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In this episode Daiana and Dawn discuss Simon Leviev, unconditional love, meditation and the impact that Disney has had on us all.  Self-harm in young girls: https://youtu.be/CI6rX96oYnY Yourdiagnonsense: https://www.instagram.com/yourdiagnonsense/ Stanford Marshmallow Experiment: https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2018/06/marshmallow-test/561779/

In today's episode, Daiana talks to Andreea Horj, a young English Teacher from Romania 🇷🇴 and also... Daiana's cousin.👭 Stay tuned for a very candid afternoon-coffee-on-the-couch-like ☕ conversation where you find out more about Andreea's approach to switching to digital classes in the past two years.

In case you've been struggling with focusing, listen to this episode where Dawn talks about the economy of attention, dopamine and some practices that could help you out.  The meditation: https://youtu.be/CN-_zzHpcdM The book: https://amzn.to/3I3hg0D

This time Daiana and Dawn talk about the phenomenon of metaverse and what it means for all of us. On top of that, they discuss other topics like the very recent "Don't Look Up", surveillance and even camgirls. References:  Predictions for 2022 from The Economist: https://youtu.be/YlQ_4604Xfg Weapons on Math Destruction: https://www.amazon.com/Weapons-Math-Destruction-Increases-Inequality/dp/0553418815 New York Times article about SecondLife: https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/16/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/16peoplewe.html?searchResultPosition=10 Camgirls: https://youtu.be/DPqDJn6IXsc

🇨🇳Why is China banning English textbooks and why do children learn politics instead of English?🇨🇳 To find out, Dawn talks to Victor Hou in Shanghai. More about it here: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/09/business/china-english.html

🔥 It’s Friday so you know we have a new episode for you.🔥 Where do you learn/work at home? Daiana takes on the topic of the learning environment and encourages everyone to self-reflect on how to better it. John Medina, Brain Rules - 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School Prakash Nair - https://educationdesign.com/, https://prakashnair.com

Not only do we have our weekly meetings but also... we sometimes meet up online just to discuss the questions that matter to us. Is #arts important? What's #collapsology and why it matters in #education? What in the world is #VUCA? All in our episode 6 - Trinity Reunites! Let us know if you've got anything to add to this discussion!

Laura opens up to talk about one of her key moments in life and how this led her to learn more about the power of acceptance. Accompanied by the teachings of Pema Chödrön, she started the reading about the techniques to keep connected with the present moment. Books by Pema Chödrön mentioned in this episode: "When things fall apart, heart advice for difficult times" "Comfortable with uncertainty" "Taking the leap" Also, take a look at the following apps for further guidance on Meditation: https://www.headspace.com/ https://balanceapp.com/ Follow us on Instagram and Facebook @451pod

Which one of us wouldn't have loved to learn about emotions and social interactions in school? While still not available in every institution, Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) is making quite the wave in the world of educational innovation. In this episode Daiana talks to Divya Menon, who is a Social And Emotional Learning expert. Tune in to find out more about the topic. Here are the books that we mentioned about in the episode: The Body Keeps the Score, Bessel A. van der Kolk The Psychology of Money, Morgan Housel The Richest Man in Babylon, George S. Clason   Follow us on Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn.

Dawn takes the mic to talk about Mindset, her personal downfalls and how eugenics are connected to IQ testing.  Have a look at the books mentioned in this episode: Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D.: https://amzn.to/2YDhVoy Sir Ken Robinson: https://amzn.to/3DceLXT See more on our Instagram @451pod