Author: laurenstauble
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S2 Episode 2
In this episode we talk with Lauren’s teacher! Patty Townsend is the founder of Embodyoga®, an inclusive and fully embodied approach to yoga developed out of over 50 years of dedicated practice, study, and teaching. Patty’s breath and awareness centered approach incorporates a deep understanding of how Awake-Alive-Intelligence expresses through the body-mind shaping our perceptions…
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Peri-Culmination
As educators (or those who are education-adjacent) many of us are coming together around a culmination of some kind right now. Last week I had the opportunity to see some of my students walk across the stage in cap and gown. Some of them were on the dean’s list, some of them had to retake…
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S2 Episode 1
In this episode we talk with Dr. Junlei Li, the Co-Chair of the Human Development and Education Program and the Saul Zaentz Senior Lecturer in Early Childhood Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. As a developmental psychologist, Dr. Li’s research and practice focus on understanding and supporting the work of helpers – those…
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Ruptures in the midst of Spring Blooms
Around my 5th Spring in New England I started to notice how much I disliked April. I know April showers bring May flowers, but I grew up in the desert where showers come in February and March comes with the beginning of blooms and a deliciously warm April. Thank God for work from home life…
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Season 2 Trailer
Ready for season 2? As your hosts (Angela Carolina Garcia and Lauren Stauble), we’ll go deeper to clarify what we mean by “intuitive teaching and caregiving relationships”. Our guests will include leaders in relational health as well as people working directly with children in different capacities. Most of our guests are also parents and grandparents.…
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Schools of Fish
I recently connected with my goddaughter about what it’s like to experience school with an ADHD brain. She doesn’t have a diagnosis, but it’s possible she will so I wanted her to know that there is nothing wrong with her brain, in fact many ADHD-ers are also gifted. Schools are often designed with one kind…
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Isorings
The end of December into January was a time of rest and retreat for Engage. We took time away from email and planning to be with our dear ones and our selves. It’s easy to forget how important this practice of rest is, but it is reminiscent of the special role that isorings play in…
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Anemochory
2023 has been a momentous year for us at Engage, starting with Angela Carolina joining the team in February. We launched the Sacred podcast in May and Lauren’s book (co-written with Alyssa Blask Campbell), Tiny Humans, Big Emotions, came out in October. We’ve spent this year deepening our Healing-Centered Education practices and networks, and this…
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Episode 7
In this episode we have the honor of hosting our first teachers – the two women whose waters we swam in, who’ve had the highest expectations for each of us, and have relentlessly modeled both strength and vulnerability in different ways throughout our lives: our moms. You’ll get to learn about our origins emotionally, spiritually…
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Mycelium
We were at a conference last week, presenting and learning. We got to meet Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett whose Theory of Constructed Emotion helped to refine the Collaborative Emotion Processing method! We met folx who are doing overlapping work with ours in other parts of the state, particularly with coregulation and caring for caregivers. And…