The Forward Movement Podcast

Imagine a world where the majority of people made decisions from their body's wisdom, not their mind's thinking.

Imagine a world where more people let go of the intense relationship with the phone and embraced the life altering relationships with the people right in front of them.

Imagine a world where the choices of dissociating melted away and the brave action of living in presence was the majority choice.

Season three is here 🥳 and these conversations and expressions are all about grief, presence and making choices. You'll tune into stories revolving around living with and moving through grief, letting go of the connection to the cell phone, embracing and fostering the relationship with trust and respect with the self.

In episode one's expression you'll explore:

-Letting go of the attachment to timing

The final conversation within the season of Education Reform and Restoration is here!

In this episode you'll dive into the waters of wisdom gathered during the five guest speakers that offered their time, energy, attention and intention this season. Additionally, in this solo-cast, you'll be provided with a high level overview of the four big takeaways of the season.

Here at The Forward Movement Podcast we deeply believe, in this moment in time, that with information we, as individuals, have the opportunity to shift perspectives. And with the shift of perspectives comes a choice, to stay the same or to move forward.

Regardless if you listen to just this episode or if you tune into the episodes previously, may you receive something tangible and inspiring that further supports your own personal journey within the fields of forward movement.

The exploration of education reform and restoration doesn't stop here with the final episode of the season. Oh no, this journey is a continuous one! These four nuggets of golden wisdom are here as a compass, a guide. Simply information to support you in your personal, and collective, journey of shifting the needle of what education is and what it will become.

If you'd like to connect deeply with the guests from this season, you can do so here:

- Casey Deschene @light_house_yoga & @caseydescheneyoga

- Selena Jaramillo @nepantlahealingspace & @selenalaxicana

- Janae Dixon at [email protected]

- Sally Haughey @wunderledteaching & wunderled.com

- Hailey Moschella at [email protected]

If you resonate with the way I communicate, offer guidance and hold the perspective of which I contribute, then you may be excited to explore deeper with me. If this is the case, you can connect with me here:

- [email protected]

- @reneejeannelemieux

In closing, this season is dedicated to the youth of the world. To all the young people born with creativity in their veins and imagination in their hearts. To the ones who push back and stand firmly in their unique authenticity and to the one's who are lost and seeking the adults in their lives to guide them back.

Education reform and resotration is a living and breathing movement. Together, may we move forward as we explore with rising together. Here's to the heart centered ones of the world, here's to you dear one.

“It’s not about them, it’s about how we respond to them” - Hailey Moschella

In this conversation Hailey brings forward the inner workings of a Montessori Setting, working with primary aged youth, with also being a mother of two children ages 3 and 10.

As you tune into this conversation you will receive insights around:

- Responding to those around us, to what’s coming from the heart and soul, while listening to the children we’re serving. 

- The differences of being at home and in the classroom. 

- How development happens, in and out of the classroom, when the adults take a step back, witness and observe, while the youth step up to support one another.

- The power of slowing down, while observing the patterns within of how one is engaging, reacting and responding to the environment and youth / peers. 

- Observing the patterns of triggers and reactions. 

- To teach alongside the children, rather than teaching at the child. 

The Montessori Setting - Child-led, fostering independence and beyond. The wildflower schools are small micro schools, teacher led, community embedded as a shopfront setting, equity principle. 

• Maria Montessori talks about the “sensitive periods” which is when the children are ripe for learning, while also being within an environment of order and concentration. 
• Respecting the youth by observing them and witnessing what their interests are. 
• Responding to the individual child. 

You can connect more deeply with Hailey at [email protected] or by visiting https://www.wisteriamontessori.org.

Oh how grateful we are to close out the season of Education Reform and Restoration with Hailey Moschella. Keep your eyes and ears open for the final episode closing out the season altogether!

Connect with Renée Jeanne Lemieux at [email protected] and @reneejeannelemieux over on IG land.

"In the child there is a disposition, and a set of interests and passions, that ultimately becomes a human being engaged in a certain way with the world." - Sally Haughey

Season Two of The Forward Movement Podcast is all about Education Reform and Restoration.

Sally, a guest this season, comes on to elevate her perspective, lived experience and expertise on the world of play in early childhood classrooms.

Sally has gathered and created many tools throughout her carrier, simply a small part of this conversation. To explore these tools for your own inquiry and discovery, tap below to enter the world of restoration within your own classroom / life.

- The Artists Way by Julia Cameron

- Stop Stealing Dreams blog by Seth Godin

- Fairy Dust Teaching blog by Sally Haughey

- Wunderled blog by Sally Haughey

- The Daily Reflection: Invest in a low cost spiral bound notebook and reflect at the end of each school day; What went really well? What didn't go as well as I wanted? What child did I not connect with today? What child do I have concerns about? What can I do tomorrow knowing all the things I've just written? And for further curiosity ... What's one word for today? If today was a color, what was it? etc

- Tom Drummond

- Atomic Habits by James Clear

Connect with Sally:

- Wunderled.com

- Wunderledteaching on Instagram

- Wunderledteaching on Facebook

May your path forward, within the field of education reform and restoration, be held in wonder, experimentation and play. Whether you gather nuggets from this season, or from your own inquiries, may you stay grounded in the courageous path of living and teaching differently than the majority.

With Love and Wonder,

Renée Jeanne Lemieux

@reneejeannelemieux - Instagram

Janae Dixon, a seasoned educator and lifelong student, meets with us to dive deep into the realm of education reform and restoration.

During this conversation you’ll hear about:

just to name a few :)

The links of the resources spoken about in this conversation are:

⁠Breathe for Change⁠ | a mindfulness and wellness journey for educators

⁠Vortex Vision⁠ | an episode about friendships and relationships 

⁠The Boys and Girls Club of MetroSouth⁠

If you’re excited to stay in touch with Janae or reach out to her, you can do so by emailing ⁠[email protected]⁠

To stay in contact with ⁠Renée Jeanne Lemieux⁠ you can find her on the lands of:

Instagram ⁠@reneejeannelemieux⁠

Youtube ⁠@iamreneelemieux⁠

Emailing [email protected]

We're rising together as we brave forward individually and collectively. See you next time, on this streaming platform, as we dive deeper into the realm of education reform!

Trigger Warning: In this episode we talk about oppressive systems and briefly mention physical harm done to another.

In this week’s episode we meet with Selena Jaramillo, a licensed educator, yoga teacher, and Ethnic Studies advocate.

Selena's vision for the future of education is rooted in community centers and elevating the movement of Ethnic Studies.

In this conversation you will explore authenticity with youth, connecting with your inner wisdom, Social Emotional Learning and how SEL is often dehumanizing, Ethnic Studies, and so much more.

To stay connected with Selena meet her over at @nepantlahealingspace and/or @selenalaxicana

Season Two is ALL ABOUT Education Reform and we are honored to welcome you in as a listener and co-creator of this conversation.

It is our intention, prayer, and vision to have all the conversations taking place within this season to be seeds planted in the fertile soils of what is possible for education in America for the years to come.

To stay connected with Renée meet her over on Instagram at @reneejeannelemieux or YouTube at @iamreneelemieux

Tune back for future conversations!

Brave forward honnies, this is only just the beginning.

In episode two, of season two, we meet with our first guest speaker of the season Casey Deschene.

Casey is the owner of Lighthouse Yoga in North Andover, MA, a new mama to her newly born son, and teacher of yoga.

In this conversation we dive into the parallel similarities between teaching a yoga class/teaching students in a yoga certification program and teaching youth in an educational school setting.

Stepping outside of the box, the importance of structure, elevating life skills, safety in self, safety in environment is just a small bit of what is talked about in this episode.

To stay connected with Casey meet her over on her Instagram at: @caseydescheneyoga or @light_house_yoga

Season Two is ALL ABOUT Education Reform and we are honored to welcome you in as a listener and participator of co-creating this conversation.

It is our intention, prayer, and vision to have all the conversations taking place within season two to be seeds planted in the fertile soils of what is possible for education in America for the years to come.

To stay connected with Renée meet her over on Instagram at @reneejeannelemieux or YouTube at @iamreneelemieux

Tune back in for future episodes!

Brave forward honnies, this is only just the beginning!

Welcome to Season Two honnies! The red thread this season is all about Education Reform ... we know, we're stoked too :)

This introductory episode touches briefly on Renée's history with education and the ed system, along with the vision of what is possible for this coming season.

Sit back, open your heart, and get ready for a stellar season!

P.S. if you enjoy this podcast and the conversations that move through this space, we would love for you to scroll up and rate this pod 🫶🏼 .

PART TWO of the two part series to wrap up Season 1 of The Forward Movement Podcast.

Ke’oni, raised by his grandmother, a well known mystic on the island of Maui, has deep knowledge derived directly from the Hawaiian lineage and the ancient Mu lineage, spanning 1,017 generations. 

Ke’oni’s body of work is the sharing of his lineage, in union with his own expressions. Ke'oni shares that the human is a consciousness based in movement. 

Some golden nuggets from Ke’oni that came through from our conversation: 

“Is that the trajectory of humanity is transhumanism, which would be the removal of the soul.”

“There’s a kind of completion that is happening. This calendar that Lyra wants to present to us is a calendar of completions in a way.”

“It does seem like that is an implanted disorientation, purposeful implantation of disorientation. Look at the result, we are a culture of war, that’s a result, that’s a consequence of disorientation.”

“There’s two primary laws of life, one is feminine, one is masculine. The masculine primary law of life is do no harm. The feminine primary law of life is consent.”

“Many of us are manipulated, and thus we offer consent.”

“What is one of the greatest things a calendar does? It reorients us.”

“What is a calendar of completion? What does that look like? What’s the behavior of that?”

“When I look in children’s eyes I see wonder, I see awe. They are available for wonder and awe. And conditioned humans, perhaps of our generation, are so saturated with suspicion. With this fixation on crisis, that you know, our eyes don’t reflect wonder and awe anymore.”

“Our emotions is really what determines our behavior, it determines our beliefs, our choices.”

“And we are reorienting ourselves to an evolved pattern.”

“We must evolve to the new calendar.”

“My perspective of the world has changed drastically, the world may be conducting itself in the same way, but my perspective of the world has changed drastically in my own affirmation of my own belonging.”

“Begin to have a conversation about what it means for you to belong.”

“I am allowed to tap into my sacredness to say, please inform me, how may I conduct myself today? I call this the free fall, you just free fall into your sacredness, it catches you. It’s called affluence.”

“It’s good to reinform that this world and this consciousness is really friendly. It’s really friendly. Allow it to be your friend, your ally. Begin to have conversations with it, begin to negotiate with it. And thus we take of this separation that we’ve implanted, which I feel has led to such incredible desperation in this planet.”

“Relax back into the friendliness of this universe … this is a playground, not a battleground.”

To join Ke’oni in community, you can find him over on Instagram: @pohala_hawaiin_botanicals or at www.pohala.net 

Thank you brother for the consciousness expanding conversation! 

We’re rising together dear ones … Season One is a wrap! See you all on the other side 😘

With Love and Gratitude, 

Renée Jeanne Lemieux

PART ONE of the two part series to wrap up Season 1 of The Forward Movement Podcast.

Ke’oni, raised by his grandmother, a well known mystic on the island of Maui, has deep knowledge derived directly from the Hawaiian lineage and the ancient Mu lineage, spanning 1,017 generations.