How Life School 360 can benefit schools and organizations
Tailored to the unique challenges facing teens, young adults, and families Life School 360 serves schools, non-profits, community organizations, after school programs and even sports teams and dance schools.
Introducing Life School 360
Life School 360 is a resource to support your community so they can thrive. It feels like life is giving us more than we can handle. We are in a mental health crisis and Life School is here to offer something different. We use a Whole Health approach that integrates many layers and modalities because let’s face it - it’s more than mental health. Physical, social, and emotional health are compromised. Reports of dis-ease (ex: a huge rise in autoimmune), isolation, self harm, are rising.
Our program fills a critical void in traditional frameworks: learning about the inner world. Throughout life, kids study arithmetic, expository writing, and the history of civilization. But where do they learn and how are they equipped to study themselves? Such learning is mission critical given the constant external messaging about who they should be, often set against an internal monologue of doubt, fear and anxiety.
Life School emboldens you to cultivate tools to create a healthy and joyful life.
Why now?
Not only can we not ‘pour tea from an empty cup,’ being asked and expected to only creates more stress and emotional exhaustion. By way of response, Life School 360 provides students,educators, caregivers and staff awareness, time, and the space to move from stress to calm.
Evidence resulting from the pandemic, social media and school violence related to mental health is significant. There is increased fear, anxiety, substance abuse, and other numbing behaviors due to the lack of capacity to cope or tolerate discomfort. Emotional dysregulation is common, making it challenging to maintain relationships and leading to unhealthy choices. Many people feel isolated, disconnected and don’t know how to authentically relate to others.
Our teachers and staff face increased responsibilities that extend far beyond their teaching degrees. Schools and organizations are now expected to function as all-in-one centers, addressing academic, emotional, and social needs.
This is why I created Life School 360: to provide tools that help educators and staff support themselves and their students in managing overwhelming emotions, navigating relationships, and fostering authentic connections.
These skills enable students to focus on learning. The tools are simple and brief, designed to be consistently weaved into the day. For example, before or during a lesson or a test, as students transition between classes, and in the lunchroom -where so much happens.
Giving you back time.....
We understand that asking teachers and staff to take on one more task feels impossible.
However, implementing the tools from Life School 360 will give you time back and allow you to focus on your tasks. By incorporating Life School, you will cultivate more presence, calm and authentic connections with your students. And YOU will experience more calmness.
We cannot change or control what happens in the world, but we can control our response to life’s challenges. Life School 360 is the tool to help you do just that, fostering a healthier, more supportive learning environment for everyone.
How does Life School 360 work?
Life School’s unique components – group sessions and individual practice – combine to drive positive and consistent growth. Individual work taps a treasure trove of online content, with exercises, practices and strategies to implement on one’s own time and in one’s own space.
You will have access to the online platform that offers journal reflections, videos with movement, meditations and breathing techniques, among other activities. Importantly, the different modalities both respect and respond to different kinds of learners.
There is a seismic shift as individuals move through the Life School process. Discovering that everyone is trying to ‘figure it out’ gives permission to look at oneself honestly, with compassion and greater awareness
As a group, sharing space with peers in an environment of belonging, acceptance, and understanding creates a powerful community.
During group sessions, the moment someone bravely expresses a feeling or an experience, it feels like an exhale. It's like they’ve arrived in a safe place and can begin to get to know themselves in new ways.
Participants experience a shift in self-awareness, and a greater acceptance of themselves and others.
Schools and organizations are a step ahead in that they operate from the bedrock of an established community, with a clear mission and vision.
LifeSchool 360 gives you the tools to make a real change
A framework that works
An interactive curriculum to support and guide teens, young adults & families to shift from stress and anxiety towards calm, confidence and connection.
Multiple layers of challenges require multiple layers of solutions.
Life School reflects this theory by integrating a Whole Health approach.
Mind, Emotions, Body, Breath & Intuition.
When these are aligned and work in tandem, magic happens.
Your Permission Slip
Your Mind
Your Emotions
Your Body
Your Breath
Your Intuition
Each branch includes engaging modalities with videos, corresponding activities and practices such as:
Introduction with information to topics
Journal prompts
Yoga/movement exercises or practices
Breathing techniques
Guided rest and relaxation
Suggestions for practicing, playing, and cultivating connections
Benefits include:
Heightening self-awareness, calm, resilience and confidence
Developing skills and strategies to navigate challenges and establish healthy boundaries
Tools to cultivate authentic connections with friends and family
Learning to regulate emotions with a focus on compassion, forgiveness, and tolerance
Feeling seen, heard and understood
Restoring a sense of balance, fulfillment, and joy
Making friends with others who ‘get it.’
Maintaining confidentiality and creating a safe space is of utmost importance
Maintaining confidentiality and creating a safe space for sharing is of utmost importance
A Little About Me.....
I have spent the past 25 years working in schools as a social worker, in private practice and in collaboration with organizations and programs.
On some level, especially since the pandemic, we have all experienced grief and adversity in our lives.
My own journey motivated me to specialize in this field of expertise and I bring LifeSchool 360 to you as an intentional proactive resource.I am proud to be able to contribute in a way that helps both families and communities navigate the waters of the storm
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