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The Science of Happiness

Positive Brains Fuel Success

In this thought-provoking and compelling keynote, Kim shares how we can reprogram our brains to become more positive and step into our power.  When our happiness and wellbeing is at the forefront, employees are ten times more engaged, 31% more productive, and three times more creative. 

Emotions are at the heart of what teachers do and why they do it. Educators come to teaching with dreams of changing the odds for disadvantaged children and inspiring a love for learning.

Unfortunately, research shows that 40-50 percent of teachers will leave the profession within the first five years. Stress among teachers has reached unprecedented levels.

Teaching is an emotional practice, and teachers need support in strengthening their social and emotional skills to manage the stress that comes with teaching and stay in the profession for the long term.

Well-being” takes the stage front and center, and how we can create fulfilling lives while also working to improve performance in life and workplace success. 

Kim unpacks the positive psychology science and research that pivots the crowd towards optimism. She asks, “Would you press a button to increase your happiness levels by 40% and your productivity levels by 31% while also having 300% more creativity on a Monday morning? When people respond, “Yes!” she explains how to achieve this.

Key Takeaways: 

•  Unlock the happiness formula that drives peak performance.
• Discover the happiness research and our power to increase it by up to 40%!
• Prioritize self care and be more effective in life.
• Increase productivity levels by up to 31%!
• Quit giving your value away.
• Give yourself permission to be brave.  Practice courage. 
• The power of a daily gratitude practice for increasing happiness levels and optimism.
• Learn research-based practices for well-being in your personal and professional life.
• Learn simple, practical skills to retrain the brain towards positive.
• Apply the “Minimum Effective Dosage” to life and work.
• Gain cutting-edge insights from the latest research on positive psychology.

Reimagining Education

A Mission to Make the System Work for All

Schools are struggling. Administrators are frustrated. Teachers are overworked. Students are paying the price. And everyone is looking for a way to reform—and transform—a troubled education system.

But before any sort of reform can happen, Kim makes the case that everyone involved needs to ask themselves a very important question:

Do we need to reimagine what education can really be?

Educators are preparing young people for the future. And that’s why the outdated educational system needs to change. The future belongs to artists, inventors, storytellers—creative thinkers!

Key Takeaways:

• • The changing landscape of the 21st Century learner
  • 6 elements needed in today’s world of learners
  • Getting back to the heart of teaching
  • Left Brain vs. Right Brain: Understanding how the brain works
  • The powerful socioeconomic forces that shape the world—and education
  • How to transform a troubled education system
  • How to engage ALL students and develop their love of learning
  • Enabling students to face the real challenges of the 21st Century

Remembering Your Why

Meaning, Purpose, and Passion in Education

As someone who has experienced moments of powerlessness in her personal life, as well as in her career as an educator, Kim is all too familiar with how easy it is to feel helpless. Teachers, in general, are struggling right now. Educators feel they are working in a time of chaos; they are over-worked, overwhelmed, and over-stressed.

Some have lost a lot of their joy.

And what concerns her the most is the toll these feelings are taking on them and how it’s affecting their lives, their classrooms, and their students.

But she believes that sometimes it’s out of chaos that solutions cry out. Teachers need to be reminded of their “why” to experience professional growth in education—and they need tools to help them navigate the ever-changing landscape of this profession.

During this keynote, Kim shares the story of a very special student who had a profound impact on her life. Teachers are moved to tears when they hear about this student who faced challenges not just in the classroom, but also at home. She shares this story because it drives home how truly important it is for teachers to remember and embrace their “why”—because this student taught her a lot about her own reasons for teaching.

Kim is  determined to help teachers rediscover their passion for teaching, but more than anything, she wants them to reclaim their lives and stand proud on this path they have chosen. She wants to empower them, because they are the ones who step in our classrooms 180 days a year and hold great influence on our children.

What they do matters greatly, and the fact that they feel called to teach … well, this is truly a service of the heart.

Key Takeaways: 

• The organization or school’s WHY is what drives us towards our purpose.
• Discover your WHY and how to align it with your purpose. 
• Use your WHY to point you to your North Star on a daily basis, especialy when times are tough.
• Reach students’ hearts first and then teach their minds.
• Rediscover your passion for teaching and reclaim your life in and out of school.
• Align purpose, love, and integrity to reach your mission.
• Understand the power of your profession and your wonderful ability to influence and impacts lives.