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The Conscious Classroom
The Conscious Classroom with host Amy Edelstein explores the future of education and the world of mindfulness and contemplative approaches in education. Amy is the Founder and Executive Director of the award winning nonprofit Inner Strength Education, which trained more than 35,000 students and supported 5,000 teachers in its first decade with evidence based programming. In each episode, Amy, who began her own meditation practice more than 40 years ago, leans into the edge of authentic…
Episodes
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Pat Croce: Finding Presence, Losing Ego
Send us Fan Mail The strangest trap is the one that looks like success. Pat Croce has lived a life most people only read about, from pro sports leadership to…
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Awe: Education's Essential Ingredient
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of The Conscious Classroom, Amy Edelstein reflects on the role of awe and wonder in learning and how it's incumbent on us--the…
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Making Room for Stillness
Send us Fan Mail Meditation Practice Changes How We Teach And Listen Knowing about mindfulness is easy. Practicing it, especially when life is loud, is when…
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The Gift of Boredom: How Downtime Builds A Teen's Brain
Send us Fan Mail What if your teen's complaint of "I'm bored" is not something to fix? It's something to encourage? In this episode of The Conscious Classroom…
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Summer: Time to Slow Down
Send us Fan Mail Summer is supposed to feel like space, yet so many families enter the break with the same tight grip they used all school year. I’m Amy…
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Meditation and the Muse: How mindfulness stimulates creative writing
Send us Fan Mail In this session of The Conscious Classroom, Amy Edelstein brings to life the connection between meditation and creativity and how this can be…
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A Night Under the Bodhi Tree: The True Posture of Meditation
Send us Fan Mail In a rare podcast, our host Amy Edelstein shares a personal experience of meditating at the site of the Buddha's awakening in Bodh Gaya back…
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Awe, Accountability, and AI: Teaching the Next Generation to Co-Create Responsibly
Send us Fan Mail Why awe belongs not the makers, not the machines... Awe belongs to the makers who dare, persist, and stand by their work. In this episode, Amy…
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Meme Carriers - An Encounter with Alexa
Send us Fan Mail A simple request for the time turned into a lesson on hidden defaults and the values they carry. When Alexa, perhaps the most popular voice…
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Mindfulness, More than A Productivity Hack
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Amy Edelstein unpacks why mindfulness goes beyond technique and how wonder is a key ingredient that develops authentic…
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Teaching Wonder: Jane Goodall inspires a Conscious Generation
Send us Fan Mail What if the most powerful classroom tool isn’t another strategy, but a deeper way of seeing? In this episode, Amy Edelstein explore show…
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Middle School Mindfulness, Made Practical
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Amy Edelstein shares a practical, developmentally appropriate guidance on teaching mindfulness to middle schoolers. She…
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Letting Go & Creating Safe Spaces: Rituals for the Conscious Classroom
Send us Fan Mail For teachers feeling overwhelmed by global challenges and classroom responsibilities, this episode offers a lifeline of wisdom. Amy Edelstein…
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Mindful Interconnectedness: Seeing Beyond Personal Stress
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Amy Edelstein explains why she included the lessons on systems thinking in the Inner Strength Teen Mindfulness Program…
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Closing the School Year with Purpose: Mindful Rites of Passage
Send us Fan Mail We explore how to end the school year with mindful intention and purpose by creating powerful rites of passage that help students recognize…
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True North: The Key to Navigating Change in Education
Send us Fan Mail In this episode Amy Edelstein explores what it can meet to root in our True North, our deepest values, when we lean into how education needs…
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Brave New Learning: Sal Khan, AI Tutors, & the Future of Mindfulness Education
Send us Fan Mail The educational landscape is undergoing a profound transformation through artificial intelligence, and mindfulness education stands at this…
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Returning to Analog
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of The Conscious Classroom, Amy Edelstein questions the use of the popular idiom "returning to analog." While agreeing with…
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Inspiration, Illumination & Sacred Intention: A New Year's Day Contemplation
Send us Fan Mail This episode of The Conscious Classroom with Amy Edelstein invites us to explore the power of setting meaningful intentions and to learn how…
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Being with What Is During the Holidays
Send us Fan Mail Holidays are awe-filled and also can bring about feelings of sadness, grief and loneliness for ourselves and our students. Join Amy Edelstein…
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Dedication, Transformation & the Arts
Send us Fan Mail Experience the essence of creativity and dedication with Amy Edelstein as we journey with her to CoSM, the Chapel of Sacred Mirrors in the…
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Creating Positive Spaces with a Grateful Mindset
Send us Fan Mail Creating Positive Spaces with a Grateful Mindset It's so simple, could it really change our outlook, experience and classrooms? In this…
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Authenticity: the elusive quality that ignites classrooms
Send us Fan Mail Do you feel like you're authentic in your teaching and in your life? How does we "become" more authentic? Can mindfulness bring authenticity…
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Contentment in Times of Stress
Send us Fan Mail Discover the secret to finding profound contentment even in the most stressful times. What if you could cultivate a deeper sense of…
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Loneliness or Connection in the Classroom?
Send us Fan Mail What happens when a student fails to show up for a crucial presentation? Explore the profound lessons on commitment and responsibility in this…
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Plato Knew It All Along - Teachers, Transmission & Trustworthy Impact
Send us Fan Mail Can shifting the focus for teachers from content to connection be the key to lifting adolescent loneliness? Journey with Amy Edelstein on this…
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Education Design that Works: Blending Visionary Ideas with Classroom Realities
Send us Fan Mail In this episode we pack two levels of insight that are mostly at odds with one another when it comes to improving educational design. We…
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Jim Crow's Pink Slip - Dismantling the Education Gap
Send us Fan Mail Jim Crow's Pink Slip - Dismantling the Education Gap with Amy Edelstein In this episode of The conscious Classroom, Amy Edelstein helps…
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Awareness & Innovation: The Wings of Tomorrow's Education
Send us Fan Mail Unlock the synergy between mindfulness and innovation as Amy Edelstein explores the relationship between these two orientations in this…
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Mindful Joy: The Secret Sauce in Educational Leadership
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of The Conscious Classroom, Amy Edelstein unpacks the importance of teacher happiness and how to use mindful awareness and…
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Mindfulness Is Not A Pill, It's a Perspective
Send us Fan Mail Discover the keys to unlocking our children's potential in an era where education is at a crossroads and technology's influence is undeniable…
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A Human Relationship to AI
Send us Fan Mail Discover how the relationship we forge with AI in our classrooms can go beyond mere functionality to touch the very core of our humanity. Join…
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Scaling Compassion? AI possibilities & Real Life Examples
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Amy Edelstein reflects on a recent trip to India, which raised intriguing and inspiring possibilities as she visiting with…
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The Power of Fostering Friendships in the Classroom
Send us Fan Mail There's a hidden superpower in a regular teen activity that will provide support for teachers as well as students. This inclination, when…
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Peace, Reason & Care in the Face of War
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of The Conscious Classroom, Amy Edelstein shares from the heart about the impact of the eruption of war between Israel and…
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The Future of Education - New Teacher Training Grounds
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, The Future of Education, Amy Edelstein explores a visionary approach to teacher training. If we are to truly inspire teachers…
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AI - Potential or Peril or Both?
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of The Conscious Classroom, Amy Edelstein shares insights about the potential and peril of new AI tools and considerations…
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Empathy or Compassion? Discovering an Orientation that Brings Energy & Joy
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Amy Edelstein looks at the difference between empathy and compassion, exploring the elements of compassion that allow it to…
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Uncommon Leadership: The Path for the History Makers of Tomorrow - Villanova Women's History Speaker of the Month
Send us Fan Mail In honor of Women’s History Month, Amy Edelstein was invited by Villanova University's School of Business to unpack what it takes to pursue…
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Virtual Reality Education- It's Coming, Are We Ready?
Send us Fan Mail Virtual Reality Education is not a future prospect. Higher Education spaces like Morehouse College have already taught full semesters using…
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A Web of Connection: Systems & Solutions for Teen Discouragement
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Amy shares a brief look at how our awareness of large scale systems that we can intuit through our mindfulness practice and…
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A Freedom Worth Striving For - Independence Day
Send us Fan Mail A Freedom Worth Striving For - Reflections in Independence on the American Holiday 4th of July What makes freedom exalted? What can our…
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Meditation on Love in the Face of Violence
Send us Fan Mail These recent weeks have seen the scourge of senseless gun violence tearing through a school, a supermarket, and neighborhoods across America…
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Purpose Driven Education and the Role Mindfulness Can Play
Send us Fan Mail Purpose Driven Education and the Role Mindfulness Can Play In this episode, Amy Edelstein talks about the role of purpose in teen flourishing…
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The Power of Purpose
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Amy Edelstein explores the power of purpose and the value that speaking about purpose with youth has on the rest of their…
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Engaged Buddhism: In Honor of Thich Nhat Hahn
Send us Fan Mail The world renowned and beloved Vietnamese teacher Thich Nhat Hahn passed this week at the age of 95. This episode is dedicated to his work and…
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Happy New Year! Establishing Presence, Courage & Centeredness
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Amy Edelstein talks about the need of our times for greater courage, centeredness and connection to presence, or being. This…
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Tech + Teens: Part 3 in dialogue with XPrize semifinalist Anthony Holland
Send us Fan Mail Can technology empower rather than divide? Can we train robots to exhibit the empathy of their operators in humanitarian situations? How is…
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Tech + Teens: Part 2 in dialogue with XPrize semifinalist Anthony Holland
Send us Fan Mail Can technology empower rather than divide? Can we train robots to exhibit the empathy of their operators in humanitarian situations? How is…
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Tech & Teens: in dialogue with XPrize Semi-Finalist Anthony Holland Part 1
Send us Fan Mail Can technology empower rather than divide? Can we train robots to exhibit the empathy of their operators in humanitarian situations? How is…
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My New Memoir! Adventure in Zanskar
Send us Fan Mail Adventure in Zanskar: one woman's solitary journey to reach physical and metaphysical heights This episode of The Conscious Classroom is a…
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Breakthrough Insights Can Come Quickly - Classroom Highs and Lows
Send us Fan Mail Do you often relate just to the ways teens present in the classroom and forget that what goes on in their personal reflection may be much…
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Mindfulness - How Can It Impact Gun Violence?
Send us Fan Mail Recently I've been asked, "How does your Inner Strength school mindfulness program help prevent gun violence?" When you are being asked that…
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Fun: It's Good for Learning - Playing Mindful Games
Send us Fan Mail We all know play is important for little kids. Imagination, working out scenarios, assuming roles. It's how kids develop a wider sense of…
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Creating Optimal Learning Environments - 5 Anchor Tools for Stress
Send us Fan Mail Back to school this year is new territory. How can we manage our own sense of uncertainty? How can we build a welcoming class environment for…
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Happiness Is a Subversive Pursuit
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Amy Edelstein talks about why pursuing happiness is not selfish. She looks at what happiness is, why caring about our own…
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What We Learned from the Pandemic
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Amy Edelstein explores what we learned about students, teaching online, and essentials during this past year. What supports…
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Grief & Loss: Supporting Students in the Post Pandemic Classroom
Send us Fan Mail In this, our third and final episode of this mini-series The Post Pandemic Classroom, we are going to look at how to support students who are…
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Working with Social Anxiety - The Post Pandemic Classroom
Send us Fan Mail The second episode in this series looks at the phenomenon of teens who are reluctant to go back to the classroom, who are afraid, ashamed, or…
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What to Expect in a Post Pandemic Classroom
Send us Fan Mail We are coming towards the end of the year, Districts are sending out plans, metrics, and expectations for the coming year. Oftentimes, without…