We recently published a blog called "The Real Mental Health Crisis Behind Concerns From The Surgeon General". In that blog we explore the recommendations by Dr. Vivek Murthy surrounding social media and its effects on mental health. A majority of the Surgeon General's Advisory, which can be found on our website, focused on youth and particularly, on teenagers. The Center for RelationaLearning has decided it's time we all start asking those young people to join in the conversation about their own futures and mental health. Despite being commonly ignored, teens have a vast knowledge and experience with social media and the impact it has on their lives. Listen in as we get the work started, and finally speak to the group of people we are all trying to make decisions for on how they feel about social media, mental health, and the best ways we could all positively impact their future.

In this episode, I get to sit down with my daughter Lisa. When I first started Relational Kaleideoscope, it was a video series, and Lisa was kind enough to be my very first guest. She is just phenomenal at speaking to the power of RelationaLearning and she is one of the most impactful RelationaLeaders I know. Listen in to the episode, and hear about Lisa's next phase of life, her philosophies on teaching and putting the relationship first, and to hear her wise words on following your true passions.

Lois Vermilya, Steve Preskill, and I have been lifetime thinking partners & relational friends. We have been learning with and from one another for 25 years now and our friendship has many deep levels. In this episode, we get to sit down to explore the levels of our longtime friendship, and my fellow co-authors and I discuss our latest edition of the book "Dialogue for Democracy". Steve, Lois and I wrote the first edition of Dialogue for Democracy in the early 2000s and have recently had the opportunity to publish a new edition available for e-book purchase on our website relationalearning.com.

We're finally back with another installment of Relational Kaleidoscope! In this episode, a much appreciated work partner of mine Anne sits down with me to reflect and recap a RelationaLeadership Institute we just held here in Santa Fe. Anne Henderson works in Connecticut, where the 20 some participants of the institute also hailed. We spent so much time building a program these participants could appreciate and leave with a more relational perspective as a result.

In this episode you'll get to hear some of the Operating Principles of RelationaLeadership that Anne and I developed together and you will hear some takeaways from the institute. Not only that, but you will of course get to know my friend Anne Henderson, as she takes us on the journey of her work, and discusses how she found the Center and our materials essential to the work that she does for educators in the public school system.

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Learn even more about Anne: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anne-t-henderson-9695958/

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Diving back into the kaleidoscope this episode with my colleague, Bryan Garcia. Bryan is the current Community Schools Development Specialist for our local school system. He and I have had the privilege of developing a working relationship discussing the importance of Relationships, especially when it comes to fostering the community surrounding a school. I am so glad he was able to join me for this 11th episode to discuss his own life's kaleidoscope and the important relationships all around him. Listen in if you are eager to hear more about Community Schools in New Mexico and the Center for RelationaLearning's important work to help skillfully place relationships first in every interaction.

For our tenth episode, we are delighted to have back the guest from Episode 1 Bob Sparks. Bob and I have worked together for years, and he is so helpful to me when it comes to my own relational journey. He is a relational guide for me, and so each time I have him on the episode I am sure the content will shine that much brighter. In this episode, we discuss in depth our relational model, and the impact that coaching to put the relationship first has had on peoples lives.

Take a look at our model on our website: https://relationalearning.com/relationaleadership/

For this episode, I'm joined by Storytellers and Story Coaches Bob Kanegis and Liz Mangual. Storytelling is a huge avenue and strategy for connection, learning, and even healing. Bob & Liz have spend many years spreading the word about the power of story telling. Their experience, what they have shared with the community, and all the connections story has to relationships are shared in this latest installment of Relational Kaleidoscope. If you could have joined us in the room for this recording, perhaps you would have been able to feel the excitement in our voices as we learned about one another's resonant work for the first time. Listen to this episode and you'll discover a *magical* way to make people feel seen, heard and valued. Also check out the link to Bob & Liz's website to learn more about what they do:

https://www.storyconnection.com

After a September full of Study Tour experiences, I have sat down with our latest group of visitors from Australia to discuss their takeaways from the experience. During a Study Tour with the Center for RelationaLearning, I take visiting educators to the schools, museums, cultural and natural wonders of New Mexico. We discover what might be the same between our approaches to education as well as what may be different. This group of study tour visitors approached the entirety of their visit with open hearts and open minds. I think that in listening to our discussion here, you're getting a wonderful first hand look at what can be taken away from a Study Tour through the Center. I hope you enjoy the episode, and as always feel free to reach out to the Center if you have any interest in visiting New Mexico yourself!