Jason Littlefield and Erec Smith from EmpowerED Humanity on ”A Framework for SEL Through the Lens of Human Dignity and Neuroscience”

<p>In order to learn something new, looking at something from a different perspective can shed some light. Today we are going to “See the world through a different lens” specifically with a new look at “Transformative SEL.”<a href='#_edn1'>[i]</a></p> <p>Watch this interview on YouTube here <a href='https://youtu.be/dY28tux0tq8'>https://youtu.be/dY28tux0tq8</a></p> <p></p> <p> </p> <p>On this episode you will learn:</p> <p>✔ How Jason Littlefield and Erec Smith of EmpowerED created a Framework for SEL when they noticed something was missing with Transformative SEL.</p> <p>✔ How they envision empowering educators, youth and communities by strengthening the neural pathways to peace and resilience through mindfulness and social and emotional learning.</p> <p>✔How you can work with Jason and Erec with their mission.</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 modern workplaces. On today’s EPISODE #222 we are going to look at SEL through a different lens with the work of Jason Littlefield and Erec Smith from EmpowerED Humanity<a href='#_edn2'>[ii]</a> whose work established in 2017 to provide educators, students, and communities a framework for life, leadership, and learning, focuses on fortifying the individual and increasing societal cooperation with a value-centered identity, human dignity, disrupting mindsets of fear/judgment with inquiry and compassion.</p> <p> Their Work Has 3 Pathways of Practice That:</p> <ul>Build awareness and equanimity (mental calmness) Kindness and compassion towards self and others and Celebrate common humanity, breaking the walls of indignity (or that treatment that causes one to feel shameful). </ul> <p>I spoke with Jason prior to our interview, as I know that the podcast guests I