Brain Fact Friday on ”Using Neuroscience and Dr. Covey’s 5th Habit to Find Peace and Hope During Difficult Times”

<p> </p> <p></p> <p>This has been a tough week in the United States and while being interviewed on Tom Schimmer’s<a href='#_edn1'>[i]</a> educational podcast on Monday that focuses on learning, leadership, and life, he asked me what keeps me up at night related to education, and my answer to him was “school shootings” since they don’t seem to be going away. This was a day before the next mass school shooting would hit the news around the world.</p> <p>This has been a really tough week for everyone, in addition to the stress the world is already facing, and I’m sure those listening to this episode outside of the US can feel the turmoil, and have many questions. While I certainly don’t have all the answers, I do have some thoughts that I think can provide some insight and hope for those who tune in. After this incident, while working on releasing our next episode, nothing felt right to me as I was writing, and so I figured the best solution was to take a break from our usual episodes, and think of ways that we could use this platform to amplify the voices left behind (like Chey and Pav have done do well)<a href='#_edn2'>[ii]</a> and highlight those who have been working in the trenches, to provide solutions for those impacted by the events like we saw repeated this week. </p> <p>For returning guests, welcome back, and for those who are new here, I’m Andrea Samadi, author, and educator, with a passion for learning, understanding difficult concepts, and breaking them down so that we can all use and apply the most current research to improve our productivity and results in our schools, sports environments, and workplace environments. For today’s episode, #218, and this week’s Brain Fact Friday, we are going to look at how neuroscience can help us to understand what’s happening in our world today, with some strategies that we can all use to move us from a world of chaos, towards hope. Now this episode feels right to me.</p> <p>Before we take a look at these brain-based solutions, getting a bigger picture o