day. Hosted by Erin Polley (she/her) - a community organizer, yoga teacher and healer who is obsessed with sharing tools with people so they can heal themselves and the world.

CREDITS: Edited by Evan Polley. Music by John Larner.

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