The Childhood Roots of Peace– with Founder Edwina Cowell

Nearly 20 years ago, Edwina Cowell sat on the family room floor & answered The Big Questions (“What is heaven?”; “What is hell?”; “Why do people die?”; “What is love?”) with her 7-year old son & some of his friends with their mothers. It was a moment that was created consciously over time with forethought … & became a lasting legacy for grownups & children all over the globe. 

Spiritual Playdate curriculum was born from these real-life play dates. Officially launched in 2015 at the Parliament of World Religions, it now reaches & teaches people in many countries these mission-based life skills for kids & their grownups, ages 5–12. Topics span big topics—heaven & hell, living & dying, God—& smaller but just as important ones like gratitude, forgiveness, resilience … & are currently being translated into other languages.

In our conversation, Edwina shares:

* The deeper origins of this story & how to use the online/printable curriculum

* Why the Soul Talks frame all of the curriculum—& uses learning as discovery (via the Socratic Method)

* How to deepen (& truly change) the traditional talks on bullying

* Who is using this curriculum already (social workers, Sunday School teachers, homeschoolers, families & friends—as well as local volunteer educators to post-war refugees in parts of Africa)

Jump to 42:00 to hear Edwina’s take on the roots of social ills (& how Spiritual Playdate opens the conversation to disentangle those roots, so they don’t take hold). And find her profound statement: 

“We can never get to world peace until we get to personal peace.”

|| Learn more about MotherFounder Edwina Cowell & this social-spiritual-emotional learning tool at SpiritualPlaydate.com. 

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