In part 1 of 2 episodes focusing on Empathy & Perspective Taking, Dr. Smith explains what empathy is, and why it has such a huge impact with both students and adults. He shares the 3 parts of the Effective Empathy formula and gives us a challenge to help us think about empathy in our own lives.

In this episode Dr. Smith unpacks the research on setting and achieving goals for ourselves. Dr. Smith guides us through a research-based strategy shown to increase goal attainment.

In this episode Dr. Smith about how values, purpose and meaning connect to SEL. He shares how clear values can be a compass to guide us through the inevitable storms of life. Dr. Smith talks about how a strong sense of purpose and meaning, and having a strong sense of why we do what we do, is a major source of motivation and strength in our lives and gives us some ideas for how to find that sense of purpose and meaning in our own lives.

In episode 4 we talk with Dr. Brian Smith about what Growth Mindset is, how it is different from Fixed Mindset, and why it matters. He shares how the foundation of Growth Mindset comes from one of the most important findings of Neuroscience, and Dr. Smith shares the Growth Mindset formula for success.

In this episode Dr. Brian Smith talks thru some of the fundamental foundations that have a huge impact on SEL, Well-Being and stress. He also shares some helpful ways that we can put a focus on these 3 pillars as we work to improve our personal wellness. 

In this episode with Dr. Brian Smith we talk about some of the main reasons that Social-Emotional Learning for adults is so important, and why Adult SEL is one of the ingredients for Social-Emotional Learning. 

In this episode Dr. Brian Smith lays a foundation for this podcast by discussing what exactly Social Emotional Learning is and why Adult SEL is a key ingredient in making it work for both students and educators.