Challenges That Change Us
71 {Marnie Thomas} How a wellbeing focus helps those with challenges
23 Jul 2023
For this episode we’re going to have a little change of pace with an expert to give us some amazing guidance and advice on positive education and the science of well being.Marnie Thomas is the head of positive education at Newcastle Grammar School and loves making wellbeing visible for her students, colleagues, and the wider school community.She has a Masters of Applied Positive Psychology, University of Melbourne and won the Top Visible Wellbeing Teacher Award in a K-12 School – Global Visible Wellbeing Summit in 2021. In this episode Marnie shares: - The moment she realised it's not her role to fix others, but to listen and learn and the personal challenges during this time that shaped her.- Why it’s important to understand that grief and gratitude and strength and struggle coexist in relationships- Her belief that we should be moving beyond individual well-being, focusing on systems.- The importance of knowing your strengths, relationships, and learning from mistakes.- How they implemented a well-being system at a school.- The power of having language around emotions- The science of well being- How gratitude and micro moments can change perspective.Key Quotes“Grief and gratitude also co-exist.”“I try to notice 3 micro moments every day. It’s that shared human moment that you have with somebody else.”More about MarnieYou can connect with Marnie professionally on linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marnie-thomas-she-her-mapp-9588b9223/?originalSubdomain=auYou can also follow her on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marnie.j.thomas/You can get involved with the podcast onlineOn facebook in our community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/challengesthatchangeusOr on Instagram: @challengesthatchangeus If you want to find out more about what Ali does, check out her business via the website:http://www.trialtitudeperformance.com.auFor her other business you can find it through the websites:www.altitudefitnessarmidale.com.auOr you can follow them on Instagram:@Altitudefitnessarmidale@trialtitudeperformance Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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