Shows
21CL RadioPursuing Dreams With Tour Golf Professional Othman Almulla | Run Your Life #105The episode you are about to listen to is with Othman Almulla, who is the first tour golfer from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It was an honor and a joy to sit down with...The post Pursuing Dreams With Tour Golf Professional Othman Almulla | Run Your Life #105 appeared first on 21CL Radio.2020-02-111h 4121CL RadioStriving For Excellence with European Golf Tour Veteran Simon Dyson | Run Your Life #104In today’s episode, I feel very fortunate to have interviewed Simon Dyson. Simon, who is from England, was a 17-year veteran of the European Golf Tour having won 6 times in Europe and 3 times...The post Striving For Excellence with European Golf Tour Veteran Simon Dyson | Run Your Life #104 appeared first on 21CL Radio.2019-12-301h 0321CL RadioThe Creative Pursuit With Cartoonist Matt Smith | Run Your Life #103In todays’ episode, I sat down to have a face to face conversation with educational consultant and cartoonist, Matt Smith. Matt has a great story and is genuinely a person of the world. He is...The post The Creative Pursuit With Cartoonist Matt Smith | Run Your Life #103 appeared first on 21CL Radio.2019-12-191h 0621CL RadioBeing Relentless | Run Your Life #102In today’s episode, I sat down with Hamish Brewer. Anybody who has seen Hamish in action can immediately feel his presence, his passion, his zest for life and learning, and his desire to make a...The post Being Relentless | Run Your Life #102 appeared first on 21CL Radio.2019-07-261h 0021CL RadioWoke The Monster | Run Your Life #101In today’s episode, I had the privilege to interview Shawn Livingston. Shawn is a 10-year military veteran having served in Iraq during his time in the military. Having sustained a serious back injury while serving,...The post Woke The Monster | Run Your Life #101 appeared first on 21CL Radio.2019-07-1148 min21CL Radio4X Mindfulness: Mindful Musings From Athens | Run Your Life #100How habitual is it for you to take out your cell phone when waiting in lines or when in the company of strangers? How often do you strive to stay present and mindful in difficult...The post 4X Mindfulness: Mindful Musings From Athens | Run Your Life #100 appeared first on 21CL Radio.2019-06-2559 min21 CL Radio Shows4X Mindfulness: Mindful Musings From Athens | Run Your Life #100How habitual is it for you to take out your cell phone when waiting in lines or when in the company of strangers? How often do you strive to stay present and mindful in difficult situations? Is chaos more easily embraced when we practice mindfulness? How does practicing mindfulness help you to produce the best work possible? How does being present and truly listening help to improve the quality of relationships in your life?
These are some of the questions that we explore in this installment of 4 X Mindfulness. Neila Steele shares a recent difficult situation that she found herself i...2019-06-2559 min21CL RadioEmpowered Learning With Alfie Kohn | Run Your Life #99In today’s episode, I had a chance to speak with renowned lecturer and author, Alfie Kohn. Alfie writes and speaks widely on human behavior, education, and parenting. He has published 14 different books since the...The post Empowered Learning With Alfie Kohn | Run Your Life #99 appeared first on 21CL Radio.2019-06-2038 min21 CL Radio ShowsEmpowered Learning With Alfie Kohn | Run Your Life #99In today’s episode, I had a chance to speak with renowned lecturer and author, Alfie Kohn. Alfie writes and speaks widely on human behavior, education, and parenting. He has published 14 different books since the late 1980’s and has been described by Time magazine as being America’s most outspoken critic of education’s fixation on grades [and] test scores.”
As well, Kohn has been featured on hundreds of TV and radio programs, including the “Today” show and two appearances on “Oprah”; he has been profiled in the Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times, while his work has been described and debated i...2019-06-2038 min21CL RadioTurning Wounds to Wisdom | Run Your Life #98In today’s episode, I feel very lucky to have sat down in person with Caterina Carna, who has become a good friend of our family here in Saudi Arabia. Caterina is from a small village...The post Turning Wounds to Wisdom | Run Your Life #98 appeared first on 21CL Radio.2019-06-121h 0421 CL Radio ShowsTurning Wounds to Wisdom | Run Your Life #98In today’s episode, I feel very lucky to have sat down in person with Caterina Carna, who has become a good friend of our family here in Saudi Arabia.
Caterina is from a small village in southern Italy, but has lived here at KAUST in Saudi Arabia for the past 5 years. Anyone who knows Caterina knows what a kind, caring, and compassionate person she is. What makes Caterina uniquely special is her ability to connect with others in an effort to build community and give people a greater sense of belonging.
The reason why I wanted to have Caterina on...2019-06-121h 0421CL RadioGraham Nobel’s Mission to Bring 100 Languages to International Education | Education Vanguard # 100While English is the predominant language in international education it is often not the only one our students speak. How should we recognize the variety of languages in the world today (over 6000 according to...The post Graham Nobel’s Mission to Bring 100 Languages to International Education | Education Vanguard # 100 appeared first on 21CL Radio.2019-05-2716 min21 CL Radio ShowsGraham Nobel’s Mission to Bring 100 Languages to International Education | Education Vanguard # 100While English is the predominant language in international education it is often not the only one our students speak. How should we recognize the variety of languages in the world today (over 6000 according to my guest) and celebrate the interesting diversity that comes with it?
I talk with ELL teacher Graham Noble about his effort to share phrases from over 100 languages using the popular program FlipGrid.
We talk about the why behind what he is doing, the role of language in education and the hopes and dreams he has for the program.
Connect
Grahamnoble.com
teachingourlanguages.org.
@grahamwnoble
Bio
Graham...2019-05-2716 min21CL RadioGetting To Yes: Securing a Position in an International School | Education Vanguard # 99Starting the job hunt for a position at an international school can be both frightening and exciting. Or maybe just one of the two. Knowing how to prepare for the process and having an understanding...The post Getting To Yes: Securing a Position in an International School | Education Vanguard # 99 appeared first on 21CL Radio.2019-05-2424 min21 CL Radio ShowsGetting To Yes: Securing a Position in an International School | Education Vanguard # 99Starting the job hunt for a position at an international school can be both frightening and exciting.
Or maybe just one of the two.
Knowing how to prepare for the process and having an understanding of what administrators on the hiring end are looking for can be a big help. Today I speak Tim Bray, The Director of EdTech at Cheongna Dalton School in Korea all about getting that coveted international school job.
Tim, in his own words, “peels back the veil”on the hiring process, how best to prepare and what administrators are secretly thinking before, during and after an i...2019-05-2424 min21 CL Radio ShowsReturning Guest Eugene Leonard Shares His School’s Digital Citizenship Parent Program | Education Vanguard #98Digital communication is ubiquitous today in society, and in recent years, education. Nearly every international school has a device program such as iPads, laptops and more. While the primary reason for these devices from a teacher point of view is to create and consume information, they are often used by students for a much more interesting purpose: Communication! In addition, as we know, most students have their own personal digital device starting in middle school.
With lots of scary stories floating around out there, we often wonder how access to these devices impacts how, why and in what ways students...2019-05-0820 min21 CL Radio ShowsIn Constant Motion: Part #2 | Run Your Life #97Today’s episode is part two of a two-part series devoted to sharing the inspiring journey of professional endurance athlete Adam Campbell. Although this was originally going to be just one episode, there was so much depth to our conversation that I literally lost track of time. I had scheduled in approximately 45 minutes for our podcast but before I knew it, I was asking Adam if we could do a part two in order to dig more deeply into his story.
In part 1 you learned that Adam spent the first 17 years of his life growing up on the beaches of Ni...2019-05-061h 1721 CL Radio ShowsIn Constant Motion: Part #1 | Run Your Life #96Today’s episode is part one of a two-part series devoted to sharing the amazing journey of professional endurance athlete Adam Campbell.
It was originally scheduled to be a hour-long podcast, but as I dug more deeply into Adam’s journey, there was so much more that I wanted to talk with him about, so we made a decision to record two separate episodes a week apart.
Adam is Canadian but spent the majority of his childhood and teenage years growing up as a third culture kid in Nigeria.
It was in Nigeria that he developed a deep love of phys...2019-04-2950 min21 CL Radio ShowsEducator Eugene Leonard Shares Tips for Bringing Podcasting to Your School or Classroom | Education Vanguard #97If you are listening to this podcast, you have likely heard of podcasting. You may have even thought to yourself “This podcasting sounds interesting. Maybe I should try it. I mean if Michael can do it, how hard can it be?”
Not too hard is my response, but don’t take my word for it. Instead listen to Eugene Leonard my guest today. Eugene is a technology coach at the Shen Wai International school and has traveled far down the path of podcasting.
This show focuses on his journey as it relates to anybody ready to give podcasting a try.
Connect
...2019-04-2525 min21 CL Radio ShowsThe Kindness Diaries | Run Your Life #95I feel a great sense of gratitude to have had a chance to interview Leon Logothetis in the episode you are about to hear. Leon is a global adventurer, motivational speaker & philanthropist but It wasn’t always that way. He used to be a broker in the city of London where he felt uninspired and chronically depressed but he gave it all up for a life on the road. This radical life change was sparked by the inspirational movie The Motorcycle Diaries
Leon recently returned from filming the second season of his Netflix TV show The Kindness Diaries. In season one he ci...2019-04-0829 min21 CL Radio ShowsStudent Lincoln Bacal Shares Her Vision of an Activist Future for our Students | Education Vanguard #96As you can imagine the youth of today are a little riled up when it comes to our world and the direction it is heading. While this may be the norm for all younger generations, I get a sense it is magnified at the moment.
Today, I speak with Lincoln Bacal a student at the Venture Academy School in Minnesota in the USA. She is a passionate and articulate advocate for youth issues and attends an entrepreneurial focused school that lets her explore her passions and, in her case, act on them.
Connect
Twitter: @lincolnbacal
Bio
Lincoln is passionate about...2019-04-0215 min21 CL Radio ShowsElementary School Design Specialist David Lee Helps Us Understand Design Thinking and Mindsets | Education Vanguard #95Design Thinking is a popular idea and methodology winding its way across school today. With the idea that the future is more unpredictable now than in the past, Design Thinking helps us to be more future ready.
However, according to David Lee an Elementary STEM & EdTech Specialist at Singapore American school, it is our mindset that really plays the largest role on how well we embrace Design Thinking and other opportunities in our lives.
I talk with David about his early roots and the progression of his mindset during his formative years and how that led to his current work a...2019-03-2124 min21 CL Radio ShowsInnovation Officer Ingvi Omarsson Shares Icelandic, Innovative Educational Practices | Education Vanguard # 94Overview
When you think of Iceland you might think of geysers, broad landscapes, changeable climate and a fascinating place to visit. Yet, as you can imagine, there is more to Iceland and today we are going to talk about their education system.
Ingivi Omarsson is a Chief Innovation Officer in Iceland focused on collaboration and bringing interesting, technology enhanced lessons to teachers and students in his home country. We discuss the journey he saw take place in Icelandic education from the dittos and a copier to a focus on continuous innovation and reflection of best practices today and into the f...2019-03-1317 min21 CL Radio ShowsKeeping Our Playgrounds Alive | Run Your Life #94The guest you will hear today, Dr. Scott Kretchmar, has been on my show before and I’m so very happy he took me up on my invitation to come back on the podcast.
The first time I had him on the show was about 18 months ago and in that episode, we really dug deeply into the work that he has done in the field of physical education. In particular the importance of helping every young person find joy and delight in their physical education experience.
Scott’s work is all about inspiring young people to find joy through movement and...2019-03-061h 0621 CL Radio ShowsLibrarian Stefanie Gaspari Shares The Past and Future of Our School Libraries | Education Vanguard #93The library.
Ah yes, the library.
For people of my age (Generation X) the library still brings back scary memories of a place where I might get into trouble if I spoke too loudly.
Stefanie Gaspari helps us understand that libraries are no longer that type of place and that it is time to return to their original design: A community space for sharing ideas and learning.
For Stefanie, that looks like a multi-use space designed to engage a variety of learners from the rugby team to the quiet student looking for a little refuge and time with a good b...2019-03-0121 min21 CL Radio ShowsAn Introspective Journey of Excellence | Run Your Life #93In today’s episode, I feel very lucky to have sat down, in person, with former European Tour player Andrew Coltart a couple of weeks ago. Andrew is an 18-year veteran of the European Tour having played competitively from 1993-2010 accumulated 494 European Tour starts and 6 victories as a professional.
Anyone who knows the game of golf, understands just how difficult it is to qualify for the tour, let alone to keep your playing privileges. Maintaining your tour card requires that you play at high standard over time and to make cuts. The fact that Andrew Coltart was able to stay on...2019-02-261h 0921 CL Radio ShowsAsking The Right Questions | Run Your Life #92In today’s episode, I have a return guest on the show. It really was a pleasure to sit down with Gary Nicol, former European Golf Tour coach and current professional golf coach and co-author of the best-selling golf book The Lost Art of Putting. Gary has a very distinct style that he brings to his coaching that is very much focused on asking rather than telling. Gary sets out to ask the right questions and by asking the right questions, he can get his clients to dig more deeply into their patterns of thought and habits that they might br...2019-02-2036 min21 CL Radio ShowsStudent Jamila Tressel Shares Her Thoughts on Independent Learning and Student Agency | Education Vanguard #92Overview
What if the goal of a school was “to learn to” learn, live act and be? And it looked like a place where students worked on whatever topic there were interested in for the day, had the freedom to choose when to take tests, actively participated in regular trips and might be expected to travel the world speaking about the school.
The Evangelical School Berlin Centre is that school. Today I talk with Jamila Tressel a senior student at the school all about her experiences and why she believes the way she is learning is best way for all our s...2019-02-1216 min21 CL Radio ShowsJustin Robinson Helps Us Understand Positive Education at a School Wide Level | Education Vanguard #91Overview
The idea of positive education appears to sound simple. For me I see myself saying nice things to my students and colleagues in the hallway and trying to have an optimistic outlook.
After talking with Justin Robinson from the Geelong Grammar School in Australia, I realized there is a lot more to it.
Following the idea that embracing positive education asks us to learn, live, teach and embed it into our daily and organizational practices, I learned it is a significant realignment of how most educators, including myself, embrace our practice.The Institute of Positive Education at Geelong Grammar...2019-02-0725 min21 CL Radio ShowsThe Verso School Brings a Whole New Design Concept for International Education To Bangkok | Education Vanguard #90Designing, or redesigning the best way for a school to make an impact on the future of our students is a more common conversation among educators today. We are starting to see more and more schools emerge focused on this redesign idea and it is very exciting.
Today I talk with Superintendent Cameron Fox about the Verso school, a new concept school set to open in Bangkok in the fall of 2020. Cameron shares the journey he and his team took to design (and design really is a key word here) a school that supports students as the head into our...2019-02-0619 min21 CL Radio ShowsFriendship Expert Dana Kerford Shares Friendship and Relationship Strategies for Students | Education Vanguard # 87Overview
Dana Kerford started her working career like many of us as an educator in a public school system in her home country. As we typically discover, managing and improving relationships between students is often the key to a successful class culture.
Diving in with enthusiasm, Dana researched, read, discovered and built a relationship program for classrooms and schools. She shares her ideas, work and discoveries in today’s interview.Bio
Dana Kerford is a Teacher, Friendship Expert, and the Founder of URSTRONG, a social-emotional wellbeing program for kids.
Connect
@urstrong
Urstrong.com2019-02-0418 min21 CL Radio ShowsAnna Sever Brings Change and Innovation to Teaching Practices at a Large, Historical School in Australia | Education Vanguard #88Overview
The future of work and the realities that it entails are still unknowns to many of us. Multiple job and career changes are likely on the horizon for our students and teaching them to be life long, adaptable learners today will help them in the future.
Today I speak with Anna Server, Deputy Principal of Haleybury Middle school in Australia. We discuss various models for the future of education along with how to evaluate and adapt those models as the times change and our understanding of education evolves.
Bio
Anna Sever completed a Bachelor of Applied Science degree, before un...2019-02-0118 min21 CL Radio ShowsInnovation Leader Kiffany Lychock Discusses the Wide Scale Learning Style Changes at Her Large School District in the United States | Education Vanguard # 86Overview
We all know change is tough. It is tough at an individual level and even more so at an organizational level. I always enjoy talking with leaders focused on change and learning their strategies, successes and difficulties.
Today I speak with Kiffany Lychock from the Boulder Valley School District of Colorado in the United States about the changes she fostered in her district. After the passing of a bond measure that created funding, the district moved forward with implementing change in how buildings are designed and the practice of teaching is transformed. Kiffany shares her story and ideas for m...2019-01-2526 min21 CL Radio ShowsEducator and Social Activist Juan Pablo Romero Fuentes Helps Us Understand How To Overcome Any Obstacle. | Education Vanguard #85Overview
As educators, improving the lives of students and how they relate to the world is an essential part of what we do. If you are an international teacher, life is usually stable and your school is well resourced and ready to go.
If you are from Guatemala with an unstable government, frequent violence and many other hurdles to your success, you might just want to give up what you are doing or not even try.
CNN Hero Juan Pablo, my guest today, took on those challenges and created a program that addressed the fundamental needs of students in his ho...2019-01-2116 min21 CL Radio ShowsVenture Academies Melds Personalized Learning, Experiential and Entrepreneurial education and Relationships | Education Vanguard #84Overview
As education, and how we educate, changes we seek out new models to learn from. There is a wide variety of change making schools now and Venture Academies is one of them.
Today I speak with founder Jon Bacal about how he and his team bring leadership skills, entrepreneurial skills and personalized learning to a school of over 300 disadvantaged middle and high school students.
Hint: It is all about relationships...
Bio
Jon Bacal is the founder, Executive Director and student leadership coach of Venture Academy, a Minneapolis public charter middle-high school with the mission of building entrepreneurs by developing i...2019-01-1519 min21 CL Radio ShowsAs The Story Goes | Run Your Life #91In today’s episode, I feel very lucky to have been able to have a conversation with former National Hockey League Player, Theo Fleury.
Theo, a Stanley Cup Champion, as well as a gold medalist for the Canadian Olympic hockey team in 2002, played for 4 teams over the 15 years that he was in the NHL. Most of those years were spent with the Calgary Flames, BUT he also had stints with the Colorado Avalanche, the New York Rangers, and the Chicago Blackhawks.
As one of the smallest players of his generation, he had to constantly prove himself in a league that wa...2019-01-081h 0221 CL Radio ShowsThe Power of Social Capital in School Improvement with Dr. Jim Spillane | Education Vanguard #83Overview
A focus on social capital in schools and the social interactions it generates is an important part of working collaboratively for organizational improvement. Dr. Jim Spillane, my guest today, focused much of his career on the benefits of social capital at schools like ours.
We discuss what social capital is (see Wikipedia’s version here), how to go about developing it in a school system, the impact of school building design on social capital and a whole lot more.
Bio
James P. (Jim) Spillane is the Spencer T. and Ann W. Olin Professor in Learning and Organizational Change at Nor...2018-12-1726 min21 CL Radio ShowsFun Is a Magnet for Participation with Playmeo Founder Mark Collard | Education Vanguard # 82Play is not an activity itself, but a state of mind. I learned this today from my guest Mark Collard, the founder and director of Playmeo, an organization dedicated to enhancing how humans connect with each other.
As we see many schools beginning to understand and incorporate Social Emotional Learning, in their programs, Mark’s emphasis on fun and play as a way increase connections within classrooms and psychological safety is very timely.
Mark helps us understand the why behind more play, the research to back it up and how we can use it as educators.
These quotes from our ta...2018-12-1221 min21 CL Radio ShowsAction Research Helps us Define and Act Our Problems | Education Vanguard #81If you are motivated to create change at your school or other organization, yet want to know if the idea you have or the effort you have put forth is actually helpful, then action research might be for you.
Action research involves defining and validating a problem, seeing the impact of the solution and more. My interview with Dr. Jayson Richardson goes deep into the action research methodology.
Bio
Jayson W. Richardson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership Studies at the University of Kentucky. His research, teaching, and service links school technology leadership and international development. Ja...2018-12-1022 min21 CL Radio ShowsLetting Our Kids Get Risky With Dr. Mariana Brussoni | Education Vanguard #80“Be careful, not too high.”
“I wish you would not do that.”
“Time to do homework.”
“You have to worry about people out there. “
“Come on in we have to go to your next scheduled activity.”
These are common phrases parents utter to their children in the world today. And, as many of us know, this may be a departure from the past where we had lots of free time to explore and take risks while we were growing up.
Dr. Mariana Brussoni is both my guest today and a developmental pediatrician focused on risky play and, believe it or not, how we don’t do...2018-12-0329 min21 CL Radio Shows4X Mindfulness: Mindful Musings From the Kingdom | Run Your Life #90How do you try to be more self-aware of your emotional state? Do you employ specific strategies to better control your emotions? How much self-compassion do you have toward yourself? What role does ‘impermanence’ play in your life? How do you emotionally prime yourself to prepare for each day?
In the latest 4 X Mindfulness podcast, Neila Steele and Andy Vasily discuss the themes of impermanence, self-compassion, emotional priming, and breath control and the impact that these things can have on living a more mindful existence.
Neila opens up this podcast by sharing her thoughts related to the idea of impermanence. In p...2018-11-2748 min21 CL Radio ShowsToby Newton Explains How International College Hong Kong Goes Well Beyond Academics With a Holistic Pastoral Approach to Education | Education Vanguard #79Over time the pressure on our students, especially in the international world, to perform have increased. Couple this with the ever pushy role that technology plays in our academic, work and personal lives, and you have a society of young people facing a lot of stress. Are our school adjusting to these new realities?
Toby Newton, suggests they are not and as the director of International College, Hong Kong, he is doing something about it. ICHK focuses on both the emotional and academic needs of students with the goal to produce, for the lack of a better word, a student that...2018-11-2635 min21 CL Radio ShowsHow Far Can Two Wheels Take You? | Run Your Life #89In today’s episode, I had the chance to sit down and have a great chat with 4 X World Champion and 2008 Beijing Olympic bronze medallist, Donny Robinson from the USA. Donny competed professionally in BMX racing (that’s Bike Motorcross Racing), for 17 years. Donny’s fighting spirit and never give up attitude allowed him to excel on the world’s stage becoming one of the elite in his field for many years.
Having won world titles in 2001 in America, 2006 in Brazil and 2009 in Australia, as well as bronze medal in the Beijing Olympics, Donny gained much deeper insight in regards to how p...2018-11-231h 0321 CL Radio ShowsHealth Teacher and Presenter Amy Lauren Smith Is Moving Schools Forward to Embrace a Well Rounded Health Curriculum | Education Vanguard #78Early in my life health education was about learning to eat properly, getting exercise, staying away from drugs and other “stuff.”
Today, thanks to people like my guest Amy Lauren Smith, we are seeing a more comprehensive and expanded approach to health. Mindfulness, balancing technology, sleep and social emotional learning are becoming a greater part of health education.
Amy and I get into all those topics and more.
Bio
Amy is a Health & Wellness teacher at the Hong Kong International School as well as a consultant and education editor for Choices, Scholastic's health & life-skills magazine for teens.
Connect with Amy
@teachi...2018-11-1917 min21 CL Radio ShowsNovember Episode – 4X Mindfulness: Mindful Musings | Run Your Life #88How do you contribute to the positive energy of the universe? In what ways do you embrace the role of silence in your life? When things aren’t going your way, what kind of body language do you project? How do you intentionally control your emotions?
In the 21st episode of ‘4 X Mindfulness’, Andy and Neila discuss their thoughts related to the above 4 questions. In Andy’s first seed of mindfulness he shares his big takeaway from a recent Finding Mastery podcast that he listened to that focused on doing good for others and making a difference. For Andy’s second see...2018-11-1742 min21 CL Radio ShowsParkour Pioneer Dan Edwardes Bring the Physicality and Spirit of Parkour to School Classrooms | Education Vanguard #77You may be familiar with Parkour, an increasingly popular discipline that emphasizes efficient movement based on our individual skills and abilities.
You might have seen hordes of young people giving it a go.
What you might not know is that Parkour is coupled with a mental discipline behind it that syncs the Parkour’s challenges s with the mental discipline needed to carry on and be successful.
Today I speak with Dan Edwardes, one of the founders of Parkour Generations. Their organization helps spread the Parkour movement globally through awareness and a dynamic certification program to help PE teachers bring Pa...2018-11-1622 min21 CL Radio ShowsBeing The Best For the World | Run Your Life #87In today’s episode, my guest and I, discuss the themes of ‘making a difference’ and ‘finding purpose’ in regards to pursuing both personal and professional excellence. I feel very lucky to have had, Clint Pulver, on my Run Your Life podcast. Clint is an amazing individual who has committed himself to making a difference in the world through the talents he has worked so very hard at developing within himself.
Clint is an award-winning presenter, entertainer, professional drummer, motivational speaker and actor. He’s has performed on America’s Got Talent and starred in motion pictures with actors such as Jack Black...2018-11-0952 min21 CL Radio ShowsThe Roles of Influence and Change in Leadership | Run Your Life #86A while back I was fortunate enough to sit down and have a conversation with well-known consultant, Tom Costello in my home in Saudi Arabia. Tom does quite a bit of consulting work for the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology and it was here that I was able to attend one of the excellent workshops.
As I’m very interested in the type of work that Tom does, we connected right away and soon enough discovered that we both have a passion for golf as well. I asked Tom if he would be interested in coming on my po...2018-11-011h 2521 CL Radio ShowsCommunity and Purpose | Run Your Life #85My guest today is Melissa McQuaid who is from Toronto, Canada and has been teaching internationally, with her husband Jeff for many years.
My original intention was to have Melissa on my podcast to share some of the great work she’s doing with her grade 3 students in the classroom, in particular, her dedication to creating a classroom culture and environment that is visually rich in meaning and purpose.
As I thought about how I was going to do this interview, I couldn’t help but be drawn to not only Melissa, as a teacher, but also her life journey over...2018-10-2953 min21 CL Radio ShowsMartin McKay Creates Assistive Technology That Helps Everyone Achieve their Full Potential | Education VanguardMartin McKay is the Founder and Chief Technology Officer of TextHelp a software company based in Northern Ireland that creates software to help support anyone to better reader or writer. They work with schools but also other organizations so anyone whether a student or a professional has the tools they need to reach their full potential.
Martin is an enthusiastic technologist, who has a personal story that drove his interest in assistive technology. We discuss this and how his personal journey with technology and his specific story led him to start the company he leads today that impacting millions of...2018-10-0236 min21 CL Radio ShowsMeaningful Experiences in Physical Education, and Sport | Run Your Life #84In this episode, Dr. Tim Fletcher discusses the work taking place behind the scenes in helping to develop and deepen the use of the Meaningful PE model that he and his team of researchers have been working on over the past several years.
Tim is a part of a great team that is refining this model so that physical education and health teachers can develop the language needed and specific tools to know how to regularly, systematically, and intentionally create meaningful learning experiences related to physical activity and sport for young people. Their ultimate goal is to get young people...2018-08-2637 min21 CL Radio ShowsThe Bridge Between Coaching and Teaching | Run Your Life #83In today’s episode, Dr. Stephen Harvey and I discuss the roles of self-regulation and self-coaching in education and how to plants the seeds for student success in physical education. Stephen dives deeply into his work and shares the vision that he has based on his own journey in education that has taken him back and forth between the United States and England over the years.
Stephen’s expertise lies in the Teaching Games For Understanding model. He finds great value in using creativity to deepen the impact that physical activity and movement can have in a young person’s life...2018-08-201h 0521 CL Radio ShowsDrawing on Excellence | Run Your Life #82Today’s discussion is with Todd Stahl. Todd is one of those distinctly unique individuals who not only has a heart of gold, but is willing to take the risk to do the extremely hard work to find out what’s he’s truly made of and how he can honor the gifts and talents he’s been given in order to make a difference in the world through his work and passions.
Todd’s life has not been routine or linear in any way which is why it’s important to really listen to his story as you will see that the...2018-08-031h 0021 CL Radio ShowsTech Talk Roundtable 5-16 | Mastery Learning Transcript – with Ben ReinToday we really show off our skills … or lack thereof. We know that skills assessment and a focus on skills develop abilities in students that transcend their academic experience and translates into lifelong, career success. So why not make that process of skill development overt in all that we do, from classroom assessment to college transcripts? Join as we speak with Ben Rein, Director of Outreach for the Mastery Transcript Consortium, as he takes us through some exciting developments in skills-based education!
Lessons Learned
Dennis - If you’re walking on icy sidewalks, walk like a penguin.
Chris - Triple-check that...2018-07-0232 min21 CL Radio ShowsTech Talk Roundtable 5-15 | What Do You Do When There’s Not An App For That?What Do You Do When There’s Not An App For That? You roll up your sleeves and create it. That’s what our Concordia students did for our upcoming Model United Nations/Global Issues Network event. And today they are here to talk about their experiences in creating an app and share how you can help support others in building their own apps.
Lessons Learned
Dennis - Attitude is everything. Quote from Haim Ginott. https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/81938-i-ve-come-to-a-frightening-conclusion-that-i-am-the
Chris - I am at my best when people need me the most, but I am not terribly useful if I p...2018-06-0129 min21 CL Radio ShowsTech Talk Roundtable 5-14 | Fighting Technology FearFear of technology is real. It is probably the #1 obstacle in getting technology integrated in our classrooms or even our personal life. If we techie types ignore these fears or trivialize them we risk losing trust and damaging relationships - and we all know learning is all about relationships. On today’s show we will talk about the fear of technology and share some thoughts on how to face it, fight it, and move past it.
Lessons Learned
Dennis - If at first you don’t succeed, try again. If at second you don’t succeed, try again. If at third you...2018-05-2929 min21 CL Radio Shows20th Episode – 4X Mindfulness | Run Your Life #81If you had to create a personal statement that sums up your philosophy, what would that statement be? How can you better motivate yourself to find more value in your daily efforts to do well? What does loving-kindness mean and how can we practice it more in our lives? What role does human connection play in your life, especially with people you do not know very well?
Andy and Neila explore these questions in their latest 4 X Mindfulness podcast in order to share their thoughts and their recent learning about themselves and about others.
In the first seed of mindfulness...2018-05-2245 min21 CL Radio ShowsLiberating Greatness in Others | Run Your Life #80In this episode, Marina Gijzen, current elementary head at Nanjing International School shares her insight and experience as it relates to her journey in education that has spanned well over two decades.
A few years ago, Marina chose to change directions and move into educational leadership as she felt, in her heart, that she wanted to take the risk to share her authentic self and the vision that she had in regards to what quality teaching and learning means. To Marina, teaching is a deeply personal pursuit that is greatly impacted by the language we use with young people, as...2018-05-1252 min21 CL Radio ShowsThe Sound of Silence | Run Your Life #79This episode is devoted to the power that meditation can hold in helping us to better understand ourselves. My guest, Dr. Mani Sarathy, the Associate Director of the Clean Combustion Research Center at King Abdullah University of Science of Technology, shares his meditative journey with us and how it has helped to transform his life over the past 15 years.
We dive into the nuts and bolts of what mediation means and specific strategies that we can all apply in our lives if we devote ourselves to this cause. Mani shares his backstory and the experiences that guided his formative years...2018-04-101h 27
Run Your Life Show With Andy VasilyLearning Goggles On! | Run Your Life #39What forces help to shape your own journey of learning both personally and professionally? Where to you gain your greatest insight from? How do you apply this learning to your own line of work? In today’s episode, my good friend, Ross Halliday and I, have an informal discussion about life and learning and the major forces that continue to influence the work that we do. We recorded this in one take with no preparation whatsoever, so we truly didn’t know where the conversation was going to take us. These are the exact types of conversations that I love...2016-11-091h 00Run Your Life Show With Andy VasilyThe Leader and The Learner | Run Your Life #38In what ways have you evolved as an educator throughout each stage of your career? To what extent has reflection played a role in moving you forward in a way that helps to embrace the change needed to deepen your pedagogy and practice? In today’s episode, I interview Jon Davidson, currently working as curriculum coordinator at the King Abdul University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia. Jon is a leader in the field of education who continually strives for excellence in deepening his understanding of teaching and learning. Jon has held several positions ranging from cl...2016-10-181h 06Run Your Life Show With Andy VasilyThe Cory Weissman Story | Run Your Life #37Life is so incredibly precious but very fragile at the same time. Without question every single one of us experiences hardship and obstacles that can impede our growth and development in life. When faced with such roadblocks, what is our default setting in regards to how we respond to these challenges? Does the way in which we respond to crisis help to empower or disempower our own narratives? In today’s episode, Cory Weissman and I discuss his moving story and the major life lessons he has learned about the importance of self-belief, goal-setting, and personal excellence. Co...2016-10-1359 minRun Your Life Show With Andy VasilyChange Takes Time | Run Your Life #36Life offers us many opportunities for growth and development from both a personal and professional perspective. When we remain open to what these experiences can teach us, we ultimately provide ourselves with the tools necessary to see our work and purpose through a different lens. In today’s #RunYourLife episode, Dr. Martha James-Hassan shares her major life lessons learned throughout her 25 years in education and how these lessons continually help to shape her professional practice. In our discussion, Martha and I explore what quality physical education means and the impact that a great program can have on he...2016-09-161h 11Run Your Life Show With Andy Vasily4 X Mindfulness: 10th Installment – Ten for the Tenth | Run Your Life #36When trying to better understand what mindfulness means and the powerful role it plays in education, it is important to continually search for resources that can help us learn more about it. In celebration of the 10th episode of ‘4 X Mindfulness’, Andy and Neila take the time to share their top ten go to resources that have helped to shape their mindfulness practice. Included in this top ten list are inspiring people, books, Ted Talks, and online resources that Andy and Neila hope to connect you with in order to push your mindfulness practice to a deeper leve...2016-09-1437 minRun Your Life Show With Andy Vasily4 X Mindfulness: 9th Installment Hard Work But Worth It! | Run Your Life #35What is your formula for success when it comes to deepening your learning of things that you are passionate about? What role does reflection play in this process? How often do you take the quiet time necessary to recharge your own batteries in order to be at your best both personally and professionally? What types of patterns and routines present themselves when eating each meal/snack of the day? To what degree do our emotions cloud the decisions that we make when trying to overcome a challenge? In the 9th episode of ‘4 X Mindfulness’, Neila and Andy expl...2016-09-0638 minRun Your Life Show With Andy Vasily4 X Mindfulness: 8th Installment | Run Your Life #34Gratitude, Reflection and Being PresentCapturing more time in our lives to better develop our sense of well-being is no easy task. When trying to integrate more mindfulness practice into our lives, we must adapt and modify these strategies in a way that best suits who we are and our level of comfort with putting these approaches into action. There certainly is no ‘one size fits all’ when it comes to employing more mindfulness in our lives. Some things will resonate more greatly with us and other things not so much. What’s most important is hav...2016-08-2435 minRun Your Life Show With Andy VasilyThe Art of Creativity | Run Your Life #33To what extent do the roles of creativity and innovation play a factor in your personal and professional development? In what ways do you learn best and how does this learning apply to the work that you do? In today’s episode, Denise Rosetto, the Creative Director at BBDO Toronto shares her work, her journey, and major life lessons learned over the 20 years that she has worked in the advertising industry. Our productivity and levels of success are often a result of drawing upon a wealth of experiences that ultimately shape our personal and professional journeys. Denise has used th...2016-08-221h 06Run Your Life Show With Andy Vasily4 X Mindfulness: 7th Installment | Run Your Life #32What do new beginnings really mean? Our 7th episode of ‘4 x Mindfulness’ is devoted to change and new beginnings which occur on multiple levels within our lives. Each seed of mindfulness that is discussed in today’s episode is about becoming more present and aware when approaching our life and work but doing so in a different manner. Looking at change and new beginnings through a different set of lenses allows us to become more fully cognizant of things we wouldn’t normally pay attention to or let enter our radar. For Neila’s two seeds of mindfulnes...2016-08-0824 minRun Your Life Show With Andy Vasily4 X Mindfulness: 6th Installment | Run Your Life #31In the 6th installment of ‘4 X Mindfulness’, Neila and Andy record this episode live at Blue Mountain Ski Resort in Collingwood, Ontario, Canada. Neila shares specific strategies related to mindful walking and hiking that are immediately applicable in your own environment wherever it is you may live. As well, she also shares an excellent breathing strategy (called the ‘stoplight breath’) that helps to reduce anxiety and stress that you may experience while driving. Andy shares a great quote from George Bernard Shaw that has to do with the illusion that communication has taken place when it really hasn’t. Embedded w...2016-07-2537 minRun Your Life Show With Andy VasilyThe Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More | Run Your Life #30In this episode, best selling author, Michael Bungay Stanier and I have an in-depth discussion about his latest book entitled The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever. Michael provides a rich insight into the power of questioning and the role it plays in empowering those around us. Although Michael’s work is deeply rooted and directed toward the corporate world, there is excellent takeaway value for all educators who listen to this podcast. Great teaching is all about asking great questions. The themes of staying curious, the importance of reflection, and being more co...2016-07-1548 minRun Your Life Show With Andy Vasily4 X Mindfulness: 5th Installement | Run Your Life #29The 5th installment of ‘4 X Mindfulness’ was recorded live at Manhattan Bar and Grill in Nanjing, China. This is the last podcast that Neila and Andy recorded while living in China, so this episode took on a special meaning as they are saying good bye to the life they’ve known for the past five years. Neila shared her two seeds of insight and inspiration for the past week with the first one being rooted in the idea of non-attachment and the nature of impermanence in our lives. She shares the work of Marie Kondo, a famous Japanese organizational consul...2016-06-2739 minRun Your Life Show With Andy VasilyChallenging Our Mental Models | Run Your Life #28As educators, we can sometimes entrench ourselves in certain ways of thinking when it comes to what is best for students to be able to know, understand and do. In today’s episode, Tom Johnson and I have an in-depth discussion about the importance of removing ourselves from these entrenched positions and to approach teaching and learning differently. The journey of learning is a noble pursuit that both teacher and student must be equal stakeholders. However, in order to create this type of learning environment, there are major considerations that must be well-thought out if we are to maximize th...2016-06-221h 16Run Your Life Show With Andy Vasily4 x Mindfulness – 4th Installment : Run Your Life #27In the 4th installment of our 4 X Mindfulness series, Neila shares a specific strategy that helps to put stressful situations into better perspective in our lives through the 10-10-10 approach. This approach can easily be modified in multiple different ways, but what is most important to realize is that it is all about better coping with stress. Added to this Neila also shares another strategy that she playfully puts into pratice in her life which is called the 20-second hug. Evidence shows that holding on to hugs a bit longer actually works to release higher levels of oxytocin...2016-06-2038 minRun Your Life Show With Andy VasilyDeconstructing Student Athlete Success | Run Your Life #26In this episode, Dr. Craig Harrison shares his work and research related to helping young people to find a love of movement and physical activity through sport and other recreational endeavours. Craig is highly committed to ensuring that all young people have an opportunity to connect with movement and understand the positive impact that it can have in their lives. His interpretation of the ‘student athlete’ is different than you would imagine. Craig and I deconstruct what it means to be a student athlete and the multiple factors that must be addressed in order to deliver a holistically empowering fram...2016-06-151h 07Run Your Life Show With Andy Vasily4 x Mindfulness: 3rd Installment | Run Your Life #25In this episode, Neila and Andy record live from downtown Shanghai, China. 4 x Mindfulness is all about sharing weekly go to sources of inspiration and insight in regards to mindfulness. Neila starts this episode by sharing how mindfulness can play a pivotal role in helping to set intentions with more focused attention. She also describes a very useful breathing technique that she puts into practice. This breathing technique called ‘54321 Breath’ works to calm stress levels and to become more aware of the thoughts, feelings, and body sensations that we experience in the moment. It’s very useful for both teache...2016-06-1327 minRun Your Life Show With Andy VasilyPurposeful Movement and Mastery For Life | Run Your Life #24In this episode, Dr. Dean Kriellaars and I deconstruct the key fundamentals necessary in order to design the very best learning experiences possible in physical education. We delve into what it means to be physically literate and the critical importance of allowing every young person to find a specific movement pursuit that they fall in love with and strive to master. Mastery is not about medals and championships, nor is it about standing on podiums celebrating. Every young person deserves the right to find joy and love through some form of movement. Dean and I discuss the future of...2016-06-101h 03Run Your Life Show With Andy Vasily4 x Mindfulness: 2nd Installment | Run Your Life #23In today’s episode, Neila and I share our go to sources of insight and inspiration for the week that are rooted in the seeds of mindfulness. Neila does a reading of her all-time favorite poem written by Max Ehrmann entitled ‘The Desiderata’ and explains why she is so deeply moved by this piece. She discuses specific connections made to mindfulness in this poem and challenges the listeners to reflect on the signifance that the poem may play in their lives. Neila also discusses a powerful mantra that she learned a few years ago that she shares with her yoga s...2016-06-0634 minRun Your Life Show With Andy VasilyAn Artist’s Dent in the Universe | Run Your Life #22An Artist’s Dent in the UniverseIn this episode, I interview Jane Roos, the Founder of CAN Fund, an organization set up to help fund Canadian athletes in their pursuit of representing their nation on the Olympic stage. Jane embodies exactly what it means to take action and initiative to strive for both personal and professional excellence through the work that she does. Through hardship and adversity, Jane has had to overcome many obstacles in her life in order to find her true purpose which is firmly rooted in her passion for helping others su...2016-06-0359 minRun Your Life Show With Andy Vasily4 x Mindfulness – 1st Installment | Run Your Life #21Neila Steele and I are rolling out an additional podcast each week that will still fall under the umbrella of my Run Your Life series. 4 x Mindfulness is about Neila and I sharing our go to sources of mindfluness inspiration each week. It is a way for us to document the big ideas or themes related to mindfulness that have really resonated with us for that particular week. If you are really into mindfulness or a complete beginner with this practice, we sincerely hope that you will gain some strong takeaway value from each weekly episode of 4 x Mindfulness...2016-05-3038 minRun Your Life Show With Andy VasilyThe Innovative Educator | Run your Life #20Today’s Run Your Life podcast is really a two-part series that was recorded live back in Toronto a few weeks ago with my good friend Joey Feith. We took the time to really dig deep into our own teaching practice to draw out core beliefs that we hold about good pedagogy and instruction. In this episode, Joey shares his unique journey and path that has led him to being one of the most sought after speakers in the arena of physical education worldwide.Today’s show is not just about what it takes to be a great physical educ...2016-05-271h 34Run Your Life Show With Andy VasilyThe Leader Within | Run Your Life #19What are the key components to better understanding leadership and becoming more proactive in taking the lead in our own personal and professional lives? In today’s episode, my guest, Kasson Bratton, an insightful leader from Nanjing International School, helps me to deconstruct the fundamental building blocks of leadership in an effort to more deeply understand what great leaders do in order to empower those around them and to focus on ‘giving’ rather than ‘taking’ control. Much of our discussion today revolves around a best selling book about leadership entitled Turn the Ship Around!: A True Story of Turning Followers...2016-05-251h 08Run Your Life Show With Andy VasilyDesigning Your Way to A Good Life | Run Your Life # 18In today’s episode, my guest, John Rinker, and I have an in-depth discussion about what design thinking means from our own perspectives and the role that it plays in education and in life. John has been teaching internationally for 25 years and brings with him a wealth of knowledge and experience when it comes to design thinking. An avid cyclist and tinkerer, John shares his thoughts about the importance of working with our hands, as well as the need to be physically active in the outdoors. Although the focus of today’s episode is design thinking, we delve into the...2016-05-201h 18Run Your Life Show With Andy VasilyAn Olympian’s Journey | Run Your Life #17In this episode, I speak with Conrad Leinemann, a former Canadian Olympic athlete, about his journey in sport and the major life lessons that he has learned about resilience, hard work, and pursuing excellence, both personally and professionally. Performing at our best requires a specific mindset, as well as putting certain strategies to work with regularity in our lives. Conrad shares what he learned from being coached by some amazing mentors throughout his athletic career. As well, he discusses the charitable organization, CANFUND, that he and his wife, Jane Roos, set up to help fund countless members of the...2016-05-1836 minRun Your Life Show With Andy Vasily(Updated) Yoga For Life | Run Your Life #16Nicole “Coco” Daignault’s passion to change lives through yoga began 20 years ago when she was first introduced to it in Canada. As Nicole states, she was hooked for life and knew in her heart that yoga would forever remain with her and committed herself to sharing it with others. After several years of training in various parts of the world, Nicole returned to her roots in Windsor, Canada to set up her own yoga practice and began to teach others how to transform their physical bodies, minds and health through yoga, meditation, and mindfulness. Nicole offers each of her le...2016-05-1357 minRun Your Life Show With Andy VasilyYoga For Life | Run Your Life #16Nicole Daignault’s passion to change lives through yoga began 20 years ago when she was first introduced to it in Canada. As Nicole states, she was hooked for life and knew in her heart that yoga would forever remain with her and committed herself to sharing it with others. After several years of training in various parts of the world, Nicole returned to her roots in Windsor, Canada to set up her own yoga practice and began to teach others how to transform their physical bodies, minds and health through yoga, meditation, and mindfulness. Nicole offers each of her le...2016-05-1357 minRun Your Life Show With Andy VasilyAround the Earth With Wonder and Curiosity: An Adventurer’s Mindset | Run Your Life #15Sir Ranulph Fiennes, British explorer and world record holder, describes today’s #RunYourLife podcast guest as having ‘Enormous determination, lateral thinking, and a love for life and adventure’. Whether it be circumnavigating the globe by bicycle over 4 straight years, rowing 3000 miles across the Atlantic, running the Marathon des Sables which is one of the most gruelling footraces on earth, walking across Iceland pulling a sled, or inspiring others to embark on adventures of their own, Alastair Humphreys exemplifies what it means to pursue both personal and professional excellence. In this episode, Alastair shares the major lessons that he has...2016-05-1146 minRun Your Life Show With Andy VasilyThe Lifelong Joy of Movement | Run Your Life #14In this episode, Dr. Doug Gleddie, from the University of Alberta, digs deep into what he feels to be a few of the critical elements necessary for improving upon our pedagogy and practice in physical education. Among a few of the big themes discussed in this podcast are questioning protocol, critical partners, the difference between fun and joy in PE, educative vs. miseducative experiences, and the meaning of work. Doug shares a few useful teaching strategies that are sure to provide listeners with some valuable tools and approaches to help move their teaching forward. Doug is a...2016-05-061h 16Run Your Life Show With Andy VasilyFinding Meaning Through Movement |Run Your Life #13In this episode, Dr. Tim Fletcher and I discuss key elements to consider when trying to engineer and construct meaningful experiences in physical education. Tim, an assistant professor at Brock University in Canada, has put loads of time and energy into researching how best to engage young people in physical activity through a meaning-making framework that has guided his teaching and learning over the past few years. He shares the specifics behind this framework and how he applies it with his pre-service teachers at Brock University. As well, we delve into the critical role that reflection and well-being plays...2016-05-0445 minRun Your Life Show With Andy VasilyDirection and Meaning in the Work We Do | Run Your Life #12In today’s episode, Jarrod Robinson, who is known to many educators around the globe as the PE Geek, shares the behind the scenes work that has helped shape him into one of the world’s most renown presenters in the field of physical education. For Jarrod to be at his very best, he pushes himself to look well beyond the arena of physical education in order to hone his craft and to strive for both personal and professional excellence in his life. Although his work is firmly rooted in the subject area of physical education, in today’s podcas...2016-04-2748 minRun Your Life Show With Andy VasilyStriving For Excellence in Physical Education | Run Your Life #11Today’s Run Your Life episode was recorded live at the East Asia Region Council of Schools conference being held at the International School of Manila in the Philippines at the end of March. Well-known PE consultants from Canada, Ted and Carolyn Temertzoglou, and Dr. Ashley Casey from the University of Loughborough in the UK all share their perspectves about what a quality physical education experience should offer students.Although Twitter has brought together countless PE teachers from around the world to help share excellent teaching practice and pedagogy, we delve into the caveats of becoming a so...2016-04-2236 minRun Your Life Show With Andy VasilyFrom Music to Motion: One Educator’s Journey | Run Your Life #10As Mike Kuzcala comes from a long line of educators in his family, teaching has always been in his blood. However, his path in education has been an unorthodox one, taking many interesting twists and turns along the way. Mike is an accomplished author having written the books The Kinestetic Classroom (2010) and Training in Motion (2015). He has devoted himself to sharing the neuroscience behind the brain/body connection and the powerful impact that it has on learning in both education and in the corporate world.Through his writing, presentations and talks, he has had a profound difference...2016-04-2056 minRun Your Life Show With Andy VasilyAn Inquirer’s Mindset | Run Your Life #9In today’s episode, well-known consultant and author, Kath Murdoch, shares her journey in education over the past 33 years and what has driven her towards striving for both personal and professional excellence in her life. Although Kath’s expertise is related to inquiry-based teaching, she discusses other important factors that she believes are necessary to put into action in order to create the best learning environments possible for our students. The buillding blocks to creating a warm, nurturing, and supportive learning envionment must include strong elements of teacher well-being and setting up our schools in a way that...2016-04-1458 minRun Your Life Show With Andy VasilyThe Mindful Educator | Run Your Life #8Mindfulness is a buzz word being passed around educational circles at the moment. Despite there being a mountain of research to support the power of mindfulness in enhancing student and teacher well-being, there are still many misconceptions about what it actually means. In today’s episode, Neila Steele, discusses specific strategies and approaches that she puts into practice across all grade levels and how she strives to develop a mindful mindset with both teachers and students alike.Neila also dives into the power of visualization and yoga as being critical components to any mindful practice being delivered in...2016-04-0841 minRun Your Life Show With Andy VasilyGardening in PE!!! What!!! Run Your Life #7BioAaron Beighle holds a Masters degree in Exercise Physiology from Texas Christian University and Ph.D. from Arizona State University in Curriculum and Instruction – Physical Education. Prior to these degrees, Dr. Beighle worked in the fitness and recreation industry throughout the United States. Currently, he specializes in the areas of physical education and physical activity for youth. He is a faculty member in the Department of Kinesiology and Health Promotion at the University of Kentucky where he trains future physical educators and works to promote physical activity for youth. Dr. Beighle has consulted with school districts, re...2016-04-0641 minRun Your Life Show With Andy VasilyOne Voice One Team | Run Your Life #6Orlando Bowen is the founder and Executive Director of One Voice One Team Youth Leadership Organization, a non-profit youth leadership development organization that uses sport and community awareness to teach leadership and life skills to young people. Although a former professional football player, Orlando prides himself more in his relentless pursuit of helping to empower other people to overcome adversity, find their passion, and use their gifts to serve others.In this episode, Orlando opens up about a life changing experience that caused a profound shift within himself. Even though he had already committed himself to community...2016-03-3159 minRun Your Life Show With Andy Vasily‘In’, ‘Through’, and ‘About Movement in PE. | Run Your Life #5The meaning of quality physical education has been continually discussed around the globe by researchers and practitioners alike. Is there one definition that succinctly sums up what a quality physical education program looks like? I’m not sure if there is a definitive answer, but there are certain factors that we must put into practice to help ensure that we are providing authentic opportunities for a quality physical education experience for our students. When designing our curriculums we need to be aware of what these factors are in order maximize the impact of our programs on our students....2016-03-2628 minRun Your Life Show With Andy VasilyWhy Are All Good Teachers Crazy? | Run Your Life #4Teaching over the long haul can be an extremely demanding job, but to be our very best, we need to be switched on and ready to go each and every day. In today’s episode, my guest, Frank Stepnowski, shares his wisdom and insight based on over 25 years of experience in the profession. He has worked in some very challenging conditions throughout his career, but has never used this as an excuse for not giving it his all.We dive into the 3 books that Frank has written about education, the main themes in these books, and the re...2016-03-1656 minRun Your Life Show With Andy VasilyGraffiti and Footprints. The Rush of Movement | Run Your Life #3Defining the genuine purpose of physical education is never an easy thing to do BUT necessary if we are to have the impact that we desire on student learning in our programs. Being willing to take risk and deliver our programs differently to reflect the relevant needs of young people can help to increase levels of engagement and lead to more healthy lifestyles.In this episode, Dr. Justen O’Connor discusses his views on what quality physical education means. He also shares an amazing research project that he was involved in a few years back that made a...2016-02-2931 minRun Your Life Show With Andy VasilyA Journeyman’s Story | Run Your Life #2The journey of an educator is defined by both high and low moments. There are times when we are left in doubt as to next moves in our career. Taking charge and believing in our purpose is an extremely important thing to do in order to take the necessary action to following our dreams and goals.A willingness to learn and to be of service to others is what being an educator is all about. In today’s episode, I speak with Aaron Hart about his journey over the past 20 years in education,the valuable lessons that he...2016-02-2953 minRun Your Life Show With Andy VasilyWorld’s Tough Mudder and Overcoming Obstacles | Run Your Life #1Overcoming adversity and obstacles in our lives can be very difficult at times, especially when faced with serious injuries or illness. There is a certain kind of strength that is accessible to all of us when we focus on the things that matter most and gain a clearer vision of our purpose. One of the most gruelling challenges that a person can take on is to train for and run ultra-marathons and other long distance race events. Today’s guest, Allison Tai, discusses a near-death accident that she endured back in 2006 and the obstacles that she had to...2016-02-2935 min