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MRM Education@neavilleman | How can we view failure not as the end but as a necessary step forward?Click here to reply to @neavilleman "But what's really, what has prompted me to do, and it's still very much a work in progress, is to look at what I could have done better in my marriage, could have it saved it, I mean, we'll never know. But what it's forced me to do is look inside myself and really see what I could have done better."
2025-11-2203 minMRM Education@neavilleman | Why are you learning what you're learning? What's your deeper purpose or motivation?Click here to reply to @neavilleman "It can also serve me well in career pursuits. And, you know, I just like to learn things. I like to broaden my horizons. You know, the things I like to learn. Go. Range from playing an instrument to reading about quantum physics. One I understand far more than the other. And I'll let you choose which one it is."
2025-11-2200 min
MRM Education@kwa | What qualities in a tutor help you break through barriers rather than just "get by"?Click here to reply to @kwa "And within two sessions we had their regular test grades up from 50%, roughly in the 50s to 80s. I've had students who were. When I worked with them, I was so impressed about how. Good and fluent they were. They seemed to be with the subject, but they were getting a D in the class. And so you really have to manage according to the student."
2025-11-2106 min
MRM Education@MRM | What qualities in a tutor help you break through barriers rather than just "get by"?Click here to reply to @MRM "What was that negative selft talk in their mind that came up and reared its ugly head every time they struggled with something, why they hadn't learned or created some mechanism to try to think through a problem as opposed to just following instructions. That's when we had a breakthrough. That's when I was able to get the student to. To remember that no matter what they're facing, they can do this."
2025-11-2102 min
MRM Education@MRM | Why are you learning what you're learning? What's your deeper purpose or motivation?Click here to reply to @MRM "But if we could speak into our children, how they could intentionally change their pathway, are we asking our kids, why are you studying what you're doing? Why are you doing what you're doing? Why does this sport matter to you? Why does this club matter to you? Why does this book matter to you? What is your why? I think that that is a profound question that is definitely not asked enough."
2025-11-2102 min
MRM Education@MRM | How can learners turn what they know into what they earn?Click here to reply to @MRM "And it's a, it's a journey, it really isn't a destination in, once they get to that part of the process, because where they start in their career is definitely different from where they will retire down the road. So there's going to be different seasons and faces and shapes to what that looks like. But the beginning part of like the learning has to connect to that next part with, with the working. So how do we make that make sense for them?"
2025-11-2101 minMRM Education@kwa | How can we view failure not as the end but as a necessary step forward?Click here to reply to @kwa "I think, you know, I, I run into students, Grade inflation is a thing, but beyond that, like I know a number of students who have said if I don't get this grade, like such and such, like I need to absolutely get this. And I'm thinking, okay, so what happens if you put your best foot forward? I really am careful about how I try to frame it. What happens if you put your best foot forward?"
2025-11-2104 min
MRM Education@RSNStudios | Do grades measure real learning, or are they outdated?Click here to reply to @RSNStudios "There's more ways to determine how somebody can show how they've learned material than just a standard test, you know, and what kind of tests are the best? I mean, I've done, you know, it's been a long time since I've been in a classroom. But back in the day, most of our class, most of our tests were closed book tests and such. You had to rely on your memory and all that we had."
2025-11-1504 min
MRM Education@MRM | Where do you hope to grow in the next year?Click here to reply to @MRM "However, to say kind of what comes next, I think it's. It seems like a heavy and hard question because you're like, well, I couldn't tell you. But the thing about life is that before you can ever achieve something, you have to see it and envision it first. So for me, I would say within the mothering department, looking to have my son, who's autistic like me, to continue to."
2025-11-1302 min
MRM Education@MRM | What does "smart" mean to you? Has that definition changed as you've grown?Click here to reply to @MRM "I would say that definitely falls within the realm of being smart, but also a person who knows how to let things lie, how to not aggravate or antagonize. A person who's able to navigate situations seamlessly. A person who's able to be like a good human, but also a person who's impactful, who can do the work, who is a go getter, who's a self starter, who's autonomous."
2025-11-1301 min
MRM Education@MRM | Do grades measure real learning, or are they outdated?Click here to reply to @MRM "No, because grades are essentially a metric that are applied to saying, how well can you do in X circumstance with other kids in the room with other. You know, the time you took to memorize the information, the time you took to take the test. But do you truly know the information? A test is not determining that application of life, right? If you can learn something and then go and conduct surgery, the information stuck, right?"
2025-11-1301 min
MRM Education@MRM | What's one coping tool that has turned into a strength for you?Click here to reply to @MRM "It's just like with AI, output is as good as input as our life. If you want something to happen, you've got to be willing to do the work. And it's just as simple as that. So ask the question."
2025-11-1301 minMRM Education@neavilleman | What values guide your choices in school, work, or relationships?Click here to reply to @neavilleman "If I am tasked to sell anything, quote, unquote, I won't lie about what I'm selling. I may put a little theatrical performance to it, but at the end of it, I won't lie, you know, with relationships on a more romantic level, you know, I definitely am not perfect. I'm divorced, so that would tell you I'm not perfect."
2025-11-0604 minMRM Education@neavilleman | When was the last time you stepped out of your comfort zone and grew from it?Click here to reply to @neavilleman "When I first got potty trained, which was yesterday, because, you know, I'm a late bloomer. 41 years old. Better late than never."
2025-11-0500 minMRM Education@neavilleman | How do you handle constructive criticism or tough feedback?Click here to reply to @neavilleman "How do I handle constructive criticism or feedback? I say you're stupid. This whole thing is stupid. Your mom's stupid. Your dad's stupid, and life is stupid. I'm right all the time. That's how I handle it."
2025-11-0500 min
MRM Education@EnviousMods | Share a moment when you wanted to give up but pushed on. What kept you going?Click here to reply to @EnviousMods "I mean, we help build an entire industry. The whole 3D print Additive manufacturing industry is alive and well today because we all dedicated that time. So if you ever face that adversity, let it be a moment where you find funny. See, I don't find funny in the moment. I find funny in the. The retribution, the overcoming, the pushing past adversity. Those are the moments that I find entertainment in. And, you know, those five years were worth it."
2025-11-0204 min
MRM Education@OPWriter | What's one thing a teacher or mentor said that you'll never forget?Click here to reply to @OPWriter "So to see someone write down that they think I'm a poet, it felt weird. Me, it felt weird. I didn't know what to say and I didn't know it at that exact moment but that those words would lead me towards the poetry and the writing that I'm doing now. Although it took me a good deal longer from the initial words that she wrote to, to get to where I'm at."
2025-10-3104 minMRM Education@RSNStudios | How do you recover when your day doesn't go as planned?Click here to reply to @RSNStudios "This happens a lot more frequently than I'd like to admit because I'm one of those people that I expect things to go better than they should. And it's more or less that I am a bit of a perfectionist. But at the same time, you know, when you have to rely on other people, sometimes you realize that other people just aren't that great. This is a lot about my current workplace, by the way. Of course, it could be worse."
2025-10-2902 minMRM Education@RSNStudios | What do you do the night before a big test, meeting, or project to feel calm and ready?Click here to reply to @RSNStudios "You know, review your notes, go over them every single day before big test. And all because it's like this, you know, I've made that mistake I made. Oh, I'm just gonna wait till the last minute to study. And it, I. I've paid the price for it. So."
2025-10-2901 min
MRM Education@AnngieKaye | What's one thing a teacher or mentor said that you'll never forget?Click here to reply to @AnngieKaye "And yes, it was that substitute teacher. Her name was Katherine. People call her Ms. Kat, but yes, she was the person sitting in my seat at church. And it was so great to see her and give her a hug and connect with her. And I thanked her for giving me that piece of advice all those many years ago. It really helped to see myself in a different light even though I didn't apply to Harvard."
2025-10-2903 min
MRM Education@MRM | What do you do the night before a big test, meeting, or project to feel calm and ready?Click here to reply to @MRM "And what I've always found is preparation is one of the best ways to be successful for your future, because you take the guessing out of the formula and you start to be in the driver's seat of what you want to happen. What is the objective you're trying to achieve, and especially for academic success, Preparation, preparation, preparation."
2025-10-2903 min
MRM Education@MRM | What's one thing a teacher or mentor said that you'll never forget?Click here to reply to @MRM "And it would have been nicer to have seen myself represented throughout my education, but sadly, that was not the case. So definitely for any teacher I had of color, definitely was, like, memorable to me, but also like, black woman teacher. I was like, oh, yay. And one teacher, she said to me, like, I had a question, but I was nervous to ask the question."
2025-10-2902 min
MRM Education@MRM | How do you recover when your day doesn't go as planned?Click here to reply to @MRM "And I would say for me, what I've done is I've always found safety in just kind of pausing and taking a nap. And I've loved naps as a child. And I find that, like, especially if I'm just like, overwhelmed and over stimulated and just the day is one of those days. It is time to change into some comfy jammies and to get under the covers and to nap and pause."
2025-10-2901 minMRM Education@neavilleman | Share a moment when you wanted to give up but pushed on. What kept you going?Click here to reply to @neavilleman "Hey, this is a good swell and a pretty heavy one. And I'm just gonna be transparent with you. I had a bout with my mental health and I had to check myself into a mental health facility because I had not dealt with my personal issues well at all. And my mental health spiked really bad. What kept me going was my son, because the thought of him growing up without me was too much to bear. He needs his dad around in some way, shape or form."
2025-10-2802 min
MRM Education@notessonthego | What do you do when you know what needs to get done but just can't get started?Click here to reply to @notessonthego "This is a very pertinent question, I think, especially in today's world, where we are just becoming more and more lazy because of things like ChatGPT and so on. But I think a lot of times, you know, when I feel like I'm going to be procrastinating, I always remind myself as to why I need to do that task which I'm procrastinating. What are the benefits of that task and how will it benefit myself or people who I love?"
2025-10-2700 minMRM Education@neavilleman | Why do we expect success to look neat and linear when learning rarely is?Click here to reply to @neavilleman "This is a good one. Good. Swell. Why do we expect success, Success to look neat and linear when learning really isn't? I don't know. I mean, first thing that comes to mind, I guess, is projection. I guess. I don't know. And I don't mean that is more of a. Is a confrontational thing, but I think, you know, we project how we see success to be on to other people."
2025-10-2101 min
MRM Education@Lola_Simone | What's one thing you can do today to stop comparing your journey to others?Click here to reply to @Lola_Simone "So you can still celebrate that. The fact that you got up today, the fact that you took one step and then another and then another, should be celebrated even if you're not ready to celebrate it. I'm celebrating my steps, and I feel no type of way celebrating yours along with mine. Even if we've never even met before, a party will be had. Keep going one step at a time, one opportunity at a time, one win at a time."
2025-10-2003 min
MRM Education@Guruball1 | What's one thing you can do today to stop comparing your journey to others?Click here to reply to @Guruball1 "Did I get the job I was looking for in the field that I was looking for? Yes, I did. Did I make the money and stash the money and had the 401k plans? Yes, I did. Did I do this? Did I do that? Did these things work out for me? Did these things not work out for me?"
2025-10-1604 min
MRM Education@lhnath | How can parents reframe challenges as opportunities for growth?Click here to reply to @lhnath "May not always give me the answer I want, but I'm comforted. I'm comforted by the thought that somebody else went through something similar and here was the result. Oh, and here's what they could have done. And it just is a very, it always comforts my heart because I, I'm not alone. I guess that's it. Some people feel alone. You're never alone with the Bible. The Bible says that those things written aforetime are written for our learning."
2025-10-1405 minMRM Education@lhnath | What daily habits build better focus and organization?Click here to reply to @lhnath "Those are just some simple and practical habits that keep our mind sharp and keep us on target with good priorities. You also might want to take a little time to plan because if you're talking organization like your organization of your day, your time, if you take a few minutes to plan, maybe you won't end up following through on every part of the plan. But you know a plan is is good too for organization and best use of time. All right. Thank you so much."
2025-10-1401 minMRM Education@lhnath | What's one thing you can do today to stop comparing your journey to others?Click here to reply to @lhnath "There's no wall between us and God. We're connected in our spirit with God. And that's the beginning of our relationship, our one on one relationship with Him. And then it just grows from there. Each day as we spend time in the Bible which He gave us, as we pray to him, as we take time to read what he has to say in the Word, as we are attentive to his leading in our life, we will grow in him."
2025-10-1404 minMRM Education@lhnath | What's one skill every teen should learn before college life begins?Click here to reply to @lhnath "But as far as a skill, they should learn to have a work ethic, to learn to be responsible for themselves and to work to learn that it's their duty in life to carry their own weight and to, and that includes work. So you know, that's going to benefit them because they're not going to be sitting around waiting for something to come along or someone to come along or something to somehow make their life work out. They're going to be busy working."
2025-10-1402 min
MRM Education@MRM | What's one thing you can do today to stop comparing your journey to others?Click here to reply to @MRM "But the reality of it is when you're on your phone, you open yourself up to the comparison game very quickly, whether it's through social media, whether it's through your email notifications, through calendaring, like, it becomes very easy to then start to put yourself in a position against your friends, against people in your network. And it is a natural human behavior to do for sure."
2025-10-1402 min
MRM Education@MRM | What's one skill every teen should learn before college life begins?Click here to reply to @MRM "What's one skill every teen should learn before college life begins? Reflection. Please do it often and on purpose. So much of life is happening all at once, and some of the hardest things that a person is going through, they don't even take the time to like, sit with their feelings. Sit with. How does it feel to win? How does it feel to be challenged? How does it feel to grow?"
2025-10-1402 min
MRM Education@MRM | How can parents reframe challenges as opportunities for growth?Click here to reply to @MRM "How can parents reframe challenges as opportunities for growth? Ooh, that's a heavy one. I would say one of the best mechanisms that I've seen so far in my. My kiddo is little. He's four, but he is neurodivergent like me. And we feel so deeply, and it's been really interesting to see, as we're starting to play more board games, just how hard, like, losses are impacting him. And maybe that's due to the autism."
2025-10-1401 min
MRM Education@MRM | What daily habits build better focus and organization?Click here to reply to @MRM "What's a daily habit that builds better focus and organization? It's simple. Write it down. Whatever you need to do, whatever you're thinking, whatever you're planning, whatever you're prepping for, whatever nerves you're trying to work through. Writing stuff down is the best way to stay organized, also gain clarity, and then also bring to light some of these unfounded thoughts and. And beliefs that we carry about ourselves."
2025-10-1400 minMRM Education@lhnath | What's a recent small win that reminded you progress doesn't have to be huge?Click here to reply to @lhnath "So that's my little victory where things come together and you just, you know, it's, it's not a big deal. It's not the earth shattering probably won't make the front page of the newspaper or the Internet or anything but, but it was a little, it was a joy and it was a victory. I didn't just throw the stuff away. I actually made it into something that I'll probably have for sale at a. Our church's Christmas fair."
2025-10-0904 min
MRM Education@MRM | What's one thing you've learned about using your time better that others might need to hear?Click here to reply to @MRM "But when you're in back to back meetings, especially in the day where people will sometimes be late or you, you'll talk, you're talking to someone and they're a long winded speaker, and then you're late for the next meeting, and then that means you're late for the next meeting and it's just a slew of horror that was completely unavoidable. The number one thing I've learned about time management is give yourself time."
2025-10-0701 min
MRM Education@MRM | What's a recent small win that reminded you progress doesn't have to be huge?Click here to reply to @MRM "And recently, and I would say, like, I've seen this pattern in my life, I don't know if you have as well, but you know, you'll be doing well with your fitness goals and then like, you'll get an injury or you'll catch a cold or maybe you're not feeling well and then you kind of fall off the wagon and then you're like, oh, but I need to go, but I can, I'm too busy today."
2025-10-0701 min
MRM Education@MRM | What's your favorite tool or habit that helps you plan your week with less stress?Click here to reply to @MRM "I am a person who lives and die by my calendar. I actually really despise when people ask me, hey, what are you doing? Because unless I'm in front of my calendar, I couldn't tell you. I don't know if I'm on Earth, if I'm going to Mars or Venus is next week. Like, couldn't, wouldn't know, couldn't tell you. But with my calendar, now we're talking."
2025-10-0701 min
MRM Education@MRM | What would learning look like if every student’s strengths were the foundation of school?Click here to reply to @MRM "What would learning look like if every student's strengths were the foundation of school? The word that comes to mind is personalization. Every kid would have a schedule designed around how they learn best and what their strengths are would be continuously leveraged throughout their school day. It would even be leveraged in the areas for where they need to grow so that confidence does not reduce at any point. Because we want children to be confident, we want people to be confident."
2025-10-0701 min
MRM Education@MRM | What's your ideal learning space and why does it matter?Click here to reply to @MRM "So many options. So it also depends on, like, what you're studying, how your mind works. Do you like to study by yourself? Do you like to study in a group? For me personally, growing up and today, if I had to work on studying something, me, myself and I is a vibe. It always has been, it always will be. So. So I would be by myself. I would be probably in my office working."
2025-10-0201 min
MRM Education@MRM | How can college prep ease the stress for families too?Click here to reply to @MRM "Like, is it never stops. Your baby is always top of mind. So it's a cool added benefit when your kid gets the actual support that they need. And then the parent can also, like, take a breath."
2025-10-0203 minMRM Education@neavilleman | Do diagnoses help or hold people back?Click here to reply to @neavilleman "That's not how life should be. But unfortunately in 2025 that's how life is. So do diagnoses help or hold people back. Largely in 2025, it holds people back because. Not because every diagnosis is life threatening, it's because people now have a crutch to lean on."
2025-10-0103 minMRM Education@lhnath | Do diagnoses help or hold people back?Click here to reply to @lhnath "Okay, My, or you could say even your body has diabetes. But, you know, that's, that's the big challenge, identity. A diagnosis is not an identity. Now, I understand some of these diagnoses are very like, for instance, I personally know of a family that their children, two of their children have Niemann Pick's disease, and they have made it their life's goal and mission to, to eradicate demon pigs."
2025-09-2905 min
MRM Education@MRM | What do people often misunderstand about you because of how you communicate?Click here to reply to @MRM "And I've had this happen to me, and I know I've done it as well. I really try to work on it, but it's very difficult in that because I'm also born and raised in New York, very used to folks talking very quickly, having to interpret information very quickly, having to move, go, go, go, go, go."
2025-09-2403 min
MRM Education@MRM | What is the best strategy for getting good, quality letters of recommendation?Click here to reply to @MRM "Because if not, then you find yourself kind of scrambling to be like, oh, can you speak to this about me? And it's like, well, if you've never really had a conversation with that teacher, or that teacher has never really observed the best of who you are in the classroom, then what kind of recommendation can they provide? Right? And then the other thing I would say is when it comes to strategy of getting things done, timing is everything."
2025-09-2402 min
MRM Education@MRM | Why does personalized support matter most for neurodivergent learners?Click here to reply to @MRM "And having personalized support, one on one support has made a world of a difference because it is very difficult to try to serve multiple learning styles and multiple learning differences in group settings. Can it be done? Of course it can be done, but it is ideal, it is preferred, and it is more, I guess, supportive of approach to go in the one to one direction."
2025-09-2402 min
MRM Education@onePhlyQTPie | What habit will help you most in college?Click here to reply to @onePhlyQTPie "And if you rub elbows with people who are going, hey, ho, hey, ho. Well, I don't need to say anymore, but these four years are, in my opinion, more important than high school. And after, if you can maintain the structured, regimented schedule and life, you know, just. Just a flow for four years, you can do it all. Because the people you meet in college may seem like in the movies."
2025-09-1704 minMRM Education@AnngieKaye | What habit will help you most in college?Click here to reply to @AnngieKaye "We just happen to live in the same neighborhood, we happen to be in the same class, or we meet on the playground and you say, do you want to be my friend? And I say, yes. And that's how it starts. But when you become an adult, it's, you got to do a lot more to make friends. Not just to make friends, but is this a friend that I need? You need to ask, what does this friend bring to my life?"
2025-09-1602 minMRM Education@lhnath | What habit will help you most in college?Click here to reply to @lhnath "I'm not trying to be a downer here or a negative, but for some people, higher education is not the choice and not the avenue. And so the point being every person should make the decisions that are best, that are in their best interest. And so you have to really know yourself and know, know what is important to you and make decisions based on that. Because there's only one you. There aren't 80 use, there's one."
2025-09-1614 minMRM Education@lhnath | How do you remind yourself (or others) that rest is essential, not something you have to "earn"?Click here to reply to @lhnath "And they, they're. I'm not one of those people, but there are people like that and they, that's all they need. For me, I need about eight hours. And that's, I think, more the norm. But everybody, not everybody's the same. But yeah, I. Early in my. When we were married and then we started having our children, I realized, you know what? You've got to get your sleep."
2025-09-1604 min
MRM Education@SeekingPlumb | When do you find yourself "masking", and how does it impact your energy and mental health?Click here to reply to @SeekingPlumb "I knew it took a lot, but sometimes the reminder of that is really overwhelming. But it's also really frustrating when, in these situations particularly is when I need to have my cognitive load on addressing the issues, the topics, not doing the performance. And because I'm interacting in a world that, that doesn't acknowledge or understand how I operate and I have to accommodate them, that means I'm rarely getting exactly what I need when I need it. And it's really about navigating."
2025-09-1608 min
MRM Education@MRM | What habit will help you most in college?Click here to reply to @MRM "It's the ability to view the challenge, the question that I don't know the problem, as an opportunity to say, I can figure this out. I got this. I know that I can move forward. Maybe you'll be able to move forward on your own. Maybe you have to loop in other people. Maybe you have to get support, get a coach, get tutoring, whatever is the gap that you need to fill to be able to move from point A to point B."
2025-09-1602 min
MRM Education@MRM | How do you remind yourself (or others) that rest is essential, not something you have to "earn"?Click here to reply to @MRM "It's a part of how you have and gain more clarity and understanding and also appreciation for the hard work that you're putting towards, whether it's academic or your career or a life goal. Fill in the blank. So rest is productive. And then it makes it so much easier now for me to schedule rest in my daily schedule because it's a part of be me being as productive as I can be and also doing what I need to do for me to get further ahead on goals."
2025-09-1601 minMRM Education@SeekingPlumb | What does brain fog feel like for you, and how do you navigate through it?Click here to reply to @SeekingPlumb "It's this constant navigating nutrition and sleep and psychological rest or play even, and not having judgment with myself about it, because that can make it worse. So it's really about this sort of making peace with it. I'll have my supernova days, which I love. Brain is on fire and I feel like I can take over the world. And then I have these other days where. But another supernova day will be on the horizon at some point."
2025-09-1605 min
MRM Education@MRM | How does language shape a child’s confidence?Click here to reply to @MRM "The words we use with our children matter? Do they matter more than what we model to them and what we show them? I think that can be debated. I would say if we're aiming for a parenting, we're gonna work on not only being very intentional about what we say to our children, around our children, but also what we do around our children."
2025-09-1201 minMRM Education@AnngieKaye | What's a must-have on your college checklist?Click here to reply to @AnngieKaye "I would ask myself, do I really have to go to that school in California if all my family's in New York? I could and I can actually succeed, but do I have to at that young age? Maybe having a little bit of a network, a little bit of a safety net is, is worth it for the college experience. So those are my thoughts."
2025-09-1103 min
MRM Education@MRM | How can tutoring unlock a student's potential?Click here to reply to @MRM "I love this question because it really is something special that happens when a tutor can work with a student and really unlock that student's powers, their superpowers, their ability to look at problems regardless of the subject and view them as opportunities, not obstacles."
2025-09-1102 min
MRM Education@MRM | What's one way you define a "productive" day that feels true to you?Click here to reply to @MRM "One way that productivity or productive day feels true to me comes down to one word. Freedom. Freedom of time, freedom of activity, freedom of choice and just freedom. The ability to be able to set not only how I structure my day, but what I do within the day. And then also embedding time for self care within the day. That to me seems like a super productive day."
2025-09-1102 min
MRM Education@MRM | What's a must-have on your college checklist?Click here to reply to @MRM "And if you've already gone to the promised land, made it back, drinking coffee and waiting to discuss, come on through and share what was on your checklist when it was time for you to go to school."
2025-09-1102 minMRM Education@onePhlyQTPie | Are you ready to ask for help when needed?Click here to reply to @onePhlyQTPie "It's. It's grief. It's grief. Everybody's grieving in different ways. And it's like, oh, yeah, you know, and where I was going, no, I can't see it. But you could easily just tell me what it says, meaning I'm not going to ask you or, why do I have to ask you for help when you clearly can see that I can't."
2025-09-0904 min
MRM Education@MRM | How can talking deepen learning?Click here to reply to @MRM "There's a lot of lessons. There's a lot of learning that comes through talking. That's why MRM education is so excited to be here on Swell to be able to have weekly dynamic conversations, pose questions for educators, for students, for parents, for the community at large to really start to think about and to engage with education in a whole new way. What do you think."
2025-09-0701 min
MRM Education@SeekingPlumb | What are your favorite ways to self-regulate?Click here to reply to @SeekingPlumb "But I also picked up a couple of fidget toys over the years, and these are also really helpful in different ways. So the first one, this may look really weird. This was somebody's design and it works for me. And not all fidget toys are going to work for everybody. But I used to randomly pick up a rock that looked somewhat smooth, and then I'd rub it with my thumb. But not all rocks are created equal, and that was not always ideal."
2025-09-0104 min
MRM Education@MRM | What's your favorite ways to self-regulate?Click here to reply to @MRM "Also I find, I find that if I have jewelry, I usually like spin a ring around my finger or I love to have soft, kind of soft, small stuff animals and I'll squeeze those or I'll now I actually just outrightly get fidget toys so that when I'm doing speaking engagements, when I'm in Zoom meetings, I always have something in my hand that I can squeeze or I can pull at or I can do something with."
2025-09-0101 minMRM Education@lhnath | What life moment could shape your college essay?Click here to reply to @lhnath "So the moment was, okay, this was back in childhood and it was pre third grade. So probably, maybe, maybe first grade. I don't know the exact age, but my brother and I, somehow we decided we were going to make $5,000, which back then, $5,000 would probably be, I don't know, maybe 500,000 today, which would be a half million. I don't know, it's just a estimate. But we had this number, 5,000."
2025-08-2804 min
MRM Education@arunanandarao | How do you feel about eye contact and do you wish people understood your point of view better?Click here to reply to @arunanandarao "Reply to the swell Prompt look here. How do you feel about eye contact? And do you wish people understood your point of view better? Thank you very much. For sure. Eye contact is one of those subtle forces in human connection that often goes unnoticed but has immense depth. When someone looks directly into our eyes, they are not only seeing us, they are entering the doorway of our mind, heart, and perhaps even the soul. The blink of the universe."
2025-08-2605 min
MRM Education@MRM | What life moment could shape your college essay?Click here to reply to @MRM "One of my favorite phrases is life is always lifeing or life is lifing. I love it because it's so brutally true in the best and the most challenging ways. But what's the real opportunity here is to think about how life is teaching you and how that can inform your college essay theme. Because colleges want to understand who you are as a person, who you're going to be as a student on their campus, what you're adding to that collegiate environment."
2025-08-2201 min
MRM Education@MRM | How do you figure out what major is right for you in college?Click here to reply to @MRM "And then what do you plan to connect this major with when it comes to your career, when it comes to the next chapter of your life, is this the stepping stone for something connected to the major or not? For many people, their careers are not reflective of what they studied in college and that's absolutely fine. But if you do want that connection, how can you intentionally make it that so?"
2025-08-2102 min
MRM Education@Luchianna | What's one thing you've done to advocate for your needs that made a difference?Click here to reply to @Luchianna "It took years for me to get to this stage in my life. Not a phase stage in my life where I'm like, okay, you know, and not. Well, actually more things. It said one thing, but it's two things. It's kind of connected. It's being able to, you know, not harbor resentment or ill feelings. You know, it is what it is."
2025-08-1902 min
MRM Education@MRM | How does working with someone online or in person affect your focus?Click here to reply to @MRM "This is the hour to complete this one task and there's someone there holding you physically accountable. They don't have to even be saying anything because that's really the point. Folks show up to both work in solitude together, but it's focus together, it's achievement together, it's progress together. I just, I can't say enough about it. I'm such a huge fan of this habit and this practice as a person who it benefits having adhd."
2025-08-1402 min
MRM Education@MRM | What's one thing you've done to advocate for your needs that made a difference?Click here to reply to @MRM "But at the end of the day, if you find yourself in situations or scenarios where you need to advocate for yourself and it doesn't feel safe to do so, that's the beginning of a whole other journey for yourself to really start to understand, is this a space for you? Is this a space that you want to be in? Because you should always have that freedom and that right to advocate for who you are and what you want out of this world."
2025-08-1402 min
MRM Education@MRM | What's one trick or habit that helps you manage big changes or unexpected shifts in your day?Click here to reply to @MRM "So, for instance, if I'm feeling nervous or if I'm feeling frustrated, a lot of times I'll pause what I'm doing, take a deep breath, and just say on repeat, I am okay. I am okay. I'm okay. And then I will start to write out what do I need to do, right?"
2025-08-1401 min
MRM Education@simplyshelley | Do you learn better from notes, videos, or having someone explain things out loud?Click here to reply to @simplyshelley "And like I said, it just depends on if I'm kind of confused about something, sometimes people explaining it. I do learn a lot from that. So really it's actually all three. I put all three into place and you know, I feel like that works for me and it helps me learn better. So that's just my take on it. But this is a great topic, so thank you so much for sharing it."
2025-08-1401 min
MRM Education@arunanandarao | What’s one step you can take to thrive as your authentic self?Click here to reply to @arunanandarao "The truth and freedom come from radical transformation of the mind through choiceless awareness, observing the mind's workings without judgment, prejudice or distortion. Only by this pure observation does the self disappear, revealing our authentic unconditioned nature. Beyond thought constructs one's unity with the cosmos guided by truth and non violence Ahimsa. The idea of Swaraj self rule is not egoistic but rational relational, emphasizing ethical living in harmony with others. Truth in thought, word and deed unveils one's true self and potential."
2025-08-0805 min
MRM Education@MRM | How can student athletes use their GPA to boost both academic and athletic opportunities?Click here to reply to @MRM "When you are a student athlete, do grades really matter? Absolutely. How much do they matter? I'm so glad that you asked. Well, we have a new blog post that speaks to what student athletes really need to think about and how they need to operate when thinking about their career and where academics fit in. So without further ado, go ahead and click that link in the description. Read the posts. Let us know if you have questions or want to chat. Enjoy."
2025-08-0700 min
MRM Education@MRM | What’s one step you can take to thrive as your authentic self?Click here to reply to @MRM "But also education became Becoming a mother for me led to the unlocking and the discovery of who my most authentic self was, which also happened to be a neurodivergent self, which also happened to be a person who was punishing themselves instead of trying to liberate myself based on the things that I wasn't fully comfortable coming to light with or coming to share with myself, much less others, and then creating habits and practices that best serve that."
2025-08-0701 min
Make Time for Success with Dr. Christine LiThriving as Your True Self: Advice on Self-Discovery and Embracing Neurodivergence with Natasha NurseSend Dr. Li a text here. Please leave your email address if you would like a reply, thanks.In this heartfelt episode of the Make Time for Success podcast, Dr. Christine Li welcomes back the vibrant Natasha Nurse, Managing Director at MRM Education, for a candid conversation on self-discovery, late-in-life neurodivergent diagnosis, and embracing authenticity. Natasha shares her personal journey with ADHD and autism, the transformative impact of understanding her neurodivergence, and how this has shaped her life as a leader, parent, and advocate. The episode also explores how workplaces and educational settings can better support neurodivergent...
2025-08-0729 minMRM Education@arunanandarao | When did you realize your brain processes the world differently and how did that change your perspective?Click here to reply to @arunanandarao "Dr. V. S Ramachandran, a neuroscientist, says our brains are like snowflakes. No two are exactly the same. The brain is made of billions of neurons, a kind of living computer. But how they are connected determines whether someone is creative, logical, anxious or emphatic. People with ADHD have brains wired for fast scattered thinking. Great for creativity, not always for focus. People on autism spectrum might notice patterns or details. Others overlook. Epilepsy is a condition where bursts of electrical activity cause seizures."
2025-08-0515 min
MRM Education@MRM | What's the one math or writing concept you wish someone could explain better?Click here to reply to @MRM "If I were to have a math or writing concept truly explained to me in a way that would be more meaningful than originally learned or easier to adapt or implement, I would say probably on the writing side, just because I've always loved writing. I've been writing poetry since I was a child. I was the kid who would create poetry books, and I just. I really do feel that poetry is like the language of the heart and soul. But grammar used to really confound me."
2025-08-0501 min
MRM Education@MRM | When did you realize your brain processes the world differently and how did that change your perspective?Click here to reply to @MRM "Deep, deep feelings. I've always had them. I didn't always know how to name them or process them, but they were always there. And if I were to think back to my little neurodivergent self, I would say that that was my. Probably the first clue that I was a little bit different and my brain processed things a little bit differently."
2025-08-0500 min
MRM Education@MRM | What are the top 5 common app mistakes to avoid?Click here to reply to @MRM "Did you hear the news? The common App is released and there are so many easy pitfalls that students can make and probably will make. But they don't have to. They do not have to. Instead, you could check out the new MRM Education blog post that shares what are 5 common app mistakes that you, yes, you can totally avoid. If you have questions, if you need support, you know what you got to do. Go to mrmeducation.com Reserve your spot for a free consultation."
2025-08-0200 min
MRM Education@MRM | What helps you get into the zone and what totally throws you off?Click here to reply to @MRM "One of the best ways that I stay in the zone or get into the zone is watching a good movie, something I've already seen, so I don't actually have to pay attention to it that I love, and just kind of gives me those nostalgic vibes so that I can just hammer on the computer and just like, work, work, work. Hear the dialogue, smile in my mind, keep it moving. Same thing with music. If I have, and which I do."
2025-07-2901 min
MRM Education@MRM | If you could give your 9th-grade self one piece of advice, what would it be?Click here to reply to @MRM "And so I would have been so much calmer, so much more in control, and so much more less anxious if I had been practicing deep breath work. Intentional breath work from when I started high school. Because that's the beginning of the stress march that so many of us go on. And it really becomes so much easier if we take a moment and take a deep breath."
2025-07-2901 min
MRM Education@MRM | How do tutors help students beyond academics?Click here to reply to @MRM "But for what I have experienced through tutoring, as well as my own past academics of journey of being able to tutor others, I've really seen this as an opportunity to help my student really understand not just the the content for which they're struggling with, but how to get to the root of why they're struggling. Right, because if you can problem solve and master the art of problem solving, then you can figure out anything."
2025-07-2901 min
MRM Education@MRM | What's one trick that keeps you and your kid sane during the school year?Click here to reply to @MRM "You know, your kid, your kid knows what they need and hopefully you can work through whatever challenges you face for this upcoming school year. But you gotta do it together because you're not alone. So come on through, check out the blog post, share your one hack here, and can't wait to learn more."
2025-07-2501 minMRM Education@arunanandarao | Describe your current mood in just one word and why you chose it.Click here to reply to @arunanandarao "All our experiences, struggles and expressions are actually played out within this cosmic bliss, whether or not we recognize it. Return to Ananda, death and dissolution are not seen as an end or mere extinction, but as a homecoming or mergence back into the source. Absolute bliss. Recognizing this connection between joy and existence as articulated in the Upanishad, can radically transform our outlook on life. It reframes existence as inherently positive."
2025-07-2212 min
MRM Education@MRM | What does a successful study session look like for you?Click here to reply to @MRM "Breaking down complex information. Is someone coming because they're really good at project management? Is someone else coming because. Because they are looking to understand more basics? Because they got this part, but they don't got this part. Everyone has a different way to be able to compliment another person. And in group settings, you want to be very strategic around how you study together and why you're studying together and what are you trying to achieve."
2025-07-2102 min
MRM Education@MRM | Describe your current mood in just one word and why you chose it.Click here to reply to @MRM "Current mood in just one word. I think probably since the age of maybe like 10. I would say determined because it. It's a word that encompasses your ability to grind, to push through, to overcome, but also I believe it encompasses the idea that. That there's something to achieve, there's something to accomplish each and every day. So a spirit of determination, a spirit of, we're gonna figure this out. It's going to be what it's going to be."
2025-07-2101 minMRM Education@arunanandarao | What can schools do to ensure every student feels seen, supported, and valued?Click here to reply to @arunanandarao "Parent, O constant companion, through joy and regret, you are also a silent teacher and student, yet guiding learning, growing near through sleepless nights and whispered cheer. Think of forest schools where learning is freedom, where nobody rules. Children and adults together they seek not just answers, but how to be gentle, to be human, how to be meek. Think of laughter and care where uniqueness blossoms and all minds are rare. Let schools be gardens wild and wide."
2025-07-1905 minMRM Education@kwa | What can schools do to ensure every student feels seen, supported, and valued?Click here to reply to @kwa "And I could say the program that has done it the best by far or at least created the best foundation for this because, you know, different things happen differently in different classes. So sometimes you, you are kind of in your own world as a teacher educator. But they, they, first of all, they have a structured social emotional learning curriculum that all the teachers source from. So it's a similar curriculum. It's the same curriculum."
2025-07-1804 min
MRM Education@MRM | What can schools do to ensure every student feels seen, supported, and valued?Click here to reply to @MRM "And how are we ensuring that children are not only seen and heard, but also their different abilities are taken into account in how we program and how we teach these children and also how we make accommodations for the different children. So if you're interested, which I know you are, click on the link and be able to watch the LinkedIn live that happened earlier today and also put in comments, put in questions. Let's keep the conversation going."
2025-07-1801 min
MRM Education@MRM | Have you ever felt lost in the school system? What helped (or didn't)?Click here to reply to @MRM "It's time for a change. It's time to get really real about what that child needs and how the parents can go about getting it. Otherwise, the system remains broken and children don't grow in the way that they can, they don't flourish when they can, and they also don't become the people that they could be."
2025-07-1601 min
MRM Education@MRM | How do you define student success beyond just grades and test scores?Click here to reply to @MRM "It's, I think, an opportunity for us individually, within our families, and on a societal level to really take a step back and think about what does success look like, especially for our children, especially in a world that doesn't necessarily celebrate some of the things like happiness and purpose and joy and connection and authenticity. What could we do different, where those then become the objective, not just the option."
2025-07-1601 min
MRM Education@MRM | What does "personalized learning" really mean to you?Click here to reply to @MRM "And the learning and the tutoring and the executive functioning support needs to meet that child. Now what becomes challenging in traditional schooling is given the amount of students involved, given the lack of resources for teachers, is their inability to to really provide that personalized learning in a traditional classroom filled with anywhere from 20 something to 30 something plus kids per classroom, you're not going to get that."
2025-07-1601 min
MRM Education@Swell | Welcome to Community Podcasting with SwellWelcome to this community podcast powered by Swellcast.com. To add your own episode to the show, please visit the show website. To reply to an episode, please visit the reply link in the episode description. To learn more, or start your own community podcast, please visit https://www.swellcast.com.
2025-07-1000 min