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Prior to her work here, Nicole was an Elementary School Student Aid for Hillsborough County Public Schools. Because she is passionate about working with youth, Nicole believes she is right where she belongs with sharing this understanding of the mind to children in her community.
In this podcast The SPARK Initiative’s CEO, Brooke Wheeldon-Reece is joined by her husband Will Reece as they discuss how coming through his depression transformed their relationship.
click for podcast: https://sparkcurriculum.org/how-depression-transformed-our-relationship/
In this episode, Jena Travise, The SPARK Initiative’s Research Coordinator and Youth Mentor, joins us! She shares how finding her SPARK has transformed her relationships with others and how she has seen her confidence uncovered in an amazing way!
Karen DiMarco, RN BSN iRNPA. Nurse, mom, medical science-geek, business woman, refined butt-kicker, wellbeing-hacker, exploiter of unconventional ways of being deliriously happy, and founder of GetKare, LLC.
In this episode, Brooke and Ashley talk about the power of collaboration when coming from a place of abundance instead of scarcity.
In this episode, we talk to Jena Travise, one of our SPARK mentors, about her experience in the classroom last week.
In this episode, Brooke and Ashley share an excerpt from a staff meeting they recently had on bullying in a social media driven culture.
In this episode, Brooke and Ashley discuss what they have seen recently about less is more. They talk about where they see this to be true in their lives.
In this episode, Ivana Culham joins Ashley and Brooke. Ivana lives in the UK, is a wife and a parent to 3 children. She is a wellbeing coach who is very passionate about promoting wellbeing in young people through the work she does with youth and parents.
In this episode, Nicole and Jena, The SPARK Initiative's mentors, share their experience and what their students taught them this past year.
click for podcast: https://sparkcurriculum.org/what-our-students-taught-us-in-2018/
You are sure to laugh as you listen We decided to put together all of the mess ups we had while starting our podcast and created this bloopers episode!
Brooke and Ashley share how much has changed over the course of a year and what they saw happen when they let go of expectations on how things should be.
In this episode, we invite Rebecca Perkins and Beatrice Arscott to join us in a conversation about their journey through anorexia.
In this episode, Ashley shares how an experience with a homeless man in Central Park taught her so much about life and herself.
In this episode, Brooke and Ashley invite John El-Mokadem. They share stories of parenting fails, as well as lessons they've learned.
In this episode we discuss the power of the mind and built in resilience within all of us. We are with Mara and Eirik, founders of One Solution.
In this episode, Ashley, Jena, and Nicole share what they have seen about weight loss and how an understanding of the mind helps them through their gains and losses.
In this episode, Ashley talks about moods and what she has found to be most helpful to know when in different moods.
In this episode, Brooke and Ashley talk about conflict, and what they have seen recently about staying neutral during conflict.
In this episode, Nicole Wilson joins Ashley as they discuss insights they have seen from kids in their SPARK Classes.
In this episode, Brooke and Ashley talk about the dredged T word...TESTING! They share what what has made a difference for them as parents.
In this episode, we share a recording of a recent webinar about what it's like to remain neutral, listen without judgement and importance of connection.
In this episode, Brooke and Ashley talk about what they have seen when they truly see the SPARK in others.
In this episode, Brooke and Ashley reflect on their time in jail, while running their SPARK program that is!
In this episode, Brooke and Ashley talk about what it truly means to find the SPARK beyond trauma as Brooke shares from personal experience.
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