Only Relate! We live in a world of limitless opportunities for connection, yet we are lacking in authentic human relationships. This podcast is aimed at teachers, yet applicable to parents, students, and anyone seeking answers to the following questions:
How do we ensure that we are truly reaching others? How does our relationship with ourselves impact our relationships with our friends, colleagues, and family? What can we learn from the school classroom as we engage in the “classroom of life”?
Join 25-year International Educator Nat Damon in conversations about what it means to truly relate to other human beings. Through mindfulness. Through kindness and compassion. Through building bridges of trust. Through using our words with intention. Through navigating change, which is truly the only constant in life.
Guests include educators, school reformers, advocates of education, spiritual leaders, business leaders and coaches, and others who all share an appreciation for the relationships in their personal and professional lives.
Reach. Teach. Talk. with Nat Damon promises to inspire through authentic conversation and engage the listener through insightful discussion designed to make you feel as if you are part of an exchange between friends. Stories form the basis of each episode, and helpful life lessons are the result.
Whether you are a teacher, a student, or just someone seeking deeper meaning in your day-to-day interactions with others, this podcast is for you.
41. ChatGPT in the Classroom: Savior of Education or the Worst Thing Ever? (Spencer Burrows,11th Grade Dean at Pacific Ridge School in Carlsbad, California, as well as Teach Plus of California policy fellow)
40. The Cherishing Classroom (Fr. Gregory Boyle, Jesuit Priest and Founder, Homeboy Industries, Inc.)
39. Disconnecting to Connect (John Kalapos, Associate Head of School, Buxton School - MA)
38. The Art of Possibility (Benjamin Zander, Music Director, Boston Philharmonic Orchestra)
37. Cultivating Positive Masculinity (Craig Wilkinson, Founder, Father a Nation, South Africa)
36. Boys as Relational Beings (Judy Y. Chu, Lecturer in Human Biology, Stanford University and Board Chair, Promundo)
35. Relational Positivity (Mike Erwin, (Co-Founder, The Positivity Project)
34. Finding our Selves through Sisu (Katja Pantzar, Helsinki-based Journalist, Author: Finding Sisu)
33. Relational Trust (Parker Palmer, Author: The Courage to Teach, educator and founder, The Center for Courage and Renewal)
32. Culturally Responsive Teaching Informs Relational Teaching (Zaretta Hammond, Teacher, educator and author of Culturally Responsive Teaching and The Brain)
31. Let the Children Play (Dr. Nancy Carlsson-Page, Professor of early childhood education, Lesley University (MA), author, Let the Children Play)
30. Meaning-Making in the Remote Classroom (Dr. Mary Helen Immordino-Yang [USC] and Dr. Rebecca Gotlieb [UCLA]
29. The Finnish Miracle (Dr. Pasi Sahlberg, Finnish education expert, author Finnish Lessons 2.0 and professor at the University of New South Wales in Australia)
28. To Listen is to Understand (André Lee, Thought-Leader and Filmmaker, The Prep School Negro)
27. “Listen” to Me (Erahm Christopher, Filmmaker)
26. The Hidden Power of Listening (Dr. Graham Bodie, Professor, Consultant, University of Mississippi)
25. Compassion in the Classroom of Life (Jimi Slattery, Executive Director, Compassion Matters)
24. The Change Cycle (Lorri Palko, Executive Coach: Love, Money, Purpose, LLC)
23. Rassias is Relational Teaching (Ann Diederich, Educator, Global Scholar)
22. Are We Lonely or Alone? (Rev. Janet Broderick, Priest, Writer, Ceramicist)
21. Discovering the Special in Our Needs (Susanna Peace Lovell, Life Coach for Special Needs Families)
20. The Tribal Classroom (Dr. Lou Cozolino, Professor, Pepperdine University, Writer - The Social Neuroscience of Education)
19. Constructive Candor (Drew Kugler, Leadership Coach, drewkugler.com)
18. Building the Remote Classroom (A Teacher’s Perspective) (Marc Rudajev, Educator)
17. Building a Strong SEL Connection with Brittany Collins (Author, Educator, Curriculum Designer)
16. Building a Thriving Classroom (Dr. Tyrone Howard, UCLA)
15. It’s Cool to be Kind (Ben Berger, The Kindness Movement)
14. Building a Growth Mindset Online (Hamish Mackenzie, Director, Digital Resilience, UK)
13. Making Remote Teaching Relational: Building the Online Classroom (Brad Rathgeber, Head of School, Oneschoolhouse.com)
12. Making Remote Teaching Relational: Building Empathy Online (Claire Goldsmith, Executive Director, Malone Schools Online Network)
11. Teacher Wellbeing (Adrian Bethune, TeacHappy, Inc.)
10. The Art of Teaching (Andria Zafirakou, 2018 Global Teacher of the Year)
9. Relationships Matter Most (Rob Loe, ED, The Relationships Foundation)
8. Teaching and Coaching (Alex Rosenblum, UNLV football, coach, US history teacher)
7. Mindfulness and Learning (Suze Schwartz, Founder, Unplug Meditation)
6. The Power of Belief (Brian Wogensen, English Teacher, Archer School for Girls)
5. Adolescent Health (Oona Hanson, Parent Coach)
4. Two Sides of Technology (Matthew Arnold, The Reboot)
3. The Call to Teach (Chip Williams, International Educator)
2. Build the Trust Bridge (Judy Mansfield, 45 year elementary school teacher)
1. Only Connect! (Eric Wlasak, Director Diversity/Inclusion, Village School)
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It doesn’t matter if we label the change good or bad. It may be a great change in some respects, but… I would say that we get attached to the outcome of the change we want, and we lose sight of the process and how much care needs to go into the process.
Read MoreNothing really touches you unless it's real. You have to have an emotion. You have to have a connection to be able to learn, to be able to feel the culture of someone else. You have to participate in it, engage in it, connect with others. You cannot do this by yourself.
Read MoreThe wonderful thing about the whole way in which the spiritual life can ease this kind of loneliness is the sense that we're all under something bigger. There's a kind of equality so that you can love your brothers and sisters around you because it's not like I'm worse than you, or I'm less than you, or I'm better than you, or I have more to contribute than you.
Read MoreArizona is my greatest gift…I remember when I first found out that my daughter was different, and that she would potentially have a different life trajectory than most families that I knew of. And I always love to have that trip down memory lane because it makes me appreciate so much what is right now. Which is, by the way, nothing I thought would be possible back then.
Read MoreThe key is to create an environment where everyone feels invested, like they're benefiting from it and a respected member of the tribe.
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