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JOURNAL ARTICLE: From Other Education
Leading Learning from Self: An IFS Inspired Approach to Nurture Capacity from the Inside Out
By Jody Nelson and Joanna Curry-Sartori, LMFT
POSTER: Pathways Back to Center
Tips for working with parts "on the fly"
Post this list of simple reminders for yourself. Follow these steps that you can take in the midst of your day to be aware of the parts of you leading your life, to step back and get back to your center.
POEM: Be In Our Power:
A poem to inspire us to befriend, inside and out.
TIPS: Check In-Listen-Connect Learn:
Questions to Guide Discussion
These questions provide inspiration and prompts to have meaningful conversations, to check in with others, to connect and heal amidst this global pandemic.
PROGRAM EVALUATION: IFS in Schools, 2020 - 2021, Dr. Jayne Smith
In the 2020 - 2021 school year, the Self-Leadership Collaborative implementated the P.A.U.S.E. model for whole school well-being in two Connecticut Communities. Dr. Jayne Smith of Mental Health Connect conducted program evaluation which demonstrated statistically significant results. Read more here!
TIPS: What Do Young People Need Right Now?
This list helps remind us of the simple ways we can connect, understand and uplift our children moment to moment in each interaction.

VIDEOS from: Connecting to Self while Nurturing Others
Recorded Webinar Series, Spring, 2020
Offered in partnership with the Foundation for Self-Leadership as a part of:
Innervention: Finding the Strength to Overcome
These webinars recordings are offered for educators, parents and caregivers to support your well-being and the well being of our young people during the global pandemic. Below you will find links to these recorded events in their entirety, as well as select nuggets, meditations and handouts from each event. May this nourish your journey and enrich your connection with others!
Who is Caring for You?
Explore how listening to our own needs can help us sense the needs of others, and connect, even at a distance.
A Conversation with:
Tim Amaral, MS
Nurturing Effective Learning Spaces
A Conversation with:
Seth Kopald, PhD
Seth's Home Learning Series:
Episode 1 Introduction to Home Learning
Episode 2 Meditation
Episode 3 Creating a Safe Learning Environment
Episode 4 Concentration is Gold
Episode 5 Exploring Our Parts
Episode 6 Exploring Our Children's Parts
Episode 7 Self is the Best Learner
Episode 8 Helping Children with Their Parts
Episode 9 Meditation and Discussion
Episode 10 Managing vs. Leading
Episode 11 Setting Limits with Children
Episode 12 How to Do a Repair
A Discussion on Racial Healing in Our Schools