Featuring Steve Livingway, Director at Reaching Higher for Youth
What if we stopped trying to fix kids and started helping them return to who they were before fear took over?
In this powerful episode, Steve Livingway joins Jason Tracey to share the mission behind Reaching Higher. A leadership program that doesn’t hand out answers, but helps students rediscover the truth they were born with: that they matter, that they belong, and that they have the power to lead.
After two decades as a principal, Steve walked away from the office to step back into classrooms, gyms, and courtrooms. Meeting kids where they are and reminding them of who they were before the world told them to sit down and be quiet.Because confidence isn’t built. It’s remembered.
Stories are data with soul:
- Why Reaching Higher doesn’t teach leadership it activates it
- The difference between potential, emerging, & proven leaders. Plus why every kid fits
- How limiting beliefs and fear sabotage purpose before it starts
- Rewiring the mindset: planting powerful thoughts instead of toxic lies
- The ripple effect of impact: how this work transforms entire families and school cultures
- Why vulnerability and authenticity from adults change everything
- How a retired principal fell in love with teaching again
- The adult version of Reaching Higher and why it’s never too late
This isn’t soft. This is soul work. It’s grit-building, truth-speaking, and power-reclaiming.
Because every kid still has the confidence of their four-year-old self buried inside Reaching Higher just helps them find it again.
Steve Livingway
Director, Reaching Higher 4 Youth
Reaching Higher Inc.
Reaching Higher Inc.
PO Box 1179
Brighton, MI 48116
web: https://reachinghigherinc.org/
cell: 517.294.9930
Jason Tracey
www.roar.consulting
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