anches, no CS)
	thins = thin, flexible branches
	vase = pretties, for display, 2-3', prob. both
	()) = banana leaves only
	(R) or (r) = oval leaves only
	(b) = both oval and banana leaves
	(!) = replacement order, whoops, make it nice, give extra
	:) = freebie
	(:) = (R) shower order, long strands of oval leaves
	(e) or (eco) = eco dying, colorful, in-tact leaves, smaller is better 		
	different, spots are fine/preferred!          10.21.2015
	lol = lots of leaves(!)                                              11.27.2015
         (thins) - what's most important to the customer
         (aroma)
         S(noB) = Starter with only Leaves and CS, no Branch

---ochure (!)
	EQ101
	D-R (!)
	---eadth 
     3. Acceptance - #FrameIt2ClaimIt
     4. Expression (or NOT!)- #FeelIt2HealIt
     5. Release of Negatives - #LetItFlowLetItGo
     6. Replace with Positives - #SpinIt2WinIt
     7. REJOICE! - #ExaggerateEnthusiasm

4 Steps to Learning EQ
     1. Unconsciously Incompetent
     2. Consciously Incompetent
     3. Consciously Competent
     4. Unconsciously Competent

There's a process that we all go thru when learning anything new.
     1.  Unconsciously Incompetent
     	We dont know that we dont know.
     		Clueless, unaware, no idea
     2.   Consciously Incompetent
     	We find out that we dont know.
     		Oh, I see. Makes sense.  Can't do it, but I see how it works.
     3.   Consciously Competent
     	 We learn how to do it different.
     		Practice.  Do.  Think.  Feel.  Learn!  Ask!  Try.  Experience.  Grow.  Fly.  On Purpose.
     4.   Unconsciously Competent
     	 We do it different, without having to think about it (much).
     		Soar.  Sail.  Drift.  Enjoy!  Connect.  Be. Do. Have.
     		Smile.

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3 Steps to Dealing with Feelings
     Knowledge
     Acceptance
     Expression (or NOT!)

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3 Steps to High EQ
    Awareness
    Acceptance
    Action (or NOT!)
	    
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WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE (WTD)
posted:
     holding someone accountable and blaming them
     guilt and shame
     positive and negative emotions ("Nothing" - Josh Freedman)
          negative-to-positive          10.2.2016
     feelings and emotions
     Faith and Trust
     Love and Hate  10.20.2016
     Thoughts and Feelings  10.27.2016
     Fear and Anxiety    FB-EIA, 1.30.2017
     Venting vs. Whining FB-EIA, 2.15.2017
          I don't mind venting (outta me), but not dumping (onto you)... there's a dif... and I appreciate the differentiation.
          venting = responsibility, maturity, awareness.
          Whining = victim, denial, misplacement, transferrance
     What's the opposite of "victim"?  3.4.2017
     surviving and thriving        FB-EIA,  3.22.2017

unposted, as of yet:
     bossy and bullying
     being bossy and being a leader
     thoughts vs. thinking vs. Thots (Mcp)
     victim or victor
     petrified or prosperous(?)
     powerless and powerful
     EQ and IQ
     judgment and discernment
     forgiving and forgetting
     forgiving and not forgiving
     
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AR = AutoResponder (automated email sendouts, like the 100 Emotional Lessons in 100 Days)
	w/ = with, w/o = without (but you knew those already...)
	I'll sometimes put hyp-hens where they don't belong... it's ok. 
	one of my Worst, is that I often CAPITALIZE stuff that Ain't supposed to be Capped, just for Emphasis.
	      I'll try not to overdo it, as some find it annoying, and yelling, but I still like it.
	tuff. "t" "u" "fuff" "fuff" = tuff, and tough.
	(,R#) = Audio recording from my Sony transcriber. # = order downloaded
	~ -> mcp or 2gh/nd ~mcp, ~2GetHelp
	My -> subfolders MyApps, MyMusic, MyPictures, MyInvoices
	other biz TLM, Autodesk, EPA, CDPH
	z -> system zArchive, zLog
>> = ToDo, by me (slammed left)
	<< = ToDue, by others (never used, yet 7.7.2016)
>>> = To Become(!)
          long term.  big picture.  big me. UU
>>  orders
          euc orders, make sure no others with >(space)o
     
Acronyms:
	PKP = Paula Kay
	PP = PayPal
	D-R = Draper-Richards    http://www.drkfoundation.org/
	MT = Madisyn Taylor
	NDW = Neill Donald Walsch
	CK = Christine Kenton
	CT/PC = Christina Tate
	CH = Christine Helman
	SP = SharePoint
	HHH = Helen's Health Hints (Tips)
         LindaD = Linda Dessault

File and folder names go from largest to smallest (ex: Facebook_MCP_20121125.txt)
	FB = Facebook (or Fort Bragg)
	LI-EIN = LinkedIn, The Emotional Intelligence Network
	      a number on the next line, ex: 20/30 = 20 requests to join/30 in submission queue (RTJ = Request to Join)
	FB-EIN = The Emotional Intelligence Network
	FB-EQE = EQ Educators and Parents Network       was EQ Educators Network, until 12.19.2016
	FB-ND
	FB-NDG = NewDirections Closed Group
	FB-Mcp - Facebook.com/MattPerelstein
	FB-EQ or FB-EQR- emotionalintelligencerocks
	FB-EP = EucProducts
	FB-2GH
	FB-IM  instant message
	FB-MCRB (racquetball)
	TW-MCP  (nd)
	TW-2GH
	EP = EucProducts.com
	MP.com = MattPerelstein.com
	NDW = NewDirectionsWorkshop.com
	EQR = EQRocks.com
	2GH = 2GetHelp.com
	2VH = 2GiveHelp.com
	2SH = 2SellHelp.com
	2GHTC = 2GetHelp Therapy Center
	2GH4Vets... guess.

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01:37  
^^:^^	Timestamps:  new standard convention a few days ago...
		usually on a line by themselves, after a ---anches... like we asked!)
2.22.2017  9.17.2016  Curtis Petty  $12.95    1/2C *  garbageman65@gmail.com  2047 Oxford Ct. Ferndale, WA 98248 ??
2.10.2017  12.30.2016 Shellie Hochstetler   $49.95   5C *  lsdustylane@icloud.com PO Box 913 Shipshewana, IN 46565, upped form 2C to 5C on 1/10/2017... very happy... birds and 9 gliders.  Cancelled 1 mo. later!  ??
2.6.2017 9.28.2016 Joshua Rule     $29.95      2B 16-1' *  anewdirective@gmail.com 3814 Shadow Canyon Trail Broomfield, CO 80020  WBB
1.27.2017  9.28.2016 Annie Anderson   $19.95x2  3C * anniekanderson@gmail.com  6116 Lyndale Ave S Apt 319 Minneapolis, MN 55419   love it, but not using fast enuf
1.23.2017 1.11.2017  Richard Fenner  $19.95   1L (O) *  rickfenner@yahoo.com  525 Gregory Ave Apt 6C Weehawken, NJ 07086 (only 1 order) ??
1.6.2017 10.30.2016 Patricia Bergin  $12.95   1/2C (O)*  pbergindy@aol.com 165 Crystal Oak Dr Deland, FL 32720 lost interest, will order quarterly
12.24.2016 1.16.2015 Candace Johnson $12.95  1/2B, 2-2' *  candacej3333@yahoo.com  115 W Powell Road Collierville, TN 38017  ??
12.19.2016 11.10.2016 Karen Attson $29.95  2B 2-2'x1" *  krw716@hotmail.com  5190 E Kensington Ave Castle Rock, CO 80104  will start again... smaller branches
12.9.2016  5.18.2016 Peaches Corner $19.95  1L * peachescorner@att.net Barbara Martin 6126 Winview Dr Forest Park, GA 30297 ??
?.?.08 Bob Wirth     Starter       11.95	2	rwirth@frontiernet.net  6856 Sy Road Niagara Falls, NY 143040
4.22.08	Jane Thibeault	  1L	19.95	  3      	lunamystab@hotmail.com  1641 Monty's Circle North, Southaven, MS 38672
8.06.08	 Sherry Cannon	1/4L	9.95  1	11.12.08
10.26.08 Terri Woodburn	      11.95  S	terriw@ku.edu     16140 NW 124th St, Platte City, MO 64079
11.29.08 Sheri Starter	11.95	 1	sherilb31@earthlink.net  6188 W Settlers Point Dr, West Valley City, UT 84128
?.?.09	Linda Lackey	S 	11.95	?  lclackey@gmail.com	1201 McCain Place, High Point, NC  27262
3.16.10 Steve Bugge / Rachel     2C  29.95  4  steve@stevebugge.com  1702 Rainier Ave.  Everett, WA 98201
3.21.10 Jen Bailey  S	 logo contest/ChrisHamman	530 So. 70 E #26, Kamas, UT 84036 (sent 9.18.10)
4.24.10 Ryan Hoffman  $19.95  1C      sk8erpunk_ryan@yahoo.com     6001 Old Shell Rd. , Robinwood Apts. , Apt#M97, Mobile, AL 36608
11.25.10 Sonja Earnest  $11.95     1/2L-round  searnest@cmpd.org  5833 Falls Ridge Lane  Charlotte, NC 28269  
1.27.11 Rudy & Lisa Gazarek  $11.95  S  gazuccio@verizon.net     42108 Flowering Path Place  Aldie, VA 20105-2653
2.18.11 Lenetta Lefko  $11.95  HOLD! (S, 2B's, no CS)     TouchandSee@live.com  17720 S Sonoita Hwy  Vail, AZ 85641-9104
3.18.11 Jared Dahlgren  $11.95  SS  boomoogoohoo@gmail.com  2318 San Marcos Drive  Colorado Springs, CO 80910
x7.20.11 Jana Grabill  $11.95  S (no CS)*     jgrabill@comcast.net  13509 Early Frost Circle  Orlando, FL 32828
x8.15.11 Carrie Martinez	 $29.95	  2C *     keytoyourloan@yahoo.com     10700 Thrift Rd.  Clinton, MD 20735
x9.17.11 Blythe Smith $11.95, 1/2B,1'*  blythe891@yahoo.com 6117 Whitman Ave Fort Worth, TX 76133
North Ulmer Street Greenwood, AR 72936
x12.23.11 Sandra Vercillo  $11.95  S     s.vercillo@gmail.com 306 old farmingdale road west babylon, NY 11704
x2.11.12  Carin Wolfe  $11.95 S     carin.wolfe@msu.montana.edu  425 N 16th Ave Bozeman, MT 59715 (semi-mo.)
x2.23.10  Dorothy Hill  $19.95  1L  counselorda@comcast.net  6771 SE Lillian Court Stuart, FL 34997
x6.4.12 Ashley Cooper  $11.95  S  ACOOPER387@AOL.COM  11681 SW 3rd St Plantation, FL 33325
x7.2.12 Mickey Lin  $29.95  2B, 4-2'x1/4-1/2", ()), X Svcs4You@yahoo.com  4236 BOXWOOD LANE Williamsburg, VA 23188 (mickey.rodriguez88@yahoo.com)
x8.19.12 Angela Scott     $11.95     1/2B 2-2'  ibiubu1334@hotmail.com  angela scott 2203 garden drive janesville, WI 53546
x9.13.12 Desiree Chambers $11.95  1/2B 2'     d17tweety@yahoo.com 10216 La Vista, El Paso, TX 79924
x9.15.12 Celeste Sotola  $49.95  5B (arrangements)* sotola7@aol.com 111 west Basin Street Basin, MT 59631
x10.2.12  Dianna Miller $29.95  4-2'x1" (seeds, once, no bag!) dmjewelry@yahoo.com 5422 South 4178 Road Chelsea, OK 74016
x1.21.13  Sarah Brahm  $11.95     S  sarahbrahm@hotmail.com     521 Fernando Drive De Pere, WI 54115
x2.2.13  Constance Moss  $11.95  1/2L (pd Feb-Apr)  775-423-1162  1925 Gummow Dr. Fallon, NV  89406-6421
x5.9.13  Sharon Fiegle  $29.95  2C *  library365@windstream.net  460 Log Cabin Lane Aberdeen, NC 28315
x8.23.13 Marion Moon  $19.95 1B, 8-1' *  thistinyplace@gmail.com 1222 Hustis Drive, Fishkill, NY 12524
Parrish Fl 34219 (NEW ADDRESS, 12.1.2014)
x11.1.13 Hazel Leavelle  $39.95     3B, 9-4' *  hazel.leavelle@gmail.com  205 W Wellons St Smithfield, NC 27577  (REFUND AUG/SEPT) 
x11.27.13 Anthony Rivera  $19.95  1C * rivera5305@sbcglobal.net 1719 Belle Plaine Gurnee, IL 60031  (12 budgies)
x12.8.13 Michael Austin  $19.95  1L *  michaelaustin1993@me.com 1741 Melody Lane Arnold, MO 63010
x12.17.13  Jude Jett/Charles Burke  $19.95     1/2L (b) GPSI     fleurdejoo@gmail.com  Jude Jett 414 Baxter Ave. #265 Louisville, KY 40204 (disconnected, reconnected 12.1.13, sub since 11.23.12 whoops)
x1.7.14 Beth Tadalgo $12.95  1/2C, 2', CS, (b) *  jade521@gmail.com Beth Simons 2063 Sycamore Fork Salem, WV 26426
x3.11.14 Jared Cavaliere $12.95  1/2C * jcrio118@hotmail.com  1731 Sample Rd Allison park, PA 15101
x4.30.2014 Tina Zelaya  $19.95     1B *  zelaya1@comcast.net 12625 Memorial Drive #93 Houston, TX 77024
x5.31.2014 Robin Carte  $19.95  1B, 8-1' (clean) *  robincarte@gmail.com 41 Riverside Dr New Albany, IN 47150
x7.6.2014  Christine Stranz  $19.95     1C *     christistranz@gmail.com Christine Stranz 417 RIDGEWOOD DR VILLA RICA, GA 30180
x7.16.2014 Andrea Pena  $29.95  2C, L ()) & CS* andiesworld27@yahoo.com  2 Gold St Apt 1408 New York, NY 10038  (bird)
Las Cruces, NM 88005, 1 Sue Bird
x8.6.2014  Rosemarie Greaves $12.95     1/2L(aroma) *  myghost09@yahoo.com  391 Main St Easthampton, MA 01027
x10.1.2014 Mark Shirley  $12.95  1/2L * muellers820@hotmail.com  1636 Cowslip Lane Honolulu, HI 96819
x12.11.2014 Trina Marie Finch  $27.95     2C, 3', pods, CS *  trinastinytreasures@gmail.com Trina's Tiny Treasures 6705 County Hwy 21 Walton, NY 13856
x4.28.2015 Michael Schwartz $19.95  1B, 8-1' * (half w/) hobbes626@gmail.com  1165 SW 5th Ter Cape Coral, FL 33991
x5.24.2015  Celesta Summers  $12.95  1/2L (R) * (NEW ADDRESS!) LuckieDragon7@gmail.com  350 N Harrison Blvd Apt 7208 Tucson AZ 85748
x8.29.2015  Jill Gawronski  $12.95  1/2C * jkgawronski@hotmail.com 2416 Concord Rd. Lansing, MI 48910
x9.10.2015  Christa Krasneck     $19.95  1C *  toeinked@gmail.com  3555 Bell Road, B208 Nashville, TN 37214
x12.1.2015 Susan Brown     $19.95  1L/CS *  susan31075@aol.com  1161 Coleman Farm Road Rentz, GA 31075  478-697-2869, birds
x1.17.2016  Christie Marchesseault  $49.95  5B *  suncrestgoldens@yahoo.com  328 138th St NW Tulalip, WA 98271
1.18.2016 SOAChain, LLC  $39.95/2mo.  4B, 12-2', 2L *  warrendhampton@gmail.com Warren Hampton 3008 Whisperfield Lane Matthews, NC 28104 
x2.10.2016 KaylinnaMarie Young $12.95  1/2L * kaylinnamarie.young@gmail.com O Box 1221 Fort Collins, CO 80522
x 11.30.2016 2.10.2016 Diana Bushard  $19.95  1C * (every 2 months) diana.sturm@gmail.com  219 Ridgewood Road, Coral Gables, FL 33133  (originally 8.14.13 - 9.23.2015, 2nd subscription is for add'l postage)
x10.29.2016 Nancy Winchel     $19.95/2mo.   1C *  nwinchel@hctc.com  80 E. Herron Dr. Shelton, WA 98584
11.1.2016 11.24.10 Theresa Chambers  11.95     1/2L (aroma!) * tcdragonfly@hotmail.com     2005 Breitwert Ave Baltimore, MD  21230  ??  Longest ever (6 years!)
10.28.2016 8.31.2016 Megan Glide   $12.95   1/2C *  hq2bowmg@gmail.com  Megan Wright 1344 springer Street  Westland, MI 48186   ??
10.27.2016  8.22.2016  Gustave Husenitza IV   $12.95  1/2C *  crittermom910@gmail.com 167 Partridge Lane Saint George, SC 29477 ??
10.27.2016  10.16.2016 Julia Luttrell  $12.95   1/2C *  julieluttrell@hotmail.com  4482 fm 697 Sherman, TX 75090  ??
10.1.2016 10.23.2015  Brian Dunbar  $19.95     1C *  brian.dunbar@yahoo.com  2815 Iowa Street  Baton Rouge, LA 70802 (sub before  ??)
9.29.2016  10.9.2012  Laurie Ramos $12.95  1/2C (R) * ramoslaurie@yahoo.com  305 W Oltorf St, Austin, TX 78704  (gone for awhile, then back again 1.25.2016!)
9.24.2016  10.6.2015  Abigail Melvin (Abby Menagerie) $19.95  1L * (JUNE ONLY 1B *) billnabby@gmail.com  101 Collie Terrace Danville, VA 24541  too many stocked up
8.31.2016 10.30.2015 Tiffani Forshee $12.95  1/2B * (REFUND ALL for now...  (7.24) tforshee69@yahoo.com  165 Thacher St Hornell, NY 14843-1249 not interested anymore
8.31.2016  9.23.2015 Cassandra Hershberger   $12.95  1/2C * CassyJ82@aol.com 20983 Arcadia Drive Bristol, IN 46507 new home for gliders
8.30.2016  8.15.2016  KAY WHITENER  $19.95  1C *  KWHITENER@YMAIL.COM 300 17TH ST SW APT37 HICKORY, NC 28602  no interest, only 1 order
10.30.2016 Patricia Bergin  $12.95   1/2C (O)*  pbergindy@aol.com 165 Crystal Oak Dr Deland, FL 327208.27.2016  1.24.2016 Jodi Frye     $19.95     1C * sweet_jlf@yahoo.com Jodi Frye 24 1/2 2nd Ave SW clear back door of House Le Mars, IA 51031
8.26.2016  8.30.2015  Barbara Lesch-Bunch  $19.95  1C *(FREE 1/2L()) July only) bunchb@shands.ufl.edu  128 Lake Shore Terrace Interlachen, FL 32148     (Every 6 weeks!)  too many in freezer
6.21.2016 4.7.2016 Jessica Hart     $12.95  1/2C *     jlhart2008@gmail.com  1968 WESTRIDGE PL AURORA, IL 60504 ??
6.18.2016 2.6.2016 Candace Williams $12.95     1/2B * candace_ccw@yahoo.com  7138 Englewood Dr. SE Lot #21, Olympia, WA 98513  CC mess-up, moving (I'll be back!)
6.14.2016 9.2.2015 Sheryl Gant  $29.95  (NEW ADDRESS!) 2L (R)*  ssgant@gmail.com     800 Witbeck Dr.  Clare, MI 48617  birds no longer interested.  may be back someday
12.10.2016 x6.11.2016  8.3.13 Stacia Harris  $12.95  1/2L ())mostly* StaciaL8@aol.com  102 Charles Ridge Rd Asheville NC 28805  gone for awhile, but back!
5.3.2016  Maria Elston  $12.95  1/2B * italianprincess91@live.com  9813 Quinta Artesa Unit # 103 Fort Myers, FL 33908 (only 1x) ??
5.24.2016 3.22.11 Cheryl Bates     $11.95  1/2L * rcranch@kaltelnet.net  10071 Marilla Rd.  Copemish, MI 49625  ??
5.9.2016 9.27.2014 Rebecca Anderson  $19.95  1C *  dr.becky@icloud.com 8979 Upper Lando Lane, Park City UT 84098  ??
5.9.2016 8.1.2015 Eric King     $29.95  2B, 2-3' *  Disgruntledtek@gmail.com  221 Spring Drive  Jacksonville, NC 28540  ??
5.7.2016 12.24.2015 Brenda Varney $12.95  1/2C * brendaleevarney@gmail.com  6120 Cocktail Drive Las Vegas, NV 89130  ??
5.4.2016  10.19.2015 Zana Maxwell $12.95  1/2L * bananas4tutus@gmail.com  235 W Harrison Rd Lombard, IL 60148  (too many leaves in freezer... will be ordering again!)
4.27.2016 2.20.2016 Carrie (Carolena) Hunt  $29.95     2B, 2-2'x1" X * (X April only) iggili8@gmail.com  116 Northwoods Dr Apt 127k Seneca, SC 29678  PP probs, but then placed another order!
4.16.2016 3.10.2016 Cherryl Grant      $12.95      1/2C *  jjmpine@yahoo.com 518 9th Ave SE Puyallup, WA 98372  ??
4.15.2016 3.15.2016  Lisa Wysocki  $12.95     1/2C * lawkicks@gmail.com  5032 1/2 Tok A Lou Ave NE Tacoma, WA 98422  ??
4.6.2016 7.12.2015  Jonathan Edwards  $29.95      2B, 2-3' *  jonathan134@gmail.com 1314 Enslow Blvd Huntington, WV 25701-4018  ??
4.4.2016 8.1.12 Stephanie Price  $11.95  1/2B, 2-2' *  stephdaffy@yahoo.com  960 Flower Street  Lakewood, CO 80215 (re-started 10.14.2014) ??
3.30.2016  9.11.2014 Ab Fab Pet Care  $19.95  1C * abfabpetcare@hotmail.com 909 southport ave Lisle, IL 60532  http://www.abfabpetcare.com (every other month now)  ??
3.28.2016  11.26.2015 Lynne Ray  $12.95  1/2B, thins *  raeray7@msn.com 12819 Briery River Terrace Herndon, VA 20170  (sent 3x in March (!), (!!), but still not happy... so bye!)
3.26.2016 12.2.2015 ShellySuggies     $12.95      1/2C *  beccashelly2@gmail.com 4547 Country Glen Circle Grovetown, GA 30813 
2.29.2016 11.17.2015 Jessica Hensley  $19.95     1L* lilmissrn@gmail.com 811 Sherwood Road Charleston, WV 25314  ??
2.23.2016 10.16.2015  (206)Handyman  $19.95  1B * jonkleven@msn.com Jon Klein 14504 38 AVE. N E, SEATTLE, WA 98155  good, ass.
2.15.2016 12.17.2015 Myra Gamble     $19.95     1L ()) *  myragamble@hotmail.com 1501 Crosley Rd. Granville, OH 43023 (daughter's GPSI)  insect died (only 2x)
2.15.2016 10.6.13  Star Hanson  $12.95  1/2C*      starhanson2010@gmail.com  4329 W. 8th Street  Duluth, MN 55807  (3rd time, 9.5.2015, new email addy)  gliders no longer interested
2.15.2016 2.5.2016 Sabrina isaac $12.95  1/2C *  derricknsabrina@yahoo.com  Sabrina Isaac  2105 N Glebe Rd  Unit 1226  Arlington, VA 22207-2231  ?? (only 1x)
2.2.2016 12.30.2015 Nathan Ryma  $19.95  1L * nryma@hotmail.com 3326 gridley place san diego, CA 92123 found local Euc tree
1.15.2016 3.7.2015 Patti Reichlin  $19.95  1B 1-2-3'*  reichlin82@aol.com 12 Hayley Court Middletown, DE 19709 lost interest
1.14.2016 1.10.2015 Krystal Claar  $12.95  1/2C * Krystalclaar@yahoo.com 8430 Shannon Road Richmond, VA 23236      coming back...
1.10.2016 8.20.2015  Kara Markley  $12.95  1L ()) (zip) *  kmarkley@columbus.rr.com  660 Woodduck Ct  Columbus, OH 43215  (was bi-mo) (stick insects)  ??
12.27.2015 9.18.2014 Amanda Chapman  $12.95  S*     amanda.chapman@live.ca (NEW ADDRESS!) 629 Saint Clarens Ave Toronto, ON M6H 3W8 Canada  I cancelled re: International
12.27.2015  9.24.2015 Oksana Birioukova $19.95  2C, 2' * obirioukova@gmail.com  3766 Marlowe Montreal Quebec  H4A3M1 Canada  I cancelled re: International
12.17.2015 8.26.2015  Madonna Hall  $12.95  1/2L* lafleurm33@msn.com  PO box 72 Lowell, OR 97452  ??
12.2.2015 10.24.2015 Ariel Heinzman     $19.95     1C *  arielheinzman@hotmail.com  1401 South Main Lot 2, Mitchell, SD 57301  ??
11.14.2015 11.07.2014 Betty Dumesic baybar67@yahoo.com  $19.95 (Oct, not Sept, bi-mo.)  1C * Betty Dumesic/Aybar 5439 Basset Hound Las Vegas, NV 89131     ??
10.3.2015  12.23.2014 Hollie Bethany  $12.95  1C, 2', thins* (NEW ADDRESS!) themom@hunterryan.com  30426 Wilamena Way Big Pine Key, FL  33043  no longer interested, allergies
9.15.2015  2.9.2015 Jennifer Ives     $12.95     (NEW ADDRESS, NOT the PObox!) 1/2L ()) *     jeilvt2@live.com J. Ives 3109 McLeod Rd Bellingham, WA 98225  GPSIs all died, very happy with service!
9.8.2015 3.4.2015 Marianne Lanier <CurringtonCG@aol.com>  $12.95 (semi-mo)  1/2L ()), pods *  204 Fountain Springs Road Holly Springs, NC 27540  son is allergic (too bad... she wants one NE-wayz! 2.20.2017)
8.30.2015  7.23.2014 Groomer Training Center  $12.95     1/2C * aa@groomertrainingcenter.com Allison Alonso 1030 N State Rte 934 Annville, PA 17003  717-507-6440  $?  may be back
8.25.2015 4.24.2015 Ciera Kozak  $12.95  1/2C *  clk666@live.com  373 Village Terrace  Sherwood Park Alberta  T8A4V1  Canada, gliders lost interest
8.19.2015 3.29.2015 Jennie D Howe  $19.95  1L *  jenniehowe03@gmail.com 2410 Lakeshore Drive  Kansasville, WI 53139  $$
8.12.2015  2.17.2015 Alisha Killman  $12.95  1/2B, 2',CS *  aakillman@hotmail.com 621 Indian Creek Rd Chesapeake, VA 23322  ??
8.8.2015  4.7.14 Fuqua Furry Friends  $29.95  2B, 8-2', 4 w/, 4 w/o *     kandacesmom@gmail.com Valerie Fuaua 413 Inglewood Drive Fairdale, KY 40118  $$, back soon, she hopes
8.1.2015 3.22.2015 Jacki Bielicki  $12.95  1/2C*(NEW ADDRESS!) jaclynariana@gmail.com 16009 Nordhoff St, North Hills, CA  91343  $$
7.24.2015  11.15.13 Naiyana Juarez  $12.95 1/2C, weavables * naiyanabj@gmail.com 3288 Bos Ct Holland, MI 49424  ??
7.22.2015  9.16.07      Danielle Harris            1L*                19.95           3     daniharris@comcast.net  130 Nottingham Road  Pennsville, NJ 08070	lost her gliders -- LONGEST CUSTOMER, Ever!  almost 8 years!
7.19.2015  1.11.2015 Joel Bauer jmbauer74@yahoo.com  $19.95  1L* (2'B, pods) 225 Skylar LN Four Oaks, NC 27524  didn't cancel, PP did, will fix(!)
7.14.2015  4.1.2015 Susan jb Sweeney $12.95  1/2C *  mamasue100@gmail.com (NEW ADDRESS!!) 19 Chandler Place Newton MA 20464  (last 2 were moldy, may try again, sent another order)
7.11.2015  5.13.2015  Megan Hall  $19.95     1C*  mhall1692@gmail.com 5264 North Diamond Mill Road Brookville, OH 45309  Switching to 1/2C next month!
7.8.2015  5.20.2015 Dawn Edwards  $19.95  2L ())*  dawn@feltsoright.com 214 E. Hill St. Plainwell, MI 49080-1743
7.8.2015  5.26.2015  Tamara Denison  $12.95     1/2B, 4-1'*  tcrawford1@comcast.net  413 SW 44th Street Cape Coral, FL 33914  no interest
6.10.15  9.8.2014 Mary Shami  $19.95  1B, 5-1' ()) * carina1129@yahoo.com> Mary Shami 6901 Cherry Blossom Dr. Mentor, OH 44060  sold gliders
5.26.2015 1.30.2015 Tegan Currie  $12.95  1/2C *  littlegirltc@yahoo.com 17428 74th Dr NE ARLINGTON, WA 98223  not eating fast enuf
5.11.2015  1.31.2015 Mike Sattler     $12.95     1/2L *  msattler5@gmail.com  223 Three Meadows Ct. Perrysburg, OH 43551  ??
5.9.2015 6.25.2014  Angel Glider Store  $12.95  1/2B, 12-16" *  Angelaernst54@mac.com  7350 Stewart Drive, Eden Prairie, MN 55346  ??
4.29.2015  7.21.2014  Josh Ambrose     $12.95  1/2C *  joshbme69@aol.com  118 North Wills Ave Covington, VA 24426  ??
4.2.2015  1.23.14 JoJo Campbell $19.95  1C, ()) some clean * auburngirl42@gmail.com JoJo Campbell 314 Old Wagon Road Huntsville, AL 35801  sold gliders
3.16.2015 3.2.2015 Fallen Feathers Farm  $12.95  1/2C *  fallenfeathersfarm@gmail.com 1000 Rio Hills Drive Delray, WV 26714  ??
3.16.2015 3.2.2015 Kala Fortier  $12.95  1/2B *  kala.fortier@gmail.com  4426 Side Road 20 North RR#6 Guelph, Ontario N1H6J3 Canada  no interest!
3.4.2015  2.7.2015  Barbara Sparks $12.95  1/2C * barb.anns@yahoo.com 1311 W. Stonewall Ave. McAlester, OK 74501  not interested, still has some
2.17.2015 1.15.2015 Sylvia Seagraves $12.95  1/2C*  cgs.ses5652@yahoo.com 3593 Suggs Rd Gainesville, GA 30507  not interested
2.7.2015 7.31.2014  Michelle DeVos     $19.95  1B, 2-2.5', some leaves * <fuzzbutts4uandme@yahoo.com>  1905 Amis Ave ??
2.5.2015 5.17.2014 Donna M-Barraco $12.95  1/2C*  cassmik@yahoo.com 8 Angel Wing Ct. Taylors, SC 29687  (not me)
12.26.2014 4.22.2014 Northern Lights / Zoe Williams $12.95 1/2C * gjones@alum.rpi.edu Zoe Williams 3825 Ethan Allen Highway Charlotte, VT 05445  (G Corey, 4 unopened boxes for daughter Zoe)
12.17.2014 10.9.07      Margaret Ogden       1L(b) *     19.95          2      maggieo253@gmail.com      Maggie Ogden 2344 S Sheridan Ave  Tacoma, WA 98405 ?? (2nd longest customer, 7 years(!)
12.9.2014 8.1.2014  Michelle Richards  MDawn213@aol.com $19.95  1C * 315 Thomas Edison Place Hope Mills, NC 28348 ??
10.15.2014 9.17.2014 Eb*s Taylored Tips $12.95  1/2C*  wigglegiggleslol@gmail.com Erin Bolen PO BOX 4661 PARKERSBURG, WV 26104 (wow.  sent 1/2C, she wanted 1/2CS, but not regular CSs... left pissed... whatever!)
10.13.2014 9.5.13 Amanda Davies  $12.95	1/2L* mandigrl78@yahoo.com 5805 Lexington Dr (loss of interest)
9.22.2014 8.28.12 Katey Zukosky  $11.95  S katzy100@gmail.com 5506 18th St, Zephyrhills, FL 33542 (not interested anymore)
9.22.2014 4.14.13  Allison De Hoyos  $19.95 1B, 2-2'x1"* allison.dehoyos@gmail.com  2330 Seminole Blvd. W. Melbourne Fl 32904
8.1.2014 11.10.11 Ryan & Danielle Ferguson  $19.95  1C *  Ryan.K.Ferguson@gmail.com  3402 Stearns Rd.  Valrico, FL 33596  ?
7.31.2014 2.24.14 Chris Smith $19.95  2B, 2-3'* extrabucks2013@yahoo.com  2506 church st, Alton, IL 62002  ?
7.29.2014 1.24.13  Leigh A Billingsley     $19.95      1B, 8-1' * leigh.billingsley@gmail.com Leigh A Billingsley Dole Fresh Vegetables 2959 Salinas Highway Monterey, CA 93940  no funds, WBB
7.24.2014 9.18.13  Robert Wylie  $12.95  1/2C     angelindevilhorns@hotmail.com 4205 Sherwood Dr. Hutchinson, KS 67502  ?
6.28.2014 1.20.14 Lynne Ray  $19.95  1L  raeray7@msn.com 12819 Briery River Terrace Herndon, VA 20170 ?? Paypal did it!
5.9.2014 1.8.14 Ramil Ibanez  $12.95  1/2C  rbi90vmi@verizon.net  784 Fairfield Drive King William, VA 23086  Sun conure but she wouldn't eat the leaves.
4.27.2014 10.20.13 Levi Matthews  $19.95  1C*  Levi.r.matthews@gmail.com 555 NE 15th Street Apt 27C Miami, FL 33132  ??
3.26.2014 2.18.13  Melanie Burgess  $12.95  1/2L  melfburgess@charter.net  2562 Dellwood Ave medford, OR 97504  happy, but gliders no longer interested
3.25.2014 3.22.11 Brian Pincus  $11.95     1/2L  brianpincus@gmail.com  26 Chadwick Court  Trenton, NJ 08691  outta cash
3.23.2014 1.5.2014 Melissa Stone  $12.95  1/2L  melissastone@live.com  5051 Wrightsville Ave Wilmington, NC 28403     reduce costs
3.13.2014 12.27.13 Diana Haymond  $12.95  1/2C     diana@nativebearspirit.com RR 1, Box 46-B, Lost Creek, WV 26385  lost interest
3.13.2014 11.15.13 Angela Lance  $12.95  1C, CS, (r), *  aslance74@aol.com  Angie Lance 8241 Riviera Dr. Severn, MD 21144 (was 1/2B 9.23.13), too many for now
2.25.14 8.9.13 Grace Rowland  $12.95     1/2C  grace.rowland.13@gmail.com  2823 Tarrytowne, Toledo, OH 43613 gliders lost interest
1.14.2014 3.18.13 1.16.13  pam sheets  $11.95     S  sheetspamela@yahoo.com 2500 e harmony sp296, fort collins, CO 80524  (trailer trash!) yay.
11.16.13 10.4.13 Ellen Conger $12.95  1/2C  camifinley@yahoo.com  5623 Southernview Dr Zephyrhills, FL 33541 ?
11.9.13 6.1.12 Denise DeBlois  $49.95  5L/CS  miawillow@aol.com  8 Dexter ST. APT. 2  North Attleboro, MA 02760 ?payment failed, then cancelled 2 mo. later
10.27.13 7.1.11  Emily Jacques  11.95  S  emmilely@gmail.com  150 Clubhouse Dr SW #302, Leesburg VA 20175     (2SG)
10.10.13 3.2.13  Gaye Schaul  $19.95  1C  moonpie1998@comcast.net  29W667 Prairie Ave Warrenville, IL 60555
9.19.13 11.14.12  Megan Gilliard  $11.95     S     mgjg1206@yahoo.com  1840 Darwick RD, Winston Salem, NC 27127  ??
9.10.13 2.16.13  MAPSTAT80  $12.95     1/2L(Ban) Love@LoveCasanova.com 10307 Clarks Creek St Las Vegas, NV 89131-1555 (gliders not interested in leaves anymore)
8.10.13 6.1.13  Patricia Agar  $12.95	S  ag4c@yahoo.com  5000 Harbour Lake Drive Apt. A5 Goose Creek, SC 29445 (?)
7.11.13 6.4.13 Roxanne Rich  $12.95      1/2B, 4-1'  roxannerener@yahoo.com  5932 Westridge Drive Great Bend, KS 67530  (whoops!)
6.21.13 6.5.13 SDrury Jamison $19.95  1B, 2-2'-1"  fleur.pilaster7@gmail.com  Sherrie 449 Searcy Dr. Juliette, GA 31046 (gliders ignored)
6.14.13 7.6.12 Pamela Mount  $11.95  S  jrmount@msn.com  Pamela Mount  205 Yoakum Parkway #1514, Alexandria, VA 22304 (too much, going to bi-monthly)
6.11.13 5.3.12  Christopher Kantz  $19.95  1L crkantz@aol.com  732 Pawnee Street Bethlehem, PA 18015 ?
5.26.13 12.19.12  Angela Torrez  $11.95	(REFUND March & April!) S  angbammel@yahoo.com  46024 Dunkirk Court Macomb, MI 48044 (money is tight)
5.15.13  3.23.13  Carla Covert  $19.95  1C  stillrckn03@yahoo.com 582 Erie Ave. N Canal Fulton, OH 44614
5.13.13  1.21.13  9.9.12 Diane Barney $29.95     2C  djbarneykin@gmail.com 12313 Holmwood Greens Pl. Riverview, FL 33579 "I like your product and will buy more... have 4 months supply in my freezer"
5.5?.13 10.12.12 Randi Santone $49.95     5C     randi8924@me.com 3522 Cedar Hill Dr Fayetteville, NC 28312
5.2.13  2.12.13  Jose Mayuga  12.95  1/2B, 2-1'x1"  jpmorpheus@hotmail.com 704 Crabb Ave. Rockville, MD 20850 (?)
4.21.13  3.1.12  Naomi Hughes  $11.95  S     kawgirlzx7r@yahoo.com  1724 Augustine Dr. Titusville, FL 32796 (no mas SGs)
4.16  8.20.12  Demetrio Aspiras $11.95     1C  daspiras@gmail.com  NH Public Def 20 Merrimack St Manchester, NH 03101-2206 (?)
4.8.13  11.3.11  Meg Greene  $11.95  S     babymamasmilk@gmail.com  7702 56th ave Ct NW, Gig harbor, WA 98335 (aka Heather Cummings) sold gliders
4.3.2013  1.26.13 M.R. Steel Novelties     $19.95     1C  rsnms824@msn.com  6512 65 Ave N Pinellas Park, FL 33781
3.27.13  5.3.12 Debbie Holme     $11.95  3' (once, then 2') debbieholme12@gmail.com 1410 Rose Hill Rd Hamersville OH 45130
3.24.13  10.2.11  Robin Haldeman  $49.95  5B, 3'x1.5"     auctionenvyus@aol.com  231 Waterford Drive Crystal Run Farms Middletown, DE 19709 (budgetary issues)
3.19.13 1.25.13  Melanie Jackson  $11.95     1/2B, 2-1x1" melanieann1946@gmail.com  2741 Mt. Paran church Road  Monroe, GA 30655 (?)
3.16.13 10.1.12  Glen Carter     $49.95     5L, bananas  dcarter281@gmail.com  G. DeWayne Carter  847 N Ulmer Street Greenwood, AR 72936-3009 (10.3.11 for about 5 mo., then off)
3.15.13  11.3.2012 Jeffery Daft  $11.95     S      daffa@charter.net 4518 Shalom Creek Lane  Spring, TX 77388 (found local tree)
3.6.13  10.17.12  Albert Durant  $19/95  1L  acdurant@snet.net     658 Colebrook Rd P.O. Box 257 Colebrook, CT  06021
2.26.13 2.22.13 mid west birds  $12.95  S  wings@midwestbirds.com  602 3rd Avenue Plattsmouth, NE  68048 (thought we had grass or something...)
2.22.13 1.20.12  Sheri Burnett  $11.95  1/2L  sherilb31@comcast.net  Shauna Blythe 694n 410w, Tooele, UT 84074
?? 2.18.11 Lenetta Lefko  $11.95  HOLD! (S, 2B's, no CS)     TouchandSee@live.com  17720 S Sonoita Hwy  Vail, AZ 85641-9104
2.16.13  1.18.13  Daniel Farley  $19.95     1C  farley01983@aol.com 1162 Hager Fork, Midkiff, WV 25540
2.11.13  10.18.12  Nancy Kocher $11.95  S nkocher@tampabay.rr.com 10572 Fishbowl Drive West Homosassa, FL 34448-3834  352-628-7875 (gliders don't want/like 'em)
2.3.13 10.14.12  Joe Maruhn     $19.95     1C  painizcheap@yahoo.com  716 Reservoir St  Socorro, NM 87801
1.14.13  8.07.10 Ileana Kistler     $11.95      S     imkistler726@gmail.com  214 n tryon st, ste 2500, charlotte, NC 28202-2381
12.15.12  ,5.9.11 Jocelyn Hreno  $11.95	1C, fresh and dry, CS, biz cards jhreno1@hotmail.com  1426 E Edwards Ave Indianapolis, IN 46227
12.2.12  2.11.12  Penny Brannon  $11.95  1/2L (b for GPSI)  binxb1@aol.com  Nicole Brannon (daughter)  265 Cranz PL  Akron, OH 44310-3201
11.20.12  11.09.12  kim mcdonough $11.95  1/2C (1') Shortstuff875@yahoo.com  441 natches dr raeford, NC 28376
10.30.12  10.2.12  Ben Hauser $29.95+11.95  4-2'x1" AND 1/2C hauserb@gmail.com 502 Pomano Bayou Vista, TX 77563
9.23.2012  4.13.10 Tina Riegert       $11.95     S       kryssidog@earthlink.net 308 Hannah Marie  Munford, TN 38058  kryssidog@hotmail.com
8.23.12  11.22.11 Michelle Brantley $19.95  1L     ugarph@charter.net  Hart of Michelle 419 Golden Meadows Cir Suwanee, GA 30024
7.19.12  2.21.11 Sara Orsack  $19.95  1L  windowshoppingmaven@sio.midco.net  5809 W. 36th St.  Sioux Falls, SD 57106
7.18.12  5.11.12 Mandymarleann King  $11.95  1/2B     mandymarleann@hotmail.com  1029 N 2nd St  Decatur, IN 46733
7.18.12 5.15.12 West Coast Trading $19.95  1C  tamaraklod@yahoo.com     Tammy Klodzinski 12266 Country Day Cir, Fort Myers, FL 33913
7.6.12  12.5.11  Jennifer Leising  $11.95  1/2L jleising@zagmail.gonzaga.edu  2232 S 78th St West Allis, WI 53219
6.7.12 4.30.12 Brandy Fruen  $11.95  S  thefruenfamily@aol.com  7360 Miter Street Jacksonville, FL 32219
5.30.12  11.29.11 Lori Crouse  $19.95  1C  crouse.loril@yahoo.com  320 Montevideo Timberville, VA 22853
5.5.12  3.9.12  Diane Fox     $49.95 	5B, 20-1'x2" Gliderinvasion@msn.com 104 Sunset Ave. Mount Airy, MD 21771
4.26.12 9.8.11 Patricia Andrus  $11.95, 1/2B, 2'  pandrus2006@yahoo.com  19115 Knoll Dale Court  Cypress, TX 77429
4.2.12  1.25.10 Tanya Barton      S  $11.95  1  tanyagin@aol.com	175 Burner Lane  Berryville, VA 22611
3.22.12  12.13.10 Melissa Cowles     $11.95     S     ssdreamsicles4@aol.com	6537 Old Greenhill Rd  Bowling Green, KY 42103?? 3.18.11 Jared Dahlgren  $11.95  SS  boomoogoohoo@gmail.com  2318 San Marcos Drive  Colorado Springs, CO 80910
11.14.11 9.7.11 Mischelle Sanchez  $39.95  3C  galerita2@gmail.com  14819 East Palomino Lane Spokane, WA 99206
?? 12.12.10 Carol Mombourquette  $11.95     1/2L	rmombo@comcast.net     58 Everard St #3  Revere, MA 02151
11.7.11  9.26.11 Tatiana Foster  $19.95	1C     tatianafoster@live.com  346 Roosevelt Ave Satellite Beach, FL 32937
11.?.11 3.16.10 Steve Bugge / Rachel     2C  29.95  4  steve@stevebugge.com  1702 Rainier Ave.  Everett, WA 98201
10.24.11 6.01.11 Arie Hawkins	  1B, 2x2'  19.95  ahawk2@umbc.edu  2561 Radcliffe Ave Abington, PA 19001
8.30.11 2.27.11 Lyn Westfall  $11.95  S     lasw4812@yahoo.com  2221 Blue Ridge Blvd Independence, MO 64052
8.26.11  8.22.08(!)     Jeanette Freerksen     Starter	      11.95      1		charmedone@wi.rr.com  	31722 North Circle Dr, Burlington, WI  53105-9767
8.25.11 9.30.08  Nancy Ford	 1/2B (8x+)  11.95      1	n_c_ford@yahoo.com	6802 Papaya Ct  Louisville, KY 40219
8.24.11  7.16.11  Lindsay Setford     silvercopse@aol.com  253 nelson ave, upstairs, saratoga springs, NY 12866
8.19.11  10.7.10 Jodi Iker	$11.95	1/2L	11.95		 jewelcreekjo@yahoo.com      Gary Coates, 12190 David Allen Dr  Medway, OH  45341  (c) 937-270-8323
7.21.11  2.14.11 Jennifer Leising  $11.95  S     jleising@zagmail.gonzaga.edu  2695 Perryville Rd, Canastota NY 13037
	should be back...
7.6.11  6.14.11 Jennie D Howe  2C  29.95  naturally01@hotmail.com  2410 Lakeshore Drive  Kansasville, WI 53139
5.20.11  1.6.11 Janine Carroll     $11.95	  S	ldyfeliciakiten@aol.com		114 West Cedar st.     Vermillion, SD 57069 (undeliverable)
5.18.11  1.7.11  Bonnie Baath  $19.95     1L round      bbaath@aol.com  3 Ocean View Lane,  Rockport, ME 04856
3.23.11  1.22.11 Glen Carter     $49.95     5C(stems and leaves!)	rarebird825@msn.com	847 N Ulmer Street  Greenwood, AR 72936-3009
3.22.11  1.14.11 Nicole Perkins  $11.95  S     Njperkins@comcast.net  600 Meridian ST EXT Apt 1316 Groton, CT 06340
3.18.11  2.27.11  Sarah Brahm  $11.95  S     sarahbrahm@hotmail.com  521 Fernando Drive De Pere, WI 54115
12.14.10  9.06.07      Kathy Busby                1C                20.00          2      round leaves only  	k.busby@tx.rr.com  4308 Woodbluff Drive,  Mesquite, TX 75150
11.12.10  10.23.09  John Jackson, Jr.      1/2 L	  11.95	  4	J1975John@aol.com	2650 Tom St.  Sturgis, MS 39769
9.16.10  4.10.10  Renata Almeida     $11.95     S	na	renata1976@gmail.com  804 Mount Vernon St.  Orlando, FL  32803
8.4.10  6.27.10     Chris Keenon                Starter          11.95	2	CJKeenon@comcast.net  Chris Keenon	6317 Colton Ridge Ct.	Plainfield, IL 60586
07.25.70 2.3.10  Denise Keast-Gainey      1L	19.95	1	dennil56@yahoo.com       1167 Biscayne Dr  Cape Coral, FL 33909-5103
06.05.10 5.9.10  Michele Rebelo  $11.95  S     pinupsmurf@yahoo.com  661 Promenade Pl 212, Columbia, SC 29229
05.29.10  4.6.10 Ian Garrett  $19.95	1B?	1
04.13.10  Wendy Cimino  3lb./wk, bananas, $50     WENDY.CIMINO@CZS.org  Brookfield Zoo, 3300 Gold Road, Brookfield, IL  60513 (Fall?)
03.22.10  12.21.09 Patricia Molina       1C		$19.95     3	molinayvedia@msn.com     511 N Cuernavaca Dr #B, Austin TX 78733	1 parrot
03.22.10  2.15.10  Robert & Shari Skaggs	S      11.95  3  rowiska3@aol.com  1432 Snook Ct  Fort Collins, CO 80526
02.25.10  7.17.09  Laurie Ramos  	S	      11.95	4	ramoslaurie@yahoo.com  305 W Oltorf St, Austin, TX 78704
11.24.09  8.18.08  Chris Keenon                Starter          11.95	2	CJKeenon@comcast.net  Chris Keenon	6317 Colton Ridge Ct.	Plainfield, IL 60586
11.22.09  9.19.08  Angela Baxter	 1/2L, larger b's	11.95	1  allinhim6@yahoo.com		6742 Pine Springs      Wesley Chapel, FL  33545
10.02.09  5.27.08  Christine Baggette	1C	      19.95	1      136 Grande Club Drive, Maylene, AL 35114
8.27.09	4.9.09      Dennis Smith		S	       11.95       2	tullah@ktis.net      8564 Kickapoo  Steedman, MO 65077-1020  (bird died)
?.?.08       Lucy Towbin	          2Dried       28.00            ?      Dried!  phoenixforaging@gmail.com  7305 Apache Road  Little Rock, AR 72205
11.26.08  Ian Garrett		  1B     19.95	  1	homosapiensoregonus@gmail.com	2031 SW 10th Ave Apt 29, Portland, OR 97201	6.1.09
?.?.08	      Tammy Wilson       2C       33.00	St. Johns Housing Partnership, P.O. Box 1086, St. Augustine, FL 32085	5.20.09
4.11.09  Denise Keast-Gainey  Variety!      11.95		4	dennil56@yahoo.com	1167 Biscayne Dr, Cape Coral, FL 33909-5103	5.17
5.2.09      Kimberly Lange          1/2L	       11.95          1      langes4@q.com 5667 Kingsford Ave. Park City, UT 84098 (prickly sticks)	
,?.?.08	      Carol McDermott      1/2L	     11.95	4  swimswithfish@hotmail.com  7142 Hillbeck Drive, Colorado Springs, CO 80922  4.17.09
'2.28.09      Danielle Hawkinson 	1C	  19.95	       1	ccutied123@gmail.com 5313 Peach Ave.  Seffner, FL 335841
,10.01.08  Janine Carroll	Starter		11.95	1	ldyfeliciakiten@aol.com  2740 Eliot Cir Apt 22 Westminster, CO 80030
,11.05.08  Karen Arrighetti	1C		19.95     3	k_arrighetti@earthlink.net  710 Morgan Rd.  Scottsville, NY 14546	3.13.09
,12.08		Lois E. Novacek	1C		19.95	2
,5.9.08	      Teresa Bullinger	 1L		19.95     2		8.17.08
,4.25.08	  Courtney Pineda, Avian Angels  1C	19.95	4
	512-659-5151     www.avianangels.org
,7.1.08      Erin Wrobel
,2.12.08     First Coast Sugar Gliders 	1c?  Email:  jaxsuggies@bellsouth.net     Paula
,1.11.08     Laura Long		5C!  52		?	seeds, some dry
,2.?.08	      Sam S		     1C	??	     4
,7.3.07       Donna Maston            1C      27.95       3
,10.5.07      Irene Martinez          1C      27.95          1	(and 1 more 9.23.08)
		9081 Prosperity Lake Drive  Jacksonville, FL 32244
4.17.08 Shelyn Garcia	  1C	          19.95	 3

- (leaves)
Thank you for your order and Welcome to the elite group of fresh Eucalyptus subscribers!

Your first shipment of leaves should go out on Monday, along with some tips on how to best care for and store them.  Just curious, if the leaves are for pets, what kind of pet(s) do you have, and how many?

There are 2 types of Euc leaves... the wider, gray, less mature, oval leaves, and the more mature, long, green, banana-shaped leaves... you can request one, but I usually send some of each.  We can also collect dried leaves, leaves that have fallen and aged, if you'd like.   You may add chew sticks, branches, seeds, nuts or bark -- a pound is a pound of whatever part(s) of the Eucalyptus you want! And you can change your request at any time.

HINTS:
     a.  Keep leaves in the freezer for longevity
     b.  To release more aroma, cut/tear/rip one or two of the oval leaves

Let me know how I can make your experience with Eucalyptus as fulfilling as possible.
Thanks again for subscribing!
- Matt Perelstein

www.EucProducts.com 
www.Facebook.com/EucProducts
www.MattPerelstein.com
916-599-8597

- (combo)
Hi !

Thank you for your order and Welcome to the elite group of fresh Eucalyptus subscribers!

Your first combo shipment should go out on Monday, along with instructions on how to care for and present the Eucs to your little friend(s). You ordered a half-pound combo, which usually includes fresh leaves, both the grayer, rounder, younger leaves and the long, green, mature, banana-shaped leaves, and some foot-long branches with leaves on.  Does that sound like the right mixture?  Please know that, as a subscriber, you are free to customize your order whenever you wish... you can ask for more/less leaves, pre-dried leaves (for you!), longer/thicker branches, more/less chew sticks, branches with leaves on/off, seeds, seed pods/buttons, or even bark.  

Just curious, if the eucs are for pets, what kind of pet(s) do you have, and how many?

Let me know if I can customize your order and make your experience with Eucalyptus as fulfilling as possible.

Thanks again for subscribing... I'll do my best for you!
- Matt      916-599-8597 (c), California time (PST)

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Thank you very much for your subscription order and WELCOME to the elite group of fresh Eucalyptus subscribers!

Your first shipment of fresh Euc Branches should go out on Tuesday (Monday's a holiday) with some tips/instructions on how to use and care for your Eucs. 

Glider folks usually prefer their branches to have leaves on them, while some bird folks would rather have clean, straight perches... which do you prefer?  Our 'regular' 1/2 lb. branch order is around 4 1-footers, about 1/2" thick, with leaves attached.  If you'd like something different than that, please let me know.  

Please know that you may also modify your future shipments to get loose leaves, longer or thicker branches, chew sticks, seeds, nuts, or bark, or any combination thereof.  My intention it to help make your experience with Eucalyptus as fulfilling as possible.

Thanks again for subscribing... I'll do my best for you!
- Matt      916-599-8597 (c), California time (PST)

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www.MattPerelstein.com


- (chew sticks)
Thank you for your order and Welcome to the elite group of fresh Eucalyptus subscribers!
Your first shipment of fresh Euc Chew Sticks should go out in the next few days, along with instructions on how to care for and present the Eucs to your little friend(s). In the future, you may modify your order to get longer or thicker branches, chew sticks, leaves, seeds, nuts, or bark. 

FYI: "Chew sticks" are usually short (4-6"), thin, straight sticks, without leaves... is that what you expected?  If not, I can also do "branches", which are thicker, longer, and have leaves attached.

Again, I can customize your order and make your experience with Eucalyptus as fulfilling as possible.

Thanks again for subscribing... I'll do my best for you!
- Matt      916-599-8597 (c), California time (PST)

www.EucProducts.com
www.Facebook.com/EucProducts
www.MattPerelstein.com

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Oh no, Patricia... so sorry to see you go!  I hope all is well for you and your pet friends.

Is there anything I can do to keep your business?  Please let me know if it was something I did, or didn't do, that caused you to leave.

Take care, best wishes and thank you for being a loyal Euc subscriber.
- Matt

www.EucProducts.com
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Sorry to see you go, Michelle! It didn't work out, ey?

Is it something I did, or didn't do, that's causing you to leave?  If so, please let me know...

Either way, thank you for your orders.  
I wish you and your pets the very best!
Take care.
- Matt

www.EucProducts.com 
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---ochure
from the feedback I'm getting on the brochure, I feel like people are trying to tell me, as they told Howard Rourk, to conform and be nice.
I have gone overboard in the past in being conversational (ie-immature), but I my writing now is more mature and more professional, while still including myself in the text/content.
Write ND from my perspective, 80% them, 20% me.
Write what I know, then back it up with, how I know it, personally.
Say it clearly, and forthright, and with Attitude.

30 second elevator speech
---ochure
This is not the place they get to come each week to whine about how they feel - this is where they come to examine what is working in the present, what is not, and to go through the process of changing the "is not" part of that by taking action.

	- Penny R. Tupy, Life Coach

Feelings expressed for the following reasons are fine:
	Clarity
	Release
	Acceptance
	Remove Judgments
	Go for deeper feelings (ex: express anger to get to the hurt underneath)

not Ok:
	whining
	blaming (short-term is fine, in an effort to find your part in it all)
	one-up-manship / competition
	poor me (if you want people to feel sorry for you, you're not looking for results)
	victim (to explain how there really is NOthing you can do about it... and it's all their fault, anyhow)

---idges to Baccalaureate Principal Investigator Dr. Aaron Tabor, took exams on Creative Problem Solving through Health Occupation Students of America (HOSA).
 
Four of the students qualified to go to the state level, Tabor said, adding that all of the students are equally intelligent and deserving of accolades. The team placed ninth overall.
 
The four students, all 10th graders, are Cate Cole and Ethan Perelstein from Flagstaff Arts and Leadership Academy; and Kaleb Herrelko and Jacqueline Slack from Coconino High School.
 
According to information from HOSA, its mission is to promote career opportunities in the health care industry and to enhance the deliver of quality health care to all people. The focus is on health science education and biomedical science programs to promote interest in pursuing careers in the health professions.
 
To prepare for the exams, Slack said that the team began by reading books on creative problem solving and by researching various health-related problems in the community. Cole added that the team tested one another with problems as well as timing the testing for solutions.
 
During testing, the team had 30 minutes to prepare and had 8 minutes to present their case in front of a panel to judge. They made the grade, and now theyre heading to Tucson for the statewide competition.
 
I personally am excited to meet other students like us, who are science minded, Perelstein said.
 
Herrelko added, That could be fun.
 
Slack said, Im very excited to compete.
 
Cole said, Im really excited to see what we can come up with  real-world problems that affect millions across the globe.
 
The team members are part of the iCREATE High School Bioscience program. The class offers six credit hours from CCC to apply to a college degree. The students meet five days a week at the Center for Teaching and Learning at Northern Arizona University for lectures and labs. The program is offered through the Coconino Association for Vocations, Industry and Technology.
 
I love coming here and getting a taste of what college and medical school will offer, Cole said.
 
Perelstein said, For me, this class is challenging, its engaging, and thats what I really love.
 
Herrelko said, I like the challenge and it requires more persistence.
 
Slack said, Im excited that every day after school, I get to be around science-oriented, like-minded people.
 
For Tabor, he said he thoroughly enjoys being the instructor for the class.
 
Frankly, its the students, he said. I never in a thousand years anticipated teaching K-12 students at all, but this group of students is one of the best Ive ever encountered.
 
Tabor added that his job is to educate the students on the translational sciences and the epidemiology field, but he also is to assist them with their professional growth  creating curriculum vitaes, attending conferences, performing public speaking, seeking publication, and more.
 
As for the state competition in April, Tabor said the students can go to the national level in the event if they are rank high enough for it. So, the journey may not be over for one or several of them after the state competition.
 
And as for the future, all four team members have plans. Coles goal is to become a physician, an obstetrician. Perelstein is interested in mechanical engineering, particularly biomimicry, or solving problems through evolutionary processes. Herrelko is still exploring, but he knows he wants to be an engineer of some sort. Slack is dedicated to becoming a neurosurgeon.
 
We challenge one another and work to put our best foot forward as a team, Perelstein said.
 
The iCREATE HS Bioscience program is funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation. Community partners include CCC, CAVIAT, NAU, TGen North, North Country HealthCare, Coconino County Public Health Services District, and Flagstaff STEM City.

---ain Talent Profile and Interpetation plus a group dashboard for the class, and the book Cognitive Yoga.

To register online, you must first log in to the database. Use 'Log On' 'New User' to set up your name and password. If you have attended a continuing ed class at AUNE before, your email address will tell you if you have a login established and you can easily reset your password. Antioch students and alumni--please do not assume this system will know you. It is separate from the Registrar's Office.
 

Once you are logged on, use the 'Enroll Yourself' button below.

Dates:	April 29 - May 6, 2017
Meets:	9:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Hours:	10.00
Location:	AUNE Dance Studio
Instructor:	Lee Guerette
Fee:	Registration Fee: $300.00
AU Student or Alum: $275.00
Group Rate: $275.00

The course will include a self assessment for teachers and how their brain likes to percieve and process information. Our discourse will include how brain style affects collaboration on teams. 
Register for Learning from Insight OUT

 Lee Guerette is an educational leader and advocate of Social Emotional Learning who offers adults validated psychometric assessments on their Emotional Competencies as a certified 6seconds coach.  The resulting profile helps people recognize and leverage their strengths to set goals and establish a healthy lifestyle.  She also provides practices that clarify values, develop executive function skills and increases social competencies.  Prior to founding Cognitive Yoga, Lee spent 25 years as a classroom teacher, reading and learning disabilities specialist and 30 years as a member of the Advaita Meditation Center. Lee offers a broad range of programs and services from personal coaching to workshops, college level classes and on site introductions to mindfulness for students
 
---uises (which, in my opinion, matters more... we can get over and thru ANY cuts and bruises if we have emotional strength, resilience and fortitude... three of the top subjects we learn with EQ!)

EQ is about acknowledging, accepting, understanding 

Which leads to 
Managing, controlling, directing, empowering, enlivening ourselves and our feelings and emotions.

Which leads to
us being stand-up people, with emotional AND personal responisibility.

EQ -->  ER -->  PR --> SR --> SR2 --> WorldPeace!

"It could happen!"

     - little orphan boy in Disney's "Angels in the Outfield"... 
     
>> Angels in the Outfield

>> "Michael!"

best attitude

---eaking when bent.  I feed the leaves to my stick insects so its really important that they hold up in water. I actually just finished my last shipment of oval shaped leaves that i received from you at the end of January. This time I decided to ordered the banana shaped leaves (my adult stick insects like both types) do they usually dry out so fast?  Thanks -Rob 

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---eathes this stuff (and writes it all down)!  On nights and weekends for over 30 years, he's an EQ dude, having lead hundreds of intensive, therapeutic, weekend emotional breakthrough trainings in California and Washington.  He also owns or runs 7 social media sites on Facebook and LinkedIn, with over 150,000 approved members.  But, by day, he's a Database Dude -- using his EQ as best he can in the IQ world of high-technology.  He's the Project Manager for a multi-million dollar software product, for a Fortune 500 medical healthcare conglomerate... and he swears he was promoted BECAUSE of his EQ!  :)

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dinner

---anches that thick, but I will, for you.
Ok?
- Matt

---eath, while someone is expressing themselves to me, it gives them the sense of being heard that they crave. In addition, not moving to explain, defend or fix, whatever issue they are raising is powerful. Next simply acknowledging that you heard them, coupled with something called mirroring, can be very healing. Mirroring is the practice of waiting till the person completes what they have to say to you, and then saying back to them, "this is what I heard... repeating the key points.... then checking in with did I get it all?" is powerful.

this man has some amazing things to offer men inthe relationship frame:
kenblackman.com

Welcome - Ken Blackman
My goal is not to diminish the raw intensity of intimate relating. My goal is for you both to become adept in the
KENBLACKMAN.COM
http://kenblackman.com/

---ochure
Probably the height of the class experience, the HUGEst change in our lives comes from 1 sentence.
1 proclamation.
1 life-changing statement

I am through being the victim,
and finished blaming others!

We call it the Statement of Direction
and each student gets a turn to MAKE this proclamation
     at your 100% (whatever that is for you, at that point in your life)
     (we all do it... but one at a time... and the way YOU do it, is the way YOU do it... maybe not the way I do it, or others... and that's ok... and that BEING OK, with the entire group, is soooo incredibly validating, too!)
     you being you, at your 100%:
- Breaks through your pre-conceived limitations, walls, prison cell you've put yourself in... 
- opens your closed heart
- expands your stressed mind

x josh, are you really going to work with me.
or are you putting Jenny in between us, to cushion us
you know I was talking to YOU in that last note.
     you got it.  you didn't reply to it... again.
     I believe you are afraid of me.
     I believe you don't like me very much.
     I believe I will rock your world, emotion-wise, because I'm willing, and able, to go where you have never been.
     childhood pain.

can you "go" to your own core pain?
     if not, that means you:
     a) don't know yourself, completely.  there are entire parts of you that you have never met
     b) you are afraid of you.  If you cannot/will not 'go there', you don't know if you can 'handle it'.
          once we DO go there, we are NO LONGER AFRAID of ANY of our feelings.
          knowing, without a shadow, that we can face our own fears, angers, sadness, grief, depression, guilt and shame, all of it!
          
---ighter, become the
shining star that you are.
For daily inspiration and advice, join
my Facebook page: Pinky and Her
Brain - Life Lessons.
Wishing you love and light,
Pinky Jangra
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---o for 5 days) --> Sacramento (overnight) --> Fresno --> home (4/4)... and 4/5 we're having our big Family Dinner here, as it's my birthday!

---ews
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---ochure
are your feelings your bestest friend, or your worstest enemy.

do your feelings hurt your other feelings?

     - Mcp Quote

05:15
does your Fear, come out as 

WE CAN BE OUR OWN WORST ENEMY!
     for real.
     we can even KILL ourselves.
     
We REALLY CAN be our own Worst Enemy!
     that's a bad thing.
     that's an important thing.
     that's a critical, life-changing, life-saving
     
, $100 each for the P's
dad, you want to pitch in
get cash for, at least, the boys
     no, All 4x!

card and $100 to each
write it out.
     Finn
     Eman
     Scott
     Merk

, Meet Merk at 2
     give her the cards
     
---ochure)
We introduce folks to their right-brain, and all the Passion, Joy and Color that resides there!

we take folks back to their childhood, 

send the course outline
maybe that's the best brochure

We have you:
1.  Meet your feelings
2.  Make friends with your feelings
3.  Feel, and Release, your deepest, darkest feelings
4.  Change the yucky, negative feelings into lighter, more pleasant, more uplifting feelings.
5.  Show you that YOU have control of your own feelings, thoughts and emotions... which means that YOU have control of your own life!

It's all Very good news!

The fact that we have WAAAY more control, emotionally, than we thought we did... and that we have way, Way, WAY more Choices, emotionally, than we thought we did... that we can make ourselves think and feel SOOO much better, more positively, more empowering, more loving, more Joyous feelings, that we ever thought possible...

     to me, that's pretty good news!
     
so, I thot I'd share.

---ing people closer . East or West people will be people .
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Matt Perelstein Hi Dattatreya, as long as I express my feelings, even my negative ones, as MY feelings, and nothing else, my family (whom I'm visiting right now... I'm sitting at my mom's desk, writing EQ, at 5am) can 'take' my negative feelings, just fine. I trained them to. They know I'm super-sensitive (and they seem to kinda like me, anyway... who knew?  :) ), but I'm aware of that, and super-responsible for that.

If we can speak from "I feel...", there really is no argument. And "I'm afraid that...", and "I'm scared about...", and "I'm sad that...", and even "I'm angry about...", can be heard, acknowledged, and accepted by those around me. Plus, my cancer journey showed me that they can lead to empathy and compassion, for me. I found that if I want people to like hanging around with me, AND I get my needs met at the same time, I need to communicate in a way that is totally real and genuine... I need to "teach" people around me how to be with me ... and I need to Ask for what I want, clearly, powerfully and responsibly. that's on me, and has little to do with 'them'.

How is your fam, you guys? are you brave enough to be real around them?

---uises
and the need to do a restart. But, very seldom are they terminal. The other part is that fear
has never stopped anyone from doing something they really wanted to do. If it is important
enough, no matter how scared you are, you will do it. If you find yourself not doing something
you said you wanted to do. . . . IT IS BECAUSE YOU DID NOT WANT TO DO IT!
To be able to do this requires you believe that it is okay to be human and that you are
acceptable and lovable with your imperfections. As a result, I have come to the conclusion
that being defensive is a waste of time. If I am wrong, I need to change. So, there is no
reason to be defensive. However, if I am right, right is its own defense.
When I am being defensive, it raises doubts in myself as to my innocence. Otherwise, why
would I have to defend myself? The more I defend myself, the more I raise the suspicion in
you that may be I am wrong.
Defensiveness is based upon beliefs that the opposite of love is hate or anger. Only if I am
perfect, will I be lovable, be acceptable. Only then, will you think well of me. Only by being
perfect, can I escape being rejected or abandoned. Therefore, I must defend myself to prove I
am right so you will accept me and not be angry. Because, I equate your anger at me to your
rejection of me.
When I defend myself, you dont feel listened to, which causes more fighting and we both feel
less loved. As a result, I try harder to be perfect and prove that I was not wrong by defending
myself even more. The need to be right in order to be lovable and not be rejected is based on
beliefs that are not true.
The opposite of love is indifference, not hate. Its not caring enough to get angry. I become
most angry with the people I love the most. It is not easy to give up my need to be perfect,
but once I do, then I can give up the need to defend myself. If, however, I sometimes slip
back into my old beliefs and find myself being defensive, thats OK too. I do not have to be
perfect . . . even at giving up old beliefs.
Good judgment comes from experience;
And experience, well, that comes from bad judgment.
~ Anonymous ~
Myron Doc Downing PhD
Specializing in workshops in Relationships,
Depression, Anger Management & Anxiety
DocDowning 103 @gmail.com
Georgetown, TX

---ead still. Might make spinach dip if sounds good to everyone?? Love are family ??????
8:31PM

Tracy
I doing ham and green bean cassarole. Cheesy potatoes too. Mom said she is doing baked beans.
Sounds good guys... I/we love spinach dip... looking forward to it!  ??
on a super-sad note, I heard from Anthony Cecere today and it seems that Jennifer has been in jail for a week now, awaiting arraignment, before she goes to prison.  She is being charged with 3 felonies, including Vehicular Manslaughter with Intoxication... she's looking at 10 years.  I had been in contact with her via Facebook, but no more.  She can only get written letters.  I wish I woulda known she was going... there's more I woulda said to her.
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---oader efforts to commission, curate, and
distribute resources, CASEL is poised to serve as the
know-how lab for the SEL field. Our work combines the
Know of research with the How of practical application,
along with advancing policies that create the conditions
for SEL to flourish. We will continue collaborating with
educators, scholars, and others to share this know-how
with those who can put it to immediate use.

The CDI has been a pivotal step in the evolution and
maturation in the field of SEL. We are profoundly
thankful for the generosity of NoVo Foundation
and several other funders and for the vision and
commitment of our district partners. They are helping
to transform how student success is defined in
American education.

Through our work and the work of many people in the
field, we are making a difference. Our goal: by 2025, 50%
of districts are systemically integrating high-quality
SEL across their schools and classrooms.
Its time.
1
Contents
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 1
CHAPTER 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAGE 2
Collaborating
Districts Initiative:
A LEARNING LAB
CHAPTER 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAGE 6
Key Insights
CHAPTER 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAGE 20
Impact on Students
and Schools
CHAPTER 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAGE 24
Scaling SEL
Know-How
Preface
Karen Niemi
President and CEO
Roger P. Weissberg, PhD
Chief Knowledge Officer
Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL). (2017)
Key Insights from the Collaborating Districts Initiative. Chicago: Author.
2 3
Collaborating
Districts
Initiative:
A Learning Lab
6 YEARS 10 DISTRICTS 900,000 STUDENTS
Six years ago CASEL took the unprecedented
step of launching an effort to study and scale
high-quality, evidence-based academic,
social, and emotional learning in eight of the
largest and most complex school systems in
the country: Anchorage, Austin, Chicago,
Cleveland, Nashville, Oakland, Sacramento, and
Washoe County, Nev. With the recent addition
of Atlanta and El Paso, the Collaborating
Districts Initiative (CDI) now includes 10
districts, enrolling 900,000 students a year. It
is one of the most comprehensive and ambitious
school district improvement initiatives ever.
Educators around the world rely on CASEL
resources to support their knowledge and
understanding of SEL, which in turn affects
millions of additional students. And with the
spring 2017 launch of the online District Resource
Center, the knowledge gleaned from the CDI will
benefit millions more.

The goal of the CDI was to create a comprehensive
shift in how superintendents and entire school
districts approach education. We knew we had
to help redefine quality education (beyond test
scores alone), and to prioritize the practices
in classrooms, schools, and communities for
promoting the social and emotional development
of children.

As a result, the CDI is focused on systemic
SEL implementation SEL across all district,
school, and classroom activities, increasingly in
partnership with parents and communities. SEL as
a once-a-week program is not enough to establish
sustainable teaching and learning environments
where students truly thrive. SEL is sustained and
students thrive when it is promoted and reinforced
throughout the school day, modeled and taught
by teachers, families, and community members 
and supported by district policies, practices, and
investments.

CHAPTER 1 Study
     Anchorage
     AUSTIN
     CLEVELAND
3 DISTRICTS
171K STUDENTS

2011 Study
     Anchorage
     ATLANTA
     AUSTIN
     CHICAGO
     CLEVELAND
     EL PASO
     NASHVILLE
     OAKLAND
     SACRAMENTO
     WASHOE COUNTY
10 DISTRICTS
900K STUDENTS

TODAY
SEL helps all students reach their full
potential as caring, contributing, responsible,
and knowledgeable friends, family members,
coworkers, and citizens.

It helps them build positive skills, such as
greater self-awareness and self-management,
improved relationship skills, and responsible
decision-making in safe and supportive learning
environments. These skills and behaviors are
important in their own right, but they also
benefit students in other ways. For example, a
major review of research studies on SEL school
programs revealed 11 percentile-point gains in
academic performance.

1
Benefits extend beyond students to the
broader society as well. Another study
demonstrated statistically significant
associations between social-emotional
skills in kindergarten and key young adult
outcomes in education, employment, criminal
activity, substance use, and mental health.
2
Overall, quality SEL yields an 11:1 return on
investment, according to a 2015 Columbia
University study.
3
 Scholars from the fields
of neuroscience, health, employment,
psychology, classroom management,
learning theory, economics, and youth
development also have identified benefits.
SEL also helps avoid or reduce negative outcomes
for kids. For example, more than 40% of teens are
chronically disengaged. 

4 In the past year, one in 13 students has been in at least one fight,
one in six has carried a weapon, and one in 10
has had sex with more than four people.
5
 Teen depression has increased five-fold since the 1950s.
6
 Half of college students report feeling overwhelmed.
7
 SEL helps students overcome
challenges such as these and gives students the
opportunity to succeed in school and in life.
4
5
1 Child Development, January/February 2011 2 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/American Journal of Public Health 3 Center for Benefit-Cost Studies in Education, Teachers College, Columbia University 4 University of Michigan, Personality and Social Psychology Review 5 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 6 Birth Cohort Differences in Self-Esteem, 19882008: A cross-temporal 7 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Child Development, January/February 2011
Why SEL is NeededRaises Stu
dent
Performance Higher academic
achievement
Better socialemotional
skills Improved attitudes
about self, others,
and school
Positive classroom
behavior
R
e
duces Ri
s
k
for
F
a
ilure
Fewer conduct
problems
Less emotional
distress
SELs
Benef
its
A 2011 meta-analys
is foun
d t
hat SEL

7
To learn more, visit CASELs District Resource Center
drc.casel.org
6
Key
Insights
Insight 1
Systemic SEL
is possible.
Implementation WORKS even with leadership
changes and relatively small budgets.
The CDI began with strong leadership from the
top. Superintendents and their districts committed
to an ambitious agenda of change: systemic
implementation of SEL across all district, school,
and classroom activities and in partnership with
parents and communities. This was not SEL as a
once-a-week program but instead a paradigm shift
where district leaders committed to:
 Cultivate commitment and organizational
support for SEL.
 Assess SEL resources and needs.
 Support classroom, school, and community
SEL programming.
 Establish systems for continuous improvement.
Significantly, unlike many major district efforts,
districts received minimal financial incentives to
undertake these sweeping reforms. Each of the first
eight districts received annual grants of $250,000
for up to six years. That represents less than 0.04%
of the average CDI districts annual budget for all
expenses (excluding Chicagos budget, which is
larger than the other seven CDI district budgets
combined). The districts supplemented NoVo
Foundation grants with their own investments.
None of the districts has the same superintendent
as when the CDI began. Indeed, Chicago Public
Schools has had four superintendents since 2010,
yet SEL is still growing throughout the district,
supported by 25 dedicated staff in the Office of
Social and Emotional Learning.
Despite this turnover, after five years of
independently evaluating the CDI, the American
Institutes for Research (AIR) concluded: Our
findings suggest that districts participating in the
CDI have sustained, deepened, and broadened their
commitment to SEL and developed capacities to
support its implementation. Participation in the
CDI and in district-initiated activities has enhanced
the readiness of the districts and their schools
to implement and sustain SEL. More staff and
stakeholders know about it and want it, and SEL
has been embedded as a pillar in strategic plans.
Furthermore, districts are increasingly aligning SEL
with other districtwide activities.
Districts were able to withstand leadership
turnover and budget cuts, especially when they
had broad stakeholder commitment to SEL, when
they focused on deepening the SEL expertise of
central office staff, effectively integrated SEL across
district departments and initiatives, and began
to see evidence of improvements in climate and
attendance, and reductions in suspensions.
Since 2011 we have been working with our
partner districts in an intensive ongoing cycle
of implementation, refinement, evaluation, and
documentation to deepen our understanding
of how to embed SEL into their work. We are
working closely with superintendents, district
SEL leaders, research and evaluation teams,
principals, teachers, parents, and community
members to support and promote systemic SEL.
We are providing hands-on, practical consulting
and support. And we are connecting districts
virtually and in-person with each other, in small
peer-to-peer learning groups, and in large
cross-district meetings, so that they can learn
and benefit from each others experiences.
We promised no quick fixes, but rather
sustained commitment, access to the smartest
leaders, high-quality research, and a passion
for evidence and results. Our initial research
questions asked what does systemic SEL mean?
What does it look like in practice, and how is
it achieved? This chapter highlights seven key
insights drawn from our experience.
1. Systemic SEL is possible even with
leadership changes and relatively small
budgets.
2. SEL ideally is integrated into every aspect
of the districts work, from the strategic
plan and budgets to human resources and
operations.
3. SEL ideally is integrated into every aspect
of the school, from classroom instruction to
school climate and culture to communityfamily
partnerships.
4. Successful implementation can follow
multiple pathways, based on each districts
unique needs and strengths. Regardless
of the approach, the engagement and
commitment of both school and district
leadership is essential.
5. Adult SEL matters, too.
6. Data for continuous improvement are
essential.
7. Districts benefit from collaborating with
each other.
The CDI demonstrates that
it is possible for large urban
school districts to adopt and
maintain SEL as an essential
element of education, even
amid budgetary stress and
leadership turnover.
American Institutes for Research
CHAPTER 2 SEL Grants
REPRESENTED
ONLY
ABOUT 0.04%
OF EACH
DISTRICTS
BUDGET
VISION
Develop a district wide
vision and long term plan
9
To learn more, visit CASELs District Resource Center
drc.casel.org
INTEGRATION
Integrate SEL
with district initiatives
For example, Oakland Unified School Districts
commitment to social and emotional learning is
evident across the systemincluding the districts
vision and strategic plan, SEL board policy, SEL
standards, classroom curricula, restorative justice
practices, and professional learning. The districts
new performance frameworks for teachers,
principals, schools, and the superintendent are
all based on the districts SEL standards, as
is professional learning for all principals and
assistant principals. Oakland is also beginning to
use SEL school-quality indicators to help schools
align and prioritize resources and goals for
student success.
In Chicago SEL is integrated into the districts
overall strategic plan. The district also has
established a districtwide code of conduct and
climate standards. A progressive discipline
policy limits the use of exclusionary discipline
practices and encourages all schools to respond
to misbehavior using supportive, restorative
discipline practices to promote social and
emotional development. SEL is part of professional
development for core academic content in areas
such as math and literacy. SEL is integrated into
the districts Multi-Tiered Systems of Support
(MTSS), which provides differentiated support for
students.
Anchorage School District has embedded
SEL instructional strategies into leadership
meetings, professional development sessions, and
curriculum. It is creating a MTSS approach that
integrates SEL curriculum and strategies with
Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports
(PBIS). A district SEL leadership team of 30
leaders from the classroom to the superintendent
guides this work.
In Sacramento City Unified School District,
over 50 schools have adopted evidence-based
curriculum and are explicitly teaching SEL
lessons across all grade levels. Leadership
teams from all K-12 schools were trained on
SEL core competencies, restorative practices,
and equity. Equity coaches regularly work with
schools to support their SEL/Equity leadership
teams, facilitate professional growth opportunities
for staff, model lessons, and support individual
teachers. In year five an interdepartmental
professional learning community was created to
develop expertise and deepen collaboration among
central office staff.
To complement the in-district work, CASEL is
partnering with The Wallace Foundation to help
districts align their SEL work with out-of-schooltime
efforts.
8
Insight 2
SEL is ideally integrated
throughout the district. When implemented well, SEL is embedded into every aspect of the
districts work, from the strategic plan and budgets to human
resources and operations.
Systemic SEL is not a siloed approach or standalone
program, but a new way of doing business.
At the district level, we have worked closely with
superintendents, district SEL leaders, school
boards, curriculum and instruction departments,
research and evaluation teams, and others in
multiple ways to help districts adopt systemic
strategies that embed SEL into every aspect of
school life.
Districts are building SEL into their strategic plans
and budgets. They are reorganizing leadership
structures so that SEL is not a separate priority
but is integrated into core functions such as
academics, professional development, and equity.
They are integrating SEL into the development and
implementation of districtwide policies on hiring and
discipline. They are systematically collecting and
analyzing data for continuous improvement (more
in Insight 6). And they are regularly communicating
with and engaging multiple stakeholders.
For us, its not about one more thing we have to
budget for. SEL is in the blood of what we do in the
district. Its not just an off-the-shelf program. Its
really about what we do every day for kids.
Traci Davis, Superintendent of Schools,
Washoe County School District
Theory of Action
for Districtwide SEL
  Vision & Long-Term
Plan
  Stakeholder
 Communications
  Aligned Resources
  Central Office
 Expertise
  Professional Learning
  SEL Integration
  SEL Standards
& Assessments
  Evidence-Based
Programs
CULTIVATE
COMMITMENT &
ORGANIZATIONAL
SUPPORT FOR SEL
ESTABLISH
SYSTEMS FOR
CONTINUOUS
IMPROVEMENT
ASSESS SEL
RESOURCES &
NEEDS
SUPPORT
CLASSROOM,
SCHOOLWIDE, &
COMMUNITY SEL
PROGRAMMING
10 11
Systemic SEL is a new way of doing business at the
school level as well. District leaders have worked
closely with principals, teachers, parent leaders,
community partners, and others in multiple ways to
help schools adopt systemic strategies that embed
SEL into every aspect of school life.
In classrooms implementing well, SEL is promoted
through explicit instruction, often using an
evidence-based program identified in CASELs
program reviews. It is integrated across classroom
instruction and academic curriculum, from the math
class organized around cooperative learning to the
social studies class that routinely helps students
learn empathy by trying out different perspectives to
understand their world.
In schools implementing well, there is a culture and
climate that supports learning, respect, and caring
relationships throughout the school day. Adults are
regularly modeling SEL behavior in classrooms
and hallways, and on playgrounds. SEL shapes how
principals run their staff meetings, how teachers
handle their classrooms, how custodians and
cafeteria workers know and are known by students,
how safety officers interact with students, and how
receptionists welcome visitors.
In Washoe County School District, staff members
at each school attend a three-day training focused
on culture and climate, evidence-based programs,
student voice, and the integration of SEL into math,
English, history, and other classes. Teachers use
SEL strategies to engage students in learning core
academic content. Students demonstrate listening
skills, empathy, and other SEL competencies as they
work in pairs, in small groups, and as a whole class.
Sacramento has developed Common Core State
Standards curriculum maps for English Language
Arts and math, explicitly identifying related SEL
skills such as being able to collaborate, persevere in
solving difficult problems, develop viable arguments,
and critique the reasoning of others. SEL skills also
are embedded in the districts college and career
readiness graduate profile, which will serve as a
guide for students successful matriculation.
Family and community partnerships extend and deepen
the work occurring in schools. Austin Independent
School Districts citywide Ready by 21 Youth
Services Mapping program helps students and
families locate services and supports that address
academic enrichment and support, as well as social,
emotional, and behavioral health. The district has
also provided training in SEL to multiple out-ofschool
providers. And a local philanthropic matching
program has raised $2.4 million in three years.
Sacramento has integrated SEL into its nationally
recognized Parent Teacher Home Visit Project, the
districtwide Parent Information Exchange, parent
training modules, and its Family Night Toolkit on
Math, which now includes information on growth
mindset. Washoe County has offered more than 80
Parent University SEL courses, including College
and Career Success and Building Resiliency in
Children.
We changed from everything
being punitive to making
everything a teaching moment:
What did you do? Why did you do
it? Do you know it was wrong?
What could you do differently?
The staff was on board. There
was a lot of buy-in.
Janet McDowell,
Principal, Wade Park Elementary School,
Cleveland Metropolitan School District
Student and Teacher Voice
A supportive climate and culture results when
there are opportunities for multiple voices to
be heard. In Cleveland Metropolitan School
District, for example, about 450 high school
students meet quarterly to review their
individual schools Conditions for Learning
data, participate in activities with their
peers, and provide feedback directly to the
CEO about proposed district improvements.
In Chicago students sat on the committee
that rewrote the districts discipline policy
and created supports for school staff
members. They helped create a video to
teach all stakeholders about the important
shift to a restorative practices approach.
In order to help our
students learn, we have to
build relationships with
our students. Thats what
they say to us.
Antwan Wilson,
former superintendent of Oakland Unified
School District, currently chancellor of
Washington, DC Public Schools
Insight 3
SEL ideally is integrated
throughout the school. When implemented well, SEL is embedded into every aspect of the school,
from classroom instruction to school climate and culture to partnerships
with the community and families.
I dont know that
there are any kids out
there, in any school
district, that dont
have some needs for
SEL support.
Jos Banda,
Superintendent, Sacramento City Unified
School District
To learn more, visit CASELs District Resource Center
drc.casel.org
INTEGRATION
Integrate SEL
with district initiatives
12 13
Insight 4
Successful implementation can
follow multiple pathways.
Each district has unique needs and strengths, but regardless of the
approach, DISTRICT AND school leadership is key.
Districts have chosen a variety of approaches
for rolling out their SEL implementation to
schools. There is no single path to successful
implementation. Some built from the classroom up,
using SEL programming as an anchor. Others built
from the central office down, focused on strategy
and organization. Some start with clusters of K-12
schools (high school and feeder middle and
elementary schools).Others roll out districtwide at
specific grade levels.
For example, Austin started with two feeder
patterns of elementary, middle, and high schools,
then added three more the following year, then two
more each year until all schools in the district were
implementing SEL. On the other hand, Cleveland
implemented the PATHS program districtwide,
starting with all K-2 grades one year and grades
3-5 during the following year. Second Step was
introduced in grade 6 in 2015. It was enhanced with
the inclusion of grades 7-8 in 2016.
Regardless of the pathway, implementation needs
to get down to the school level where the students
are  and where relationships are formed,
curriculum is taught, and partnerships with
families and community happen. And the principals
understanding of and commitment to SEL are
critical to leading these efforts. To ensure effective
implementation at the school level, Washoe County
uses school-based SEL teams comprising at
least one administrator and four to six site-based
staff including teachers, counselors, and speech
pathologists. In addition, 21 teacher leaders receive
additional professional development and then train
their school colleagues and parents. Austin uses a
coaching and strategic planning model, with each
SEL specialist responsible for up to 12 schools.
Building on Strengths
Needs assessments help districts identify and
build on strengths. Surveys and focus groups,
for example, helped Washoe County discover
the central role of counselors. The district then
developed more inclusive training for teachers,
principals, and others. In Austin a survey of
SEL liaisons, principals, and coaches helped
identify the quality of school implementation.
The district used that information to help scale
up best practices. To focus on school leadership,
the districts new planning team now includes
three principals and the chief of schools, who
supervises principals.
The way weve
implemented SEL,
instruction happens
every single day in
the classroom, not
something we do
separate and apart.
Paul Cruz,
Superintendent, Austin Independent School District
SEL is the way
we go about
our business.
Relationships
matter most. I see
the whole world
through the lens
of SEL.
Brian Singleton,
Principal, Begich Middle School,
Anchorage School District
To learn more, visit CASELs District Resource Center
drc.casel.org
ALIGN
RESOURCES
Align financial and
human resources
14 15
Social and emotional competence among staff
improves teaching and leadership by strengthening
relationships, creating safer learning environments,
reducing staff burnout, and building trust among
colleagues. It also helps those working directly
with children to teach, model, and reinforce SEL
competencies in their academic and interpersonal
interactions with students.
Educators who model SEL have clear expectations
and guidelines, including setting appropriate
consequences, according to Nick Yoder of the
American Institutes for Research. They find ways
to stay calm when angry. They avoid mocking or
embarrassing their students. They give students
choices and respect their wishes. They ask
questions that help students solve problems on
their own. They are culturally aware and competent.
Yet too few teachers have been formally trained
in their teacher preparation programs on SEL.
A recent University of British Columbia/CASEL
report found the overwhelming majority of teacher
preparation programs do not have courses that
help educators teach core SEL skills to students.8
Penn State Universitys Mark Greenberg observed
in a recent report: If a teacher is unable to
manage their stress adequately, their instruction
will suffer, which then impacts student well-being
and achievement. In contrast, teachers with better
emotion regulation are likely to reinforce positive
student behavior and support students in managing
their own negative emotions.9
Anchorage discovered after two years of
implementing student-centered reforms it needed
to pause to focus more on staff training. We cant
expect teachers to model what we dont give them
a chance to practice themselves, says Jan Davis,
SEL Professional Learning Specialist. Moreover,
the Anchorage team is exploring how developing
adults social and emotional competencies may
bolster their capacity to appropriately use culturally
responsive teaching practices, which ultimately will
ensure that all students are supported in reaching
their full potential.
Adult awareness, modeling, and integration of
social-emotional competencies in their teaching
practices has long been a priority for Chicago
Public Schools. All introductory SEL workshops
ask leaders to identify and reflect on their own SEL
competencies, prioritize areas where they would
like to grow, and plan how to engage colleagues
in an ongoing process of building these skills
throughout their departments, regions, or schools.
Efforts such as these helped the district to identify a
link between adult decision-making and a historical
overuse of suspensions.
To reinforce the importance of adult SEL, some
districts are explicitly embedding SEL into their
staff performance frameworks. Oakland, for
example, created performance frameworks for
adults and elementary students based on its
SEL standards. SEL factors into the evaluation
process for all classroom teachers, PreK-12.
The OUSD Leadership Growth and Development
System guides the professional development and
evaluation of all principals throughout the district.
The superintendent holds herself accountable to the
school board for specific SEL goals and objectives
included in her work plan.
We ask educators
whats that one skill
you want students to
have to be successful?
Its the social-emotional
skills they want students
to have.
Kyla Krengel,
Director, SEL, Metro Nashville Public Schools
Insight 5
Adult SEL matters, too.
Relationships are central, and adults need the expertise to teach and
model appropriate lessons and behaviors in every interaction.
8 The University of British Columbia Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education
9 Penn State University/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
You walk around
the school now and
you can tell there are
relationships that exist
between teachers and
teachers, between
teachers and students,
and students with one
another. What that allows
for is a culture of calm.
Jessica,
Chicago Public Schools, ninth-grade student
To learn more, visit CASELs District Resource Center
drc.casel.org
BUILD
EXPERTISE
Develop central office SEL
expertise and competence
16 17
Having research and evaluation teams involved in SEL work from the start yields several benefits.
They help clarify goals and desired outcomes. They
ensure that progress toward these outcomes is
regularly measured, analyzed, and shared through
data dashboards, reports, and similar management
tools for continuous improvement.
In addition, clear metrics help keep everyone on
on the same page. Regular visibility helps ensure
that everyone knows the work is important. Most
important, armed with data, districts can make
more informed decisions about necessary changes
in strategies and programming.
For example,
Austin raised local funds to
help create a two-person S
EL research team,
which produced regular leadership reports
on implementation and progress.
One report
measured the impact of a specific curriculum on
absentee rates, disciplinary incidents, grades, and
standardized test scores. Another compared the
impact of program longevity to the effectiveness of
implementation, with mixed results. These reports
have helped the district create buy-in, communicate
about the importance of S
EL, and raise additional
funds to support the work. Clevelands long-term research project with AIR
produces invaluable insights into S
EL attitudes and
school climate and culture through its Conditions
for Learning surveys of students, staff, and parents,
given two times a year. District administrators and
school staff regularly analyze the information and
use it to provide practical advice on topics such
as encouraging civility and enhancing the school
culture.
Acting on the data is key. After finding staff survey
participation had dropped sharply,
Anchorage
worked with CAS
EL to use the data to inform
priorities for programming and training.
Once they
saw how the survey research helped principals
guide their work, teacher participation on the
surveys soared  from a low of 30% to 79%.
In
Washoe
County S
EL staff works closely with the
accountability department to help ensure a steady
stream of insightful analyses. Using the results of a
sophisticated 17-question survey, for example, they
made the case that students with higher S
EL skills
did better on virtually every other outcome measure
(test scores,
GPAs, attendance, etc.). And they
targeted staff development to address issues where
students reported feeling the weakest, such as the
ability to express feelings.
In
Metro
Nashville Public
Schools the resesarch
and development department has contributed
significantly to the school and classroom
observational tools now being used in 28 schools
to establish a baseline for an annual mid-year
assessment of school climate and practice. The
district also has used the tool to assess strengths
and needs in roughly 50 other schools and to
customize professional development accordingly.
Ins
i
g
ht 6
Data for continuous
improvement are essential. Research and evaluation that are focused on improvement accelerate
an
d ra
ise t
he qual
ity of t
he rollout.
To learn more, visit CASELs District Resource Center
drc.casel.org
CONTI
N
U
OUS
IMPR
O
V
E
MEN
T
Establish systems for
continuous improvement
18 19
The CDI offers an opportunity for many of the
countrys leading educators to intensively create and
explore which approaches work best, then share
that know-how with each other and the world.
To accelerate learning among CDI districts, we
created multiple peer learning communities, which
foster long-term commitment and sustainability
through regular opportunities to learn from each
other.
For example, the annual Cross-Districts Learning
Event convenes educators and others from CDI
districts to explore implementation topics such as
mindsets, academic integration, adult SEL, financial
sustainability, and assessment. More topic-specific
work groups have emerged from these large
sessions, such as our Equity Work Group, Research
and Evaluation Professional Learning Community,
and Professional Learning Series.
Through a series of in-person meetings, webinars,
and one-on-one phone calls, these groups
are learning from their peers about successes,
challenges, and innovations. A few districts have
adapted the proactive social media communications
and engagement strategies used by Austin and
Atlanta, for example. Washoe County has benefitted
from Chicagos approach to adult SEL. Other
districts have learned from Washoes innovative use
of data and student voice to support climate and
culture, using their student data summits.
The CDI superintendents connect regularly through
in-person opportunities, webinars, and one-on-one
conversations, exploring a wide range of issues
including stakeholder communication, budgeting,
data use, and strategies for crisis intervention.
Cross-district site visits occur regularly. For
example, Anchorage visited Chicago to learn more
about its MTSS implementation model and see
SEL leadership teams and integrated instruction
at schools. The Cleveland team members learned
different strategies for implementing the Closing
the Achievement Gap initiative from their visit
to Oakland. Washoe and Oakland learned about
Anchorages multiyear strategic plan for SEL
implementation and saw SEL-academic integration
in practice.
Atlanta and El Paso Benefit
Two of the newest members of the CDI are benefitting from the work of the first eight
districts. Both Atlanta Public Schools and El Paso Independent School District heeded the
recommendation to focus on adult SEL early. Atlanta is also focusing on parent engagement
and will adapt resources from the CDI in its efforts. El Paso has made use of Sacramentos
approach to teaching a growth mindset. And other CDI districts have used El Pasos hidden
backpack activity, a facilitation approach designed to build empathy for the unseen daily
burdens that affect students and adults ability to focus on their work.
CROSS-DISTRICTS LEARNING EVENTs
PARTICIPANTS SAY...
Anchorage,
Alaska
2011
Austin,
TexAS
2012
Nashville,
TennESSEE
2013
Cleveland,
Ohio
2015
Reno,
NevADA
2016
I have a deeper appreciation for why we need to
include adults in the SEL learning process and
why districts elect to work with adult SEL first,
as a foundation for districtwide implementation.
GREAT!!
I cant wait to bring this
back to our new teacher
program as well.
OAKLAND,
CALIFORNIA
2017
Insight 7
Districts benefit from
collaborating with each other.
From the start and in keeping with CASELS research roots, the CDI was
 and is  a COLLABORATIVE learning lab.
To learn more, visit CASELs District Resource Center
drc.casel.org
PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
Design and implement
effective professional
development programs
Academic achievement improved
The three districts that use the National
Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
(Austin, Chicago, and Cleveland) all improved
their reading and math scores during the CDI
implementation years.
In Anchorage, Austin, Chicago, Cleveland,
Oakland, and Nashville, GPAs were higher at the
end of the 2015 school year than before the CDI
started. The improvements were particularly
noticeable in Chicago, going from an average of
2.19 in the three years before the CDI to 2.65 in
2015, an increase of nearly 21%.
Nashville, the only district that used the same
standardized tests across CDI years, showed
improvements in both ELA and math achievement.
All districts with relevant data showed gains
in ELA and math in at least one grade band
(elementary, middle, high). Chicagos graduation
rate increased 15% during the CDI years.
Student engagement and
behavior improved
Attendance improved in four of six districts that
collected this data. Chicago improved overall
attendance by eight percentage points from
before the CDI started through 2015. Anchorage
(elementary, middle) and Nashville (middle, high)
showed gains at two of three levels.
Suspensions declined in all five of the districts
that collected this data. For example, suspensions
in Chicago declined 65 percent in two years.
This translates to 44,000 fewer students being
suspended from school in one recent year alone.
In Sacramento suspension rates declined in the
five years of systemic SEL implementation:
24% districtwide and 43% in high schools.
20 21
Impact on
students and
schools
To assess the impact of the CDIs efforts, CASEL
entered into an ongoing data collection and
evaluation partnership with the districts and
American Institutes for Research (AIR). Data were
collected to measure the implementation and
resulting outcomes.
While the availability of data varied by district,
qualitative and quantitative outcomes are
promising.
The bottom line:
Even very modest investments in
SEL can pay off for individuals,
schools, and society.
CHAPTER 3
GPAs
MATH &
ELA
SCORES
GRADUATION
RATES
NAEP
SCORES
I have seen high schools
and middle schools really
change the narrative
on suspensions and
expulsions. If were
keeping students in
schools and teaching
them how to deal with
things instead of just
getting them out the
door, we are making
huge gains.
Alan Mather,
Chief Officer, Office of College and Career Success,
Chicago Public Schools
22 23
Student Social and emotional
competence improved
Districts also reported that students social
and emotional competence improved, based on
student and teacher surveys. In both Chicago and
Nashville, elementary school students improved
in all five social and emotional competencies:
self-awareness, self-management, social
awareness, relationship skills, and responsible
decision-making. In Austin, where only middle
and high school data was collected, students at
both levels also significantly improved in all five
competencies. Middle and high school students in
Cleveland also experienced growth, particularly in
the areas of self-awareness and self-management.
Sacramento (elementary only) and Anchorage
(elementary, middle, and high school) collected
an average measure of students overall social
and emotional competence. For Sacramento,
elementary students experienced significant
gains in overall competence since the start
of the CDI. Anchorage students experienced
significant growth in overall competence even
before the start of the CDI and maintained the
same positive trajectory during the CDI years.
School climate improved
Climate, as measured by district surveys in
Chicago and Cleveland, improved during
the CDI years. In Anchorage climate began
an upward trajectory before the CDI
and sustained that same significant and
positive growth during the CDI years.
In the only district in which elementary school
climate data was available for analysis (Chicago),
students reported significant improvements on
the supportive environment scale compared
to the start of the CDI in 2010-2011.
Districts use a variety of surveys to measure student and staff attitudes.
This is an excerpt from Washoe County.
THE POSITIVE IMPACTS OF Social
and emotional COMPETENCE
In collaboration with CASEL, Washoe County
documented that students with higher SEL
competencies perform better on multiple
measures: higher academic achievement,
attendance, GPAs, and graduation rates, and
fewer suspensions. For example, students with
high social and emotional competence had a
math proficiency rate that was 21 percentage
points higher than their counterparts with low
social and emotional competence. Also, students
with higher competence were 20 percentage
points higher for English/Language Arts (ELA).
Findings from the Washoe/CASEL partnership
research team also showed that having high social
and emotional competence might have buffered
students from the negative impact of factors (e.g.,
suspensions, transiency, weak attendance) that
often place them in a high-risk academic status.
2014-2015
Math and English Language Arts
(ELA) Proficiency Rates among
Students with Low vs. High Social
and Emotional Competencies
LOW SEC
HIGH SEC
MATH
23%
MATH
44%
ELA
40%
ELA
60%
VERY
EASY EASY HARD
VERY
HARD
RESPONSIBLE
DECISION-MAKING
RESPONSIBLE DECISION-MAKING:
Thinking about what might happen before making a decision
RELATIONSHIP SKILLS RELATIONSHIP SKILLS:
Getting along with my classmates
SOCIAL AWARENESS SOCIAL AWARENESS:
Learning from people with different opinions than me
SELF-AWARENESS
EMOTIONAL KNOWLEDGE:
Knowing when my feelings are making it hard for me to focus
SELF-CONCEPT:
Knowing what my strengths are
SELF-MANAGEMENT
SCHOOLWORK:
Doing my school work even when i dont feel like it
EMOTIONAL REGULATION:
Getting through something even when I feel frustrated
GOAL MANAGEMENT:
Finishing tasks even if they are hard for me
24 25
OUR GOALS:
BY THE END OF 2017 ALL EDUCATORS IN
THE COUNTRY WILL HAVE EASY ACCESS
TO HUNDREDS OF PRACTICAL TOOLS
THAT HAVE BEEN FIELD TESTED BY
SOME OF THE LEADING DISTRICTS IN
THE U.S.
By 2025 50% of U.S. school districts
will be systemically integrating
high-quality SEL across their
schools and classrooms.
Demand for SEL is at an all-time high. Teachers
recognize the importance of it. Employers are
requiring it. Parents value it. Communities are
being transformed by it. And, most important,
millions of students already are benefitting
from it.
Based on the practical knowledge gleaned
through the CDI and from the field at large,
we have extensive knowledge about how to
implement high-quality, evidence-based SEL.
With our district and philanthropic partners,
we at CASEL are uniquely poised to scale this
know-how to many more districts nationally.
Deepening SEL Know-HOW
With an ongoing commitment to deepening
the fields expertise in the practical application
of SEL, we plan to expand and formalize how
we collect, document, analyze, and translate
practices and strategies. We will continue to
partner intensively with CDI districts, and
deepen and extend partnerships in the broad field
to improve implementation and student outcomes
while increasing understanding of systemic
SEL, piloting new innovations, and refining best
practices. We will answer questions such as:
 What instructional practices maximize learning,
engagement, and achievement?
 How can SEL help promote equity in the school
and classroom?
 How can after-school programs reinforce
whats happening in school?
 How can schools engage families and
community partners in promoting SEL?
 How can schools best use data to improve
SEL competencies and school climate?
 How can districts allocate resources most
effectively?
We will amplify the case for systemic SEL with
even more meaningful, compelling data, and
cases  drawn from the CDI districts and from
other districts and schools across the country.
Sharing What We Know
Our goal is to make knowledge usable. We will
translate the knowledge and experiences from
the CDI districts and others into actionable and
innovative tools. We will offer support in using
those tools to reach the maximum number of
educators, scholars, policymakers, families,
and community partners, all while maintaining
a commitment to learning and continuously
improving our tools, approaches, and models for
implementation. For example:
 The District Resource Center, which launched
with nearly 500 practical, evidence-based,
annotated tools from the CDI districts.
 New online resources for schools and states
addressing key implementation issues.
 Virtual and online training and support for using
the guides, coupled with data collection to track
usage and impact.
We will execute new, creative strategies for
gathering input and insights from the field,
building communities of learners, and packaging
and disseminating knowledge. For example:
 An interactive, online platform for districts to
access tools and resources and track district
needs, requests, and knowledge gaps.
 Virtual communities connecting district
personnel serving in similar roles.
 In-person working groups to answer questions
on specific topics such as SEL and equity,
assessments, teacher practices, climate,
and culture.
Together, these strategies mark a significant and necessary
evolution in our workone that is focused on deepening and
advancing SEL implementation knowledge and making that
knowledge usable by any district nationwide.
The beneficiaries: Americas schoolchildren.
Scaling
SEL know-how
CHAPTER 4
COLLABORATIVE FOR ACADEMIC, SOCIAL, AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING
815 W VAN BUREN STREET, SUITE 210, CHICAGO IL 60607 | 312.226.3770 | CASEL.ORG
The Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL)
is the worlds leading organization advancing one of the most important
fields in education in decades: the practice of promoting integrated
academic, social, and emotional learning for all children. The nonprofit,
founded in 1994, provides a combination of research, practice, and
policyto support high-quality social and emotional learningin districts
and schools nationwide.
Thank you to CASELs many critical collaborators  our partner educators,
researchers, policymakers, civic leaders, program providers, funders,
and others  for contributing to and supporting efforts to help make
evidence-based social and emotional learning an integral part of
education, preschool through high school.

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The Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning (CASEL) just released a report sharing insights from 6 years supporting SEL implementation in 10 of the largest urban districts in the United States. I am so happy to see that many of these lessons are at the core of what Six Seconds does: importance of EQ for adults, SEL integration across school structures, use of assessments, and more. Read this post if you want to know more and get tips on what you can do to keep pushing SEL and EQ forward!

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Wow, I just read this study, Lorea!

"Today we are at a tipping point. The evidence is
clear that SEL works. Models for implementation
exist. Supportive policies are spreading. Most
important, students are benefitting. Students with
strong social and emotional competence not only do
better academically in school, they lead healthier,
happier, more fulfilling lives. They better understand
themselves, build constructive relationships, are more
kind and caring, and make more responsible decisions."

Raises Student Performance (pro-social behaviours) 
 Higher academic achievement (EQ even helps IQ!!!)
 Better social emotional skills 
 Improved attitudes about self, others, and school 
 Positive classroom behavior

Reduces Risk for Failure (anti-social behaviours)
 Fewer conduct problems
 Less emotional distress

Our goal: by 2025, 50% of districts are systemically integrating high-quality SEL across their schools and classrooms.

The CDI demonstrates that it is possible for large urban
school districts to adopt and maintain SEL as an essential
element of education, even amid budgetary stress and
leadership turnover. 
- American Institutes for Research

(I repeat, wow!)  :)

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Highest rate of teen alcoholism, DV and child abuse in the country.  The high schools had metal detectors

---eeds resentment. 

Fortunately, there is someone we can changeguess who? Thats right; only by focusing on ourselves can we set the boundaries that let us live harmoniously with others. I told Kelly that as soon as shes finished hurling dessert plates, she should take a moment to sit down, get quiet, and lovingly ask herself whats happening. Is she exhausted, enraged, grieving? Whatever Kellys feeling, she should offer her tired, sad, frustrated self permission to feel it, and then do something nurturingnap, have a cup of tea, vent in her journal. 

Once shes feeling calmer (and not a minute sooner), Kelly needs to reconstruct the events that led to her explosion. This is a bit like finding the black box from an airplane crash, then going through the flight recording to see when the pilot lost control. Kellys last outburst may be a good place to start: Chances are, right after she expressed her anger, she felt relieved for a while. The next time Paige was glued to her phone at dinner, I bet Kelly thought, Oh, well! What can you do? Lets call this state of mind the green zone. As time wore on, though, she felt the familiar twinges of annoyance, working her way into the yellow zone. Eventually she got so hot under the collar that her nose hairs were singeing. Then she hit the red zone: tantrum time. 

Kelly needs to learn to monitor her feelings not only when shes alone, but in real time, as she interacts with others. This takes practice because its easy to get caught up in big emotions rather than observe them. Shell probably have to go through a period of trial and error (and a few more flare-ups). But after a while, shell be able to stay aware of her feelings as they arise, and notice the zone shes in. 

Kellys goal should be to speak up for herself while shes still calm and collected, using this script: [Persons name], when you do [frustrating behavior], I feel [name your emotion]. Next time it happens, Ill have to walk away for a while. Otherwise, Ill end up blowing my top over some little thing, and that hurts both of us. This strategy isnt about criticism or blame. Kellys taking responsibility for her own reactions and establishing boundaries around the sole territory where she has jurisdiction: her self. 

Next time someone in your life is getting your goat, I suggest trying this approach. Most people will at least hear you out. If they ignore you or get defensive, you have to create some physical and emotional distancenot to punish the offender, but to remain in tranquility. The good news is that Kelly has loving relationships with her daughter and her mother; given the choice to make Kelly happier, theyll probably opt for peace and cooperation. As fallible human beings, they may need a few reminderswhile Kellys still in the green zone, of course. But ultimately, their relationships will be even stronger. 

When we make a practice of caring for ourselves, we feel not only more serene, but more powerful. Knowing we can meet our own needs frees us to love without conditionand by staying open to love, we can drive ourselves sane. 

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---ains.
The Effects of Modern Lifestyle on Our Brains
Our modern lifestyle is changing our brains. Theres some evidence its not all for the better.
21. Our brains are getting smaller. Over the past 10-20,000 years, the size of the average human brain has shrunk by the size of a tennis ball.
22. We are not getting smarter. Since the Victorian era, average IQs have gone down 1.6 points per decade for a total of 13.35 points.
23. Multitasking makes you less productive. When you multitask, your brain simply rapidly toggles back and forth between tasks. This results in decreases in attention span, learning, performance, and short-term memory.
24. Surprisingly, millennials (aged 18 to 34) are more forgetful than baby boomers. They are more likely to forget what day it is or where they put their keys than their parents!
25. The human brain is usually compared to the most advanced technology of the day. Its been compared to a clock, a switchboard, a computer, and most recently to the internet.
26. Our attention spans are getting shorter. In 2000, the average attention span was 12 seconds. Now its 8 seconds. Thats shorter than the 9-second attention span of the average goldfish.
27. Brain cells cannibalize themselves as a last ditch source of energy to ward off starvation. So in very real ways dieting can force your brain to eat itself.
28. Your brains storage capacity is considered virtually unlimited. It doesnt get used up like RAM in your computer.
Brain Myths Debunked
Rapid advancements in neuroscience means information gets outdated fast.
Thats one of the reasons theres a lot of misinformation floating around about the brain.
Here are some well-accepted brain facts that have been proven to no longer be true.
29. The popular myth that we use only 10% of our brains is flat-out wrong. Brain scans clearly show that we use most of our brain most of the time, even when were sleeping.
30. There is no such thing as a left-brain or right-brain personality type. We are not left-brained or right-brained; we are whole brained. (See #29.)
31. In spite of what youve been told, alcohol doesnt kill brain cells. It only damages the connective tissue at the end of neurons.
32. The Mozart Effect has been debunked. While listening to certain kinds of music can improve memory and concentration, theres nothing unique about listening to Mozart.
33. You may have heard that we have more brain cells than there are stars in the Milky Way, but this is not true. Best guess estimates are that we have 86 billion neurons and there are 200-400 billion stars in the Milky Way.
34. Its often said there are 10,0000 miles of blood vessels in the brain when, in fact, that number is closer to 400 miles. Still a substantial amount!
35. Contrary to prevailing medical belief, having high total cholesterol is not bad for your brain. In fact, it actually reduces your risk of dementia.
Facts About Memory
It was once thought our brain recorded memories like a camera, but this is not how memory works.
Our memories work less like a digital recording and more like listening to live improvisational jazz.
36. Memories are shockingly unreliable. Emotions, motivation, cues, context and frequency of use can all affect how accurately you remember something.
37. Memory is more of an activity than a place. Any given memory is deconstructed and distributed in different parts of the brain. Then, for the memory to be recalled, it gets reconstructed from the individual fragments.
38. Your brain starts slowing down at the ripe old age of 24 but peaks for different cognitive skills at different ages. In fact at any given age, youre likely getting better at some things and worse at others.
39. If you were drinking and dont remember what you did last night, its not because you forgot. While you are drunk your brain is incapable of forming memories.
Brain Facts That Are Just Plain Weird
Some of these brain facts have been around for a while and some are brand new, but I think youll find at least a few of these mind-blowing.
40. The human brain is not solid. Its soft and squishy similar to the consistency of soft tofu or soft gelatin. And its very fragile. (49)
41. Sometimes half a brain is a good as a whole one. When surgeons perform a hemispherectomy, they remove or disable half of the brain to stop seizures. Shockingly, patients experience no effect on personality or memory.
42. Think youre in control of your life? Think again. 95% of your decisions take place in your subconscious mind.
43. The brain in your head isnt your only brain. Theres a second brain in your intestines that contains 100,000 neurons. Gut bacteria are responsible for making over 30 neurotransmitters including the happy molecule serotonin.
44. Some scientists believe zombies could be real and that its possible a mutated virus or parasites could attack our brains and rapidly spread throughout large populations causing essentially a zombie apocalypse.
45. A blood-brain barrier protects your brain from foreign substances. But it doesnt work perfectly. The nicotine in smoke rushes into the brain in a mere 7 seconds. Alcohol, on the other hand, takes 6 minutes.
46. Prescription sleeping pills dont put you to sleep. They put your brain into a state similar to being in a coma, essentially bypassing any restorative value of sleep.
47. Our brains crave mental stimulation. Men especially would rather receive electric shocks than sit quietly in a room and think!
48. Over 140 proteins in the brain are negatively impacted by exposure to electromagnetic frequencies  the kind emitted by your cell phone and other electronic devices.
49. Although pain is processed in your brain, your brain has no pain receptors and feels no pain. This explains how brain surgery can be performed while the patient is awake with no pain or discomfort.
50. Few facts about the brain are as weird as the story of Albert Einsteins brain. The pathologist who performed Einsteins autopsy kept the brain in a jar in his basement for 40 years. Eventually he made a cross-country trip with the brain in a Tupperware container to deliver it to Einsteins granddaughter. You can read the full story about one of the most bizarre road trips ever in Driving Mr. Albert: A Trip Across America with Einsteins Brain.

---eathe EQ (or @[1497733377132272:274:Emotional Intelligence]), as I believe EQ can, and will, change me, you and the world, from the inside out!  

Since we're in crazy California, and since I speak casually, honestly and directly about feelings and emotions (and anything else), I figure that makes me the "EQ Dude"!  

Whatcha think??'
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Happy bday to you my friend! I love all your EQ posts & fun notes :) Thank you for all you do for others! Have a great EQ day, filled with fun & friends - God bless you in your new year - Blessings - Alice & David
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Happy birthday, Matt :) Thank you for your doses of inspiration, especially your battle against cancer.. :)
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Happy Happy Birthday Uncle Matt! Wishing you a special day and know that you are loved.
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Happy Birthday Matt. Great to see your smiling face and happy posts on facebook. Here's to many more years of EQ memorable moments and lots of laughter.
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Happy Birthday Matt. Great to see you kicking so much butt. Keep rockin' it. Enjoy the day with everything you have at your disposal...
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I hope you have a wonderful day on THIS the annual anniversary of the first day you were ever NAKED in this world,,,,,,, HAPPY BIRTHDAY MATT!!!
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Good Morning, Just wanted to wish you a Happy Birthday. I hope you have plans to celebrate with friends and family big time! Enjoy..
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Happy Birthday. Here's to many more.
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Happy birthday Matt. Now I understand your energy. My birthday was the 3rd and I've been told that I am lively. May God continue to bless you and your health now and always.
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Happy Birthday EQ dude. You kicked cancer in the butt!! You have so much to be grateful for.
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Have a happy birthday Matt Perelstein.. I'm at the cancer center getting a treatment.
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Happy Birthday, Matt! Enjoy another remarkable spin around the orb!!
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Happy Birthday, Matt. Hope you have a very special day full of all the people and things you love. Lots of love coming your way!
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Happy birthday to such a warmhearted guy..........love you,have a great day!!!
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Happy Birthday Matt! Thank you for all the inspiration :)
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Happy birthday Matt. Have a great day.
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Happy Biethday Matt
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Happy birthday grandpa matt hope your day is amazing love and miss you
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Many Happy Returns of the day Matt. Have a precious life ahead :)
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! Know that a gazillion people are glad you were born! If I havent already done so, I want give you my #1 best-selling book, The DNA of Success, (in ebook format) for your Bday. PM me your email address and Ill send it right out.
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Wishing you the happiest of birthdays Matt!
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Congratulations on another emotionally satisfying birthday. Happy birthday, Matt.
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Happy Birthday Dear Matt. May it bring you another wonderful year full of joy and peace xoxo
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Wish you a very happy birthday Matt. Have a wonderful year ahead full of blessings and happiness.
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Happy Birthday Matt. Stay healthy and active in your direction with EQ.
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April 5  
Happy Birthday and may God bless your each day with lots of love and joy.
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April 5  
Happy birthday Matt. Wishing you a hreat year filled with many blessings.????????????????
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Happy Birthday Sir, wishing you long and fruitful life ahead
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Many happy Return of the day Matt. . .
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Happy, happy, happy Birthday, Matt!!! Have a fabulous day!
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April 4  
Auguroni! Happy birthday to you!
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Happy happy enjoy enjoy Birthday to you . My wish .! Just be happy .
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April 4  
Wishing u a v v happy birthday. May God bless you!!!
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Happy birthday Matt.
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Happy happy bday Matt Perelstein! Stay blessed!
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Many Many happy returns of the day Matt Perelstein, May the life shower upon you loads of happiness.
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Birthday wishes Matt. May you always keep smiling and spread the sparkle in you. ??????
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Happybirthday from infinite depth of my heart.
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Happy birthday Matt. Have a lovely year ahead.
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Wish u a happy birthday uncle...keep smiling forever...
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Happy birthday! Have an awesome time :-)
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Hey Matt Perelstein....wish you a very blessed birthday...stay strong and healthy
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Happy Birth day Matt!!! God Bless You!!
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Happy Birthday Matt Perelstein !! Thought it just went by recently. Time flies by all too quickly. God Bless you and your journey of courage, strength and hope !!
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Yay!!! It's your Birthday! ????Happy Birthday Matt!! Have a super duper day with your loved ones!
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A very Happy Birthday to you! Happiness, good health, and peace be yours. Always!
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Happy Birthday my EQ co-teacher! All the very best! Cheers!
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Happy birthday Matt and wish you a year full of happiness and good health as you spread to the world the joy of EQ! Hugs!
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Happy Birthday Matt & Many More Happy Returns Of The Day.
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Happiest of Birfday Wishes Brougham ??????
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Happy birthday Matt wish u a long happy healthy life.Keep smiling always god bless u.  with Lynda Abraugh and 13 others.
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Srinivas Mohan Happy birthday Matt Perelstein. May God bless you with health & happiness.
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Sathi GH Gosh its another year already?!! nice pic ( one on the left). HAPPY BIRTHDAY Matt Perelstein
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Dexter John Valles Happy Birthday Matt Perelstein !! Thought it just went by recently. Time flies by all too quickly. God Bless you and your journey of courage, strength and hope !!
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Reena Parekh Happy birthday Matt Perelstein . Handsome pic ,???
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Dattatreya Yellapantula Many Happy Returns of The Day ...Matt Perelstein
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Lilla Hill Happy birthday and many more
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Lynda Abraugh Blessings galore.
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Peggy Mitchell Happy Birthday!!
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Ashok Kumar Verma Happy birthday Matt Perelstein
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Chris Mcewen Happy B-DAY YOU AMAZING MAN. May this be the best year of your life
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Freve Frnz Happy Birthday Matt.. God bless you with happiness health and all good things..stay smiling!
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Urmi Chavan Happy birthday matt!
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Joshua Freedman Happy birthday Matt!
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Sivaram Prasad. K Very Happy birthday and many happy returns of the day, Matt!
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Sivaram Prasad. K Hi matt. Happy birthday!
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Happy, happy birthday Matt! ????
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Rachel Perelstein with Matt Perelstein.
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Happy birthday to the greatest dad a girl could ask for!
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Hilary Petrella Happy Birthday to him
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Kaylah Korhummel Happy happy birthday!!!
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Matt Perelstein aww shucks, Rachel! (as you know) You're a wonderful daughter, too!!

(did you make this graphic? if so, how?) LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Rachel Perelstein When I write in "what's on my mind" it asks me if I'd like to put a color background on..With little colored bubbles at the bottom of the writing
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Matt Perelstein Thanks, Tom! Hope you're still rockin'!!
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Michelle Donaldson Happy Birthday!!!!
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Sandy LaBelle Yay! Happy Birthday to you... Rock on!!!
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Janie Monsalve Shogren Happy birthday, good looking. Where is the cake?
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Happy Birthday to Sir Matt Perelstein...Have a great year ahead.
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Matt Perelstein THANKS, Rima! You've been a great fan, and I appreciate you and your kindness! Be well.  :)
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'I definitely live and breathe EQ (or @[1497733377132272:274:Emotional Intelligence]), as I believe EQ can, and will, change me, you and the world, from the inside out!  

Since we're in crazy California, and since I speak casually, honestly and directly about feelings and emotions (and anything else), I figure that makes me the "EQ Dude"!  

Whatcha think??'
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I hope you will have a wonderful day and a very Happy Birthday???????????
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We made a video. Its a little story to encourage us all as we start this new year. Be sure to share with someone whose voice you believe in.

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Matt Perelstein It's cute, Stevie boy. thanks for thinking of me! what did you want me to get from it?
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Steve Nolan Nothing but what you want to get from it. Just that whatever kind of music you like enjoy it, and accept that there are always going to be types of music and communication that don't fit our demographic, and that's cool too. Just go with the flow, Bro.
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---isbane during the January floods. I continue to replay the many inspirational conversations and stories I heard.  To those of you who came to visit us, thank you for your questions, stories and interest in Emotional Intelligence.

Id be keen to hear other ways youve used the Plutchik model or how you could use it with your clients.

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---ings down the whole team," he said. He also looks for employees who recognize the strengths of others and act in the best interest of the organization as a whole. The final thing Costa said he is key in a leader is the ability to motivate others. "Someone who understands the power of recognition and knows how to make team members and employees feel valued. Managers who are sincere and appreciative can help employees thrive at work by acknowledging their contributions," he added.

Santiesteban looks for employees with a mix of technical skills and EQ. "A team member's ability to participate in meetings and extract what's really important is a skill reliant on emotional intelligence," he said. "Self-starters who are always sought after in job descriptions are usually individuals who fit this profile."

Based on the statistics, and the feedback shared by these IT and business project leaders, it seems clear that emotional intelligence is a high-value, high-level need, regarding project leadership skills. Further, team cohesion and successful project outcomes are likely to become more reliant on its existence going forward.

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I'm not good enough
what were they feeling
why they buy what they buy
at 2, girls start disliking parts of their body
teens
young adult, I'm fat, not good enough

negative thoughts every day
6 on 10 girls
     choose not to do something bec. they don't feel good enough
     how they look doesn't matter, it's how they THINK they look

consciously or subconsciously deal 
     buying clothes via perceptions

---iefly explain each one)

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ND
ok, here's where I learned most of this stuff.
     face-to-face, in front of people
     for 30 years.
     doing emotions, bigger and deeper, than most anyone.
     "I've pissed off more people than most anyone on the planet"
     "but the difference is that they come back and HUG me, afterwards!"

Emotional Healing
Doc
CABT
I'm not a therapist.  Like I said, I was disappointed with my schooling.  I was even accepted to 2 law schools, but didn't go, because I wanted (needed!) to learn life, first.

when I first found out that my problems were mostly Emotional in nature, and so-so simple to resolve, I was / am so encouraged!

since taking the class, 30 years ago, I have immersed myself in EQ
I manage or own social media groups on Facebook and LinkedIn with over 150,000 members

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it might be kinda long.
     tuff
     say it

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read it?
     yes, some
     over bullets / PPT slides
     
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I'm not that smart, so I need things simplified, dumbed down, a lot!
so, for 30 years, I've been trying to "sum up" EQ.
     to just a few words
     so people 'get it', quickly and profoundly and simply.
     
     Bumper sticker stuff
     that's memorable
     but even kids can read it, understand it, and (maybe) take it with them, as they go.
     (cool thing about education... no one can take it away from you... it's yours, forever.)

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more art than science
here's my art
     the art of connecting
     the art of feeling
     the art of EQ
     
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Doc has over 100 EQ quotes
     which I made into graphics
     so we can Share them on Facebook, LinkedIn, Pintrest and Twitter (we're mostly Facebookers, tho)
So much of Facebook is a quote on a graphic
that now we can make them on-the-fly, but applying a color background to your profound words. :)
     (show some examples)
     "Feel guilty - setup to be punished"
     "negative feelings expresses as intensely..."
     "Feelings aren't good or bad, they just are"
     "EMFB"
     
I have another 100.
     (show some more examples)

... and I have a collection of thousands.
     (show some of my faves!)
     https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/0B_8MWGohTkr-R2ZwSE5aU0VyajA
     "Every Dollar ever made, based on a relationship"
     
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Certified
     State of CA Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault Crisis Counselor
     NLP Practioner
     Nurturing Parenting Instructor
     Microsoft Certified Professional
     6 Seconds (in Menlo Park)
          EQ for Educators (EQEC - 2013)
          EQ Assessment Test and Debrief: Social-Emotional Inventory (SEI)
     Ex-Board Member for 2 non-profits

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here's one of my faves (and very popular with folks when they learn it)
The 4 Steps to Learning
     1.  Unconsciously Incompetent - We don't know that we don't know
     2.  Consciously Incompetent - We find out that we don't know
     3.  Consciously Competent - We figure out how to know, but we gotta think about it
     4.  Unconsciously Competent - We know, and act like we know, without having to think much about it.

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Teach EQ: hashtags
     #FeelIt2HealIt
     #NameIt2TameIt
          #NameIt2FrameIt
     #SpinIt2WinIt     
     #ClaimIt2FrameIt (ER!)
     #FakeIt2MakeIt
     #AcceptIt2ProjectIt or #AcceptIt2DigestIt
     #LetItFlow2LetItGo

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ND
ok, here's where I learned most of this stuff.
     face-to-face, in front of people
     for 30 years.
     doing emotions, bigger and deeper, than most anyone.
     "I've pissed off more people than most anyone on the planet"
     "but the difference is that they come back and HUG me, afterwards!"

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it might be kinda long.
     tuff
     say it

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I'm not that smart, so I need things simplified, dumbed down, a lot!
so, for 30 years, I've been trying to "sum up" EQ.
     to just a few words
     so people 'get it', quickly and profoundly and simply.
     
     Bumper sticker stuff
     that's memorable
     but even kids can read it, understand it, and (maybe) take it with them, as they go.
     (cool thing about education... no one can take it away from you... it's yours, forever.)

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Doc has over 100 EQ quotes
     (show some examples)
     which I made into graphics
     so we can Share them on Facebook, LinkedIn, Pintrest and Twitter (we're mostly Facebookers, tho)
So much of Facebook is a quote on a graphic
that now we can make them on-the-fly, but applying a color background to your profound words. :)

I have another 100.
     (show some more examples)

... and I have a collection of thousands.
     (show some of my faves!)

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Teach EQ:
     #FeelIt2HealIt
     #NameIt2TameIt
          #NameIt2FrameIt
     #SpinIt2WinIt     
     #ClaimIt2FrameIt (ER!)
     #FakeIt2MakeIt
     #AcceptIt2ProjectIt or #AcceptIt2DigestIt
     #LetItFlow2LetItGo

---east cancer.
After many years of pain, grief and sadness, this lady has learned to enjoy life in a new way. With many ways of learning about herselfshe has learned acceptance, resilience and contentment.

LOVE is her answer-know how to love and cherish yourself, then learning to love others.
True loving kindness can take you to a higher place than living a normal life.

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Ladonna Zimmerman says:
Very validating of my personal experience with traumatic events and in my professional life as an LCSW. Im the Trauma Informed Care Coordinator in a maximum/high/ minimum security Forensic Mental Health facility in Missouri, Fulton State Hospital. I definitely see individuals who grow and mature and find meaning in their lives. The other thing I believe we also know is the importance of connection and having at least one person that believes in you.

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Marta Luzim says:
I work with clients who are challenged with complex trauma and PTSD. I myself have experienced both. Trauma is a dark night of the soul. A heroines/heros journey, resourcing deep faith, surrender to what you cannot control and re-directing energy into positive action, being able to tolerate pain and passion, finding your tribe and where you belong, and choosing creative inspired living. Personally and professionally I dont know why one person recovers meaning and happiness and others do not. I believe it has to do with something spiritual, karmic and beyond our knowing. My sister committed suicide. I fought for my happiness, meaning and love. I am still standing. Still passionate. What I have witnessed throughout my life and career are those who can reach a recovery of love and passion are those who can internalize their resources of faith, radical self acceptance, loving-kindness, relearning trust and re-building and re-patterning the fragmented self into wholeness. They never give up. They want to receive love and give love. It takes a deep hunger desire and practice to reach new levels of happiness after trauma. I dont know, in this research, what those individuals did to find happiness after trauma. What I do know it take alot of strength, vulnerability, ability to receive your worthiness and establish healthy attachments and find meaning. Your organization has helped me to understand trauma in so many meaningful and healing ways, I am grateful for you passion and dedication to healing trauma. Deeply humbled and thankful

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Suzanne Fageol says:
Thank you for your words Marta. Namaste

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claire says:
I think its great that this is scientifically validated now, because it must be part of our job as therapists to totally believe in the persons ability not only to bounce back but also to go way beyond themselves, their expectations of themselves and even our own expectations of them. I have seen this happen so many times  and its exciting! It shows us that we really are living in a space of infinite possibilities and if we can bring that energy to our work then we are hopefully not limiting our clients by our own limited mindset about what is possible for them  we are actually holding a space which supports and encourgages them to go as far as they will.

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Fi says:
Trauma enables a person to discover just what they are made of and how far their limits or boundaries of what is possible go, it can be empowering to get to know a part of ourselves hidden until trauma happens to let us see what we are made of!

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Laura Kearney says:
I did my advanced project in undergrad about Posttraumatic Growth (PTG), and I am so happy to see you talking about this! I think it is a fascinating and hopeful topic, and it is something I have experienced myself. 5 years ago I was immersed in research by the PTG Group at University of North Carolina (Tedeschi & Calhoun), and Dr. Stephen Josephs book What Doesnt Kill Us. I am so pleased to see that body of work continuing and growing.

I think the specific areas of growth involved in PTG are important to know, in order to recognize and support them in our clients (and in ourselves). Research has shown the 5 top areas of growth in PTG are:
 Increased Sense of Personal Strengths
 Greater Appreciation of Life
 Seeing New Possibilities
 Increased Intimacy in Relationships
 Spiritual Development.

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Linh says:
Thank you for sharing, Laura. I greatly appreciate it.

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Minky Motlhale says:
This sounds interesting, any possibility of sending a link or more information on the subject? I find that Ive grown so much from surviving domestic violence in my marriage and nursing my son back to life from his long stay in ICU. IIve also witnessed how most of my clients grow after sessions of TRE with them. Now I know how this is possible.

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Laura Kearney, LPC says:
Here is an article I like that gives a nice breakdown of PTG growth areas, how/why they may occur, and other factors and concepts related to PTG.

Posttraumatic Growth in the Aftermath of Trauma: A Literature Review About Related Factors and Application Contexts (Ramos & Leal, 2013) 

http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.299.4795&rep=rep1&type=pdf

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Bob Dale says:
After experiencing my daughters protected illness and subsequent death, I can say with unfortunate authority that parents of children with disabilities do experience life with greater complexity. That can often be overwhelming since complexity can be positive or negatively perceived. As a therapist, my task is to normalize that complexity in the context of redefining existence and meaning. Those who get stuck in the negative end of the pool are the challenge.

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Prithwiraj Sinha says:
I think happiness depends on fulfilment of the physical and psychological needs of a person.
This is explained well in Human Givens psychology.

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Margaret Walsh says:
Can you please send me the link please, I am studying Hypnotherapy/Psychotherapy/Neuro Linguistic Programming and Counselling at the Diploma level and onto Masters after , as a previous employee of Correctional Services, I wish to learn and develop as much knowledge to help Police Officers/Correctional Officers and anyone with more sound knowledge of this field. Also this link Human givens Psychology could you provide link please. South Australia.

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HUTCHERSON WILLIAM says:
I love the quote which has made so much sense and growth in my own life

There are places in the heart that do not yet exist,
pain must be for them to be.

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Michael Lederman says:
My parents were in the Holocaust & I am totally amazed by their tremendous resilience! I have come to learn that no one can take my spirit away!

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David McGough says:
I live with C-PTSD  Although i have a huge vulnerability on the other side Superhuman strengths  Trauma can be very educative because even though the events are truly staggering the person by living such a tough battle becomes a very impressive entity  re-defines their own life and uses Trauma to get not only your life story told but to emerge out the other side (this isnt easy) superior than before

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Genevieve says:
In order to come through and thrive, after severe trauma, it is not unreasonable to suggest that a viable and supportive network is required. I can well imagine, from lived experience, that those with a positive and viable support network do better than those who live in relative or complete isolation.

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Dr. Jeanne Zehr says:
Our center uses the Feuerstein program, created to help holocaust survivors move out of a limbic system hijacked state by developing frontal lobe cogitive growth. We are getting some good results. Some people, of course, need more time and intensity.

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Nicole Ditz says:
Could you provide a link to information on this feuerstein program and its methodology?

Thank you!

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Denise Morett says:
I always say to my patients, family, friends and myself: theres nothing good about trauma, tragedy and crisis, and yet, its happened/happening, so you may as well grow. Looking for small and big miracles helps. Ive used the idea of PT growth in my work and in my book as the thing that can make all the difference. I find that perspective, thoughts about events and loving kindness from self and others, will make all the difference.
It did for me.

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Elsa says:
Hi Ruth, The person who came to mind, listening to the research on people growing after and/or through a traumatic event, was you. I remember hearing of your huge loss  the loss of your partner. And I wondered: are you more daring, more complex, now. For example, has NICABM is some way come about in part in response to the loss  that you have taken on this enormous challenge, to share what you know with ever so many more people. All the best to you  to all of us.

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Ruth Buczynski says:
Thanks for thinking of me, Elsa. And yes, it was a huge loss that I grow from continually.

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Bridget Herod says:
I will take these examples and applying them. I value you information.
I teach students who experience trauma and I will modify and adapt.

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kathy says:
What causes differences between each group?

Again what determines the outcome of advestiry? Did they check what kind of thinking styles the people had before the adversity?

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---ochure
you have good left-brain
add right-brain!

right-brain is ignored
but
right-brain is where life lives!!

---ochure)
Top 10 Reasons to do an ND weekend

     - Emotional Recognition
     
     - Emotional Agility
     
     - Emotional Literacy
     
     - Connection
     
     - Intimacy
     
     - Healing
     
     - Transform yourself, Emotionally
     
     - Changing Negative Emotions into Positives (or at least neutral)
     
     - Practice
     
     - Safety
     
     - Emotional Understanding (IQ + EQ) 
          I call it meta-analysis, our thoughts about our thoughts.
               our thoughts about our feelings.
               our feelings about our thoughts, and our thoughts about them.
               etc.

               thoughts and feelings
               thoughts and feelings
               thoughts and feelings
               become aware of 'em
               learn 'em
               understand 'em
               accept 'em
                 then, adjust 'em
               effect / affect 'em
               change 'em
               manage 'em
                 so we can
               enjoy 'em
               use 'em to help us
               get results
               succeed
               find / create happiness
               live, love, laugh
               esp. Live!
                         
---ochure)
Top 10 Reasons to do an ND weekend

     - Emotional Recognition
          notice
     
     - Emotional Agility
     
     - Emotional Literacy
          identification, separation, understanding
          
     - Acceptance, Forgiveness and Compassion
          for YOU!

     - Connection
     
     - Intimacy
     
     - Healing
     
     - Transform yourself, Emotionally
     
     - Changing Negative Emotions into Positives (or at least neutral)
     
     - Practice
          feelings are uncomfortable (HINT: much worse so, if you fight 'em and deny 'em) 
          Get comfortable being uncomfortable
          try new things, emotionally
          shopping
     
     - Self-integration: 
          U, u and UU
     
     - Safety
          Experience the safest, most loving place on the planet.
          the room is silent, as you talk/share/feel/heal.
          everyone, everyone is listening to you.
          and only you.
          for a little while, YOU are the most important person in the world.
          as far as you can see.
          what that does is to validate, and integrate, and accept people/me/us at a 'soul level'.
               we try to live a life of high EQ.
               what does that look like?
               what does that feel like?
               how does it sound?
               what do I do?
               what do I say?
               DoUEQ?  I do.
          
          Once we feel something positive... it is MUCH easier to replicate that feeling.
               "A mind, once stretched to a new dimension, never retains it's former shape.
               "A heart, once stretched to it's fullest limits, never returns to it's former shape."
               
                    - Mcp Quote
                    
     once you can FEEL a certain feeling... ALL of it... on Purpose... and you LIVE thru it...
     You won!
     
     you ain't afraid of your own fear, any longer... ever.
     boom.
     
     once you feel ANGER... ALL of it... on Purpose... and NO one gets hurt... and you feel SOOOOOOO much better... then, boom, you're not afraid of your anger no mo', either.
     
     once you feel your Sadness... as deeply as your purest little heart feels it... on Purpose... and you don't get lost there, you don't drown, and you find that it does end.... from then on, you get to Enjoy, yes Enjoy your sadness... why?  'cause Sadness is the closest to Love.  We are sad about losing stuff/people/pets/parents/kids/friends who we love.  Sad and love are very close.  To me, my sadness shows me the depth of my love.  If I cut off my sadness, I'm cutting off my ability, and my flexibility, to Love, as deeply and cleanly and fully as I possibly can!  (make friends with your sadness.  honor and respect it, and it won't need to keep coming back quite so often.)
     
     - Emotional Understanding (IQ + EQ) 
          I call it meta-analysis, our thoughts about our thoughts.
               our thoughts about our feelings.
               our feelings about our thoughts, and our thoughts about them.
               etc.

               thoughts and feelings
               thoughts and feelings
               thoughts and feelings
               become aware of 'em
               learn 'em
               understand 'em
               accept 'em
                 then, adjust 'em
               effect / affect 'em
               change 'em
               manage 'em
                 so we can
               enjoy 'em
               use 'em to help us
               get results
               succeed
               find / create happiness
               live, love, laugh
               esp. Live!
 
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Ever had the same feeling, most days, for many days, and you just can't shake it?

Do you have some HUGE events from your childhood... yeah, that one... that is STILL buggin' you?

Are you feeling Flat, or Numb, or bored, or disconnected, or depressed (and you're sick of it)?

I think we can help you.
Actually, you can help you.
We can help you, help you.
we can show you how to help you.
     how to heal
     how to feel, to a great depth, to give life a fuller experience, to manage your feelings and emotions like never before.
     
     I'm not going to say that you will be magically cured of every negative emotion after only 1 weekend... this stuff is a life-style choice, so if you come to class, and you're ready to 'feel'... really feel, the REST OF YOUR LIFE will be different (hopefully, better).  The reality is that, once you 'feel', you can't really 'go back'... well, you can, but a) it takes more denial, to deny it from here on, 'cause now you know, and it's tuff to un-know something once you know it, and b) I think you'll find, as we have, that it's now your CHOICE to feel... because you CAN feel, cause it's Cool to feel, 'cause it brings Life, and Love, and Laughter, and Peace, and Joy, and Excitement, and Wonder, and Awe, and Power, and Control, and Results, and Success, and Happiness to my life.

     - Did you know that you CAN change your negative feelings into Positives.
          we can show you how.
          but you can do this at home, too.
          it's about ALLOWing yourself to feel what you feel.
          
          now, you may have heard this before, but we do it in the only way it can be done properly...
          
          from the beginning.
          
          You (u) as a child, had pain.
          u, as a child, had traumatic things happen.
               some more than others (and some of the most horrifying stories imaginable)
               but EVERY kid has traumas.
               every kid has big negative feelings that they never got to express.
               
               we all have stuff that happened (and is maybe still happening)
               that hurts... a Lot.
               
               and you know you're not dealing with it, directly.
               
          You know.
          
          we ask people in class, about, what Dr. Phil calls, their Defining Moments (we call Early Recollections)
          we know what messed us up.
          we know what is still effecting us.
          we know what we're not 'over'.
               (mostly)
               I'd say 80-90% of our students, when asked, knew.

     there are thoughts and there are feelings
     Trauma creates both
     BIG, nasty, generalized, negative Thoughts
     accompanied by BIG, nasty, negative, incredibly LARGE Feelings
     fueled by pictures, sounds, smells, and touches, often horrific ones, that Shock the system. 
     
-               
    (one young lady remembered events, a fight between her parents, that got physical, while she was STILL IN HER MOM's TUMMY!  Her mom was there with her in class, in shock, as girl recounted the story, even the words that were said, perfectly (talk about getting to the core of it all -- totally changed her life, afterwards!) 

     (btw, in DV situations, studies prove that kids' brains kinda STOP growing when their violence and utter fear and unsafety in the home... EVEN if the child was not in the room, and never saw it happen.  if this happened to you, there's still pain there, I guarantee it... let us help you get started in cleaning it all outta there)
     
New Directions
Emotional Intelligence Breakthrough Weekend

we're not "doing" anything to you.
we will support you.

We have a format that we usually take, because it usually works, beautifully.
     Everyone's different, so sometimes we have to modify it, in the present.
     which is fine.
     it's not about you doing our process... it's about you getting what you want and need, to heal.
     (or enhance, or extend, or expand, or extract, or create, or appreciate, or fulfill)
     
     - kinda like an exorcism
     there is yucky, negative, black (or red or brown) energy inside you.
     if you don't want it there, we can help you get it out of you.
     it won't hurt us, 'cause it's yours...
          but it you also don't need to carry it around anymore, either.
     
     it is my/our theory that little kids are pure, clean, loving little vessels.
     
     sometimes, unhappy, unfulfilled, emotionally-clueless parents consciously or unconsciously
     off-load some of THEIR yuckiness into their sweet, trusting kid(s),
          so they get a little relief, and validation, and company.
     and we, as loving children choose to CARRY that yucky energy around with us, from that day forward.
     
     a.  no bueno... it's not ours to carry!
     b.  ouch... if we're still carrying it, it's still hurting us.
     c.  there's hope... you don't HAVE to carry it.
          Discover:  Where, in your body, do you carry your anger?  your fear?  your pain?  your sadness?  Go there.
          Uncover:  Find the pain, stain, rage, pressure, etc.  Imagine the size, texture, color, hardness, weight, etc.
          Recover:  Let it go, somehow... Take your hand and grab it and either pull it straight out, let it drop out of you onto the ground via gravity, turn it to a liquid and let it flow out, scream and fight it if necessary... whatever you need to do, to get it out of you.  or choose to keep it, for now, and listen to it, learn from it, grow from it.
          
          Post-Traumatic Stress
               or
          Post-Traumatic Growth
          it's up to you!
          Which do you choose?     
               
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---ainstorm ways to support the development of EQ competencies in school leaders around the world. 
 
What:  Online Webinar presentation
 
When:  June 13 at 9 am PST (San Francisco) World Times
 
How: Register for the Live Webinar (includes a link to the recording) or the Recording Only
 
Presenters:
Lorea Martinez 
     Social Emotional Learning Consultant. Lorea supports schools and teachers integrate SEL practices in their educational programs. She partners with schools to identify their strengths, core values and the challenges they want to address, and provides customized recommendations for SEL implementation. Recommendations are based on research-validated strategies to successfully implement SEL programs and incorporate the particular needs of schools and students. Lorea regularly blogs about SEL in schools. 
 
Susan Stillman
     Director, Education, Global Office: With years of experience as an educational leader, scholar-practitioner, K-12 school counselor, and higher ed faculty, Susan brings a diverse background and set ofskills to bear on her mission to build and sustain the Six Seconds educational programs.

Paul Stillman, Ph.D., LFACHE, Director of Organizational Vitality
     Paul has over 30 years of experience as a healthcare executive and consultant, with a focus on strategic planning, hospital operations, and cultural transformation around an ethic of patient-centered care. He has a doctorate in human and organizational systems and a research interest in sustainability. Paul is currently the Director of Organizational Vitality for Six Seconds.

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6Sec Webinar (this morning... missed it)
Susan, Paul, Lorea
Developing Principals' Emotional Intelligence

Here is a link to the recording:
https://zoom.us/recording/play/SH0oAUSsppLo-MfZqtDGwB2ybY7tG5kP_kyGl0QC5N1xC4iyZIBitvGuRuhyE--B

---ing the depth, and color, and passions to life.
     but it's NOT just about feelings.
     Our thoughts drive our feelings, so we canNOT ignore our thoughts in favor of our feelings
          (well, sometimes, but not as a rule or habit)


(unused wording)
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---ochure
Focus
we need to focus, to get things done, right?
strong emotions cause us to lose our focus.
that's because we don't know what to DO with them.

#FeelIt2HealIt, I say.
No, I don't curl up in a ball and cry my heart out at every sadness, disappointment or mis-step.    
     I'd be crying all day long.
     but I do cry.
     I let myself cry.
     when a feeling gets big(ger),
          or repeats
     ah, that's what it is...
     
     if I feel it in the moment, when and while I'm first finding out about it...
     then, it lessons the impact later... maybe permanently.
     
     I've had some issues,
     NDers have had some issues, that,
          once felt, and released.
          NEVER bothered them/us again.
          ever.
     
     in fact, there are some things that have bothered us for some time,
     that, JUST the acknowledgment of the fact,
     just knowing that that I had had that thought
          and made that decision
          
     Awareness + Feelings = Clarity
     
     We have Thoughts, pretty much every minute, of every day, all day, every day.
     We have Feelings, pretty much every minute, of every day, all day, every day.
     We pay attention to Thoughts, 
          not so much our Feelings.
          
     'cause we don't UNDERSTAND them.
     we don't recognize them.
     we can't separate them... 
     
     To most people,
     they're feelings and emotions are 
          a big mess and a big mystery.
     
     both are no bueno.
     
     People are afraid of what they don't understand.
     
oh, don't go for the 'people',
     go for their friends.
     
have the people ask other people.

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 I'm late to the discussion, 

-
do NDers take less meds?
some do.
     many don't

people I know on meds

---ochure
I wouldn't say always be "careful" of what you say, 

For me, with the 'right people' (which most NDers turn out to be!)
I am free to be honest about my true feelings, and judgments, and you seem to love me, so I am trusting that you're gonna keep on loving me, even if I am real with you. It's being real, being honest, sharing thoughts, but more importantly sharing feelings.

In our meetings, we're not really looking for what's going really well... although we're happy for you... those are working.  What we focus on, and go right to, on Friday night... is what are you FEELING?  and the choices most are Fear, Anger, Sadness, or all 3?  Not, 'what are you feeling' from what happened to you yesterday... we go right for the ROOT of it all... back to childhood... as far back as you can go.

---anches -- thanks!!
Your order should go out on Tuesday.

Any special requests?
Would you like some longer branches, as well?  I can send up to 6-footers, if you'd like!

Thanks again, and sorry again for the non-reply.
Enjoy your Eucs!
- Matt

www.EucProducts.com
www.Facebook.com/EucProducts

---anches -- thanks!!
Your order should go out on Tuesday.

Any special requests?
Would you like some longer branches, as well?  I can send up to 6-footers, if you'd like!

Thanks again, and sorry again for the non-reply.
Enjoy your Eucs!
- Matt

www.EucProducts.com
www.Facebook.com/EucProducts

---ochure)
Top 10 Reasons to do an ND weekend

     - Emotional Recognition
          notice
     
     - Emotional Agility
          whatever comes up, you can handle it / face it / get thru it!
     
     - Emotional Literacy
          identification, separation, understanding, recognition, feedback
          
     - Acceptance, Forgiveness and Compassion
          for YOU!

     - Super GOOD NEWS!
          you have WAY more Choices, emotionally, than you ever thought possible!
     
     - Hope!
          there IS help
          there IS hope
          there ARE some people who care
          you CAN heal
          you CAN feel better, emotionally (in just 1 weekend!)

     - Connection
          Magic of the group
          Connect with self, too!
     
     - Anger with Love
     
     - Relationship Tools
     
     - Body Relief
     
     - Take control of your emotional life
     
     - Learn how to succeed
     
     - Intimacy
          no walls, no hidden agenda, just love, care and concern.... nothung more
          
     - Healing
          wow, we/you can do sooo much in one weekend... and, in so doing, you'll know, from then on, how to heal yourself... AND your loved ones!
     
     - Transform yourself, Emotionally
          From shut-down and numb, to Alive-Alert-&-Feeling GREAT!
          from victim to victor
          from powerless to powerful
          from shame-based to love-based
          from I-hate-my-feelings to I-Love-My-Feelings_They-Set-me-FREE!
          from petrified or prosperous
          from survivin' to thrivin'
          from guilt to pride
          from weighed-down to fired-up
          from clueless to clueful (is that even a word? :) )
          from blaming to claiming
          from whining to venting
          
     - #FeelIt2HealIt
     
     - #SpinIt2WinIt

     - #NameIt2ClaimIt
               
     - Changing Negative Emotions into Positives (or at least neutral)
          ability to 

     - L vs R brain
          understand and experience the difference
          esp. R brain
     
     - What it's like to BE there, in your feelings
     
     - Over 30 years of experience
     
     - Full Expression
     
     - Equality
          no longer put down as a little kid, you stand, you grow, you are equal, you are powerful, and you are free!
          
     - Guidance toward where you don't want to go
     
     - Honest Feedback (but always respectful, and loving)

     - Validation
          you are you, and you are ok... with at least somebody/people
     
     - Become a therapeutic person
     
     - Practice
          feelings are uncomfortable (HINT: much worse so, if you fight 'em and deny 'em) 
          Get comfortable being uncomfortable
          try new things, emotionally
          shopping
     
     - Self-integration: 
          U, u and UU
     
     - Personal Power(!)
     
     - Emotional Tools
          toolbox
          
     - Emotional Skills
     
     - Emotional Resilience
     
     - Persistance
     
     - Grit!
     
     - Guilt reduction
     
     - Anger / rage reduction
     
     - Fear and anxiety Relief

     - Safety
          Experience the safest, most loving place on the planet.
          the room is silent, as you talk/share/feel/heal.
          everyone, everyone is listening to you.
          and only you.
          for a little while, YOU are the most important person in the world.
          as far as you can see.
          what that does is to validate, and integrate, and accept people/me/us at a 'soul level'.
               we try to live a life of high EQ.
               what does that look like?
               what does that feel like?
               how does it sound?
               what do I do?
               what do I say?
               DoUEQ?  I do.
          
          Once we feel something positive... it is MUCH easier to replicate that feeling.
               "A mind, once stretched to a new dimension, never retains it's former shape.
               "A heart, once stretched to it's fullest limits, never returns to it's former shape."
               
                    - Mcp Quote
                    
     once you can FEEL a certain feeling... ALL of it... on Purpose... and you LIVE thru it...
     You won!
     
     you ain't afraid of your own fear, any longer... ever.
     boom.
     
     once you feel ANGER... ALL of it... on Purpose... and NO one gets hurt... and you feel SOOOOOOO much better... then, boom, you're not afraid of your anger no mo', either.
     
     once you feel your Sadness... as deeply as your pure little heart feels it... on Purpose... and you don't get lost there, you don't drown, and you find that it does end.... from then on, you get to Enjoy, yes Enjoy your sadness... why?  'cause Sadness is the closest to Love.  We are sad about losing stuff/people/pets/parents/kids/friends who we love.  Sad and love are very close.  To me, my sadness shows me the depth of my love.  If I cut off my sadness, I'm cutting off my ability, and my flexibility, to Love, as deeply and cleanly and fully as I possibly can!  (make friends with your sadness.  honor and respect it, and it won't need to keep coming back quite so often.)
     
     - Free book
     
     - Free heart
     
     - Your very own free NDW pencil(!)
          last

     - Emotional Understanding (IQ + EQ) 
          I call it meta-analysis, our thoughts about our thoughts.
               our thoughts about our feelings.
               our feelings about our thoughts, and our thoughts about them.
               etc.

               thoughts and feelings
               thoughts and feelings
               thoughts and feelings
               become aware of 'em
               learn 'em
               understand 'em
               accept 'em
                 then, adjust 'em
               effect / affect 'em
               change 'em
               manage 'em
                 so we can
               enjoy 'em
               use 'em to help us
               get results
               succeed
               find / create happiness
               live, love, laugh
               esp. Live!
 
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     - Ever had the same feeling, most days, for many days, and you just can't shake it?
     
     - Do you have some HUGE events from your childhood... yeah, that one... that is STILL buggin' you?
     
     - Are you feeling flat, or numb, or blah, or bored, or disconnected, or depressed (and you're sick of it)?

I think we can help you.
Actually, you can help you.
We can help you, help you.
We can show you how to help yourself
     in ways that are kind, respectful, responsible, effective, powerful, lasting, freeing, empowering and very, very cool!

We can show you:
     how to deal
     how to heal
     how to feel, to a great depth, to give life a fuller experience, to manage your feelings and emotions like never before.
     how to squeel, with delight, whenever you feel like it, just 'cause it's fun!

-     
     I'm not going to say that you will be magically cured of every negative emotion after only 1 weekend... this stuff is a life-style choice, so if you come to class, and you're ready to 'feel'... really feel, the REST OF YOUR LIFE will be different (hopefully, better).  The reality is that, once you 'feel', you can't really 'go back'... well, you can, but a) it takes more denial, to deny it from here on, 'cause now you know, and it's tuff to un-know something once you know it, and b) I think you'll find, as we have, that it's now your CHOICE to feel... because you CAN feel, cause it's Cool to feel, 'cause it brings Life, and Love, and Laughter, and Peace, and Joy, and Excitement, and Wonder, and Awe, and Power, and Control, and Results, and Success, and Happiness to my life.

     - Did you know that you CAN change your negative feelings into Positives.
          we can show you how.
          but you can do this at home, too.
          it's about ALLOWing yourself to feel what you feel.
          
          now, you may have heard this before, but we do it in the only way it can be done properly...
          
          from the beginning.
          
          You (u) as a child, had pain.
          u, as a child, had traumatic things happen.
               some more than others (and some of the most horrifying stories imaginable)
               but EVERY kid has traumas.
               every kid has big negative feelings that they never got to express.
               
               we all have stuff that happened (and is maybe still happening)
               that hurts... a Lot.
               
               and you know you're not dealing with it, directly.
               
          You know.
          
          we ask people in class, about, what Dr. Phil calls, their Defining Moments (we call Early Recollections)
          we know what messed us up.
          we know what is still effecting us.
          we know what we're not 'over'.
               (mostly)
               I'd say 80-90% of our students, when asked, knew.

     there are thoughts and there are feelings
     Trauma creates both
     BIG, nasty, generalized, negative Thoughts
     accompanied by BIG, nasty, negative, incredibly LARGE Feelings
     fueled by pictures, sounds, smells, and touches, often horrific ones, that Shock the system. 
     
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    (one young lady remembered events, a fight between her parents, that got physical, while she was STILL IN HER MOM's TUMMY!  Her mom was there with her in class, in shock, as girl recounted the story, even the words that were said, perfectly (talk about getting to the core of it all -- totally changed her life, afterwards!) 

     (btw, in DV situations, studies prove that kids' brains kinda STOP growing when their violence and utter fear and unsafety in the home... EVEN if the child was not in the room, and never saw it happen.  if this happened to you, there's still pain there, I guarantee it... let us help you get started in cleaning it all outta there)
     
New Directions
Emotional Intelligence Breakthrough Weekend

we're not "doing" anything to you.
we will support you.

We have a format that we usually take, because it usually works, beautifully.
     Everyone's different, so sometimes we have to modify it, in the present.
     which is fine.
     it's not about you doing our process... it's about you getting what you want and need, to heal.
     (or enhance, or extend, or expand, or extract, or create, or appreciate, or fulfill)
     
     - kinda like an exorcism
     there is yucky, negative, black (or red or brown) energy inside you.
     if you don't want it there, we can help you get it out of you.
     it won't hurt us, 'cause it's yours...
          but it you also don't need to carry it around anymore, either.
     
     it is my/our theory that little kids are pure, clean, loving little vessels.
     
     sometimes, unhappy, unfulfilled, emotionally-clueless parents consciously or unconsciously
     off-load some of THEIR yuckiness into their sweet, trusting kid(s),
          so they get a little relief, and validation, and company.
     and we, as loving children choose to CARRY that yucky energy around with us, from that day forward.
     
     a.  no bueno... it's not ours to carry!
     b.  ouch... if we're still carrying it, it's still hurting us.
     c.  there's hope... you don't HAVE to carry it.
          Discover:  Where, in your body, do you carry your anger?  your fear?  your pain?  your sadness?  Go there.
          Uncover:  Find the pain, stain, rage, pressure, etc.  Imagine the size, texture, color, hardness, weight, etc.
          Recover:  Let it go, somehow... Take your hand and grab it and either pull it straight out, let it drop out of you onto the ground via gravity, turn it to a liquid and let it flow out, scream and fight it if necessary... whatever you need to do, to get it out of you.  or choose to keep it, for now, and listen to it, learn from it, grow from it.
          
          Post-Traumatic Stress
               or
          Post-Traumatic Growth
          it's up to you!
          Which do you choose?     
                      
     - Learn the IQ of EQ
          cognitively, how emotions work (and don't work)
          steps (lots of steps)
     
     - Self-empowerment
     
     - Self-esteem
     
     - Self-motorvation
     
     - Self-Acceptance (!)
     
     - Self-Integration
          no more having wars with yourself

---ochure)
do you want to be a schlump?
do you want to drag your tired a$$ thru life, dreading the day, and disappointed with the people?

are you excited about your life, or not so much?

are you scared and angry at the new administration?
     what do you DO with all those feelings?

How can you #SpinIt2WinIt?

---ochure
---ain interactions where Heart sends more signals to Brain than the Brain the Signals; 2. HRV affecting Psychological Coherence - Heartmath has done wonderful research in this area and gave us devices to maintain the coherence (emwave); 3. The article says 6 feet distance whereas Heartmath found it to be 10 feet; 4. Through 0.1HZ, we achieve wonderful coherence promoting DHEA production; 5. Collective Consciousness has capability to affect Electromagnetic waves of the Earth. Greg Braden is one of my favourites whose reference in the article I loved most. I will try to post the coherence video in this thread.
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Lynda Abraugh
Lynda Abraugh Amazing! 
So, in reality, the heart sends more signals to the brain than the brain does to the heart, which influence our emotions, our memories, our problem-solving and high-level cognitive functions. (Wow!)" 
And,, In fact, the heart has its own network of neurons. This network is so sensitive that our heart rhythms become highly ordered when we experience positive emotions, love and joy. But it is On the contrary! NEGATIVE emotions and psychological activity cause erratic and jerky heart function, leading to inefficiency, lack of energy..." 

Wow!!! 

Thank you for sharing Matt Perelstein.
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Lynda Abraugh Sharing. Thank you Matt Perelstein
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Jano Zak
Jano Zak Fabulous post! Heartfelt gratitude for sharing!
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---ochure"

(Notebook from Garage)
ND Brochure

How can you feel love(d),
     if you cannot feel?

Want to feel love(d),
     deeper, more colorful and more satisfying?

     Learn EQ.
     Let yourself feel.
     Cry.
     Release.
     Open up.
     Expand!
     Free yourself
     Allow.
          REJOICE!
     Feel!

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(5.27.2016 00:22)
Do you trust your fear?
     (I didn't, but I do now.)
     Fear exaggerates.
          1 fear gets your mind going on possible negative scenarios
     Do you believe them?
     Do you trust them?
     Left unchecked, our fears can make a bad thing much worse.
          (and bigger, and jumpier, and more dangerous
           and us more powerless!)
     
     Learn to tell yourself the truth.
     So that you do trust your fear(s).

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If you can open up and let the sun, and light and love GROW HOT inside you,
     you already won!
     and chances are...
     it (you) will Spill out onto others around you.

Wanna bring love and joy to those you love and enjoy?
     Be Love.
     Be the Joy.
     Bring you to the table, full and radiant.

     Bring it!

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http://www.newdirectionsworkshop.com/testimonials/

---anches (not chew branches) I have three big cages and 5 small cages (bird cages) was wondering if you could advise me on what would be a good number to order?
Please also let me know a price for the quantity. 
I appreciate your advise in advanced.
Thanks,
Christina Lane
1603 Bethany Church Road
Princeton, KY 42445
970-261-2951

---idges where people tend to jump off of) who offer help (again, mostly listening, and caring) to those about to end it all? Some great stories! One guy, who 'patrols' the Golden Gate Bridge has saved MANY folks...

---eadth of inner experience can be actively explored and interpersonal relationship skills can be enhanced. Participants can expand their repertoire of dramatic roles to find that their own life roles have been strengthened.

Quotes
"Under the guise of play and pretend, we can - at least once - act in new ways. The bit of distance from real life afforded by drama enables us to gain perspective on our real-life roles and patterns and actions, and to experiment actively with alternatives."

     - Renee Emunah, PhD, RDT/BCT
       Director, Drama Therapy Program, California Institute of Integral Studies 
     
"(Drama therapy) values the possibilities of the unadorned encounter between a therapist and a client in the play space. Here, the world of imagination with all its contradictions and mysteries can be revealed through the embodied play of two free consciousnesses."
     
     - David Read Johnson, PhD, RDT/BCT
       Director, The Institutes for the Arts in Psychotherapy
     
"Unlike talk therapy, drama therapy gets there really fast. Role-playing -acting out issues and problems - is more effective than talking."
     
     - Robert Landy, PhD, RDT/BCT
        Director, Drama Therapy Program, New York University 
   
"Participants can enjoy the feelings of being in another person's shoes - playing another role - as well as learn the liberating experience of expanding their own primary roles in life."
     
     - Patricia Sternberg, MA, RDT/BCT
        Director, Developmental Drama Program, Hunter College 
     
"In the aftermath of September 11th, I witnessed the enormous benefits of these modalities [creative arts therapies] in helping people to express their emotions and have seen Capital Hill exhibits illustrating the meaningful gains through artistic process."
     
     - Hillary Rodham Clinton
     ex-First lady and Democratic Presidential Candidate, 2016

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Billie Corbett says:
As a child in school, I had an experience where I was able to explore myself creatively and I got to taste the freedom of self expression. The context was a P.E. class where the class was assigned a project. We had to choose a piece of music and choreograph a number which would involve all of us and selected piece of gym equipment. (Balls, hula hoops, skipping ropes etc.)

During this class experience I learned alot. I loved the experience. We all had to collaborate with one another. We choose the music together and selected the gym equipment together. Then, we all contributed our ideas to choreographing our movements. We created a beautiful number we eventually performed. It was a wonderful experience. I found I could express myself individually as well as be a team player.

Later, in life I found myself deeply stuck in a limiting, controlling relationship with a spouse and a faith based group. I had begun to reach out for help and healing through professional means, while at the same time I intuitively, went outside of my limiting circumstances to join a community choir. Much to my horror to begin with, the choir morphed into putting on musicals for our community. This was very challenging for me. I was quite musical and had a fairly good singing voice, but, I was deeply insecure and anxious.

The choir director was the person who cast the roles. (Retrospectively, I see she was quite brilliant. Probably in ways she wasnt consciously aware of.) Regarding myself, she never put me in a role that would make me collapse in on myself. (I am sure she was acting intuitively.) She always chose for me very small insignificant supporting bits. These roles contained just enough responsibility where if I faultered I would not be crushed or devastate the flow of the production. Yet, the responsibility was enough to stress me. It would confront me with the fact that I would need to stretch myself out of my existing comfort zone to accomplish it. I would often find myself quite conflicted because I was really scared, but, to succeed, I had to push through the fear and do it inspite of the fear. I would go through this process many times and find that I was able to succeed. Thus, it reduced my fear / anxiety levels and build inner self confidence.

A major side benefit to participating in the creation of a successful musical theatre production was: I began to sort out some very complex aspects of my personal life. In my spousal relationship and faith based relationships I was being told I was: disruptive, uncooperative, non compliantetc. In other wordsI was the problemas to why things were not working very well in the marriage and in the faith based group. Once I was involved in musical theater, I began to compare the perceptions of others. The community experience of me with the spousal/faithbased perception. The perceptions and experience of me as a person didnt line up. There was no congruency between the two. In the choir/musical theatre, I was well liked, enjoyed and seen as a part of the whole.( I wasnt a problem.) I was seen as being dependable, reliable, co-operative, friendly, likeable and valued. This caused me to then question and doubt the role and relationship I had with myself and with others in my personal life. Intuitively I began to become aware of and understand projection. I began to see that I was not who I was being told I was in my personal life. I began to see how others were projecting their unwanted, denied parts onto me, because I was vulnerable to absorbing them.

This was quite life altering. In time, I left the marriage and the faith based community that I was in. I started to align myself with the truth of who I was as a person (which was revealed to me by contrast, reflection, introspection and self awareness.) Through musical theatre I learned to take responsibility for myself in a deep way. I learned to create congruency in my personal life. The lessons I learned through participating in musical theatre were and still are extremely valuable to me. I continue to challenge myself and grow in all aspects of my life. It helped me to solidify a congruent sense of self.

This is small bit of my experienceshared to confirn and validate what Bessel van de Kolk has referenced in this video. I definitely believe theatre create an environment conducive to personal reflection and introspection. They can observe themselves from a different perspective. It is helpful to get outside themselvesso to speak for a bit. Theatre can facilitate growth in the ability to absorb complex intrapersonal and interpersonal realities. It helps to expand an individuals perception of choices and their ability to choose who they want to be.

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Genevieve E. Chandler says:
We have demonstrated and increase in resilience, managing stress and an increase in emotional awareness through the Changing Minds Changing Lives (CMCL) program using an Empower Resilience Intervention, an ACE aware, trauma-informed, 5 week, 2x/week course. ERI incorporates the 4 Rs: Relaxation (mindfulness) Research, Reflection and Recognition. The key is Reflection through a group writing method based on Amherst Writers and Artists practice (AWA) where participants free write their story in response to an open-ended prompt and receive feedback on their writing from peers and facilitators. The CMCL program has demonstrated efficacy with young adults, diverse community college students and incoming athletes. CMCL is funded by the NCAA and recently, a Public Service Endowment Grant to implement the program in a Springfield, MA high school.
I believe writing & reading their stories with genuine feedback produces similar outcomes as acting.

This sounds awesome, Genevieve!  I'm a fanatic EQer (emotional intelligence trainer) and I would love to use this technique. Do you mind sharing the wording of the open-ended prompt?

Thanks!
- Matt

---ing clarity to your everyday life. 
My productivity increases whenever I meditate consistently and noticeably declines when I fall out of my routine.
Watch a YouTube video or read a quick blog post on how to meditate. It's easy.
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5. Memorization techniques
If you think of your brain as a set of computer folders, then you can see that forgetting is not really possible. 
If you forget something, it's either it wasn't saved, to begin with or you put it somewhere hard to retrieve. 
Concentration and recall are what makes memories. 
Focus in order to concentrate, and test yourself in order to recall. 
"Backspace" new info by using a pencil and eraser.
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6. How to triple your reading speed
Read at least one book per week. 
How? 
Audiobook apps (like Audible's) often have a feature where you can listen to a book at three times the normal speed.
It only takes about 10 minutes for your brain to adjust, and then you're good.
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7. How to take responsibility
Too often people try to come up with reasons why they can't get something done, why a project is over budget, how an accident happened, etc. 
Learning to take responsibility for your actions will make doing business much smoother. 
It's easier to solve a problem when you aren't spending a ton of time getting to the root of it.
Take responsibility and move forward.
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8. How to organize critical versus important tasks
Piling things on your to-do lists feels productive. 
Eventually, though, the list gets too massive and all the tasks suffer since you don't have enough time and energy to allocate to each. 
While you can delegate, it's easier to divide the mix of critical tasks (tasks that you need to do now to improve the business) and important tasks (tasks that you can do whenever to improve the business.)
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9. Shoulder, wrist, and arm stretches
Putting in long hours typing at your desk is bound to lead to health problems if you don't learn easy, quick stretches to counteract the strain.
Simple exercises to prevent carpal tunnel syndrome and back pain take less than 10 minutes to learn but save you hundreds of hours you might have lost otherwise.
Just five to 10 minutes a day is a good start to protecting your health and productivity.
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10. How to delegate time blocks
It is so easy to fall into the daily distractions, forcing you to play catch-up the next day. 
Time blocking is such a huge part of my day that keeps me on track. 
I schedule a time frame where I am responding to emails, and then I block the next hour for meetings. 
I would recommend everyone break time into segments.
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---ochure)
Ever felt like you wanted to 'be there' for others, like never before?
     (hint: It has a LOT to do with YOUR feelings and emotions!)

---ochure"... so I can compile that into something workable.  There's the current file I just sent (2 MB, 3.1.2017 -present) and my archive file (52 MB, 4.1.2004 - 2.28.2017).

Can you write some code to open the file, search for "ND Brochure", and then Copy the text from the next line to the end-of-entry marker "---ochure"...

This is not the place they get to come each week to whine about how they feel - this is where they come to examine what is working in the present, what is not, and to go through the process of changing the "is not" part of that by taking action.

	- Penny R. Tupy, Life Coach

Feelings expressed for the following reasons are fine:
	Clarity
	Release
	Acceptance
	Remove Judgments
	Go for deeper feelings (ex: express anger to get to the hurt underneath)

not Ok:
	whining
	blaming (short-term is fine, in an effort to find your part in it all)
	one-up-manship / competition
	poor me (if you want people to feel sorry for you, you're not looking for results)
	victim (to explain how there really is NOthing you can do about it... and it's all their fault, anyhow)

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anches, no CS)
	thins = thin, flexible branches
	vase = pretties, for display, 2-3', prob. both
	()) = banana leaves only
	(R) or (r) = oval leaves only
	(b) = both oval and banana leaves
	(!) = replacement order, whoops, make it nice, give extra
	:) = freebie
	(:) = (R) shower order, long strands of oval leaves
	(e) or (eco) = eco dying, colorful, in-tact leaves, smaller is better 		
	different, spots are fine/preferred!          10.21.2015
	lol = lots of leaves(!)                                              11.27.2015
         (thins) - what's most important to the customer
         (aroma)
         S(noB) = Starter with only Leaves and CS, no Branch

---ochure (!)
	EQ101
	D-R (!)
	---eadth 
     3. Acceptance - #FrameIt2ClaimIt
     4. Expression (or NOT!)- #FeelIt2HealIt
     5. Release of Negatives - #LetItFlowLetItGo
     6. Replace with Positives - #SpinIt2WinIt
     7. REJOICE! - #ExaggerateEnthusiasm

4 Steps to Learning EQ
     1. Unconsciously Incompetent
     2. Consciously Incompetent
     3. Consciously Competent
     4. Unconsciously Competent

There's a process that we all go thru when learning anything new.
     1.  Unconsciously Incompetent
     	We dont know that we dont know.
     		Clueless, unaware, no idea
     2.   Consciously Incompetent
     	We find out that we dont know.
     		Oh, I see. Makes sense.  Can't do it, but I see how it works.
     3.   Consciously Competent
     	 We learn how to do it different.
     		Practice.  Do.  Think.  Feel.  Learn!  Ask!  Try.  Experience.  Grow.  Fly.  On Purpose.
     4.   Unconsciously Competent
     	 We do it different, without having to think about it (much).
     		Soar.  Sail.  Drift.  Enjoy!  Connect.  Be. Do. Have.
     		Smile.

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3 Steps to Dealing with Feelings
     Knowledge
     Acceptance
     Expression (or NOT!)

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3 Steps to High EQ
    Awareness
    Acceptance
    Action (or NOT!)
	    
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WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE (WTD)
posted:
     holding someone accountable and blaming them
     guilt and shame
     positive and negative emotions ("Nothing" - Josh Freedman)
          negative-to-positive          10.2.2016
     feelings and emotions
     Faith and Trust
     Love and Hate  10.20.2016
     Thoughts and Feelings  10.27.2016
     Fear and Anxiety    FB-EIA, 1.30.2017
     Venting vs. Whining FB-EIA, 2.15.2017
          I don't mind venting (outta me), but not dumping (onto you)... there's a dif... and I appreciate the differentiation.
          venting = responsibility, maturity, awareness.
          Whining = victim, denial, misplacement, transferrance
     What's the opposite of "victim"?  3.4.2017
     surviving and thriving        FB-EIA,  3.22.2017

unposted, as of yet:
     bossy and bullying
     being bossy and being a leader
     thoughts vs. thinking vs. Thots (Mcp)
     victim or victor
     petrified or prosperous(?)
     powerless and powerful
     EQ and IQ
     judgment and discernment
     forgiving and forgetting
     forgiving and not forgiving
     
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AR = AutoResponder (automated email sendouts, like the 100 Emotional Lessons in 100 Days)
	w/ = with, w/o = without (but you knew those already...)
	I'll sometimes put hyp-hens where they don't belong... it's ok. 
	one of my Worst, is that I often CAPITALIZE stuff that Ain't supposed to be Capped, just for Emphasis.
	      I'll try not to overdo it, as some find it annoying, and yelling, but I still like it.
	tuff. "t" "u" "fuff" "fuff" = tuff, and tough.
	(,R#) = Audio recording from my Sony transcriber. # = order downloaded
	~ -> mcp or 2gh/nd ~mcp, ~2GetHelp
	My -> subfolders MyApps, MyMusic, MyPictures, MyInvoices
	other biz TLM, Autodesk, EPA, CDPH
	z -> system zArchive, zLog
>> = ToDo, by me (slammed left)
	<< = ToDue, by others (never used, yet 7.7.2016)
>>> = To Become(!)
          long term.  big picture.  big me. UU
>>  orders
          euc orders, make sure no others with >(space)o
     
Acronyms:
	PKP = Paula Kay
	PP = PayPal
	D-R = Draper-Richards    http://www.drkfoundation.org/
	MT = Madisyn Taylor
	NDW = Neill Donald Walsch
	CK = Christine Kenton
	CT/PC = Christina Tate
	CH = Christine Helman
	SP = SharePoint
	HHH = Helen's Health Hints (Tips)
         LindaD = Linda Dessault

File and folder names go from largest to smallest (ex: Facebook_MCP_20121125.txt)
	FB = Facebook (or Fort Bragg)
	LI-EIN = LinkedIn, The Emotional Intelligence Network
	      a number on the next line, ex: 20/30 = 20 requests to join/30 in submission queue (RTJ = Request to Join)
	FB-EIN = The Emotional Intelligence Network
	FB-EQE = EQ Educators and Parents Network       was EQ Educators Network, until 12.19.2016
	FB-ND
	FB-NDG = NewDirections Closed Group
	FB-Mcp - Facebook.com/MattPerelstein
	FB-EQ or FB-EQR- emotionalintelligencerocks
	FB-EP = EucProducts
	FB-2GH
	FB-IM  instant message
	FB-MCRB (racquetball)
	TW-MCP  (nd)
	TW-2GH
	EP = EucProducts.com
	MP.com = MattPerelstein.com
	NDW = NewDirectionsWorkshop.com
	EQR = EQRocks.com
	2GH = 2GetHelp.com
	2VH = 2GiveHelp.com
	2SH = 2SellHelp.com
	2GHTC = 2GetHelp Therapy Center
	2GH4Vets... guess.

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01:37  
^^:^^	Timestamps:  new standard convention a few days ago...
		usually on a line by themselves, after a ---anches... like we asked!)
2.22.2017  9.17.2016  Curtis Petty  $12.95    1/2C *  garbageman65@gmail.com  2047 Oxford Ct. Ferndale, WA 98248 ??
2.10.2017  12.30.2016 Shellie Hochstetler   $49.95   5C *  lsdustylane@icloud.com PO Box 913 Shipshewana, IN 46565, upped form 2C to 5C on 1/10/2017... very happy... birds and 9 gliders.  Cancelled 1 mo. later!  ??
2.6.2017 9.28.2016 Joshua Rule     $29.95      2B 16-1' *  anewdirective@gmail.com 3814 Shadow Canyon Trail Broomfield, CO 80020  WBB
1.27.2017  9.28.2016 Annie Anderson   $19.95x2  3C * anniekanderson@gmail.com  6116 Lyndale Ave S Apt 319 Minneapolis, MN 55419   love it, but not using fast enuf
1.23.2017 1.11.2017  Richard Fenner  $19.95   1L (O) *  rickfenner@yahoo.com  525 Gregory Ave Apt 6C Weehawken, NJ 07086 (only 1 order) ??
1.6.2017 10.30.2016 Patricia Bergin  $12.95   1/2C (O)*  pbergindy@aol.com 165 Crystal Oak Dr Deland, FL 32720 lost interest, will order quarterly
12.24.2016 1.16.2015 Candace Johnson $12.95  1/2B, 2-2' *  candacej3333@yahoo.com  115 W Powell Road Collierville, TN 38017  ??
12.19.2016 11.10.2016 Karen Attson $29.95  2B 2-2'x1" *  krw716@hotmail.com  5190 E Kensington Ave Castle Rock, CO 80104  will start again... smaller branches
12.9.2016  5.18.2016 Peaches Corner $19.95  1L * peachescorner@att.net Barbara Martin 6126 Winview Dr Forest Park, GA 30297 ??
?.?.08 Bob Wirth     Starter       11.95	2	rwirth@frontiernet.net  6856 Sy Road Niagara Falls, NY 143040
4.22.08	Jane Thibeault	  1L	19.95	  3      	lunamystab@hotmail.com  1641 Monty's Circle North, Southaven, MS 38672
8.06.08	 Sherry Cannon	1/4L	9.95  1	11.12.08
10.26.08 Terri Woodburn	      11.95  S	terriw@ku.edu     16140 NW 124th St, Platte City, MO 64079
11.29.08 Sheri Starter	11.95	 1	sherilb31@earthlink.net  6188 W Settlers Point Dr, West Valley City, UT 84128
?.?.09	Linda Lackey	S 	11.95	?  lclackey@gmail.com	1201 McCain Place, High Point, NC  27262
3.16.10 Steve Bugge / Rachel     2C  29.95  4  steve@stevebugge.com  1702 Rainier Ave.  Everett, WA 98201
3.21.10 Jen Bailey  S	 logo contest/ChrisHamman	530 So. 70 E #26, Kamas, UT 84036 (sent 9.18.10)
4.24.10 Ryan Hoffman  $19.95  1C      sk8erpunk_ryan@yahoo.com     6001 Old Shell Rd. , Robinwood Apts. , Apt#M97, Mobile, AL 36608
11.25.10 Sonja Earnest  $11.95     1/2L-round  searnest@cmpd.org  5833 Falls Ridge Lane  Charlotte, NC 28269  
1.27.11 Rudy & Lisa Gazarek  $11.95  S  gazuccio@verizon.net     42108 Flowering Path Place  Aldie, VA 20105-2653
2.18.11 Lenetta Lefko  $11.95  HOLD! (S, 2B's, no CS)     TouchandSee@live.com  17720 S Sonoita Hwy  Vail, AZ 85641-9104
3.18.11 Jared Dahlgren  $11.95  SS  boomoogoohoo@gmail.com  2318 San Marcos Drive  Colorado Springs, CO 80910
x7.20.11 Jana Grabill  $11.95  S (no CS)*     jgrabill@comcast.net  13509 Early Frost Circle  Orlando, FL 32828
x8.15.11 Carrie Martinez	 $29.95	  2C *     keytoyourloan@yahoo.com     10700 Thrift Rd.  Clinton, MD 20735
x9.17.11 Blythe Smith $11.95, 1/2B,1'*  blythe891@yahoo.com 6117 Whitman Ave Fort Worth, TX 76133
North Ulmer Street Greenwood, AR 72936
x12.23.11 Sandra Vercillo  $11.95  S     s.vercillo@gmail.com 306 old farmingdale road west babylon, NY 11704
x2.11.12  Carin Wolfe  $11.95 S     carin.wolfe@msu.montana.edu  425 N 16th Ave Bozeman, MT 59715 (semi-mo.)
x2.23.10  Dorothy Hill  $19.95  1L  counselorda@comcast.net  6771 SE Lillian Court Stuart, FL 34997
x6.4.12 Ashley Cooper  $11.95  S  ACOOPER387@AOL.COM  11681 SW 3rd St Plantation, FL 33325
x7.2.12 Mickey Lin  $29.95  2B, 4-2'x1/4-1/2", ()), X Svcs4You@yahoo.com  4236 BOXWOOD LANE Williamsburg, VA 23188 (mickey.rodriguez88@yahoo.com)
x8.19.12 Angela Scott     $11.95     1/2B 2-2'  ibiubu1334@hotmail.com  angela scott 2203 garden drive janesville, WI 53546
x9.13.12 Desiree Chambers $11.95  1/2B 2'     d17tweety@yahoo.com 10216 La Vista, El Paso, TX 79924
x9.15.12 Celeste Sotola  $49.95  5B (arrangements)* sotola7@aol.com 111 west Basin Street Basin, MT 59631
x10.2.12  Dianna Miller $29.95  4-2'x1" (seeds, once, no bag!) dmjewelry@yahoo.com 5422 South 4178 Road Chelsea, OK 74016
x1.21.13  Sarah Brahm  $11.95     S  sarahbrahm@hotmail.com     521 Fernando Drive De Pere, WI 54115
x2.2.13  Constance Moss  $11.95  1/2L (pd Feb-Apr)  775-423-1162  1925 Gummow Dr. Fallon, NV  89406-6421
x5.9.13  Sharon Fiegle  $29.95  2C *  library365@windstream.net  460 Log Cabin Lane Aberdeen, NC 28315
x8.23.13 Marion Moon  $19.95 1B, 8-1' *  thistinyplace@gmail.com 1222 Hustis Drive, Fishkill, NY 12524
Parrish Fl 34219 (NEW ADDRESS, 12.1.2014)
x11.1.13 Hazel Leavelle  $39.95     3B, 9-4' *  hazel.leavelle@gmail.com  205 W Wellons St Smithfield, NC 27577  (REFUND AUG/SEPT) 
x11.27.13 Anthony Rivera  $19.95  1C * rivera5305@sbcglobal.net 1719 Belle Plaine Gurnee, IL 60031  (12 budgies)
x12.8.13 Michael Austin  $19.95  1L *  michaelaustin1993@me.com 1741 Melody Lane Arnold, MO 63010
x12.17.13  Jude Jett/Charles Burke  $19.95     1/2L (b) GPSI     fleurdejoo@gmail.com  Jude Jett 414 Baxter Ave. #265 Louisville, KY 40204 (disconnected, reconnected 12.1.13, sub since 11.23.12 whoops)
x1.7.14 Beth Tadalgo $12.95  1/2C, 2', CS, (b) *  jade521@gmail.com Beth Simons 2063 Sycamore Fork Salem, WV 26426
x3.11.14 Jared Cavaliere $12.95  1/2C * jcrio118@hotmail.com  1731 Sample Rd Allison park, PA 15101
x4.30.2014 Tina Zelaya  $19.95     1B *  zelaya1@comcast.net 12625 Memorial Drive #93 Houston, TX 77024
x5.31.2014 Robin Carte  $19.95  1B, 8-1' (clean) *  robincarte@gmail.com 41 Riverside Dr New Albany, IN 47150
x7.6.2014  Christine Stranz  $19.95     1C *     christistranz@gmail.com Christine Stranz 417 RIDGEWOOD DR VILLA RICA, GA 30180
x7.16.2014 Andrea Pena  $29.95  2C, L ()) & CS* andiesworld27@yahoo.com  2 Gold St Apt 1408 New York, NY 10038  (bird)
Las Cruces, NM 88005, 1 Sue Bird
x8.6.2014  Rosemarie Greaves $12.95     1/2L(aroma) *  myghost09@yahoo.com  391 Main St Easthampton, MA 01027
x10.1.2014 Mark Shirley  $12.95  1/2L * muellers820@hotmail.com  1636 Cowslip Lane Honolulu, HI 96819
x12.11.2014 Trina Marie Finch  $27.95     2C, 3', pods, CS *  trinastinytreasures@gmail.com Trina's Tiny Treasures 6705 County Hwy 21 Walton, NY 13856
x4.28.2015 Michael Schwartz $19.95  1B, 8-1' * (half w/) hobbes626@gmail.com  1165 SW 5th Ter Cape Coral, FL 33991
x5.24.2015  Celesta Summers  $12.95  1/2L (R) * (NEW ADDRESS!) LuckieDragon7@gmail.com  350 N Harrison Blvd Apt 7208 Tucson AZ 85748
x8.29.2015  Jill Gawronski  $12.95  1/2C * jkgawronski@hotmail.com 2416 Concord Rd. Lansing, MI 48910
x9.10.2015  Christa Krasneck     $19.95  1C *  toeinked@gmail.com  3555 Bell Road, B208 Nashville, TN 37214
x12.1.2015 Susan Brown     $19.95  1L/CS *  susan31075@aol.com  1161 Coleman Farm Road Rentz, GA 31075  478-697-2869, birds
x1.17.2016  Christie Marchesseault  $49.95  5B *  suncrestgoldens@yahoo.com  328 138th St NW Tulalip, WA 98271
1.18.2016 SOAChain, LLC  $39.95/2mo.  4B, 12-2', 2L *  warrendhampton@gmail.com Warren Hampton 3008 Whisperfield Lane Matthews, NC 28104 
x2.10.2016 KaylinnaMarie Young $12.95  1/2L * kaylinnamarie.young@gmail.com O Box 1221 Fort Collins, CO 80522
x 11.30.2016 2.10.2016 Diana Bushard  $19.95  1C * (every 2 months) diana.sturm@gmail.com  219 Ridgewood Road, Coral Gables, FL 33133  (originally 8.14.13 - 9.23.2015, 2nd subscription is for add'l postage)
x10.29.2016 Nancy Winchel     $19.95/2mo.   1C *  nwinchel@hctc.com  80 E. Herron Dr. Shelton, WA 98584
11.1.2016 11.24.10 Theresa Chambers  11.95     1/2L (aroma!) * tcdragonfly@hotmail.com     2005 Breitwert Ave Baltimore, MD  21230  ??  Longest ever (6 years!)
10.28.2016 8.31.2016 Megan Glide   $12.95   1/2C *  hq2bowmg@gmail.com  Megan Wright 1344 springer Street  Westland, MI 48186   ??
10.27.2016  8.22.2016  Gustave Husenitza IV   $12.95  1/2C *  crittermom910@gmail.com 167 Partridge Lane Saint George, SC 29477 ??
10.27.2016  10.16.2016 Julia Luttrell  $12.95   1/2C *  julieluttrell@hotmail.com  4482 fm 697 Sherman, TX 75090  ??
10.1.2016 10.23.2015  Brian Dunbar  $19.95     1C *  brian.dunbar@yahoo.com  2815 Iowa Street  Baton Rouge, LA 70802 (sub before  ??)
9.29.2016  10.9.2012  Laurie Ramos $12.95  1/2C (R) * ramoslaurie@yahoo.com  305 W Oltorf St, Austin, TX 78704  (gone for awhile, then back again 1.25.2016!)
9.24.2016  10.6.2015  Abigail Melvin (Abby Menagerie) $19.95  1L * (JUNE ONLY 1B *) billnabby@gmail.com  101 Collie Terrace Danville, VA 24541  too many stocked up
8.31.2016 10.30.2015 Tiffani Forshee $12.95  1/2B * (REFUND ALL for now...  (7.24) tforshee69@yahoo.com  165 Thacher St Hornell, NY 14843-1249 not interested anymore
8.31.2016  9.23.2015 Cassandra Hershberger   $12.95  1/2C * CassyJ82@aol.com 20983 Arcadia Drive Bristol, IN 46507 new home for gliders
8.30.2016  8.15.2016  KAY WHITENER  $19.95  1C *  KWHITENER@YMAIL.COM 300 17TH ST SW APT37 HICKORY, NC 28602  no interest, only 1 order
10.30.2016 Patricia Bergin  $12.95   1/2C (O)*  pbergindy@aol.com 165 Crystal Oak Dr Deland, FL 327208.27.2016  1.24.2016 Jodi Frye     $19.95     1C * sweet_jlf@yahoo.com Jodi Frye 24 1/2 2nd Ave SW clear back door of House Le Mars, IA 51031
8.26.2016  8.30.2015  Barbara Lesch-Bunch  $19.95  1C *(FREE 1/2L()) July only) bunchb@shands.ufl.edu  128 Lake Shore Terrace Interlachen, FL 32148     (Every 6 weeks!)  too many in freezer
6.21.2016 4.7.2016 Jessica Hart     $12.95  1/2C *     jlhart2008@gmail.com  1968 WESTRIDGE PL AURORA, IL 60504 ??
6.18.2016 2.6.2016 Candace Williams $12.95     1/2B * candace_ccw@yahoo.com  7138 Englewood Dr. SE Lot #21, Olympia, WA 98513  CC mess-up, moving (I'll be back!)
6.14.2016 9.2.2015 Sheryl Gant  $29.95  (NEW ADDRESS!) 2L (R)*  ssgant@gmail.com     800 Witbeck Dr.  Clare, MI 48617  birds no longer interested.  may be back someday
12.10.2016 x6.11.2016  8.3.13 Stacia Harris  $12.95  1/2L ())mostly* StaciaL8@aol.com  102 Charles Ridge Rd Asheville NC 28805  gone for awhile, but back!
5.3.2016  Maria Elston  $12.95  1/2B * italianprincess91@live.com  9813 Quinta Artesa Unit # 103 Fort Myers, FL 33908 (only 1x) ??
5.24.2016 3.22.11 Cheryl Bates     $11.95  1/2L * rcranch@kaltelnet.net  10071 Marilla Rd.  Copemish, MI 49625  ??
5.9.2016 9.27.2014 Rebecca Anderson  $19.95  1C *  dr.becky@icloud.com 8979 Upper Lando Lane, Park City UT 84098  ??
5.9.2016 8.1.2015 Eric King     $29.95  2B, 2-3' *  Disgruntledtek@gmail.com  221 Spring Drive  Jacksonville, NC 28540  ??
5.7.2016 12.24.2015 Brenda Varney $12.95  1/2C * brendaleevarney@gmail.com  6120 Cocktail Drive Las Vegas, NV 89130  ??
5.4.2016  10.19.2015 Zana Maxwell $12.95  1/2L * bananas4tutus@gmail.com  235 W Harrison Rd Lombard, IL 60148  (too many leaves in freezer... will be ordering again!)
4.27.2016 2.20.2016 Carrie (Carolena) Hunt  $29.95     2B, 2-2'x1" X * (X April only) iggili8@gmail.com  116 Northwoods Dr Apt 127k Seneca, SC 29678  PP probs, but then placed another order!
4.16.2016 3.10.2016 Cherryl Grant      $12.95      1/2C *  jjmpine@yahoo.com 518 9th Ave SE Puyallup, WA 98372  ??
4.15.2016 3.15.2016  Lisa Wysocki  $12.95     1/2C * lawkicks@gmail.com  5032 1/2 Tok A Lou Ave NE Tacoma, WA 98422  ??
4.6.2016 7.12.2015  Jonathan Edwards  $29.95      2B, 2-3' *  jonathan134@gmail.com 1314 Enslow Blvd Huntington, WV 25701-4018  ??
4.4.2016 8.1.12 Stephanie Price  $11.95  1/2B, 2-2' *  stephdaffy@yahoo.com  960 Flower Street  Lakewood, CO 80215 (re-started 10.14.2014) ??
3.30.2016  9.11.2014 Ab Fab Pet Care  $19.95  1C * abfabpetcare@hotmail.com 909 southport ave Lisle, IL 60532  http://www.abfabpetcare.com (every other month now)  ??
3.28.2016  11.26.2015 Lynne Ray  $12.95  1/2B, thins *  raeray7@msn.com 12819 Briery River Terrace Herndon, VA 20170  (sent 3x in March (!), (!!), but still not happy... so bye!)
3.26.2016 12.2.2015 ShellySuggies     $12.95      1/2C *  beccashelly2@gmail.com 4547 Country Glen Circle Grovetown, GA 30813 
2.29.2016 11.17.2015 Jessica Hensley  $19.95     1L* lilmissrn@gmail.com 811 Sherwood Road Charleston, WV 25314  ??
2.23.2016 10.16.2015  (206)Handyman  $19.95  1B * jonkleven@msn.com Jon Klein 14504 38 AVE. N E, SEATTLE, WA 98155  good, ass.
2.15.2016 12.17.2015 Myra Gamble     $19.95     1L ()) *  myragamble@hotmail.com 1501 Crosley Rd. Granville, OH 43023 (daughter's GPSI)  insect died (only 2x)
2.15.2016 10.6.13  Star Hanson  $12.95  1/2C*      starhanson2010@gmail.com  4329 W. 8th Street  Duluth, MN 55807  (3rd time, 9.5.2015, new email addy)  gliders no longer interested
2.15.2016 2.5.2016 Sabrina isaac $12.95  1/2C *  derricknsabrina@yahoo.com  Sabrina Isaac  2105 N Glebe Rd  Unit 1226  Arlington, VA 22207-2231  ?? (only 1x)
2.2.2016 12.30.2015 Nathan Ryma  $19.95  1L * nryma@hotmail.com 3326 gridley place san diego, CA 92123 found local Euc tree
1.15.2016 3.7.2015 Patti Reichlin  $19.95  1B 1-2-3'*  reichlin82@aol.com 12 Hayley Court Middletown, DE 19709 lost interest
1.14.2016 1.10.2015 Krystal Claar  $12.95  1/2C * Krystalclaar@yahoo.com 8430 Shannon Road Richmond, VA 23236      coming back...
1.10.2016 8.20.2015  Kara Markley  $12.95  1L ()) (zip) *  kmarkley@columbus.rr.com  660 Woodduck Ct  Columbus, OH 43215  (was bi-mo) (stick insects)  ??
12.27.2015 9.18.2014 Amanda Chapman  $12.95  S*     amanda.chapman@live.ca (NEW ADDRESS!) 629 Saint Clarens Ave Toronto, ON M6H 3W8 Canada  I cancelled re: International
12.27.2015  9.24.2015 Oksana Birioukova $19.95  2C, 2' * obirioukova@gmail.com  3766 Marlowe Montreal Quebec  H4A3M1 Canada  I cancelled re: International
12.17.2015 8.26.2015  Madonna Hall  $12.95  1/2L* lafleurm33@msn.com  PO box 72 Lowell, OR 97452  ??
12.2.2015 10.24.2015 Ariel Heinzman     $19.95     1C *  arielheinzman@hotmail.com  1401 South Main Lot 2, Mitchell, SD 57301  ??
11.14.2015 11.07.2014 Betty Dumesic baybar67@yahoo.com  $19.95 (Oct, not Sept, bi-mo.)  1C * Betty Dumesic/Aybar 5439 Basset Hound Las Vegas, NV 89131     ??
10.3.2015  12.23.2014 Hollie Bethany  $12.95  1C, 2', thins* (NEW ADDRESS!) themom@hunterryan.com  30426 Wilamena Way Big Pine Key, FL  33043  no longer interested, allergies
9.15.2015  2.9.2015 Jennifer Ives     $12.95     (NEW ADDRESS, NOT the PObox!) 1/2L ()) *     jeilvt2@live.com J. Ives 3109 McLeod Rd Bellingham, WA 98225  GPSIs all died, very happy with service!
9.8.2015 3.4.2015 Marianne Lanier <CurringtonCG@aol.com>  $12.95 (semi-mo)  1/2L ()), pods *  204 Fountain Springs Road Holly Springs, NC 27540  son is allergic (too bad... she wants one NE-wayz! 2.20.2017)
8.30.2015  7.23.2014 Groomer Training Center  $12.95     1/2C * aa@groomertrainingcenter.com Allison Alonso 1030 N State Rte 934 Annville, PA 17003  717-507-6440  $?  may be back
8.25.2015 4.24.2015 Ciera Kozak  $12.95  1/2C *  clk666@live.com  373 Village Terrace  Sherwood Park Alberta  T8A4V1  Canada, gliders lost interest
8.19.2015 3.29.2015 Jennie D Howe  $19.95  1L *  jenniehowe03@gmail.com 2410 Lakeshore Drive  Kansasville, WI 53139  $$
8.12.2015  2.17.2015 Alisha Killman  $12.95  1/2B, 2',CS *  aakillman@hotmail.com 621 Indian Creek Rd Chesapeake, VA 23322  ??
8.8.2015  4.7.14 Fuqua Furry Friends  $29.95  2B, 8-2', 4 w/, 4 w/o *     kandacesmom@gmail.com Valerie Fuaua 413 Inglewood Drive Fairdale, KY 40118  $$, back soon, she hopes
8.1.2015 3.22.2015 Jacki Bielicki  $12.95  1/2C*(NEW ADDRESS!) jaclynariana@gmail.com 16009 Nordhoff St, North Hills, CA  91343  $$
7.24.2015  11.15.13 Naiyana Juarez  $12.95 1/2C, weavables * naiyanabj@gmail.com 3288 Bos Ct Holland, MI 49424  ??
7.22.2015  9.16.07      Danielle Harris            1L*                19.95           3     daniharris@comcast.net  130 Nottingham Road  Pennsville, NJ 08070	lost her gliders -- LONGEST CUSTOMER, Ever!  almost 8 years!
7.19.2015  1.11.2015 Joel Bauer jmbauer74@yahoo.com  $19.95  1L* (2'B, pods) 225 Skylar LN Four Oaks, NC 27524  didn't cancel, PP did, will fix(!)
7.14.2015  4.1.2015 Susan jb Sweeney $12.95  1/2C *  mamasue100@gmail.com (NEW ADDRESS!!) 19 Chandler Place Newton MA 20464  (last 2 were moldy, may try again, sent another order)
7.11.2015  5.13.2015  Megan Hall  $19.95     1C*  mhall1692@gmail.com 5264 North Diamond Mill Road Brookville, OH 45309  Switching to 1/2C next month!
7.8.2015  5.20.2015 Dawn Edwards  $19.95  2L ())*  dawn@feltsoright.com 214 E. Hill St. Plainwell, MI 49080-1743
7.8.2015  5.26.2015  Tamara Denison  $12.95     1/2B, 4-1'*  tcrawford1@comcast.net  413 SW 44th Street Cape Coral, FL 33914  no interest
6.10.15  9.8.2014 Mary Shami  $19.95  1B, 5-1' ()) * carina1129@yahoo.com> Mary Shami 6901 Cherry Blossom Dr. Mentor, OH 44060  sold gliders
5.26.2015 1.30.2015 Tegan Currie  $12.95  1/2C *  littlegirltc@yahoo.com 17428 74th Dr NE ARLINGTON, WA 98223  not eating fast enuf
5.11.2015  1.31.2015 Mike Sattler     $12.95     1/2L *  msattler5@gmail.com  223 Three Meadows Ct. Perrysburg, OH 43551  ??
5.9.2015 6.25.2014  Angel Glider Store  $12.95  1/2B, 12-16" *  Angelaernst54@mac.com  7350 Stewart Drive, Eden Prairie, MN 55346  ??
4.29.2015  7.21.2014  Josh Ambrose     $12.95  1/2C *  joshbme69@aol.com  118 North Wills Ave Covington, VA 24426  ??
4.2.2015  1.23.14 JoJo Campbell $19.95  1C, ()) some clean * auburngirl42@gmail.com JoJo Campbell 314 Old Wagon Road Huntsville, AL 35801  sold gliders
3.16.2015 3.2.2015 Fallen Feathers Farm  $12.95  1/2C *  fallenfeathersfarm@gmail.com 1000 Rio Hills Drive Delray, WV 26714  ??
3.16.2015 3.2.2015 Kala Fortier  $12.95  1/2B *  kala.fortier@gmail.com  4426 Side Road 20 North RR#6 Guelph, Ontario N1H6J3 Canada  no interest!
3.4.2015  2.7.2015  Barbara Sparks $12.95  1/2C * barb.anns@yahoo.com 1311 W. Stonewall Ave. McAlester, OK 74501  not interested, still has some
2.17.2015 1.15.2015 Sylvia Seagraves $12.95  1/2C*  cgs.ses5652@yahoo.com 3593 Suggs Rd Gainesville, GA 30507  not interested
2.7.2015 7.31.2014  Michelle DeVos     $19.95  1B, 2-2.5', some leaves * <fuzzbutts4uandme@yahoo.com>  1905 Amis Ave ??
2.5.2015 5.17.2014 Donna M-Barraco $12.95  1/2C*  cassmik@yahoo.com 8 Angel Wing Ct. Taylors, SC 29687  (not me)
12.26.2014 4.22.2014 Northern Lights / Zoe Williams $12.95 1/2C * gjones@alum.rpi.edu Zoe Williams 3825 Ethan Allen Highway Charlotte, VT 05445  (G Corey, 4 unopened boxes for daughter Zoe)
12.17.2014 10.9.07      Margaret Ogden       1L(b) *     19.95          2      maggieo253@gmail.com      Maggie Ogden 2344 S Sheridan Ave  Tacoma, WA 98405 ?? (2nd longest customer, 7 years(!)
12.9.2014 8.1.2014  Michelle Richards  MDawn213@aol.com $19.95  1C * 315 Thomas Edison Place Hope Mills, NC 28348 ??
10.15.2014 9.17.2014 Eb*s Taylored Tips $12.95  1/2C*  wigglegiggleslol@gmail.com Erin Bolen PO BOX 4661 PARKERSBURG, WV 26104 (wow.  sent 1/2C, she wanted 1/2CS, but not regular CSs... left pissed... whatever!)
10.13.2014 9.5.13 Amanda Davies  $12.95	1/2L* mandigrl78@yahoo.com 5805 Lexington Dr (loss of interest)
9.22.2014 8.28.12 Katey Zukosky  $11.95  S katzy100@gmail.com 5506 18th St, Zephyrhills, FL 33542 (not interested anymore)
9.22.2014 4.14.13  Allison De Hoyos  $19.95 1B, 2-2'x1"* allison.dehoyos@gmail.com  2330 Seminole Blvd. W. Melbourne Fl 32904
8.1.2014 11.10.11 Ryan & Danielle Ferguson  $19.95  1C *  Ryan.K.Ferguson@gmail.com  3402 Stearns Rd.  Valrico, FL 33596  ?
7.31.2014 2.24.14 Chris Smith $19.95  2B, 2-3'* extrabucks2013@yahoo.com  2506 church st, Alton, IL 62002  ?
7.29.2014 1.24.13  Leigh A Billingsley     $19.95      1B, 8-1' * leigh.billingsley@gmail.com Leigh A Billingsley Dole Fresh Vegetables 2959 Salinas Highway Monterey, CA 93940  no funds, WBB
7.24.2014 9.18.13  Robert Wylie  $12.95  1/2C     angelindevilhorns@hotmail.com 4205 Sherwood Dr. Hutchinson, KS 67502  ?
6.28.2014 1.20.14 Lynne Ray  $19.95  1L  raeray7@msn.com 12819 Briery River Terrace Herndon, VA 20170 ?? Paypal did it!
5.9.2014 1.8.14 Ramil Ibanez  $12.95  1/2C  rbi90vmi@verizon.net  784 Fairfield Drive King William, VA 23086  Sun conure but she wouldn't eat the leaves.
4.27.2014 10.20.13 Levi Matthews  $19.95  1C*  Levi.r.matthews@gmail.com 555 NE 15th Street Apt 27C Miami, FL 33132  ??
3.26.2014 2.18.13  Melanie Burgess  $12.95  1/2L  melfburgess@charter.net  2562 Dellwood Ave medford, OR 97504  happy, but gliders no longer interested
3.25.2014 3.22.11 Brian Pincus  $11.95     1/2L  brianpincus@gmail.com  26 Chadwick Court  Trenton, NJ 08691  outta cash
3.23.2014 1.5.2014 Melissa Stone  $12.95  1/2L  melissastone@live.com  5051 Wrightsville Ave Wilmington, NC 28403     reduce costs
3.13.2014 12.27.13 Diana Haymond  $12.95  1/2C     diana@nativebearspirit.com RR 1, Box 46-B, Lost Creek, WV 26385  lost interest
3.13.2014 11.15.13 Angela Lance  $12.95  1C, CS, (r), *  aslance74@aol.com  Angie Lance 8241 Riviera Dr. Severn, MD 21144 (was 1/2B 9.23.13), too many for now
2.25.14 8.9.13 Grace Rowland  $12.95     1/2C  grace.rowland.13@gmail.com  2823 Tarrytowne, Toledo, OH 43613 gliders lost interest
1.14.2014 3.18.13 1.16.13  pam sheets  $11.95     S  sheetspamela@yahoo.com 2500 e harmony sp296, fort collins, CO 80524  (trailer trash!) yay.
11.16.13 10.4.13 Ellen Conger $12.95  1/2C  camifinley@yahoo.com  5623 Southernview Dr Zephyrhills, FL 33541 ?
11.9.13 6.1.12 Denise DeBlois  $49.95  5L/CS  miawillow@aol.com  8 Dexter ST. APT. 2  North Attleboro, MA 02760 ?payment failed, then cancelled 2 mo. later
10.27.13 7.1.11  Emily Jacques  11.95  S  emmilely@gmail.com  150 Clubhouse Dr SW #302, Leesburg VA 20175     (2SG)
10.10.13 3.2.13  Gaye Schaul  $19.95  1C  moonpie1998@comcast.net  29W667 Prairie Ave Warrenville, IL 60555
9.19.13 11.14.12  Megan Gilliard  $11.95     S     mgjg1206@yahoo.com  1840 Darwick RD, Winston Salem, NC 27127  ??
9.10.13 2.16.13  MAPSTAT80  $12.95     1/2L(Ban) Love@LoveCasanova.com 10307 Clarks Creek St Las Vegas, NV 89131-1555 (gliders not interested in leaves anymore)
8.10.13 6.1.13  Patricia Agar  $12.95	S  ag4c@yahoo.com  5000 Harbour Lake Drive Apt. A5 Goose Creek, SC 29445 (?)
7.11.13 6.4.13 Roxanne Rich  $12.95      1/2B, 4-1'  roxannerener@yahoo.com  5932 Westridge Drive Great Bend, KS 67530  (whoops!)
6.21.13 6.5.13 SDrury Jamison $19.95  1B, 2-2'-1"  fleur.pilaster7@gmail.com  Sherrie 449 Searcy Dr. Juliette, GA 31046 (gliders ignored)
6.14.13 7.6.12 Pamela Mount  $11.95  S  jrmount@msn.com  Pamela Mount  205 Yoakum Parkway #1514, Alexandria, VA 22304 (too much, going to bi-monthly)
6.11.13 5.3.12  Christopher Kantz  $19.95  1L crkantz@aol.com  732 Pawnee Street Bethlehem, PA 18015 ?
5.26.13 12.19.12  Angela Torrez  $11.95	(REFUND March & April!) S  angbammel@yahoo.com  46024 Dunkirk Court Macomb, MI 48044 (money is tight)
5.15.13  3.23.13  Carla Covert  $19.95  1C  stillrckn03@yahoo.com 582 Erie Ave. N Canal Fulton, OH 44614
5.13.13  1.21.13  9.9.12 Diane Barney $29.95     2C  djbarneykin@gmail.com 12313 Holmwood Greens Pl. Riverview, FL 33579 "I like your product and will buy more... have 4 months supply in my freezer"
5.5?.13 10.12.12 Randi Santone $49.95     5C     randi8924@me.com 3522 Cedar Hill Dr Fayetteville, NC 28312
5.2.13  2.12.13  Jose Mayuga  12.95  1/2B, 2-1'x1"  jpmorpheus@hotmail.com 704 Crabb Ave. Rockville, MD 20850 (?)
4.21.13  3.1.12  Naomi Hughes  $11.95  S     kawgirlzx7r@yahoo.com  1724 Augustine Dr. Titusville, FL 32796 (no mas SGs)
4.16  8.20.12  Demetrio Aspiras $11.95     1C  daspiras@gmail.com  NH Public Def 20 Merrimack St Manchester, NH 03101-2206 (?)
4.8.13  11.3.11  Meg Greene  $11.95  S     babymamasmilk@gmail.com  7702 56th ave Ct NW, Gig harbor, WA 98335 (aka Heather Cummings) sold gliders
4.3.2013  1.26.13 M.R. Steel Novelties     $19.95     1C  rsnms824@msn.com  6512 65 Ave N Pinellas Park, FL 33781
3.27.13  5.3.12 Debbie Holme     $11.95  3' (once, then 2') debbieholme12@gmail.com 1410 Rose Hill Rd Hamersville OH 45130
3.24.13  10.2.11  Robin Haldeman  $49.95  5B, 3'x1.5"     auctionenvyus@aol.com  231 Waterford Drive Crystal Run Farms Middletown, DE 19709 (budgetary issues)
3.19.13 1.25.13  Melanie Jackson  $11.95     1/2B, 2-1x1" melanieann1946@gmail.com  2741 Mt. Paran church Road  Monroe, GA 30655 (?)
3.16.13 10.1.12  Glen Carter     $49.95     5L, bananas  dcarter281@gmail.com  G. DeWayne Carter  847 N Ulmer Street Greenwood, AR 72936-3009 (10.3.11 for about 5 mo., then off)
3.15.13  11.3.2012 Jeffery Daft  $11.95     S      daffa@charter.net 4518 Shalom Creek Lane  Spring, TX 77388 (found local tree)
3.6.13  10.17.12  Albert Durant  $19/95  1L  acdurant@snet.net     658 Colebrook Rd P.O. Box 257 Colebrook, CT  06021
2.26.13 2.22.13 mid west birds  $12.95  S  wings@midwestbirds.com  602 3rd Avenue Plattsmouth, NE  68048 (thought we had grass or something...)
2.22.13 1.20.12  Sheri Burnett  $11.95  1/2L  sherilb31@comcast.net  Shauna Blythe 694n 410w, Tooele, UT 84074
?? 2.18.11 Lenetta Lefko  $11.95  HOLD! (S, 2B's, no CS)     TouchandSee@live.com  17720 S Sonoita Hwy  Vail, AZ 85641-9104
2.16.13  1.18.13  Daniel Farley  $19.95     1C  farley01983@aol.com 1162 Hager Fork, Midkiff, WV 25540
2.11.13  10.18.12  Nancy Kocher $11.95  S nkocher@tampabay.rr.com 10572 Fishbowl Drive West Homosassa, FL 34448-3834  352-628-7875 (gliders don't want/like 'em)
2.3.13 10.14.12  Joe Maruhn     $19.95     1C  painizcheap@yahoo.com  716 Reservoir St  Socorro, NM 87801
1.14.13  8.07.10 Ileana Kistler     $11.95      S     imkistler726@gmail.com  214 n tryon st, ste 2500, charlotte, NC 28202-2381
12.15.12  ,5.9.11 Jocelyn Hreno  $11.95	1C, fresh and dry, CS, biz cards jhreno1@hotmail.com  1426 E Edwards Ave Indianapolis, IN 46227
12.2.12  2.11.12  Penny Brannon  $11.95  1/2L (b for GPSI)  binxb1@aol.com  Nicole Brannon (daughter)  265 Cranz PL  Akron, OH 44310-3201
11.20.12  11.09.12  kim mcdonough $11.95  1/2C (1') Shortstuff875@yahoo.com  441 natches dr raeford, NC 28376
10.30.12  10.2.12  Ben Hauser $29.95+11.95  4-2'x1" AND 1/2C hauserb@gmail.com 502 Pomano Bayou Vista, TX 77563
9.23.2012  4.13.10 Tina Riegert       $11.95     S       kryssidog@earthlink.net 308 Hannah Marie  Munford, TN 38058  kryssidog@hotmail.com
8.23.12  11.22.11 Michelle Brantley $19.95  1L     ugarph@charter.net  Hart of Michelle 419 Golden Meadows Cir Suwanee, GA 30024
7.19.12  2.21.11 Sara Orsack  $19.95  1L  windowshoppingmaven@sio.midco.net  5809 W. 36th St.  Sioux Falls, SD 57106
7.18.12  5.11.12 Mandymarleann King  $11.95  1/2B     mandymarleann@hotmail.com  1029 N 2nd St  Decatur, IN 46733
7.18.12 5.15.12 West Coast Trading $19.95  1C  tamaraklod@yahoo.com     Tammy Klodzinski 12266 Country Day Cir, Fort Myers, FL 33913
7.6.12  12.5.11  Jennifer Leising  $11.95  1/2L jleising@zagmail.gonzaga.edu  2232 S 78th St West Allis, WI 53219
6.7.12 4.30.12 Brandy Fruen  $11.95  S  thefruenfamily@aol.com  7360 Miter Street Jacksonville, FL 32219
5.30.12  11.29.11 Lori Crouse  $19.95  1C  crouse.loril@yahoo.com  320 Montevideo Timberville, VA 22853
5.5.12  3.9.12  Diane Fox     $49.95 	5B, 20-1'x2" Gliderinvasion@msn.com 104 Sunset Ave. Mount Airy, MD 21771
4.26.12 9.8.11 Patricia Andrus  $11.95, 1/2B, 2'  pandrus2006@yahoo.com  19115 Knoll Dale Court  Cypress, TX 77429
4.2.12  1.25.10 Tanya Barton      S  $11.95  1  tanyagin@aol.com	175 Burner Lane  Berryville, VA 22611
3.22.12  12.13.10 Melissa Cowles     $11.95     S     ssdreamsicles4@aol.com	6537 Old Greenhill Rd  Bowling Green, KY 42103?? 3.18.11 Jared Dahlgren  $11.95  SS  boomoogoohoo@gmail.com  2318 San Marcos Drive  Colorado Springs, CO 80910
11.14.11 9.7.11 Mischelle Sanchez  $39.95  3C  galerita2@gmail.com  14819 East Palomino Lane Spokane, WA 99206
?? 12.12.10 Carol Mombourquette  $11.95     1/2L	rmombo@comcast.net     58 Everard St #3  Revere, MA 02151
11.7.11  9.26.11 Tatiana Foster  $19.95	1C     tatianafoster@live.com  346 Roosevelt Ave Satellite Beach, FL 32937
11.?.11 3.16.10 Steve Bugge / Rachel     2C  29.95  4  steve@stevebugge.com  1702 Rainier Ave.  Everett, WA 98201
10.24.11 6.01.11 Arie Hawkins	  1B, 2x2'  19.95  ahawk2@umbc.edu  2561 Radcliffe Ave Abington, PA 19001
8.30.11 2.27.11 Lyn Westfall  $11.95  S     lasw4812@yahoo.com  2221 Blue Ridge Blvd Independence, MO 64052
8.26.11  8.22.08(!)     Jeanette Freerksen     Starter	      11.95      1		charmedone@wi.rr.com  	31722 North Circle Dr, Burlington, WI  53105-9767
8.25.11 9.30.08  Nancy Ford	 1/2B (8x+)  11.95      1	n_c_ford@yahoo.com	6802 Papaya Ct  Louisville, KY 40219
8.24.11  7.16.11  Lindsay Setford     silvercopse@aol.com  253 nelson ave, upstairs, saratoga springs, NY 12866
8.19.11  10.7.10 Jodi Iker	$11.95	1/2L	11.95		 jewelcreekjo@yahoo.com      Gary Coates, 12190 David Allen Dr  Medway, OH  45341  (c) 937-270-8323
7.21.11  2.14.11 Jennifer Leising  $11.95  S     jleising@zagmail.gonzaga.edu  2695 Perryville Rd, Canastota NY 13037
	should be back...
7.6.11  6.14.11 Jennie D Howe  2C  29.95  naturally01@hotmail.com  2410 Lakeshore Drive  Kansasville, WI 53139
5.20.11  1.6.11 Janine Carroll     $11.95	  S	ldyfeliciakiten@aol.com		114 West Cedar st.     Vermillion, SD 57069 (undeliverable)
5.18.11  1.7.11  Bonnie Baath  $19.95     1L round      bbaath@aol.com  3 Ocean View Lane,  Rockport, ME 04856
3.23.11  1.22.11 Glen Carter     $49.95     5C(stems and leaves!)	rarebird825@msn.com	847 N Ulmer Street  Greenwood, AR 72936-3009
3.22.11  1.14.11 Nicole Perkins  $11.95  S     Njperkins@comcast.net  600 Meridian ST EXT Apt 1316 Groton, CT 06340
3.18.11  2.27.11  Sarah Brahm  $11.95  S     sarahbrahm@hotmail.com  521 Fernando Drive De Pere, WI 54115
12.14.10  9.06.07      Kathy Busby                1C                20.00          2      round leaves only  	k.busby@tx.rr.com  4308 Woodbluff Drive,  Mesquite, TX 75150
11.12.10  10.23.09  John Jackson, Jr.      1/2 L	  11.95	  4	J1975John@aol.com	2650 Tom St.  Sturgis, MS 39769
9.16.10  4.10.10  Renata Almeida     $11.95     S	na	renata1976@gmail.com  804 Mount Vernon St.  Orlando, FL  32803
8.4.10  6.27.10     Chris Keenon                Starter          11.95	2	CJKeenon@comcast.net  Chris Keenon	6317 Colton Ridge Ct.	Plainfield, IL 60586
07.25.70 2.3.10  Denise Keast-Gainey      1L	19.95	1	dennil56@yahoo.com       1167 Biscayne Dr  Cape Coral, FL 33909-5103
06.05.10 5.9.10  Michele Rebelo  $11.95  S     pinupsmurf@yahoo.com  661 Promenade Pl 212, Columbia, SC 29229
05.29.10  4.6.10 Ian Garrett  $19.95	1B?	1
04.13.10  Wendy Cimino  3lb./wk, bananas, $50     WENDY.CIMINO@CZS.org  Brookfield Zoo, 3300 Gold Road, Brookfield, IL  60513 (Fall?)
03.22.10  12.21.09 Patricia Molina       1C		$19.95     3	molinayvedia@msn.com     511 N Cuernavaca Dr #B, Austin TX 78733	1 parrot
03.22.10  2.15.10  Robert & Shari Skaggs	S      11.95  3  rowiska3@aol.com  1432 Snook Ct  Fort Collins, CO 80526
02.25.10  7.17.09  Laurie Ramos  	S	      11.95	4	ramoslaurie@yahoo.com  305 W Oltorf St, Austin, TX 78704
11.24.09  8.18.08  Chris Keenon                Starter          11.95	2	CJKeenon@comcast.net  Chris Keenon	6317 Colton Ridge Ct.	Plainfield, IL 60586
11.22.09  9.19.08  Angela Baxter	 1/2L, larger b's	11.95	1  allinhim6@yahoo.com		6742 Pine Springs      Wesley Chapel, FL  33545
10.02.09  5.27.08  Christine Baggette	1C	      19.95	1      136 Grande Club Drive, Maylene, AL 35114
8.27.09	4.9.09      Dennis Smith		S	       11.95       2	tullah@ktis.net      8564 Kickapoo  Steedman, MO 65077-1020  (bird died)
?.?.08       Lucy Towbin	          2Dried       28.00            ?      Dried!  phoenixforaging@gmail.com  7305 Apache Road  Little Rock, AR 72205
11.26.08  Ian Garrett		  1B     19.95	  1	homosapiensoregonus@gmail.com	2031 SW 10th Ave Apt 29, Portland, OR 97201	6.1.09
?.?.08	      Tammy Wilson       2C       33.00	St. Johns Housing Partnership, P.O. Box 1086, St. Augustine, FL 32085	5.20.09
4.11.09  Denise Keast-Gainey  Variety!      11.95		4	dennil56@yahoo.com	1167 Biscayne Dr, Cape Coral, FL 33909-5103	5.17
5.2.09      Kimberly Lange          1/2L	       11.95          1      langes4@q.com 5667 Kingsford Ave. Park City, UT 84098 (prickly sticks)	
,?.?.08	      Carol McDermott      1/2L	     11.95	4  swimswithfish@hotmail.com  7142 Hillbeck Drive, Colorado Springs, CO 80922  4.17.09
'2.28.09      Danielle Hawkinson 	1C	  19.95	       1	ccutied123@gmail.com 5313 Peach Ave.  Seffner, FL 335841
,10.01.08  Janine Carroll	Starter		11.95	1	ldyfeliciakiten@aol.com  2740 Eliot Cir Apt 22 Westminster, CO 80030
,11.05.08  Karen Arrighetti	1C		19.95     3	k_arrighetti@earthlink.net  710 Morgan Rd.  Scottsville, NY 14546	3.13.09
,12.08		Lois E. Novacek	1C		19.95	2
,5.9.08	      Teresa Bullinger	 1L		19.95     2		8.17.08
,4.25.08	  Courtney Pineda, Avian Angels  1C	19.95	4
	512-659-5151     www.avianangels.org
,7.1.08      Erin Wrobel
,2.12.08     First Coast Sugar Gliders 	1c?  Email:  jaxsuggies@bellsouth.net     Paula
,1.11.08     Laura Long		5C!  52		?	seeds, some dry
,2.?.08	      Sam S		     1C	??	     4
,7.3.07       Donna Maston            1C      27.95       3
,10.5.07      Irene Martinez          1C      27.95          1	(and 1 more 9.23.08)
		9081 Prosperity Lake Drive  Jacksonville, FL 32244
4.17.08 Shelyn Garcia	  1C	          19.95	 3

- (leaves)
Thank you for your order and Welcome to the elite group of fresh Eucalyptus subscribers!

Your first shipment of leaves should go out on Monday, along with some tips on how to best care for and store them.  Just curious, if the leaves are for pets, what kind of pet(s) do you have, and how many?

There are 2 types of Euc leaves... the wider, gray, less mature, oval leaves, and the more mature, long, green, banana-shaped leaves... you can request one, but I usually send some of each.  We can also collect dried leaves, leaves that have fallen and aged, if you'd like.   You may add chew sticks, branches, seeds, nuts or bark -- a pound is a pound of whatever part(s) of the Eucalyptus you want! And you can change your request at any time.

HINTS:
     a.  Keep leaves in the freezer for longevity
     b.  To release more aroma, cut/tear/rip one or two of the oval leaves

Let me know how I can make your experience with Eucalyptus as fulfilling as possible.
Thanks again for subscribing!
- Matt Perelstein

www.EucProducts.com 
www.Facebook.com/EucProducts
www.MattPerelstein.com
916-599-8597

- (combo)
Hi !

Thank you for your order and Welcome to the elite group of fresh Eucalyptus subscribers!

Your first combo shipment should go out on Monday, along with instructions on how to care for and present the Eucs to your little friend(s). You ordered a half-pound combo, which usually includes fresh leaves, both the grayer, rounder, younger leaves and the long, green, mature, banana-shaped leaves, and some foot-long branches with leaves on.  Does that sound like the right mixture?  Please know that, as a subscriber, you are free to customize your order whenever you wish... you can ask for more/less leaves, pre-dried leaves (for you!), longer/thicker branches, more/less chew sticks, branches with leaves on/off, seeds, seed pods/buttons, or even bark.  

Just curious, if the eucs are for pets, what kind of pet(s) do you have, and how many?

Let me know if I can customize your order and make your experience with Eucalyptus as fulfilling as possible.

Thanks again for subscribing... I'll do my best for you!
- Matt      916-599-8597 (c), California time (PST)

www.EucProducts.com
www.Facebook.com/EucProducts
www.MattPerelstein.com

- (branches)
Thank you very much for your subscription order and WELCOME to the elite group of fresh Eucalyptus subscribers!

Your first shipment of fresh Euc Branches should go out on Tuesday (Monday's a holiday) with some tips/instructions on how to use and care for your Eucs. 

Glider folks usually prefer their branches to have leaves on them, while some bird folks would rather have clean, straight perches... which do you prefer?  Our 'regular' 1/2 lb. branch order is around 4 1-footers, about 1/2" thick, with leaves attached.  If you'd like something different than that, please let me know.  

Please know that you may also modify your future shipments to get loose leaves, longer or thicker branches, chew sticks, seeds, nuts, or bark, or any combination thereof.  My intention it to help make your experience with Eucalyptus as fulfilling as possible.

Thanks again for subscribing... I'll do my best for you!
- Matt      916-599-8597 (c), California time (PST)

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Thank you for your order and Welcome to the elite group of fresh Eucalyptus subscribers!
Your first shipment of fresh Euc Chew Sticks should go out in the next few days, along with instructions on how to care for and present the Eucs to your little friend(s). In the future, you may modify your order to get longer or thicker branches, chew sticks, leaves, seeds, nuts, or bark. 

FYI: "Chew sticks" are usually short (4-6"), thin, straight sticks, without leaves... is that what you expected?  If not, I can also do "branches", which are thicker, longer, and have leaves attached.

Again, I can customize your order and make your experience with Eucalyptus as fulfilling as possible.

Thanks again for subscribing... I'll do my best for you!
- Matt      916-599-8597 (c), California time (PST)

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Oh no, Patricia... so sorry to see you go!  I hope all is well for you and your pet friends.

Is there anything I can do to keep your business?  Please let me know if it was something I did, or didn't do, that caused you to leave.

Take care, best wishes and thank you for being a loyal Euc subscriber.
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Sorry to see you go, Michelle! It didn't work out, ey?

Is it something I did, or didn't do, that's causing you to leave?  If so, please let me know...

Either way, thank you for your orders.  
I wish you and your pets the very best!
Take care.
- Matt

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---ochure
from the feedback I'm getting on the brochure, I feel like people are trying to tell me, as they told Howard Rourk, to conform and be nice.
I have gone overboard in the past in being conversational (ie-immature), but I my writing now is more mature and more professional, while still including myself in the text/content.
Write ND from my perspective, 80% them, 20% me.
Write what I know, then back it up with, how I know it, personally.
Say it clearly, and forthright, and with Attitude.

30 second elevator speech
---ochure
This is not the place they get to come each week to whine about how they feel - this is where they come to examine what is working in the present, what is not, and to go through the process of changing the "is not" part of that by taking action.

	- Penny R. Tupy, Life Coach

Feelings expressed for the following reasons are fine:
	Clarity
	Release
	Acceptance
	Remove Judgments
	Go for deeper feelings (ex: express anger to get to the hurt underneath)

not Ok:
	whining
	blaming (short-term is fine, in an effort to find your part in it all)
	one-up-manship / competition
	poor me (if you want people to feel sorry for you, you're not looking for results)
	victim (to explain how there really is NOthing you can do about it... and it's all their fault, anyhow)

---idges to Baccalaureate Principal Investigator Dr. Aaron Tabor, took exams on Creative Problem Solving through Health Occupation Students of America (HOSA).
 
Four of the students qualified to go to the state level, Tabor said, adding that all of the students are equally intelligent and deserving of accolades. The team placed ninth overall.
 
The four students, all 10th graders, are Cate Cole and Ethan Perelstein from Flagstaff Arts and Leadership Academy; and Kaleb Herrelko and Jacqueline Slack from Coconino High School.
 
According to information from HOSA, its mission is to promote career opportunities in the health care industry and to enhance the deliver of quality health care to all people. The focus is on health science education and biomedical science programs to promote interest in pursuing careers in the health professions.
 
To prepare for the exams, Slack said that the team began by reading books on creative problem solving and by researching various health-related problems in the community. Cole added that the team tested one another with problems as well as timing the testing for solutions.
 
During testing, the team had 30 minutes to prepare and had 8 minutes to present their case in front of a panel to judge. They made the grade, and now theyre heading to Tucson for the statewide competition.
 
I personally am excited to meet other students like us, who are science minded, Perelstein said.
 
Herrelko added, That could be fun.
 
Slack said, Im very excited to compete.
 
Cole said, Im really excited to see what we can come up with  real-world problems that affect millions across the globe.
 
The team members are part of the iCREATE High School Bioscience program. The class offers six credit hours from CCC to apply to a college degree. The students meet five days a week at the Center for Teaching and Learning at Northern Arizona University for lectures and labs. The program is offered through the Coconino Association for Vocations, Industry and Technology.
 
I love coming here and getting a taste of what college and medical school will offer, Cole said.
 
Perelstein said, For me, this class is challenging, its engaging, and thats what I really love.
 
Herrelko said, I like the challenge and it requires more persistence.
 
Slack said, Im excited that every day after school, I get to be around science-oriented, like-minded people.
 
For Tabor, he said he thoroughly enjoys being the instructor for the class.
 
Frankly, its the students, he said. I never in a thousand years anticipated teaching K-12 students at all, but this group of students is one of the best Ive ever encountered.
 
Tabor added that his job is to educate the students on the translational sciences and the epidemiology field, but he also is to assist them with their professional growth  creating curriculum vitaes, attending conferences, performing public speaking, seeking publication, and more.
 
As for the state competition in April, Tabor said the students can go to the national level in the event if they are rank high enough for it. So, the journey may not be over for one or several of them after the state competition.
 
And as for the future, all four team members have plans. Coles goal is to become a physician, an obstetrician. Perelstein is interested in mechanical engineering, particularly biomimicry, or solving problems through evolutionary processes. Herrelko is still exploring, but he knows he wants to be an engineer of some sort. Slack is dedicated to becoming a neurosurgeon.
 
We challenge one another and work to put our best foot forward as a team, Perelstein said.
 
The iCREATE HS Bioscience program is funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation. Community partners include CCC, CAVIAT, NAU, TGen North, North Country HealthCare, Coconino County Public Health Services District, and Flagstaff STEM City.

---ain Talent Profile and Interpetation plus a group dashboard for the class, and the book Cognitive Yoga.

To register online, you must first log in to the database. Use 'Log On' 'New User' to set up your name and password. If you have attended a continuing ed class at AUNE before, your email address will tell you if you have a login established and you can easily reset your password. Antioch students and alumni--please do not assume this system will know you. It is separate from the Registrar's Office.
 

Once you are logged on, use the 'Enroll Yourself' button below.

Dates:	April 29 - May 6, 2017
Meets:	9:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Hours:	10.00
Location:	AUNE Dance Studio
Instructor:	Lee Guerette
Fee:	Registration Fee: $300.00
AU Student or Alum: $275.00
Group Rate: $275.00

The course will include a self assessment for teachers and how their brain likes to percieve and process information. Our discourse will include how brain style affects collaboration on teams. 
Register for Learning from Insight OUT

 Lee Guerette is an educational leader and advocate of Social Emotional Learning who offers adults validated psychometric assessments on their Emotional Competencies as a certified 6seconds coach.  The resulting profile helps people recognize and leverage their strengths to set goals and establish a healthy lifestyle.  She also provides practices that clarify values, develop executive function skills and increases social competencies.  Prior to founding Cognitive Yoga, Lee spent 25 years as a classroom teacher, reading and learning disabilities specialist and 30 years as a member of the Advaita Meditation Center. Lee offers a broad range of programs and services from personal coaching to workshops, college level classes and on site introductions to mindfulness for students
 
---uises (which, in my opinion, matters more... we can get over and thru ANY cuts and bruises if we have emotional strength, resilience and fortitude... three of the top subjects we learn with EQ!)

EQ is about acknowledging, accepting, understanding 

Which leads to 
Managing, controlling, directing, empowering, enlivening ourselves and our feelings and emotions.

Which leads to
us being stand-up people, with emotional AND personal responisibility.

EQ -->  ER -->  PR --> SR --> SR2 --> WorldPeace!

"It could happen!"

     - little orphan boy in Disney's "Angels in the Outfield"... 
     
>> Angels in the Outfield

>> "Michael!"

best attitude

---eaking when bent.  I feed the leaves to my stick insects so its really important that they hold up in water. I actually just finished my last shipment of oval shaped leaves that i received from you at the end of January. This time I decided to ordered the banana shaped leaves (my adult stick insects like both types) do they usually dry out so fast?  Thanks -Rob 

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---eathes this stuff (and writes it all down)!  On nights and weekends for over 30 years, he's an EQ dude, having lead hundreds of intensive, therapeutic, weekend emotional breakthrough trainings in California and Washington.  He also owns or runs 7 social media sites on Facebook and LinkedIn, with over 150,000 approved members.  But, by day, he's a Database Dude -- using his EQ as best he can in the IQ world of high-technology.  He's the Project Manager for a multi-million dollar software product, for a Fortune 500 medical healthcare conglomerate... and he swears he was promoted BECAUSE of his EQ!  :)

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dinner

---anches that thick, but I will, for you.
Ok?
- Matt

---eath, while someone is expressing themselves to me, it gives them the sense of being heard that they crave. In addition, not moving to explain, defend or fix, whatever issue they are raising is powerful. Next simply acknowledging that you heard them, coupled with something called mirroring, can be very healing. Mirroring is the practice of waiting till the person completes what they have to say to you, and then saying back to them, "this is what I heard... repeating the key points.... then checking in with did I get it all?" is powerful.

this man has some amazing things to offer men inthe relationship frame:
kenblackman.com

Welcome - Ken Blackman
My goal is not to diminish the raw intensity of intimate relating. My goal is for you both to become adept in the
KENBLACKMAN.COM
http://kenblackman.com/

---ochure
Probably the height of the class experience, the HUGEst change in our lives comes from 1 sentence.
1 proclamation.
1 life-changing statement

I am through being the victim,
and finished blaming others!

We call it the Statement of Direction
and each student gets a turn to MAKE this proclamation
     at your 100% (whatever that is for you, at that point in your life)
     (we all do it... but one at a time... and the way YOU do it, is the way YOU do it... maybe not the way I do it, or others... and that's ok... and that BEING OK, with the entire group, is soooo incredibly validating, too!)
     you being you, at your 100%:
- Breaks through your pre-conceived limitations, walls, prison cell you've put yourself in... 
- opens your closed heart
- expands your stressed mind

x josh, are you really going to work with me.
or are you putting Jenny in between us, to cushion us
you know I was talking to YOU in that last note.
     you got it.  you didn't reply to it... again.
     I believe you are afraid of me.
     I believe you don't like me very much.
     I believe I will rock your world, emotion-wise, because I'm willing, and able, to go where you have never been.
     childhood pain.

can you "go" to your own core pain?
     if not, that means you:
     a) don't know yourself, completely.  there are entire parts of you that you have never met
     b) you are afraid of you.  If you cannot/will not 'go there', you don't know if you can 'handle it'.
          once we DO go there, we are NO LONGER AFRAID of ANY of our feelings.
          knowing, without a shadow, that we can face our own fears, angers, sadness, grief, depression, guilt and shame, all of it!
          
---ighter, become the
shining star that you are.
For daily inspiration and advice, join
my Facebook page: Pinky and Her
Brain - Life Lessons.
Wishing you love and light,
Pinky Jangra
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---o for 5 days) --> Sacramento (overnight) --> Fresno --> home (4/4)... and 4/5 we're having our big Family Dinner here, as it's my birthday!

---ews
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---ochure
are your feelings your bestest friend, or your worstest enemy.

do your feelings hurt your other feelings?

     - Mcp Quote

05:15
does your Fear, come out as 

WE CAN BE OUR OWN WORST ENEMY!
     for real.
     we can even KILL ourselves.
     
We REALLY CAN be our own Worst Enemy!
     that's a bad thing.
     that's an important thing.
     that's a critical, life-changing, life-saving
     
, $100 each for the P's
dad, you want to pitch in
get cash for, at least, the boys
     no, All 4x!

card and $100 to each
write it out.
     Finn
     Eman
     Scott
     Merk

, Meet Merk at 2
     give her the cards
     
---ochure)
We introduce folks to their right-brain, and all the Passion, Joy and Color that resides there!

we take folks back to their childhood, 

send the course outline
maybe that's the best brochure

We have you:
1.  Meet your feelings
2.  Make friends with your feelings
3.  Feel, and Release, your deepest, darkest feelings
4.  Change the yucky, negative feelings into lighter, more pleasant, more uplifting feelings.
5.  Show you that YOU have control of your own feelings, thoughts and emotions... which means that YOU have control of your own life!

It's all Very good news!

The fact that we have WAAAY more control, emotionally, than we thought we did... and that we have way, Way, WAY more Choices, emotionally, than we thought we did... that we can make ourselves think and feel SOOO much better, more positively, more empowering, more loving, more Joyous feelings, that we ever thought possible...

     to me, that's pretty good news!
     
so, I thot I'd share.

---ing people closer . East or West people will be people .
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Matt Perelstein Hi Dattatreya, as long as I express my feelings, even my negative ones, as MY feelings, and nothing else, my family (whom I'm visiting right now... I'm sitting at my mom's desk, writing EQ, at 5am) can 'take' my negative feelings, just fine. I trained them to. They know I'm super-sensitive (and they seem to kinda like me, anyway... who knew?  :) ), but I'm aware of that, and super-responsible for that.

If we can speak from "I feel...", there really is no argument. And "I'm afraid that...", and "I'm scared about...", and "I'm sad that...", and even "I'm angry about...", can be heard, acknowledged, and accepted by those around me. Plus, my cancer journey showed me that they can lead to empathy and compassion, for me. I found that if I want people to like hanging around with me, AND I get my needs met at the same time, I need to communicate in a way that is totally real and genuine... I need to "teach" people around me how to be with me ... and I need to Ask for what I want, clearly, powerfully and responsibly. that's on me, and has little to do with 'them'.

How is your fam, you guys? are you brave enough to be real around them?

---uises
and the need to do a restart. But, very seldom are they terminal. The other part is that fear
has never stopped anyone from doing something they really wanted to do. If it is important
enough, no matter how scared you are, you will do it. If you find yourself not doing something
you said you wanted to do. . . . IT IS BECAUSE YOU DID NOT WANT TO DO IT!
To be able to do this requires you believe that it is okay to be human and that you are
acceptable and lovable with your imperfections. As a result, I have come to the conclusion
that being defensive is a waste of time. If I am wrong, I need to change. So, there is no
reason to be defensive. However, if I am right, right is its own defense.
When I am being defensive, it raises doubts in myself as to my innocence. Otherwise, why
would I have to defend myself? The more I defend myself, the more I raise the suspicion in
you that may be I am wrong.
Defensiveness is based upon beliefs that the opposite of love is hate or anger. Only if I am
perfect, will I be lovable, be acceptable. Only then, will you think well of me. Only by being
perfect, can I escape being rejected or abandoned. Therefore, I must defend myself to prove I
am right so you will accept me and not be angry. Because, I equate your anger at me to your
rejection of me.
When I defend myself, you dont feel listened to, which causes more fighting and we both feel
less loved. As a result, I try harder to be perfect and prove that I was not wrong by defending
myself even more. The need to be right in order to be lovable and not be rejected is based on
beliefs that are not true.
The opposite of love is indifference, not hate. Its not caring enough to get angry. I become
most angry with the people I love the most. It is not easy to give up my need to be perfect,
but once I do, then I can give up the need to defend myself. If, however, I sometimes slip
back into my old beliefs and find myself being defensive, thats OK too. I do not have to be
perfect . . . even at giving up old beliefs.
Good judgment comes from experience;
And experience, well, that comes from bad judgment.
~ Anonymous ~
Myron Doc Downing PhD
Specializing in workshops in Relationships,
Depression, Anger Management & Anxiety
DocDowning 103 @gmail.com
Georgetown, TX

---ead still. Might make spinach dip if sounds good to everyone?? Love are family ??????
8:31PM

Tracy
I doing ham and green bean cassarole. Cheesy potatoes too. Mom said she is doing baked beans.
Sounds good guys... I/we love spinach dip... looking forward to it!  ??
on a super-sad note, I heard from Anthony Cecere today and it seems that Jennifer has been in jail for a week now, awaiting arraignment, before she goes to prison.  She is being charged with 3 felonies, including Vehicular Manslaughter with Intoxication... she's looking at 10 years.  I had been in contact with her via Facebook, but no more.  She can only get written letters.  I wish I woulda known she was going... there's more I woulda said to her.
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---oader efforts to commission, curate, and
distribute resources, CASEL is poised to serve as the
know-how lab for the SEL field. Our work combines the
Know of research with the How of practical application,
along with advancing policies that create the conditions
for SEL to flourish. We will continue collaborating with
educators, scholars, and others to share this know-how
with those who can put it to immediate use.

The CDI has been a pivotal step in the evolution and
maturation in the field of SEL. We are profoundly
thankful for the generosity of NoVo Foundation
and several other funders and for the vision and
commitment of our district partners. They are helping
to transform how student success is defined in
American education.

Through our work and the work of many people in the
field, we are making a difference. Our goal: by 2025, 50%
of districts are systemically integrating high-quality
SEL across their schools and classrooms.
Its time.
1
Contents
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 1
CHAPTER 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAGE 2
Collaborating
Districts Initiative:
A LEARNING LAB
CHAPTER 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAGE 6
Key Insights
CHAPTER 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAGE 20
Impact on Students
and Schools
CHAPTER 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAGE 24
Scaling SEL
Know-How
Preface
Karen Niemi
President and CEO
Roger P. Weissberg, PhD
Chief Knowledge Officer
Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL). (2017)
Key Insights from the Collaborating Districts Initiative. Chicago: Author.
2 3
Collaborating
Districts
Initiative:
A Learning Lab
6 YEARS 10 DISTRICTS 900,000 STUDENTS
Six years ago CASEL took the unprecedented
step of launching an effort to study and scale
high-quality, evidence-based academic,
social, and emotional learning in eight of the
largest and most complex school systems in
the country: Anchorage, Austin, Chicago,
Cleveland, Nashville, Oakland, Sacramento, and
Washoe County, Nev. With the recent addition
of Atlanta and El Paso, the Collaborating
Districts Initiative (CDI) now includes 10
districts, enrolling 900,000 students a year. It
is one of the most comprehensive and ambitious
school district improvement initiatives ever.
Educators around the world rely on CASEL
resources to support their knowledge and
understanding of SEL, which in turn affects
millions of additional students. And with the
spring 2017 launch of the online District Resource
Center, the knowledge gleaned from the CDI will
benefit millions more.

The goal of the CDI was to create a comprehensive
shift in how superintendents and entire school
districts approach education. We knew we had
to help redefine quality education (beyond test
scores alone), and to prioritize the practices
in classrooms, schools, and communities for
promoting the social and emotional development
of children.

As a result, the CDI is focused on systemic
SEL implementation SEL across all district,
school, and classroom activities, increasingly in
partnership with parents and communities. SEL as
a once-a-week program is not enough to establish
sustainable teaching and learning environments
where students truly thrive. SEL is sustained and
students thrive when it is promoted and reinforced
throughout the school day, modeled and taught
by teachers, families, and community members 
and supported by district policies, practices, and
investments.

CHAPTER 1 Study
     Anchorage
     AUSTIN
     CLEVELAND
3 DISTRICTS
171K STUDENTS

2011 Study
     Anchorage
     ATLANTA
     AUSTIN
     CHICAGO
     CLEVELAND
     EL PASO
     NASHVILLE
     OAKLAND
     SACRAMENTO
     WASHOE COUNTY
10 DISTRICTS
900K STUDENTS

TODAY
SEL helps all students reach their full
potential as caring, contributing, responsible,
and knowledgeable friends, family members,
coworkers, and citizens.

It helps them build positive skills, such as
greater self-awareness and self-management,
improved relationship skills, and responsible
decision-making in safe and supportive learning
environments. These skills and behaviors are
important in their own right, but they also
benefit students in other ways. For example, a
major review of research studies on SEL school
programs revealed 11 percentile-point gains in
academic performance.

1
Benefits extend beyond students to the
broader society as well. Another study
demonstrated statistically significant
associations between social-emotional
skills in kindergarten and key young adult
outcomes in education, employment, criminal
activity, substance use, and mental health.
2
Overall, quality SEL yields an 11:1 return on
investment, according to a 2015 Columbia
University study.
3
 Scholars from the fields
of neuroscience, health, employment,
psychology, classroom management,
learning theory, economics, and youth
development also have identified benefits.
SEL also helps avoid or reduce negative outcomes
for kids. For example, more than 40% of teens are
chronically disengaged. 

4 In the past year, one in 13 students has been in at least one fight,
one in six has carried a weapon, and one in 10
has had sex with more than four people.
5
 Teen depression has increased five-fold since the 1950s.
6
 Half of college students report feeling overwhelmed.
7
 SEL helps students overcome
challenges such as these and gives students the
opportunity to succeed in school and in life.
4
5
1 Child Development, January/February 2011 2 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/American Journal of Public Health 3 Center for Benefit-Cost Studies in Education, Teachers College, Columbia University 4 University of Michigan, Personality and Social Psychology Review 5 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 6 Birth Cohort Differences in Self-Esteem, 19882008: A cross-temporal 7 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Child Development, January/February 2011
Why SEL is NeededRaises Stu
dent
Performance Higher academic
achievement
Better socialemotional
skills Improved attitudes
about self, others,
and school
Positive classroom
behavior
R
e
duces Ri
s
k
for
F
a
ilure
Fewer conduct
problems
Less emotional
distress
SELs
Benef
its
A 2011 meta-analys
is foun
d t
hat SEL

7
To learn more, visit CASELs District Resource Center
drc.casel.org
6
Key
Insights
Insight 1
Systemic SEL
is possible.
Implementation WORKS even with leadership
changes and relatively small budgets.
The CDI began with strong leadership from the
top. Superintendents and their districts committed
to an ambitious agenda of change: systemic
implementation of SEL across all district, school,
and classroom activities and in partnership with
parents and communities. This was not SEL as a
once-a-week program but instead a paradigm shift
where district leaders committed to:
 Cultivate commitment and organizational
support for SEL.
 Assess SEL resources and needs.
 Support classroom, school, and community
SEL programming.
 Establish systems for continuous improvement.
Significantly, unlike many major district efforts,
districts received minimal financial incentives to
undertake these sweeping reforms. Each of the first
eight districts received annual grants of $250,000
for up to six years. That represents less than 0.04%
of the average CDI districts annual budget for all
expenses (excluding Chicagos budget, which is
larger than the other seven CDI district budgets
combined). The districts supplemented NoVo
Foundation grants with their own investments.
None of the districts has the same superintendent
as when the CDI began. Indeed, Chicago Public
Schools has had four superintendents since 2010,
yet SEL is still growing throughout the district,
supported by 25 dedicated staff in the Office of
Social and Emotional Learning.
Despite this turnover, after five years of
independently evaluating the CDI, the American
Institutes for Research (AIR) concluded: Our
findings suggest that districts participating in the
CDI have sustained, deepened, and broadened their
commitment to SEL and developed capacities to
support its implementation. Participation in the
CDI and in district-initiated activities has enhanced
the readiness of the districts and their schools
to implement and sustain SEL. More staff and
stakeholders know about it and want it, and SEL
has been embedded as a pillar in strategic plans.
Furthermore, districts are increasingly aligning SEL
with other districtwide activities.
Districts were able to withstand leadership
turnover and budget cuts, especially when they
had broad stakeholder commitment to SEL, when
they focused on deepening the SEL expertise of
central office staff, effectively integrated SEL across
district departments and initiatives, and began
to see evidence of improvements in climate and
attendance, and reductions in suspensions.
Since 2011 we have been working with our
partner districts in an intensive ongoing cycle
of implementation, refinement, evaluation, and
documentation to deepen our understanding
of how to embed SEL into their work. We are
working closely with superintendents, district
SEL leaders, research and evaluation teams,
principals, teachers, parents, and community
members to support and promote systemic SEL.
We are providing hands-on, practical consulting
and support. And we are connecting districts
virtually and in-person with each other, in small
peer-to-peer learning groups, and in large
cross-district meetings, so that they can learn
and benefit from each others experiences.
We promised no quick fixes, but rather
sustained commitment, access to the smartest
leaders, high-quality research, and a passion
for evidence and results. Our initial research
questions asked what does systemic SEL mean?
What does it look like in practice, and how is
it achieved? This chapter highlights seven key
insights drawn from our experience.
1. Systemic SEL is possible even with
leadership changes and relatively small
budgets.
2. SEL ideally is integrated into every aspect
of the districts work, from the strategic
plan and budgets to human resources and
operations.
3. SEL ideally is integrated into every aspect
of the school, from classroom instruction to
school climate and culture to communityfamily
partnerships.
4. Successful implementation can follow
multiple pathways, based on each districts
unique needs and strengths. Regardless
of the approach, the engagement and
commitment of both school and district
leadership is essential.
5. Adult SEL matters, too.
6. Data for continuous improvement are
essential.
7. Districts benefit from collaborating with
each other.
The CDI demonstrates that
it is possible for large urban
school districts to adopt and
maintain SEL as an essential
element of education, even
amid budgetary stress and
leadership turnover.
American Institutes for Research
CHAPTER 2 SEL Grants
REPRESENTED
ONLY
ABOUT 0.04%
OF EACH
DISTRICTS
BUDGET
VISION
Develop a district wide
vision and long term plan
9
To learn more, visit CASELs District Resource Center
drc.casel.org
INTEGRATION
Integrate SEL
with district initiatives
For example, Oakland Unified School Districts
commitment to social and emotional learning is
evident across the systemincluding the districts
vision and strategic plan, SEL board policy, SEL
standards, classroom curricula, restorative justice
practices, and professional learning. The districts
new performance frameworks for teachers,
principals, schools, and the superintendent are
all based on the districts SEL standards, as
is professional learning for all principals and
assistant principals. Oakland is also beginning to
use SEL school-quality indicators to help schools
align and prioritize resources and goals for
student success.
In Chicago SEL is integrated into the districts
overall strategic plan. The district also has
established a districtwide code of conduct and
climate standards. A progressive discipline
policy limits the use of exclusionary discipline
practices and encourages all schools to respond
to misbehavior using supportive, restorative
discipline practices to promote social and
emotional development. SEL is part of professional
development for core academic content in areas
such as math and literacy. SEL is integrated into
the districts Multi-Tiered Systems of Support
(MTSS), which provides differentiated support for
students.
Anchorage School District has embedded
SEL instructional strategies into leadership
meetings, professional development sessions, and
curriculum. It is creating a MTSS approach that
integrates SEL curriculum and strategies with
Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports
(PBIS). A district SEL leadership team of 30
leaders from the classroom to the superintendent
guides this work.
In Sacramento City Unified School District,
over 50 schools have adopted evidence-based
curriculum and are explicitly teaching SEL
lessons across all grade levels. Leadership
teams from all K-12 schools were trained on
SEL core competencies, restorative practices,
and equity. Equity coaches regularly work with
schools to support their SEL/Equity leadership
teams, facilitate professional growth opportunities
for staff, model lessons, and support individual
teachers. In year five an interdepartmental
professional learning community was created to
develop expertise and deepen collaboration among
central office staff.
To complement the in-district work, CASEL is
partnering with The Wallace Foundation to help
districts align their SEL work with out-of-schooltime
efforts.
8
Insight 2
SEL is ideally integrated
throughout the district. When implemented well, SEL is embedded into every aspect of the
districts work, from the strategic plan and budgets to human
resources and operations.
Systemic SEL is not a siloed approach or standalone
program, but a new way of doing business.
At the district level, we have worked closely with
superintendents, district SEL leaders, school
boards, curriculum and instruction departments,
research and evaluation teams, and others in
multiple ways to help districts adopt systemic
strategies that embed SEL into every aspect of
school life.
Districts are building SEL into their strategic plans
and budgets. They are reorganizing leadership
structures so that SEL is not a separate priority
but is integrated into core functions such as
academics, professional development, and equity.
They are integrating SEL into the development and
implementation of districtwide policies on hiring and
discipline. They are systematically collecting and
analyzing data for continuous improvement (more
in Insight 6). And they are regularly communicating
with and engaging multiple stakeholders.
For us, its not about one more thing we have to
budget for. SEL is in the blood of what we do in the
district. Its not just an off-the-shelf program. Its
really about what we do every day for kids.
Traci Davis, Superintendent of Schools,
Washoe County School District
Theory of Action
for Districtwide SEL
  Vision & Long-Term
Plan
  Stakeholder
 Communications
  Aligned Resources
  Central Office
 Expertise
  Professional Learning
  SEL Integration
  SEL Standards
& Assessments
  Evidence-Based
Programs
CULTIVATE
COMMITMENT &
ORGANIZATIONAL
SUPPORT FOR SEL
ESTABLISH
SYSTEMS FOR
CONTINUOUS
IMPROVEMENT
ASSESS SEL
RESOURCES &
NEEDS
SUPPORT
CLASSROOM,
SCHOOLWIDE, &
COMMUNITY SEL
PROGRAMMING
10 11
Systemic SEL is a new way of doing business at the
school level as well. District leaders have worked
closely with principals, teachers, parent leaders,
community partners, and others in multiple ways to
help schools adopt systemic strategies that embed
SEL into every aspect of school life.
In classrooms implementing well, SEL is promoted
through explicit instruction, often using an
evidence-based program identified in CASELs
program reviews. It is integrated across classroom
instruction and academic curriculum, from the math
class organized around cooperative learning to the
social studies class that routinely helps students
learn empathy by trying out different perspectives to
understand their world.
In schools implementing well, there is a culture and
climate that supports learning, respect, and caring
relationships throughout the school day. Adults are
regularly modeling SEL behavior in classrooms
and hallways, and on playgrounds. SEL shapes how
principals run their staff meetings, how teachers
handle their classrooms, how custodians and
cafeteria workers know and are known by students,
how safety officers interact with students, and how
receptionists welcome visitors.
In Washoe County School District, staff members
at each school attend a three-day training focused
on culture and climate, evidence-based programs,
student voice, and the integration of SEL into math,
English, history, and other classes. Teachers use
SEL strategies to engage students in learning core
academic content. Students demonstrate listening
skills, empathy, and other SEL competencies as they
work in pairs, in small groups, and as a whole class.
Sacramento has developed Common Core State
Standards curriculum maps for English Language
Arts and math, explicitly identifying related SEL
skills such as being able to collaborate, persevere in
solving difficult problems, develop viable arguments,
and critique the reasoning of others. SEL skills also
are embedded in the districts college and career
readiness graduate profile, which will serve as a
guide for students successful matriculation.
Family and community partnerships extend and deepen
the work occurring in schools. Austin Independent
School Districts citywide Ready by 21 Youth
Services Mapping program helps students and
families locate services and supports that address
academic enrichment and support, as well as social,
emotional, and behavioral health. The district has
also provided training in SEL to multiple out-ofschool
providers. And a local philanthropic matching
program has raised $2.4 million in three years.
Sacramento has integrated SEL into its nationally
recognized Parent Teacher Home Visit Project, the
districtwide Parent Information Exchange, parent
training modules, and its Family Night Toolkit on
Math, which now includes information on growth
mindset. Washoe County has offered more than 80
Parent University SEL courses, including College
and Career Success and Building Resiliency in
Children.
We changed from everything
being punitive to making
everything a teaching moment:
What did you do? Why did you do
it? Do you know it was wrong?
What could you do differently?
The staff was on board. There
was a lot of buy-in.
Janet McDowell,
Principal, Wade Park Elementary School,
Cleveland Metropolitan School District
Student and Teacher Voice
A supportive climate and culture results when
there are opportunities for multiple voices to
be heard. In Cleveland Metropolitan School
District, for example, about 450 high school
students meet quarterly to review their
individual schools Conditions for Learning
data, participate in activities with their
peers, and provide feedback directly to the
CEO about proposed district improvements.
In Chicago students sat on the committee
that rewrote the districts discipline policy
and created supports for school staff
members. They helped create a video to
teach all stakeholders about the important
shift to a restorative practices approach.
In order to help our
students learn, we have to
build relationships with
our students. Thats what
they say to us.
Antwan Wilson,
former superintendent of Oakland Unified
School District, currently chancellor of
Washington, DC Public Schools
Insight 3
SEL ideally is integrated
throughout the school. When implemented well, SEL is embedded into every aspect of the school,
from classroom instruction to school climate and culture to partnerships
with the community and families.
I dont know that
there are any kids out
there, in any school
district, that dont
have some needs for
SEL support.
Jos Banda,
Superintendent, Sacramento City Unified
School District
To learn more, visit CASELs District Resource Center
drc.casel.org
INTEGRATION
Integrate SEL
with district initiatives
12 13
Insight 4
Successful implementation can
follow multiple pathways.
Each district has unique needs and strengths, but regardless of the
approach, DISTRICT AND school leadership is key.
Districts have chosen a variety of approaches
for rolling out their SEL implementation to
schools. There is no single path to successful
implementation. Some built from the classroom up,
using SEL programming as an anchor. Others built
from the central office down, focused on strategy
and organization. Some start with clusters of K-12
schools (high school and feeder middle and
elementary schools).Others roll out districtwide at
specific grade levels.
For example, Austin started with two feeder
patterns of elementary, middle, and high schools,
then added three more the following year, then two
more each year until all schools in the district were
implementing SEL. On the other hand, Cleveland
implemented the PATHS program districtwide,
starting with all K-2 grades one year and grades
3-5 during the following year. Second Step was
introduced in grade 6 in 2015. It was enhanced with
the inclusion of grades 7-8 in 2016.
Regardless of the pathway, implementation needs
to get down to the school level where the students
are  and where relationships are formed,
curriculum is taught, and partnerships with
families and community happen. And the principals
understanding of and commitment to SEL are
critical to leading these efforts. To ensure effective
implementation at the school level, Washoe County
uses school-based SEL teams comprising at
least one administrator and four to six site-based
staff including teachers, counselors, and speech
pathologists. In addition, 21 teacher leaders receive
additional professional development and then train
their school colleagues and parents. Austin uses a
coaching and strategic planning model, with each
SEL specialist responsible for up to 12 schools.
Building on Strengths
Needs assessments help districts identify and
build on strengths. Surveys and focus groups,
for example, helped Washoe County discover
the central role of counselors. The district then
developed more inclusive training for teachers,
principals, and others. In Austin a survey of
SEL liaisons, principals, and coaches helped
identify the quality of school implementation.
The district used that information to help scale
up best practices. To focus on school leadership,
the districts new planning team now includes
three principals and the chief of schools, who
supervises principals.
The way weve
implemented SEL,
instruction happens
every single day in
the classroom, not
something we do
separate and apart.
Paul Cruz,
Superintendent, Austin Independent School District
SEL is the way
we go about
our business.
Relationships
matter most. I see
the whole world
through the lens
of SEL.
Brian Singleton,
Principal, Begich Middle School,
Anchorage School District
To learn more, visit CASELs District Resource Center
drc.casel.org
ALIGN
RESOURCES
Align financial and
human resources
14 15
Social and emotional competence among staff
improves teaching and leadership by strengthening
relationships, creating safer learning environments,
reducing staff burnout, and building trust among
colleagues. It also helps those working directly
with children to teach, model, and reinforce SEL
competencies in their academic and interpersonal
interactions with students.
Educators who model SEL have clear expectations
and guidelines, including setting appropriate
consequences, according to Nick Yoder of the
American Institutes for Research. They find ways
to stay calm when angry. They avoid mocking or
embarrassing their students. They give students
choices and respect their wishes. They ask
questions that help students solve problems on
their own. They are culturally aware and competent.
Yet too few teachers have been formally trained
in their teacher preparation programs on SEL.
A recent University of British Columbia/CASEL
report found the overwhelming majority of teacher
preparation programs do not have courses that
help educators teach core SEL skills to students.8
Penn State Universitys Mark Greenberg observed
in a recent report: If a teacher is unable to
manage their stress adequately, their instruction
will suffer, which then impacts student well-being
and achievement. In contrast, teachers with better
emotion regulation are likely to reinforce positive
student behavior and support students in managing
their own negative emotions.9
Anchorage discovered after two years of
implementing student-centered reforms it needed
to pause to focus more on staff training. We cant
expect teachers to model what we dont give them
a chance to practice themselves, says Jan Davis,
SEL Professional Learning Specialist. Moreover,
the Anchorage team is exploring how developing
adults social and emotional competencies may
bolster their capacity to appropriately use culturally
responsive teaching practices, which ultimately will
ensure that all students are supported in reaching
their full potential.
Adult awareness, modeling, and integration of
social-emotional competencies in their teaching
practices has long been a priority for Chicago
Public Schools. All introductory SEL workshops
ask leaders to identify and reflect on their own SEL
competencies, prioritize areas where they would
like to grow, and plan how to engage colleagues
in an ongoing process of building these skills
throughout their departments, regions, or schools.
Efforts such as these helped the district to identify a
link between adult decision-making and a historical
overuse of suspensions.
To reinforce the importance of adult SEL, some
districts are explicitly embedding SEL into their
staff performance frameworks. Oakland, for
example, created performance frameworks for
adults and elementary students based on its
SEL standards. SEL factors into the evaluation
process for all classroom teachers, PreK-12.
The OUSD Leadership Growth and Development
System guides the professional development and
evaluation of all principals throughout the district.
The superintendent holds herself accountable to the
school board for specific SEL goals and objectives
included in her work plan.
We ask educators
whats that one skill
you want students to
have to be successful?
Its the social-emotional
skills they want students
to have.
Kyla Krengel,
Director, SEL, Metro Nashville Public Schools
Insight 5
Adult SEL matters, too.
Relationships are central, and adults need the expertise to teach and
model appropriate lessons and behaviors in every interaction.
8 The University of British Columbia Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education
9 Penn State University/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
You walk around
the school now and
you can tell there are
relationships that exist
between teachers and
teachers, between
teachers and students,
and students with one
another. What that allows
for is a culture of calm.
Jessica,
Chicago Public Schools, ninth-grade student
To learn more, visit CASELs District Resource Center
drc.casel.org
BUILD
EXPERTISE
Develop central office SEL
expertise and competence
16 17
Having research and evaluation teams involved in SEL work from the start yields several benefits.
They help clarify goals and desired outcomes. They
ensure that progress toward these outcomes is
regularly measured, analyzed, and shared through
data dashboards, reports, and similar management
tools for continuous improvement.
In addition, clear metrics help keep everyone on
on the same page. Regular visibility helps ensure
that everyone knows the work is important. Most
important, armed with data, districts can make
more informed decisions about necessary changes
in strategies and programming.
For example,
Austin raised local funds to
help create a two-person S
EL research team,
which produced regular leadership reports
on implementation and progress.
One report
measured the impact of a specific curriculum on
absentee rates, disciplinary incidents, grades, and
standardized test scores. Another compared the
impact of program longevity to the effectiveness of
implementation, with mixed results. These reports
have helped the district create buy-in, communicate
about the importance of S
EL, and raise additional
funds to support the work. Clevelands long-term research project with AIR
produces invaluable insights into S
EL attitudes and
school climate and culture through its Conditions
for Learning surveys of students, staff, and parents,
given two times a year. District administrators and
school staff regularly analyze the information and
use it to provide practical advice on topics such
as encouraging civility and enhancing the school
culture.
Acting on the data is key. After finding staff survey
participation had dropped sharply,
Anchorage
worked with CAS
EL to use the data to inform
priorities for programming and training.
Once they
saw how the survey research helped principals
guide their work, teacher participation on the
surveys soared  from a low of 30% to 79%.
In
Washoe
County S
EL staff works closely with the
accountability department to help ensure a steady
stream of insightful analyses. Using the results of a
sophisticated 17-question survey, for example, they
made the case that students with higher S
EL skills
did better on virtually every other outcome measure
(test scores,
GPAs, attendance, etc.). And they
targeted staff development to address issues where
students reported feeling the weakest, such as the
ability to express feelings.
In
Metro
Nashville Public
Schools the resesarch
and development department has contributed
significantly to the school and classroom
observational tools now being used in 28 schools
to establish a baseline for an annual mid-year
assessment of school climate and practice. The
district also has used the tool to assess strengths
and needs in roughly 50 other schools and to
customize professional development accordingly.
Ins
i
g
ht 6
Data for continuous
improvement are essential. Research and evaluation that are focused on improvement accelerate
an
d ra
ise t
he qual
ity of t
he rollout.
To learn more, visit CASELs District Resource Center
drc.casel.org
CONTI
N
U
OUS
IMPR
O
V
E
MEN
T
Establish systems for
continuous improvement
18 19
The CDI offers an opportunity for many of the
countrys leading educators to intensively create and
explore which approaches work best, then share
that know-how with each other and the world.
To accelerate learning among CDI districts, we
created multiple peer learning communities, which
foster long-term commitment and sustainability
through regular opportunities to learn from each
other.
For example, the annual Cross-Districts Learning
Event convenes educators and others from CDI
districts to explore implementation topics such as
mindsets, academic integration, adult SEL, financial
sustainability, and assessment. More topic-specific
work groups have emerged from these large
sessions, such as our Equity Work Group, Research
and Evaluation Professional Learning Community,
and Professional Learning Series.
Through a series of in-person meetings, webinars,
and one-on-one phone calls, these groups
are learning from their peers about successes,
challenges, and innovations. A few districts have
adapted the proactive social media communications
and engagement strategies used by Austin and
Atlanta, for example. Washoe County has benefitted
from Chicagos approach to adult SEL. Other
districts have learned from Washoes innovative use
of data and student voice to support climate and
culture, using their student data summits.
The CDI superintendents connect regularly through
in-person opportunities, webinars, and one-on-one
conversations, exploring a wide range of issues
including stakeholder communication, budgeting,
data use, and strategies for crisis intervention.
Cross-district site visits occur regularly. For
example, Anchorage visited Chicago to learn more
about its MTSS implementation model and see
SEL leadership teams and integrated instruction
at schools. The Cleveland team members learned
different strategies for implementing the Closing
the Achievement Gap initiative from their visit
to Oakland. Washoe and Oakland learned about
Anchorages multiyear strategic plan for SEL
implementation and saw SEL-academic integration
in practice.
Atlanta and El Paso Benefit
Two of the newest members of the CDI are benefitting from the work of the first eight
districts. Both Atlanta Public Schools and El Paso Independent School District heeded the
recommendation to focus on adult SEL early. Atlanta is also focusing on parent engagement
and will adapt resources from the CDI in its efforts. El Paso has made use of Sacramentos
approach to teaching a growth mindset. And other CDI districts have used El Pasos hidden
backpack activity, a facilitation approach designed to build empathy for the unseen daily
burdens that affect students and adults ability to focus on their work.
CROSS-DISTRICTS LEARNING EVENTs
PARTICIPANTS SAY...
Anchorage,
Alaska
2011
Austin,
TexAS
2012
Nashville,
TennESSEE
2013
Cleveland,
Ohio
2015
Reno,
NevADA
2016
I have a deeper appreciation for why we need to
include adults in the SEL learning process and
why districts elect to work with adult SEL first,
as a foundation for districtwide implementation.
GREAT!!
I cant wait to bring this
back to our new teacher
program as well.
OAKLAND,
CALIFORNIA
2017
Insight 7
Districts benefit from
collaborating with each other.
From the start and in keeping with CASELS research roots, the CDI was
 and is  a COLLABORATIVE learning lab.
To learn more, visit CASELs District Resource Center
drc.casel.org
PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
Design and implement
effective professional
development programs
Academic achievement improved
The three districts that use the National
Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
(Austin, Chicago, and Cleveland) all improved
their reading and math scores during the CDI
implementation years.
In Anchorage, Austin, Chicago, Cleveland,
Oakland, and Nashville, GPAs were higher at the
end of the 2015 school year than before the CDI
started. The improvements were particularly
noticeable in Chicago, going from an average of
2.19 in the three years before the CDI to 2.65 in
2015, an increase of nearly 21%.
Nashville, the only district that used the same
standardized tests across CDI years, showed
improvements in both ELA and math achievement.
All districts with relevant data showed gains
in ELA and math in at least one grade band
(elementary, middle, high). Chicagos graduation
rate increased 15% during the CDI years.
Student engagement and
behavior improved
Attendance improved in four of six districts that
collected this data. Chicago improved overall
attendance by eight percentage points from
before the CDI started through 2015. Anchorage
(elementary, middle) and Nashville (middle, high)
showed gains at two of three levels.
Suspensions declined in all five of the districts
that collected this data. For example, suspensions
in Chicago declined 65 percent in two years.
This translates to 44,000 fewer students being
suspended from school in one recent year alone.
In Sacramento suspension rates declined in the
five years of systemic SEL implementation:
24% districtwide and 43% in high schools.
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Impact on
students and
schools
To assess the impact of the CDIs efforts, CASEL
entered into an ongoing data collection and
evaluation partnership with the districts and
American Institutes for Research (AIR). Data were
collected to measure the implementation and
resulting outcomes.
While the availability of data varied by district,
qualitative and quantitative outcomes are
promising.
The bottom line:
Even very modest investments in
SEL can pay off for individuals,
schools, and society.
CHAPTER 3
GPAs
MATH &
ELA
SCORES
GRADUATION
RATES
NAEP
SCORES
I have seen high schools
and middle schools really
change the narrative
on suspensions and
expulsions. If were
keeping students in
schools and teaching
them how to deal with
things instead of just
getting them out the
door, we are making
huge gains.
Alan Mather,
Chief Officer, Office of College and Career Success,
Chicago Public Schools
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Student Social and emotional
competence improved
Districts also reported that students social
and emotional competence improved, based on
student and teacher surveys. In both Chicago and
Nashville, elementary school students improved
in all five social and emotional competencies:
self-awareness, self-management, social
awareness, relationship skills, and responsible
decision-making. In Austin, where only middle
and high school data was collected, students at
both levels also significantly improved in all five
competencies. Middle and high school students in
Cleveland also experienced growth, particularly in
the areas of self-awareness and self-management.
Sacramento (elementary only) and Anchorage
(elementary, middle, and high school) collected
an average measure of students overall social
and emotional competence. For Sacramento,
elementary students experienced significant
gains in overall competence since the start
of the CDI. Anchorage students experienced
significant growth in overall competence even
before the start of the CDI and maintained the
same positive trajectory during the CDI years.
School climate improved
Climate, as measured by district surveys in
Chicago and Cleveland, improved during
the CDI years. In Anchorage climate began
an upward trajectory before the CDI
and sustained that same significant and
positive growth during the CDI years.
In the only district in which elementary school
climate data was available for analysis (Chicago),
students reported significant improvements on
the supportive environment scale compared
to the start of the CDI in 2010-2011.
Districts use a variety of surveys to measure student and staff attitudes.
This is an excerpt from Washoe County.
THE POSITIVE IMPACTS OF Social
and emotional COMPETENCE
In collaboration with CASEL, Washoe County
documented that students with higher SEL
competencies perform better on multiple
measures: higher academic achievement,
attendance, GPAs, and graduation rates, and
fewer suspensions. For example, students with
high social and emotional competence had a
math proficiency rate that was 21 percentage
points higher than their counterparts with low
social and emotional competence. Also, students
with higher competence were 20 percentage
points higher for English/Language Arts (ELA).
Findings from the Washoe/CASEL partnership
research team also showed that having high social
and emotional competence might have buffered
students from the negative impact of factors (e.g.,
suspensions, transiency, weak attendance) that
often place them in a high-risk academic status.
2014-2015
Math and English Language Arts
(ELA) Proficiency Rates among
Students with Low vs. High Social
and Emotional Competencies
LOW SEC
HIGH SEC
MATH
23%
MATH
44%
ELA
40%
ELA
60%
VERY
EASY EASY HARD
VERY
HARD
RESPONSIBLE
DECISION-MAKING
RESPONSIBLE DECISION-MAKING:
Thinking about what might happen before making a decision
RELATIONSHIP SKILLS RELATIONSHIP SKILLS:
Getting along with my classmates
SOCIAL AWARENESS SOCIAL AWARENESS:
Learning from people with different opinions than me
SELF-AWARENESS
EMOTIONAL KNOWLEDGE:
Knowing when my feelings are making it hard for me to focus
SELF-CONCEPT:
Knowing what my strengths are
SELF-MANAGEMENT
SCHOOLWORK:
Doing my school work even when i dont feel like it
EMOTIONAL REGULATION:
Getting through something even when I feel frustrated
GOAL MANAGEMENT:
Finishing tasks even if they are hard for me
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OUR GOALS:
BY THE END OF 2017 ALL EDUCATORS IN
THE COUNTRY WILL HAVE EASY ACCESS
TO HUNDREDS OF PRACTICAL TOOLS
THAT HAVE BEEN FIELD TESTED BY
SOME OF THE LEADING DISTRICTS IN
THE U.S.
By 2025 50% of U.S. school districts
will be systemically integrating
high-quality SEL across their
schools and classrooms.
Demand for SEL is at an all-time high. Teachers
recognize the importance of it. Employers are
requiring it. Parents value it. Communities are
being transformed by it. And, most important,
millions of students already are benefitting
from it.
Based on the practical knowledge gleaned
through the CDI and from the field at large,
we have extensive knowledge about how to
implement high-quality, evidence-based SEL.
With our district and philanthropic partners,
we at CASEL are uniquely poised to scale this
know-how to many more districts nationally.
Deepening SEL Know-HOW
With an ongoing commitment to deepening
the fields expertise in the practical application
of SEL, we plan to expand and formalize how
we collect, document, analyze, and translate
practices and strategies. We will continue to
partner intensively with CDI districts, and
deepen and extend partnerships in the broad field
to improve implementation and student outcomes
while increasing understanding of systemic
SEL, piloting new innovations, and refining best
practices. We will answer questions such as:
 What instructional practices maximize learning,
engagement, and achievement?
 How can SEL help promote equity in the school
and classroom?
 How can after-school programs reinforce
whats happening in school?
 How can schools engage families and
community partners in promoting SEL?
 How can schools best use data to improve
SEL competencies and school climate?
 How can districts allocate resources most
effectively?
We will amplify the case for systemic SEL with
even more meaningful, compelling data, and
cases  drawn from the CDI districts and from
other districts and schools across the country.
Sharing What We Know
Our goal is to make knowledge usable. We will
translate the knowledge and experiences from
the CDI districts and others into actionable and
innovative tools. We will offer support in using
those tools to reach the maximum number of
educators, scholars, policymakers, families,
and community partners, all while maintaining
a commitment to learning and continuously
improving our tools, approaches, and models for
implementation. For example:
 The District Resource Center, which launched
with nearly 500 practical, evidence-based,
annotated tools from the CDI districts.
 New online resources for schools and states
addressing key implementation issues.
 Virtual and online training and support for using
the guides, coupled with data collection to track
usage and impact.
We will execute new, creative strategies for
gathering input and insights from the field,
building communities of learners, and packaging
and disseminating knowledge. For example:
 An interactive, online platform for districts to
access tools and resources and track district
needs, requests, and knowledge gaps.
 Virtual communities connecting district
personnel serving in similar roles.
 In-person working groups to answer questions
on specific topics such as SEL and equity,
assessments, teacher practices, climate,
and culture.
Together, these strategies mark a significant and necessary
evolution in our workone that is focused on deepening and
advancing SEL implementation knowledge and making that
knowledge usable by any district nationwide.
The beneficiaries: Americas schoolchildren.
Scaling
SEL know-how
CHAPTER 4
COLLABORATIVE FOR ACADEMIC, SOCIAL, AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING
815 W VAN BUREN STREET, SUITE 210, CHICAGO IL 60607 | 312.226.3770 | CASEL.ORG
The Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL)
is the worlds leading organization advancing one of the most important
fields in education in decades: the practice of promoting integrated
academic, social, and emotional learning for all children. The nonprofit,
founded in 1994, provides a combination of research, practice, and
policyto support high-quality social and emotional learningin districts
and schools nationwide.
Thank you to CASELs many critical collaborators  our partner educators,
researchers, policymakers, civic leaders, program providers, funders,
and others  for contributing to and supporting efforts to help make
evidence-based social and emotional learning an integral part of
education, preschool through high school.

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The Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning (CASEL) just released a report sharing insights from 6 years supporting SEL implementation in 10 of the largest urban districts in the United States. I am so happy to see that many of these lessons are at the core of what Six Seconds does: importance of EQ for adults, SEL integration across school structures, use of assessments, and more. Read this post if you want to know more and get tips on what you can do to keep pushing SEL and EQ forward!

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Wow, I just read this study, Lorea!

"Today we are at a tipping point. The evidence is
clear that SEL works. Models for implementation
exist. Supportive policies are spreading. Most
important, students are benefitting. Students with
strong social and emotional competence not only do
better academically in school, they lead healthier,
happier, more fulfilling lives. They better understand
themselves, build constructive relationships, are more
kind and caring, and make more responsible decisions."

Raises Student Performance (pro-social behaviours) 
 Higher academic achievement (EQ even helps IQ!!!)
 Better social emotional skills 
 Improved attitudes about self, others, and school 
 Positive classroom behavior

Reduces Risk for Failure (anti-social behaviours)
 Fewer conduct problems
 Less emotional distress

Our goal: by 2025, 50% of districts are systemically integrating high-quality SEL across their schools and classrooms.

The CDI demonstrates that it is possible for large urban
school districts to adopt and maintain SEL as an essential
element of education, even amid budgetary stress and
leadership turnover. 
- American Institutes for Research

(I repeat, wow!)  :)

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Highest rate of teen alcoholism, DV and child abuse in the country.  The high schools had metal detectors

---eeds resentment. 

Fortunately, there is someone we can changeguess who? Thats right; only by focusing on ourselves can we set the boundaries that let us live harmoniously with others. I told Kelly that as soon as shes finished hurling dessert plates, she should take a moment to sit down, get quiet, and lovingly ask herself whats happening. Is she exhausted, enraged, grieving? Whatever Kellys feeling, she should offer her tired, sad, frustrated self permission to feel it, and then do something nurturingnap, have a cup of tea, vent in her journal. 

Once shes feeling calmer (and not a minute sooner), Kelly needs to reconstruct the events that led to her explosion. This is a bit like finding the black box from an airplane crash, then going through the flight recording to see when the pilot lost control. Kellys last outburst may be a good place to start: Chances are, right after she expressed her anger, she felt relieved for a while. The next time Paige was glued to her phone at dinner, I bet Kelly thought, Oh, well! What can you do? Lets call this state of mind the green zone. As time wore on, though, she felt the familiar twinges of annoyance, working her way into the yellow zone. Eventually she got so hot under the collar that her nose hairs were singeing. Then she hit the red zone: tantrum time. 

Kelly needs to learn to monitor her feelings not only when shes alone, but in real time, as she interacts with others. This takes practice because its easy to get caught up in big emotions rather than observe them. Shell probably have to go through a period of trial and error (and a few more flare-ups). But after a while, shell be able to stay aware of her feelings as they arise, and notice the zone shes in. 

Kellys goal should be to speak up for herself while shes still calm and collected, using this script: [Persons name], when you do [frustrating behavior], I feel [name your emotion]. Next time it happens, Ill have to walk away for a while. Otherwise, Ill end up blowing my top over some little thing, and that hurts both of us. This strategy isnt about criticism or blame. Kellys taking responsibility for her own reactions and establishing boundaries around the sole territory where she has jurisdiction: her self. 

Next time someone in your life is getting your goat, I suggest trying this approach. Most people will at least hear you out. If they ignore you or get defensive, you have to create some physical and emotional distancenot to punish the offender, but to remain in tranquility. The good news is that Kelly has loving relationships with her daughter and her mother; given the choice to make Kelly happier, theyll probably opt for peace and cooperation. As fallible human beings, they may need a few reminderswhile Kellys still in the green zone, of course. But ultimately, their relationships will be even stronger. 

When we make a practice of caring for ourselves, we feel not only more serene, but more powerful. Knowing we can meet our own needs frees us to love without conditionand by staying open to love, we can drive ourselves sane. 

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---ains.
The Effects of Modern Lifestyle on Our Brains
Our modern lifestyle is changing our brains. Theres some evidence its not all for the better.
21. Our brains are getting smaller. Over the past 10-20,000 years, the size of the average human brain has shrunk by the size of a tennis ball.
22. We are not getting smarter. Since the Victorian era, average IQs have gone down 1.6 points per decade for a total of 13.35 points.
23. Multitasking makes you less productive. When you multitask, your brain simply rapidly toggles back and forth between tasks. This results in decreases in attention span, learning, performance, and short-term memory.
24. Surprisingly, millennials (aged 18 to 34) are more forgetful than baby boomers. They are more likely to forget what day it is or where they put their keys than their parents!
25. The human brain is usually compared to the most advanced technology of the day. Its been compared to a clock, a switchboard, a computer, and most recently to the internet.
26. Our attention spans are getting shorter. In 2000, the average attention span was 12 seconds. Now its 8 seconds. Thats shorter than the 9-second attention span of the average goldfish.
27. Brain cells cannibalize themselves as a last ditch source of energy to ward off starvation. So in very real ways dieting can force your brain to eat itself.
28. Your brains storage capacity is considered virtually unlimited. It doesnt get used up like RAM in your computer.
Brain Myths Debunked
Rapid advancements in neuroscience means information gets outdated fast.
Thats one of the reasons theres a lot of misinformation floating around about the brain.
Here are some well-accepted brain facts that have been proven to no longer be true.
29. The popular myth that we use only 10% of our brains is flat-out wrong. Brain scans clearly show that we use most of our brain most of the time, even when were sleeping.
30. There is no such thing as a left-brain or right-brain personality type. We are not left-brained or right-brained; we are whole brained. (See #29.)
31. In spite of what youve been told, alcohol doesnt kill brain cells. It only damages the connective tissue at the end of neurons.
32. The Mozart Effect has been debunked. While listening to certain kinds of music can improve memory and concentration, theres nothing unique about listening to Mozart.
33. You may have heard that we have more brain cells than there are stars in the Milky Way, but this is not true. Best guess estimates are that we have 86 billion neurons and there are 200-400 billion stars in the Milky Way.
34. Its often said there are 10,0000 miles of blood vessels in the brain when, in fact, that number is closer to 400 miles. Still a substantial amount!
35. Contrary to prevailing medical belief, having high total cholesterol is not bad for your brain. In fact, it actually reduces your risk of dementia.
Facts About Memory
It was once thought our brain recorded memories like a camera, but this is not how memory works.
Our memories work less like a digital recording and more like listening to live improvisational jazz.
36. Memories are shockingly unreliable. Emotions, motivation, cues, context and frequency of use can all affect how accurately you remember something.
37. Memory is more of an activity than a place. Any given memory is deconstructed and distributed in different parts of the brain. Then, for the memory to be recalled, it gets reconstructed from the individual fragments.
38. Your brain starts slowing down at the ripe old age of 24 but peaks for different cognitive skills at different ages. In fact at any given age, youre likely getting better at some things and worse at others.
39. If you were drinking and dont remember what you did last night, its not because you forgot. While you are drunk your brain is incapable of forming memories.
Brain Facts That Are Just Plain Weird
Some of these brain facts have been around for a while and some are brand new, but I think youll find at least a few of these mind-blowing.
40. The human brain is not solid. Its soft and squishy similar to the consistency of soft tofu or soft gelatin. And its very fragile. (49)
41. Sometimes half a brain is a good as a whole one. When surgeons perform a hemispherectomy, they remove or disable half of the brain to stop seizures. Shockingly, patients experience no effect on personality or memory.
42. Think youre in control of your life? Think again. 95% of your decisions take place in your subconscious mind.
43. The brain in your head isnt your only brain. Theres a second brain in your intestines that contains 100,000 neurons. Gut bacteria are responsible for making over 30 neurotransmitters including the happy molecule serotonin.
44. Some scientists believe zombies could be real and that its possible a mutated virus or parasites could attack our brains and rapidly spread throughout large populations causing essentially a zombie apocalypse.
45. A blood-brain barrier protects your brain from foreign substances. But it doesnt work perfectly. The nicotine in smoke rushes into the brain in a mere 7 seconds. Alcohol, on the other hand, takes 6 minutes.
46. Prescription sleeping pills dont put you to sleep. They put your brain into a state similar to being in a coma, essentially bypassing any restorative value of sleep.
47. Our brains crave mental stimulation. Men especially would rather receive electric shocks than sit quietly in a room and think!
48. Over 140 proteins in the brain are negatively impacted by exposure to electromagnetic frequencies  the kind emitted by your cell phone and other electronic devices.
49. Although pain is processed in your brain, your brain has no pain receptors and feels no pain. This explains how brain surgery can be performed while the patient is awake with no pain or discomfort.
50. Few facts about the brain are as weird as the story of Albert Einsteins brain. The pathologist who performed Einsteins autopsy kept the brain in a jar in his basement for 40 years. Eventually he made a cross-country trip with the brain in a Tupperware container to deliver it to Einsteins granddaughter. You can read the full story about one of the most bizarre road trips ever in Driving Mr. Albert: A Trip Across America with Einsteins Brain.

---eathe EQ (or @[1497733377132272:274:Emotional Intelligence]), as I believe EQ can, and will, change me, you and the world, from the inside out!  

Since we're in crazy California, and since I speak casually, honestly and directly about feelings and emotions (and anything else), I figure that makes me the "EQ Dude"!  

Whatcha think??'
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Happy birthday Matt hope you have a great day.
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Happy birthday Matt! To many more healthy years of vibrant life!! ??????
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Great talking today! Have a happy drive!
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Happy bday to you my friend! I love all your EQ posts & fun notes :) Thank you for all you do for others! Have a great EQ day, filled with fun & friends - God bless you in your new year - Blessings - Alice & David
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Happy birthday Matt! Much love and happiness to a man who radiates both. ????
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Happy birthday, Matt :) Thank you for your doses of inspiration, especially your battle against cancer.. :)
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Happy Birthday Matt. Enjoy each moment of the present!
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Happy Birthday Matt, sure miss planting raquetball with you.
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Happy Happy Birthday Uncle Matt! Wishing you a special day and know that you are loved.
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Happy birthday dear Matt
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Happy Birthday Matt. Great to see your smiling face and happy posts on facebook. Here's to many more years of EQ memorable moments and lots of laughter.
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Happy, Joyous birthday, Matt, and many, many more!!
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Happy Birthday, Matt! So glad you are celebrating another birthday! Big hugs to you today!??????????
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Happy Birthday Matt! Glad you could hang for a while with us. Stop by anytime!
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Happy birthday, may it be filled with much, much love.
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Happy birthday Matt. GOD is good
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Happy Birthday Matt. Great to see you kicking so much butt. Keep rockin' it. Enjoy the day with everything you have at your disposal...
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Happiest of days to you Matt!
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I join hundreds of others wishing you the best of birthdays.
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I hope you have a wonderful day on THIS the annual anniversary of the first day you were ever NAKED in this world,,,,,,, HAPPY BIRTHDAY MATT!!!
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Good Morning, Just wanted to wish you a Happy Birthday. I hope you have plans to celebrate with friends and family big time! Enjoy..
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Happy birthday, Matt!
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Happy Birthday. Here's to many more.
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Happy birthday Matt. Now I understand your energy. My birthday was the 3rd and I've been told that I am lively. May God continue to bless you and your health now and always.
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Happy Birthday EQ dude. You kicked cancer in the butt!! You have so much to be grateful for.
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Happy Day to you, Matt...
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Have a happy birthday Matt Perelstein.. I'm at the cancer center getting a treatment.
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Happy birthday wishing you the most hope your day is full of joy n happiness.
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Happy Birthday Matt hope you have a super great day ????
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Happy Birthday Matt !!
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Happy Birthday, Matt! Enjoy another remarkable spin around the orb!!
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Happy Birthday, Matt. Hope you have a very special day full of all the people and things you love. Lots of love coming your way!
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Happy, happy birthday!!! :D
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Happy birthday, Matt. Have a blast.
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Happy birthday to such a warmhearted guy..........love you,have a great day!!!
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April 5  Colorado Springs, CO  
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Happy Birthday Matt! Thank you for all the inspiration :)
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Happy birthday Matt. Have a great day.
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Happy Birthday Matt!
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Happy Birthday, Matt!
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Happy Biethday Matt
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Happy birthday grandpa matt hope your day is amazing love and miss you
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April 5  Victoria, TX  
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MATT!
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April 5  Nashville, TN  
Happy birthday!!!! I love you!!!????????
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Happy birthday. Hope you have a great day.
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Congratulations on another emotionally satisfying birthday. Happy birthday, Matt.
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Happy Birthday Dear Matt. May it bring you another wonderful year full of joy and peace xoxo
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Happy Birthday Matt. Stay healthy and active in your direction with EQ.
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Happy Birthday and may God bless your each day with lots of love and joy.
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April 5  
Happy birthday Matt. Wishing you a hreat year filled with many blessings.????????????????
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Happy Birthday Sir, wishing you long and fruitful life ahead
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Many happy Return of the day Matt. . .
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Auguroni! Happy birthday to you!
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Wishing u a v v happy birthday. May God bless you!!!
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Happy happy bday Matt Perelstein! Stay blessed!
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Many Many happy returns of the day Matt Perelstein, May the life shower upon you loads of happiness.
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Birthday wishes Matt. May you always keep smiling and spread the sparkle in you. ??????
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Happybirthday from infinite depth of my heart.
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Happy birthday Matt. Have a lovely year ahead.
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Happy Birthday ?????? Matt! I hope you had a very special day because you are a very special person and I for one appreciate you so much for being such a shining example of how to change your circumstances for the better by changing your perspective!
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Wish u a happy birthday uncle...keep smiling forever...
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Hey Matt Perelstein....wish you a very blessed birthday...stay strong and healthy
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Happy Birth day Matt!!! God Bless You!!
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Happy Birthday Matt Perelstein !! Thought it just went by recently. Time flies by all too quickly. God Bless you and your journey of courage, strength and hope !!
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Yay!!! It's your Birthday! ????Happy Birthday Matt!! Have a super duper day with your loved ones!
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A very Happy Birthday to you! Happiness, good health, and peace be yours. Always!
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Happy Birthday my EQ co-teacher! All the very best! Cheers!
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Happy birthday Matt and wish you a year full of happiness and good health as you spread to the world the joy of EQ! Hugs!
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Happy Birthday Matt & Many More Happy Returns Of The Day.
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Happy birthday Matt wish u a long happy healthy life.Keep smiling always god bless u.  with Lynda Abraugh and 13 others.
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Srinivas Mohan Happy birthday Matt Perelstein. May God bless you with health & happiness.
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Sathi GH Gosh its another year already?!! nice pic ( one on the left). HAPPY BIRTHDAY Matt Perelstein
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Dexter John Valles Happy Birthday Matt Perelstein !! Thought it just went by recently. Time flies by all too quickly. God Bless you and your journey of courage, strength and hope !!
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Reena Parekh Happy birthday Matt Perelstein . Handsome pic ,???
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Dattatreya Yellapantula Many Happy Returns of The Day ...Matt Perelstein
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Lilla Hill Happy birthday and many more
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Lynda Abraugh Blessings galore.
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Ashok Kumar Verma Happy birthday Matt Perelstein
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Chris Mcewen Happy B-DAY YOU AMAZING MAN. May this be the best year of your life
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Freve Frnz Happy Birthday Matt.. God bless you with happiness health and all good things..stay smiling!
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Joshua Freedman Happy birthday Matt!
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Sivaram Prasad. K Very Happy birthday and many happy returns of the day, Matt!
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Happy birthday to the greatest dad a girl could ask for!
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Hilary Petrella Happy Birthday to him
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Kaylah Korhummel Happy happy birthday!!!
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Matt Perelstein aww shucks, Rachel! (as you know) You're a wonderful daughter, too!!

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Rachel Perelstein When I write in "what's on my mind" it asks me if I'd like to put a color background on..With little colored bubbles at the bottom of the writing
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Matt Perelstein Thanks, Tom! Hope you're still rockin'!!
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Janie Monsalve Shogren Happy birthday, good looking. Where is the cake?
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Happy Birthday to Sir Matt Perelstein...Have a great year ahead.
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Matt Perelstein THANKS, Rima! You've been a great fan, and I appreciate you and your kindness! Be well.  :)
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'I definitely live and breathe EQ (or @[1497733377132272:274:Emotional Intelligence]), as I believe EQ can, and will, change me, you and the world, from the inside out!  

Since we're in crazy California, and since I speak casually, honestly and directly about feelings and emotions (and anything else), I figure that makes me the "EQ Dude"!  

Whatcha think??'
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Matt Perelstein It's cute, Stevie boy. thanks for thinking of me! what did you want me to get from it?
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Steve Nolan Nothing but what you want to get from it. Just that whatever kind of music you like enjoy it, and accept that there are always going to be types of music and communication that don't fit our demographic, and that's cool too. Just go with the flow, Bro.
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---isbane during the January floods. I continue to replay the many inspirational conversations and stories I heard.  To those of you who came to visit us, thank you for your questions, stories and interest in Emotional Intelligence.

Id be keen to hear other ways youve used the Plutchik model or how you could use it with your clients.

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For the past 15 years, I've partnered with senior executives and leaders in public and private sector organisations to execute significant change, design and implement leadership capability programs, renegotiate complex industrial agreements and build leader and team performance.

---ings down the whole team," he said. He also looks for employees who recognize the strengths of others and act in the best interest of the organization as a whole. The final thing Costa said he is key in a leader is the ability to motivate others. "Someone who understands the power of recognition and knows how to make team members and employees feel valued. Managers who are sincere and appreciative can help employees thrive at work by acknowledging their contributions," he added.

Santiesteban looks for employees with a mix of technical skills and EQ. "A team member's ability to participate in meetings and extract what's really important is a skill reliant on emotional intelligence," he said. "Self-starters who are always sought after in job descriptions are usually individuals who fit this profile."

Based on the statistics, and the feedback shared by these IT and business project leaders, it seems clear that emotional intelligence is a high-value, high-level need, regarding project leadership skills. Further, team cohesion and successful project outcomes are likely to become more reliant on its existence going forward.

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I'm not good enough
what were they feeling
why they buy what they buy
at 2, girls start disliking parts of their body
teens
young adult, I'm fat, not good enough

negative thoughts every day
6 on 10 girls
     choose not to do something bec. they don't feel good enough
     how they look doesn't matter, it's how they THINK they look

consciously or subconsciously deal 
     buying clothes via perceptions

---iefly explain each one)

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ND
ok, here's where I learned most of this stuff.
     face-to-face, in front of people
     for 30 years.
     doing emotions, bigger and deeper, than most anyone.
     "I've pissed off more people than most anyone on the planet"
     "but the difference is that they come back and HUG me, afterwards!"

Emotional Healing
Doc
CABT
I'm not a therapist.  Like I said, I was disappointed with my schooling.  I was even accepted to 2 law schools, but didn't go, because I wanted (needed!) to learn life, first.

when I first found out that my problems were mostly Emotional in nature, and so-so simple to resolve, I was / am so encouraged!

since taking the class, 30 years ago, I have immersed myself in EQ
I manage or own social media groups on Facebook and LinkedIn with over 150,000 members

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it might be kinda long.
     tuff
     say it

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read it?
     yes, some
     over bullets / PPT slides
     
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I'm not that smart, so I need things simplified, dumbed down, a lot!
so, for 30 years, I've been trying to "sum up" EQ.
     to just a few words
     so people 'get it', quickly and profoundly and simply.
     
     Bumper sticker stuff
     that's memorable
     but even kids can read it, understand it, and (maybe) take it with them, as they go.
     (cool thing about education... no one can take it away from you... it's yours, forever.)

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more art than science
here's my art
     the art of connecting
     the art of feeling
     the art of EQ
     
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Doc has over 100 EQ quotes
     which I made into graphics
     so we can Share them on Facebook, LinkedIn, Pintrest and Twitter (we're mostly Facebookers, tho)
So much of Facebook is a quote on a graphic
that now we can make them on-the-fly, but applying a color background to your profound words. :)
     (show some examples)
     "Feel guilty - setup to be punished"
     "negative feelings expresses as intensely..."
     "Feelings aren't good or bad, they just are"
     "EMFB"
     
I have another 100.
     (show some more examples)

... and I have a collection of thousands.
     (show some of my faves!)
     https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/0B_8MWGohTkr-R2ZwSE5aU0VyajA
     "Every Dollar ever made, based on a relationship"
     
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Certified
     State of CA Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault Crisis Counselor
     NLP Practioner
     Nurturing Parenting Instructor
     Microsoft Certified Professional
     6 Seconds (in Menlo Park)
          EQ for Educators (EQEC - 2013)
          EQ Assessment Test and Debrief: Social-Emotional Inventory (SEI)
     Ex-Board Member for 2 non-profits

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here's one of my faves (and very popular with folks when they learn it)
The 4 Steps to Learning
     1.  Unconsciously Incompetent - We don't know that we don't know
     2.  Consciously Incompetent - We find out that we don't know
     3.  Consciously Competent - We figure out how to know, but we gotta think about it
     4.  Unconsciously Competent - We know, and act like we know, without having to think much about it.

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Teach EQ: hashtags
     #FeelIt2HealIt
     #NameIt2TameIt
          #NameIt2FrameIt
     #SpinIt2WinIt     
     #ClaimIt2FrameIt (ER!)
     #FakeIt2MakeIt
     #AcceptIt2ProjectIt or #AcceptIt2DigestIt
     #LetItFlow2LetItGo

---iefly explain each one)

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ND
ok, here's where I learned most of this stuff.
     face-to-face, in front of people
     for 30 years.
     doing emotions, bigger and deeper, than most anyone.
     "I've pissed off more people than most anyone on the planet"
     "but the difference is that they come back and HUG me, afterwards!"

-
it might be kinda long.
     tuff
     say it

-
I'm not that smart, so I need things simplified, dumbed down, a lot!
so, for 30 years, I've been trying to "sum up" EQ.
     to just a few words
     so people 'get it', quickly and profoundly and simply.
     
     Bumper sticker stuff
     that's memorable
     but even kids can read it, understand it, and (maybe) take it with them, as they go.
     (cool thing about education... no one can take it away from you... it's yours, forever.)

-
Doc has over 100 EQ quotes
     (show some examples)
     which I made into graphics
     so we can Share them on Facebook, LinkedIn, Pintrest and Twitter (we're mostly Facebookers, tho)
So much of Facebook is a quote on a graphic
that now we can make them on-the-fly, but applying a color background to your profound words. :)

I have another 100.
     (show some more examples)

... and I have a collection of thousands.
     (show some of my faves!)

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Teach EQ:
     #FeelIt2HealIt
     #NameIt2TameIt
          #NameIt2FrameIt
     #SpinIt2WinIt     
     #ClaimIt2FrameIt (ER!)
     #FakeIt2MakeIt
     #AcceptIt2ProjectIt or #AcceptIt2DigestIt
     #LetItFlow2LetItGo

---east cancer.
After many years of pain, grief and sadness, this lady has learned to enjoy life in a new way. With many ways of learning about herselfshe has learned acceptance, resilience and contentment.

LOVE is her answer-know how to love and cherish yourself, then learning to love others.
True loving kindness can take you to a higher place than living a normal life.

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Ladonna Zimmerman says:
Very validating of my personal experience with traumatic events and in my professional life as an LCSW. Im the Trauma Informed Care Coordinator in a maximum/high/ minimum security Forensic Mental Health facility in Missouri, Fulton State Hospital. I definitely see individuals who grow and mature and find meaning in their lives. The other thing I believe we also know is the importance of connection and having at least one person that believes in you.

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Marta Luzim says:
I work with clients who are challenged with complex trauma and PTSD. I myself have experienced both. Trauma is a dark night of the soul. A heroines/heros journey, resourcing deep faith, surrender to what you cannot control and re-directing energy into positive action, being able to tolerate pain and passion, finding your tribe and where you belong, and choosing creative inspired living. Personally and professionally I dont know why one person recovers meaning and happiness and others do not. I believe it has to do with something spiritual, karmic and beyond our knowing. My sister committed suicide. I fought for my happiness, meaning and love. I am still standing. Still passionate. What I have witnessed throughout my life and career are those who can reach a recovery of love and passion are those who can internalize their resources of faith, radical self acceptance, loving-kindness, relearning trust and re-building and re-patterning the fragmented self into wholeness. They never give up. They want to receive love and give love. It takes a deep hunger desire and practice to reach new levels of happiness after trauma. I dont know, in this research, what those individuals did to find happiness after trauma. What I do know it take alot of strength, vulnerability, ability to receive your worthiness and establish healthy attachments and find meaning. Your organization has helped me to understand trauma in so many meaningful and healing ways, I am grateful for you passion and dedication to healing trauma. Deeply humbled and thankful

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Suzanne Fageol says:
Thank you for your words Marta. Namaste

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claire says:
I think its great that this is scientifically validated now, because it must be part of our job as therapists to totally believe in the persons ability not only to bounce back but also to go way beyond themselves, their expectations of themselves and even our own expectations of them. I have seen this happen so many times  and its exciting! It shows us that we really are living in a space of infinite possibilities and if we can bring that energy to our work then we are hopefully not limiting our clients by our own limited mindset about what is possible for them  we are actually holding a space which supports and encourgages them to go as far as they will.

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Fi says:
Trauma enables a person to discover just what they are made of and how far their limits or boundaries of what is possible go, it can be empowering to get to know a part of ourselves hidden until trauma happens to let us see what we are made of!

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Laura Kearney says:
I did my advanced project in undergrad about Posttraumatic Growth (PTG), and I am so happy to see you talking about this! I think it is a fascinating and hopeful topic, and it is something I have experienced myself. 5 years ago I was immersed in research by the PTG Group at University of North Carolina (Tedeschi & Calhoun), and Dr. Stephen Josephs book What Doesnt Kill Us. I am so pleased to see that body of work continuing and growing.

I think the specific areas of growth involved in PTG are important to know, in order to recognize and support them in our clients (and in ourselves). Research has shown the 5 top areas of growth in PTG are:
 Increased Sense of Personal Strengths
 Greater Appreciation of Life
 Seeing New Possibilities
 Increased Intimacy in Relationships
 Spiritual Development.

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Linh says:
Thank you for sharing, Laura. I greatly appreciate it.

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Minky Motlhale says:
This sounds interesting, any possibility of sending a link or more information on the subject? I find that Ive grown so much from surviving domestic violence in my marriage and nursing my son back to life from his long stay in ICU. IIve also witnessed how most of my clients grow after sessions of TRE with them. Now I know how this is possible.

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Laura Kearney, LPC says:
Here is an article I like that gives a nice breakdown of PTG growth areas, how/why they may occur, and other factors and concepts related to PTG.

Posttraumatic Growth in the Aftermath of Trauma: A Literature Review About Related Factors and Application Contexts (Ramos & Leal, 2013) 

http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.299.4795&rep=rep1&type=pdf

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Bob Dale says:
After experiencing my daughters protected illness and subsequent death, I can say with unfortunate authority that parents of children with disabilities do experience life with greater complexity. That can often be overwhelming since complexity can be positive or negatively perceived. As a therapist, my task is to normalize that complexity in the context of redefining existence and meaning. Those who get stuck in the negative end of the pool are the challenge.

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Prithwiraj Sinha says:
I think happiness depends on fulfilment of the physical and psychological needs of a person.
This is explained well in Human Givens psychology.

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Margaret Walsh says:
Can you please send me the link please, I am studying Hypnotherapy/Psychotherapy/Neuro Linguistic Programming and Counselling at the Diploma level and onto Masters after , as a previous employee of Correctional Services, I wish to learn and develop as much knowledge to help Police Officers/Correctional Officers and anyone with more sound knowledge of this field. Also this link Human givens Psychology could you provide link please. South Australia.

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HUTCHERSON WILLIAM says:
I love the quote which has made so much sense and growth in my own life

There are places in the heart that do not yet exist,
pain must be for them to be.

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Michael Lederman says:
My parents were in the Holocaust & I am totally amazed by their tremendous resilience! I have come to learn that no one can take my spirit away!

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David McGough says:
I live with C-PTSD  Although i have a huge vulnerability on the other side Superhuman strengths  Trauma can be very educative because even though the events are truly staggering the person by living such a tough battle becomes a very impressive entity  re-defines their own life and uses Trauma to get not only your life story told but to emerge out the other side (this isnt easy) superior than before

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Genevieve says:
In order to come through and thrive, after severe trauma, it is not unreasonable to suggest that a viable and supportive network is required. I can well imagine, from lived experience, that those with a positive and viable support network do better than those who live in relative or complete isolation.

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Dr. Jeanne Zehr says:
Our center uses the Feuerstein program, created to help holocaust survivors move out of a limbic system hijacked state by developing frontal lobe cogitive growth. We are getting some good results. Some people, of course, need more time and intensity.

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Nicole Ditz says:
Could you provide a link to information on this feuerstein program and its methodology?

Thank you!

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Denise Morett says:
I always say to my patients, family, friends and myself: theres nothing good about trauma, tragedy and crisis, and yet, its happened/happening, so you may as well grow. Looking for small and big miracles helps. Ive used the idea of PT growth in my work and in my book as the thing that can make all the difference. I find that perspective, thoughts about events and loving kindness from self and others, will make all the difference.
It did for me.

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Elsa says:
Hi Ruth, The person who came to mind, listening to the research on people growing after and/or through a traumatic event, was you. I remember hearing of your huge loss  the loss of your partner. And I wondered: are you more daring, more complex, now. For example, has NICABM is some way come about in part in response to the loss  that you have taken on this enormous challenge, to share what you know with ever so many more people. All the best to you  to all of us.

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Ruth Buczynski says:
Thanks for thinking of me, Elsa. And yes, it was a huge loss that I grow from continually.

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Bridget Herod says:
I will take these examples and applying them. I value you information.
I teach students who experience trauma and I will modify and adapt.

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kathy says:
What causes differences between each group?

Again what determines the outcome of advestiry? Did they check what kind of thinking styles the people had before the adversity?

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---ochure
you have good left-brain
add right-brain!

right-brain is ignored
but
right-brain is where life lives!!

---ochure)
Top 10 Reasons to do an ND weekend

     - Emotional Recognition
     
     - Emotional Agility
     
     - Emotional Literacy
     
     - Connection
     
     - Intimacy
     
     - Healing
     
     - Transform yourself, Emotionally
     
     - Changing Negative Emotions into Positives (or at least neutral)
     
     - Practice
     
     - Safety
     
     - Emotional Understanding (IQ + EQ) 
          I call it meta-analysis, our thoughts about our thoughts.
               our thoughts about our feelings.
               our feelings about our thoughts, and our thoughts about them.
               etc.

               thoughts and feelings
               thoughts and feelings
               thoughts and feelings
               become aware of 'em
               learn 'em
               understand 'em
               accept 'em
                 then, adjust 'em
               effect / affect 'em
               change 'em
               manage 'em
                 so we can
               enjoy 'em
               use 'em to help us
               get results
               succeed
               find / create happiness
               live, love, laugh
               esp. Live!
                         
---ochure)
Top 10 Reasons to do an ND weekend

     - Emotional Recognition
          notice
     
     - Emotional Agility
     
     - Emotional Literacy
          identification, separation, understanding
          
     - Acceptance, Forgiveness and Compassion
          for YOU!

     - Connection
     
     - Intimacy
     
     - Healing
     
     - Transform yourself, Emotionally
     
     - Changing Negative Emotions into Positives (or at least neutral)
     
     - Practice
          feelings are uncomfortable (HINT: much worse so, if you fight 'em and deny 'em) 
          Get comfortable being uncomfortable
          try new things, emotionally
          shopping
     
     - Self-integration: 
          U, u and UU
     
     - Safety
          Experience the safest, most loving place on the planet.
          the room is silent, as you talk/share/feel/heal.
          everyone, everyone is listening to you.
          and only you.
          for a little while, YOU are the most important person in the world.
          as far as you can see.
          what that does is to validate, and integrate, and accept people/me/us at a 'soul level'.
               we try to live a life of high EQ.
               what does that look like?
               what does that feel like?
               how does it sound?
               what do I do?
               what do I say?
               DoUEQ?  I do.
          
          Once we feel something positive... it is MUCH easier to replicate that feeling.
               "A mind, once stretched to a new dimension, never retains it's former shape.
               "A heart, once stretched to it's fullest limits, never returns to it's former shape."
               
                    - Mcp Quote
                    
     once you can FEEL a certain feeling... ALL of it... on Purpose... and you LIVE thru it...
     You won!
     
     you ain't afraid of your own fear, any longer... ever.
     boom.
     
     once you feel ANGER... ALL of it... on Purpose... and NO one gets hurt... and you feel SOOOOOOO much better... then, boom, you're not afraid of your anger no mo', either.
     
     once you feel your Sadness... as deeply as your purest little heart feels it... on Purpose... and you don't get lost there, you don't drown, and you find that it does end.... from then on, you get to Enjoy, yes Enjoy your sadness... why?  'cause Sadness is the closest to Love.  We are sad about losing stuff/people/pets/parents/kids/friends who we love.  Sad and love are very close.  To me, my sadness shows me the depth of my love.  If I cut off my sadness, I'm cutting off my ability, and my flexibility, to Love, as deeply and cleanly and fully as I possibly can!  (make friends with your sadness.  honor and respect it, and it won't need to keep coming back quite so often.)
     
     - Emotional Understanding (IQ + EQ) 
          I call it meta-analysis, our thoughts about our thoughts.
               our thoughts about our feelings.
               our feelings about our thoughts, and our thoughts about them.
               etc.

               thoughts and feelings
               thoughts and feelings
               thoughts and feelings
               become aware of 'em
               learn 'em
               understand 'em
               accept 'em
                 then, adjust 'em
               effect / affect 'em
               change 'em
               manage 'em
                 so we can
               enjoy 'em
               use 'em to help us
               get results
               succeed
               find / create happiness
               live, love, laugh
               esp. Live!
 
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Ever had the same feeling, most days, for many days, and you just can't shake it?

Do you have some HUGE events from your childhood... yeah, that one... that is STILL buggin' you?

Are you feeling Flat, or Numb, or bored, or disconnected, or depressed (and you're sick of it)?

I think we can help you.
Actually, you can help you.
We can help you, help you.
we can show you how to help you.
     how to heal
     how to feel, to a great depth, to give life a fuller experience, to manage your feelings and emotions like never before.
     
     I'm not going to say that you will be magically cured of every negative emotion after only 1 weekend... this stuff is a life-style choice, so if you come to class, and you're ready to 'feel'... really feel, the REST OF YOUR LIFE will be different (hopefully, better).  The reality is that, once you 'feel', you can't really 'go back'... well, you can, but a) it takes more denial, to deny it from here on, 'cause now you know, and it's tuff to un-know something once you know it, and b) I think you'll find, as we have, that it's now your CHOICE to feel... because you CAN feel, cause it's Cool to feel, 'cause it brings Life, and Love, and Laughter, and Peace, and Joy, and Excitement, and Wonder, and Awe, and Power, and Control, and Results, and Success, and Happiness to my life.

     - Did you know that you CAN change your negative feelings into Positives.
          we can show you how.
          but you can do this at home, too.
          it's about ALLOWing yourself to feel what you feel.
          
          now, you may have heard this before, but we do it in the only way it can be done properly...
          
          from the beginning.
          
          You (u) as a child, had pain.
          u, as a child, had traumatic things happen.
               some more than others (and some of the most horrifying stories imaginable)
               but EVERY kid has traumas.
               every kid has big negative feelings that they never got to express.
               
               we all have stuff that happened (and is maybe still happening)
               that hurts... a Lot.
               
               and you know you're not dealing with it, directly.
               
          You know.
          
          we ask people in class, about, what Dr. Phil calls, their Defining Moments (we call Early Recollections)
          we know what messed us up.
          we know what is still effecting us.
          we know what we're not 'over'.
               (mostly)
               I'd say 80-90% of our students, when asked, knew.

     there are thoughts and there are feelings
     Trauma creates both
     BIG, nasty, generalized, negative Thoughts
     accompanied by BIG, nasty, negative, incredibly LARGE Feelings
     fueled by pictures, sounds, smells, and touches, often horrific ones, that Shock the system. 
     
-               
    (one young lady remembered events, a fight between her parents, that got physical, while she was STILL IN HER MOM's TUMMY!  Her mom was there with her in class, in shock, as girl recounted the story, even the words that were said, perfectly (talk about getting to the core of it all -- totally changed her life, afterwards!) 

     (btw, in DV situations, studies prove that kids' brains kinda STOP growing when their violence and utter fear and unsafety in the home... EVEN if the child was not in the room, and never saw it happen.  if this happened to you, there's still pain there, I guarantee it... let us help you get started in cleaning it all outta there)
     
New Directions
Emotional Intelligence Breakthrough Weekend

we're not "doing" anything to you.
we will support you.

We have a format that we usually take, because it usually works, beautifully.
     Everyone's different, so sometimes we have to modify it, in the present.
     which is fine.
     it's not about you doing our process... it's about you getting what you want and need, to heal.
     (or enhance, or extend, or expand, or extract, or create, or appreciate, or fulfill)
     
     - kinda like an exorcism
     there is yucky, negative, black (or red or brown) energy inside you.
     if you don't want it there, we can help you get it out of you.
     it won't hurt us, 'cause it's yours...
          but it you also don't need to carry it around anymore, either.
     
     it is my/our theory that little kids are pure, clean, loving little vessels.
     
     sometimes, unhappy, unfulfilled, emotionally-clueless parents consciously or unconsciously
     off-load some of THEIR yuckiness into their sweet, trusting kid(s),
          so they get a little relief, and validation, and company.
     and we, as loving children choose to CARRY that yucky energy around with us, from that day forward.
     
     a.  no bueno... it's not ours to carry!
     b.  ouch... if we're still carrying it, it's still hurting us.
     c.  there's hope... you don't HAVE to carry it.
          Discover:  Where, in your body, do you carry your anger?  your fear?  your pain?  your sadness?  Go there.
          Uncover:  Find the pain, stain, rage, pressure, etc.  Imagine the size, texture, color, hardness, weight, etc.
          Recover:  Let it go, somehow... Take your hand and grab it and either pull it straight out, let it drop out of you onto the ground via gravity, turn it to a liquid and let it flow out, scream and fight it if necessary... whatever you need to do, to get it out of you.  or choose to keep it, for now, and listen to it, learn from it, grow from it.
          
          Post-Traumatic Stress
               or
          Post-Traumatic Growth
          it's up to you!
          Which do you choose?     
               
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---ainstorm ways to support the development of EQ competencies in school leaders around the world. 
 
What:  Online Webinar presentation
 
When:  June 13 at 9 am PST (San Francisco) World Times
 
How: Register for the Live Webinar (includes a link to the recording) or the Recording Only
 
Presenters:
Lorea Martinez 
     Social Emotional Learning Consultant. Lorea supports schools and teachers integrate SEL practices in their educational programs. She partners with schools to identify their strengths, core values and the challenges they want to address, and provides customized recommendations for SEL implementation. Recommendations are based on research-validated strategies to successfully implement SEL programs and incorporate the particular needs of schools and students. Lorea regularly blogs about SEL in schools. 
 
Susan Stillman
     Director, Education, Global Office: With years of experience as an educational leader, scholar-practitioner, K-12 school counselor, and higher ed faculty, Susan brings a diverse background and set ofskills to bear on her mission to build and sustain the Six Seconds educational programs.

Paul Stillman, Ph.D., LFACHE, Director of Organizational Vitality
     Paul has over 30 years of experience as a healthcare executive and consultant, with a focus on strategic planning, hospital operations, and cultural transformation around an ethic of patient-centered care. He has a doctorate in human and organizational systems and a research interest in sustainability. Paul is currently the Director of Organizational Vitality for Six Seconds.

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6Sec Webinar (this morning... missed it)
Susan, Paul, Lorea
Developing Principals' Emotional Intelligence

Here is a link to the recording:
https://zoom.us/recording/play/SH0oAUSsppLo-MfZqtDGwB2ybY7tG5kP_kyGl0QC5N1xC4iyZIBitvGuRuhyE--B

---ing the depth, and color, and passions to life.
     but it's NOT just about feelings.
     Our thoughts drive our feelings, so we canNOT ignore our thoughts in favor of our feelings
          (well, sometimes, but not as a rule or habit)


(unused wording)
#EQRocks <-- click here to read other EQ-related FB posts
(...and if you see something that exemplifies EQ, tag it #EQRocks, please... it's a cool, easy way to share!)

---ochure
Focus
we need to focus, to get things done, right?
strong emotions cause us to lose our focus.
that's because we don't know what to DO with them.

#FeelIt2HealIt, I say.
No, I don't curl up in a ball and cry my heart out at every sadness, disappointment or mis-step.    
     I'd be crying all day long.
     but I do cry.
     I let myself cry.
     when a feeling gets big(ger),
          or repeats
     ah, that's what it is...
     
     if I feel it in the moment, when and while I'm first finding out about it...
     then, it lessons the impact later... maybe permanently.
     
     I've had some issues,
     NDers have had some issues, that,
          once felt, and released.
          NEVER bothered them/us again.
          ever.
     
     in fact, there are some things that have bothered us for some time,
     that, JUST the acknowledgment of the fact,
     just knowing that that I had had that thought
          and made that decision
          
     Awareness + Feelings = Clarity
     
     We have Thoughts, pretty much every minute, of every day, all day, every day.
     We have Feelings, pretty much every minute, of every day, all day, every day.
     We pay attention to Thoughts, 
          not so much our Feelings.
          
     'cause we don't UNDERSTAND them.
     we don't recognize them.
     we can't separate them... 
     
     To most people,
     they're feelings and emotions are 
          a big mess and a big mystery.
     
     both are no bueno.
     
     People are afraid of what they don't understand.
     
oh, don't go for the 'people',
     go for their friends.
     
have the people ask other people.

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 I'm late to the discussion, 

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do NDers take less meds?
some do.
     many don't

people I know on meds

---ochure
I wouldn't say always be "careful" of what you say, 

For me, with the 'right people' (which most NDers turn out to be!)
I am free to be honest about my true feelings, and judgments, and you seem to love me, so I am trusting that you're gonna keep on loving me, even if I am real with you. It's being real, being honest, sharing thoughts, but more importantly sharing feelings.

In our meetings, we're not really looking for what's going really well... although we're happy for you... those are working.  What we focus on, and go right to, on Friday night... is what are you FEELING?  and the choices most are Fear, Anger, Sadness, or all 3?  Not, 'what are you feeling' from what happened to you yesterday... we go right for the ROOT of it all... back to childhood... as far back as you can go.

---anches -- thanks!!
Your order should go out on Tuesday.

Any special requests?
Would you like some longer branches, as well?  I can send up to 6-footers, if you'd like!

Thanks again, and sorry again for the non-reply.
Enjoy your Eucs!
- Matt

www.EucProducts.com
www.Facebook.com/EucProducts

---anches -- thanks!!
Your order should go out on Tuesday.

Any special requests?
Would you like some longer branches, as well?  I can send up to 6-footers, if you'd like!

Thanks again, and sorry again for the non-reply.
Enjoy your Eucs!
- Matt

www.EucProducts.com
www.Facebook.com/EucProducts

---ochure)
Top 10 Reasons to do an ND weekend

     - Emotional Recognition
          notice
     
     - Emotional Agility
          whatever comes up, you can handle it / face it / get thru it!
     
     - Emotional Literacy
          identification, separation, understanding, recognition, feedback
          
     - Acceptance, Forgiveness and Compassion
          for YOU!

     - Super GOOD NEWS!
          you have WAY more Choices, emotionally, than you ever thought possible!
     
     - Hope!
          there IS help
          there IS hope
          there ARE some people who care
          you CAN heal
          you CAN feel better, emotionally (in just 1 weekend!)

     - Connection
          Magic of the group
          Connect with self, too!
     
     - Anger with Love
     
     - Relationship Tools
     
     - Body Relief
     
     - Take control of your emotional life
     
     - Learn how to succeed
     
     - Intimacy
          no walls, no hidden agenda, just love, care and concern.... nothung more
          
     - Healing
          wow, we/you can do sooo much in one weekend... and, in so doing, you'll know, from then on, how to heal yourself... AND your loved ones!
     
     - Transform yourself, Emotionally
          From shut-down and numb, to Alive-Alert-&-Feeling GREAT!
          from victim to victor
          from powerless to powerful
          from shame-based to love-based
          from I-hate-my-feelings to I-Love-My-Feelings_They-Set-me-FREE!
          from petrified or prosperous
          from survivin' to thrivin'
          from guilt to pride
          from weighed-down to fired-up
          from clueless to clueful (is that even a word? :) )
          from blaming to claiming
          from whining to venting
          
     - #FeelIt2HealIt
     
     - #SpinIt2WinIt

     - #NameIt2ClaimIt
               
     - Changing Negative Emotions into Positives (or at least neutral)
          ability to 

     - L vs R brain
          understand and experience the difference
          esp. R brain
     
     - What it's like to BE there, in your feelings
     
     - Over 30 years of experience
     
     - Full Expression
     
     - Equality
          no longer put down as a little kid, you stand, you grow, you are equal, you are powerful, and you are free!
          
     - Guidance toward where you don't want to go
     
     - Honest Feedback (but always respectful, and loving)

     - Validation
          you are you, and you are ok... with at least somebody/people
     
     - Become a therapeutic person
     
     - Practice
          feelings are uncomfortable (HINT: much worse so, if you fight 'em and deny 'em) 
          Get comfortable being uncomfortable
          try new things, emotionally
          shopping
     
     - Self-integration: 
          U, u and UU
     
     - Personal Power(!)
     
     - Emotional Tools
          toolbox
          
     - Emotional Skills
     
     - Emotional Resilience
     
     - Persistance
     
     - Grit!
     
     - Guilt reduction
     
     - Anger / rage reduction
     
     - Fear and anxiety Relief

     - Safety
          Experience the safest, most loving place on the planet.
          the room is silent, as you talk/share/feel/heal.
          everyone, everyone is listening to you.
          and only you.
          for a little while, YOU are the most important person in the world.
          as far as you can see.
          what that does is to validate, and integrate, and accept people/me/us at a 'soul level'.
               we try to live a life of high EQ.
               what does that look like?
               what does that feel like?
               how does it sound?
               what do I do?
               what do I say?
               DoUEQ?  I do.
          
          Once we feel something positive... it is MUCH easier to replicate that feeling.
               "A mind, once stretched to a new dimension, never retains it's former shape.
               "A heart, once stretched to it's fullest limits, never returns to it's former shape."
               
                    - Mcp Quote
                    
     once you can FEEL a certain feeling... ALL of it... on Purpose... and you LIVE thru it...
     You won!
     
     you ain't afraid of your own fear, any longer... ever.
     boom.
     
     once you feel ANGER... ALL of it... on Purpose... and NO one gets hurt... and you feel SOOOOOOO much better... then, boom, you're not afraid of your anger no mo', either.
     
     once you feel your Sadness... as deeply as your pure little heart feels it... on Purpose... and you don't get lost there, you don't drown, and you find that it does end.... from then on, you get to Enjoy, yes Enjoy your sadness... why?  'cause Sadness is the closest to Love.  We are sad about losing stuff/people/pets/parents/kids/friends who we love.  Sad and love are very close.  To me, my sadness shows me the depth of my love.  If I cut off my sadness, I'm cutting off my ability, and my flexibility, to Love, as deeply and cleanly and fully as I possibly can!  (make friends with your sadness.  honor and respect it, and it won't need to keep coming back quite so often.)
     
     - Free book
     
     - Free heart
     
     - Your very own free NDW pencil(!)
          last

     - Emotional Understanding (IQ + EQ) 
          I call it meta-analysis, our thoughts about our thoughts.
               our thoughts about our feelings.
               our feelings about our thoughts, and our thoughts about them.
               etc.

               thoughts and feelings
               thoughts and feelings
               thoughts and feelings
               become aware of 'em
               learn 'em
               understand 'em
               accept 'em
                 then, adjust 'em
               effect / affect 'em
               change 'em
               manage 'em
                 so we can
               enjoy 'em
               use 'em to help us
               get results
               succeed
               find / create happiness
               live, love, laugh
               esp. Live!
 
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     - Ever had the same feeling, most days, for many days, and you just can't shake it?
     
     - Do you have some HUGE events from your childhood... yeah, that one... that is STILL buggin' you?
     
     - Are you feeling flat, or numb, or blah, or bored, or disconnected, or depressed (and you're sick of it)?

I think we can help you.
Actually, you can help you.
We can help you, help you.
We can show you how to help yourself
     in ways that are kind, respectful, responsible, effective, powerful, lasting, freeing, empowering and very, very cool!

We can show you:
     how to deal
     how to heal
     how to feel, to a great depth, to give life a fuller experience, to manage your feelings and emotions like never before.
     how to squeel, with delight, whenever you feel like it, just 'cause it's fun!

-     
     I'm not going to say that you will be magically cured of every negative emotion after only 1 weekend... this stuff is a life-style choice, so if you come to class, and you're ready to 'feel'... really feel, the REST OF YOUR LIFE will be different (hopefully, better).  The reality is that, once you 'feel', you can't really 'go back'... well, you can, but a) it takes more denial, to deny it from here on, 'cause now you know, and it's tuff to un-know something once you know it, and b) I think you'll find, as we have, that it's now your CHOICE to feel... because you CAN feel, cause it's Cool to feel, 'cause it brings Life, and Love, and Laughter, and Peace, and Joy, and Excitement, and Wonder, and Awe, and Power, and Control, and Results, and Success, and Happiness to my life.

     - Did you know that you CAN change your negative feelings into Positives.
          we can show you how.
          but you can do this at home, too.
          it's about ALLOWing yourself to feel what you feel.
          
          now, you may have heard this before, but we do it in the only way it can be done properly...
          
          from the beginning.
          
          You (u) as a child, had pain.
          u, as a child, had traumatic things happen.
               some more than others (and some of the most horrifying stories imaginable)
               but EVERY kid has traumas.
               every kid has big negative feelings that they never got to express.
               
               we all have stuff that happened (and is maybe still happening)
               that hurts... a Lot.
               
               and you know you're not dealing with it, directly.
               
          You know.
          
          we ask people in class, about, what Dr. Phil calls, their Defining Moments (we call Early Recollections)
          we know what messed us up.
          we know what is still effecting us.
          we know what we're not 'over'.
               (mostly)
               I'd say 80-90% of our students, when asked, knew.

     there are thoughts and there are feelings
     Trauma creates both
     BIG, nasty, generalized, negative Thoughts
     accompanied by BIG, nasty, negative, incredibly LARGE Feelings
     fueled by pictures, sounds, smells, and touches, often horrific ones, that Shock the system. 
     
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    (one young lady remembered events, a fight between her parents, that got physical, while she was STILL IN HER MOM's TUMMY!  Her mom was there with her in class, in shock, as girl recounted the story, even the words that were said, perfectly (talk about getting to the core of it all -- totally changed her life, afterwards!) 

     (btw, in DV situations, studies prove that kids' brains kinda STOP growing when their violence and utter fear and unsafety in the home... EVEN if the child was not in the room, and never saw it happen.  if this happened to you, there's still pain there, I guarantee it... let us help you get started in cleaning it all outta there)
     
New Directions
Emotional Intelligence Breakthrough Weekend

we're not "doing" anything to you.
we will support you.

We have a format that we usually take, because it usually works, beautifully.
     Everyone's different, so sometimes we have to modify it, in the present.
     which is fine.
     it's not about you doing our process... it's about you getting what you want and need, to heal.
     (or enhance, or extend, or expand, or extract, or create, or appreciate, or fulfill)
     
     - kinda like an exorcism
     there is yucky, negative, black (or red or brown) energy inside you.
     if you don't want it there, we can help you get it out of you.
     it won't hurt us, 'cause it's yours...
          but it you also don't need to carry it around anymore, either.
     
     it is my/our theory that little kids are pure, clean, loving little vessels.
     
     sometimes, unhappy, unfulfilled, emotionally-clueless parents consciously or unconsciously
     off-load some of THEIR yuckiness into their sweet, trusting kid(s),
          so they get a little relief, and validation, and company.
     and we, as loving children choose to CARRY that yucky energy around with us, from that day forward.
     
     a.  no bueno... it's not ours to carry!
     b.  ouch... if we're still carrying it, it's still hurting us.
     c.  there's hope... you don't HAVE to carry it.
          Discover:  Where, in your body, do you carry your anger?  your fear?  your pain?  your sadness?  Go there.
          Uncover:  Find the pain, stain, rage, pressure, etc.  Imagine the size, texture, color, hardness, weight, etc.
          Recover:  Let it go, somehow... Take your hand and grab it and either pull it straight out, let it drop out of you onto the ground via gravity, turn it to a liquid and let it flow out, scream and fight it if necessary... whatever you need to do, to get it out of you.  or choose to keep it, for now, and listen to it, learn from it, grow from it.
          
          Post-Traumatic Stress
               or
          Post-Traumatic Growth
          it's up to you!
          Which do you choose?     
                      
     - Learn the IQ of EQ
          cognitively, how emotions work (and don't work)
          steps (lots of steps)
     
     - Self-empowerment
     
     - Self-esteem
     
     - Self-motorvation
     
     - Self-Acceptance (!)
     
     - Self-Integration
          no more having wars with yourself

---ochure)
do you want to be a schlump?
do you want to drag your tired a$$ thru life, dreading the day, and disappointed with the people?

are you excited about your life, or not so much?

are you scared and angry at the new administration?
     what do you DO with all those feelings?

How can you #SpinIt2WinIt?

---ochure
---ain interactions where Heart sends more signals to Brain than the Brain the Signals; 2. HRV affecting Psychological Coherence - Heartmath has done wonderful research in this area and gave us devices to maintain the coherence (emwave); 3. The article says 6 feet distance whereas Heartmath found it to be 10 feet; 4. Through 0.1HZ, we achieve wonderful coherence promoting DHEA production; 5. Collective Consciousness has capability to affect Electromagnetic waves of the Earth. Greg Braden is one of my favourites whose reference in the article I loved most. I will try to post the coherence video in this thread.
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Lynda Abraugh
Lynda Abraugh Amazing! 
So, in reality, the heart sends more signals to the brain than the brain does to the heart, which influence our emotions, our memories, our problem-solving and high-level cognitive functions. (Wow!)" 
And,, In fact, the heart has its own network of neurons. This network is so sensitive that our heart rhythms become highly ordered when we experience positive emotions, love and joy. But it is On the contrary! NEGATIVE emotions and psychological activity cause erratic and jerky heart function, leading to inefficiency, lack of energy..." 

Wow!!! 

Thank you for sharing Matt Perelstein.
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Lynda Abraugh Sharing. Thank you Matt Perelstein
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Jano Zak
Jano Zak Fabulous post! Heartfelt gratitude for sharing!
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---ochure"

(Notebook from Garage)
ND Brochure

How can you feel love(d),
     if you cannot feel?

Want to feel love(d),
     deeper, more colorful and more satisfying?

     Learn EQ.
     Let yourself feel.
     Cry.
     Release.
     Open up.
     Expand!
     Free yourself
     Allow.
          REJOICE!
     Feel!

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(5.27.2016 00:22)
Do you trust your fear?
     (I didn't, but I do now.)
     Fear exaggerates.
          1 fear gets your mind going on possible negative scenarios
     Do you believe them?
     Do you trust them?
     Left unchecked, our fears can make a bad thing much worse.
          (and bigger, and jumpier, and more dangerous
           and us more powerless!)
     
     Learn to tell yourself the truth.
     So that you do trust your fear(s).

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If you can open up and let the sun, and light and love GROW HOT inside you,
     you already won!
     and chances are...
     it (you) will Spill out onto others around you.

Wanna bring love and joy to those you love and enjoy?
     Be Love.
     Be the Joy.
     Bring you to the table, full and radiant.

     Bring it!

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http://www.newdirectionsworkshop.com/testimonials/

---anches (not chew branches) I have three big cages and 5 small cages (bird cages) was wondering if you could advise me on what would be a good number to order?
Please also let me know a price for the quantity. 
I appreciate your advise in advanced.
Thanks,
Christina Lane
1603 Bethany Church Road
Princeton, KY 42445
970-261-2951

---idges where people tend to jump off of) who offer help (again, mostly listening, and caring) to those about to end it all? Some great stories! One guy, who 'patrols' the Golden Gate Bridge has saved MANY folks...

---eadth of inner experience can be actively explored and interpersonal relationship skills can be enhanced. Participants can expand their repertoire of dramatic roles to find that their own life roles have been strengthened.

Quotes
"Under the guise of play and pretend, we can - at least once - act in new ways. The bit of distance from real life afforded by drama enables us to gain perspective on our real-life roles and patterns and actions, and to experiment actively with alternatives."

     - Renee Emunah, PhD, RDT/BCT
       Director, Drama Therapy Program, California Institute of Integral Studies 
     
"(Drama therapy) values the possibilities of the unadorned encounter between a therapist and a client in the play space. Here, the world of imagination with all its contradictions and mysteries can be revealed through the embodied play of two free consciousnesses."
     
     - David Read Johnson, PhD, RDT/BCT
       Director, The Institutes for the Arts in Psychotherapy
     
"Unlike talk therapy, drama therapy gets there really fast. Role-playing -acting out issues and problems - is more effective than talking."
     
     - Robert Landy, PhD, RDT/BCT
        Director, Drama Therapy Program, New York University 
   
"Participants can enjoy the feelings of being in another person's shoes - playing another role - as well as learn the liberating experience of expanding their own primary roles in life."
     
     - Patricia Sternberg, MA, RDT/BCT
        Director, Developmental Drama Program, Hunter College 
     
"In the aftermath of September 11th, I witnessed the enormous benefits of these modalities [creative arts therapies] in helping people to express their emotions and have seen Capital Hill exhibits illustrating the meaningful gains through artistic process."
     
     - Hillary Rodham Clinton
     ex-First lady and Democratic Presidential Candidate, 2016

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Billie Corbett says:
As a child in school, I had an experience where I was able to explore myself creatively and I got to taste the freedom of self expression. The context was a P.E. class where the class was assigned a project. We had to choose a piece of music and choreograph a number which would involve all of us and selected piece of gym equipment. (Balls, hula hoops, skipping ropes etc.)

During this class experience I learned alot. I loved the experience. We all had to collaborate with one another. We choose the music together and selected the gym equipment together. Then, we all contributed our ideas to choreographing our movements. We created a beautiful number we eventually performed. It was a wonderful experience. I found I could express myself individually as well as be a team player.

Later, in life I found myself deeply stuck in a limiting, controlling relationship with a spouse and a faith based group. I had begun to reach out for help and healing through professional means, while at the same time I intuitively, went outside of my limiting circumstances to join a community choir. Much to my horror to begin with, the choir morphed into putting on musicals for our community. This was very challenging for me. I was quite musical and had a fairly good singing voice, but, I was deeply insecure and anxious.

The choir director was the person who cast the roles. (Retrospectively, I see she was quite brilliant. Probably in ways she wasnt consciously aware of.) Regarding myself, she never put me in a role that would make me collapse in on myself. (I am sure she was acting intuitively.) She always chose for me very small insignificant supporting bits. These roles contained just enough responsibility where if I faultered I would not be crushed or devastate the flow of the production. Yet, the responsibility was enough to stress me. It would confront me with the fact that I would need to stretch myself out of my existing comfort zone to accomplish it. I would often find myself quite conflicted because I was really scared, but, to succeed, I had to push through the fear and do it inspite of the fear. I would go through this process many times and find that I was able to succeed. Thus, it reduced my fear / anxiety levels and build inner self confidence.

A major side benefit to participating in the creation of a successful musical theatre production was: I began to sort out some very complex aspects of my personal life. In my spousal relationship and faith based relationships I was being told I was: disruptive, uncooperative, non compliantetc. In other wordsI was the problemas to why things were not working very well in the marriage and in the faith based group. Once I was involved in musical theater, I began to compare the perceptions of others. The community experience of me with the spousal/faithbased perception. The perceptions and experience of me as a person didnt line up. There was no congruency between the two. In the choir/musical theatre, I was well liked, enjoyed and seen as a part of the whole.( I wasnt a problem.) I was seen as being dependable, reliable, co-operative, friendly, likeable and valued. This caused me to then question and doubt the role and relationship I had with myself and with others in my personal life. Intuitively I began to become aware of and understand projection. I began to see that I was not who I was being told I was in my personal life. I began to see how others were projecting their unwanted, denied parts onto me, because I was vulnerable to absorbing them.

This was quite life altering. In time, I left the marriage and the faith based community that I was in. I started to align myself with the truth of who I was as a person (which was revealed to me by contrast, reflection, introspection and self awareness.) Through musical theatre I learned to take responsibility for myself in a deep way. I learned to create congruency in my personal life. The lessons I learned through participating in musical theatre were and still are extremely valuable to me. I continue to challenge myself and grow in all aspects of my life. It helped me to solidify a congruent sense of self.

This is small bit of my experienceshared to confirn and validate what Bessel van de Kolk has referenced in this video. I definitely believe theatre create an environment conducive to personal reflection and introspection. They can observe themselves from a different perspective. It is helpful to get outside themselvesso to speak for a bit. Theatre can facilitate growth in the ability to absorb complex intrapersonal and interpersonal realities. It helps to expand an individuals perception of choices and their ability to choose who they want to be.

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Genevieve E. Chandler says:
We have demonstrated and increase in resilience, managing stress and an increase in emotional awareness through the Changing Minds Changing Lives (CMCL) program using an Empower Resilience Intervention, an ACE aware, trauma-informed, 5 week, 2x/week course. ERI incorporates the 4 Rs: Relaxation (mindfulness) Research, Reflection and Recognition. The key is Reflection through a group writing method based on Amherst Writers and Artists practice (AWA) where participants free write their story in response to an open-ended prompt and receive feedback on their writing from peers and facilitators. The CMCL program has demonstrated efficacy with young adults, diverse community college students and incoming athletes. CMCL is funded by the NCAA and recently, a Public Service Endowment Grant to implement the program in a Springfield, MA high school.
I believe writing & reading their stories with genuine feedback produces similar outcomes as acting.

This sounds awesome, Genevieve!  I'm a fanatic EQer (emotional intelligence trainer) and I would love to use this technique. Do you mind sharing the wording of the open-ended prompt?

Thanks!
- Matt

---ing clarity to your everyday life. 
My productivity increases whenever I meditate consistently and noticeably declines when I fall out of my routine.
Watch a YouTube video or read a quick blog post on how to meditate. It's easy.
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5. Memorization techniques
If you think of your brain as a set of computer folders, then you can see that forgetting is not really possible. 
If you forget something, it's either it wasn't saved, to begin with or you put it somewhere hard to retrieve. 
Concentration and recall are what makes memories. 
Focus in order to concentrate, and test yourself in order to recall. 
"Backspace" new info by using a pencil and eraser.
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6. How to triple your reading speed
Read at least one book per week. 
How? 
Audiobook apps (like Audible's) often have a feature where you can listen to a book at three times the normal speed.
It only takes about 10 minutes for your brain to adjust, and then you're good.
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7. How to take responsibility
Too often people try to come up with reasons why they can't get something done, why a project is over budget, how an accident happened, etc. 
Learning to take responsibility for your actions will make doing business much smoother. 
It's easier to solve a problem when you aren't spending a ton of time getting to the root of it.
Take responsibility and move forward.
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8. How to organize critical versus important tasks
Piling things on your to-do lists feels productive. 
Eventually, though, the list gets too massive and all the tasks suffer since you don't have enough time and energy to allocate to each. 
While you can delegate, it's easier to divide the mix of critical tasks (tasks that you need to do now to improve the business) and important tasks (tasks that you can do whenever to improve the business.)
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9. Shoulder, wrist, and arm stretches
Putting in long hours typing at your desk is bound to lead to health problems if you don't learn easy, quick stretches to counteract the strain.
Simple exercises to prevent carpal tunnel syndrome and back pain take less than 10 minutes to learn but save you hundreds of hours you might have lost otherwise.
Just five to 10 minutes a day is a good start to protecting your health and productivity.
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10. How to delegate time blocks
It is so easy to fall into the daily distractions, forcing you to play catch-up the next day. 
Time blocking is such a huge part of my day that keeps me on track. 
I schedule a time frame where I am responding to emails, and then I block the next hour for meetings. 
I would recommend everyone break time into segments.
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---ochure)
Ever felt like you wanted to 'be there' for others, like never before?
     (hint: It has a LOT to do with YOUR feelings and emotions!)

---ochure"... so I can compile that into something workable.  There's the current file I just sent (2 MB, 3.1.2017 -present) and my archive file (52 MB, 4.1.2004 - 2.28.2017).

Can you write some code to open the file, search for "ND Brochure", and then Copy the text from the next line to the end-of-entry marker "---ochure"...

This is not the place they get to come each week to whine about how they feel - this is where they come to examine what is working in the present, what is not, and to go through the process of changing the "is not" part of that by taking action.

	- Penny R. Tupy, Life Coach

Feelings expressed for the following reasons are fine:
	Clarity
	Release
	Acceptance
	Remove Judgments
	Go for deeper feelings (ex: express anger to get to the hurt underneath)

not Ok:
	whining
	blaming (short-term is fine, in an effort to find your part in it all)
	one-up-manship / competition
	poor me (if you want people to feel sorry for you, you're not looking for results)
	victim (to explain how there really is NOthing you can do about it... and it's all their fault, anyhow)

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