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Dr. Ruth Ann Smalley on Teaching, Homeschooling, Healing, and Writing for a Future Based in Care Regenerative Ed
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Today we're talking with Dr. Ruth Ann Smalley, a former educator, about teaching, homeschooling, healing, climate change, and writing. Ruth Ann shares her journey and the threads that pull everything together. Our conversation feels really generative and hopeful in the midst of bleak climate catastrophes. She also shares a concrete healing practice, a classroom tip we can all use, and more about her work as an author writing the children's books she wishes she had when her kids were younger.
Ruth Ann Smalley, Ph.D, is a children’s book author and energy practitioner living in upstate New York. Her work focuses on earth stewardship, healing, and sustainability; she loves using poetry, narrative, and humor to deal with the big, scary issues. Also a wellness and creativity coach, Ruth Ann helps people of all ages access their unique voices and healing powers. Her picture book, Sheila Says We’re Weird helps families discuss the simple values of green living, and is available online and through your local bookstore. She is currently at work on a middle grades eco-adventure trilogy, and has offered free video-recordings of the first two volumes, Defender of Dirt and Running with the Sun on her YouTube channel. She welcomes collaborative projects with like-minded educators! You can find out more at ruthannsmalley.com or at her vibrant-energies.com website.
Videos:
Playlist for her book readings: https://youtu.be/miY-WMqosGg Playlist for Energy Balancing exercises: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLymWW5ifb7iuGMaL8pLbzv6ZMr0kI2kCU A short list of high impact books on the environment, education, transformation that impacted Dr. Ruth Ann Smalley:
Alfie Kohn, Punished by Rewards
Sandra Steingraber, Raising Elijah: Protecting Our Children in an Age of Environmental Crisis
Rob Hopkins, From What Is to What If: Unleashing the Power of Imagination to Create the Future We Want
Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds, and Shape Our Futures
Regenerative Ed Links:
WE ARE VERBS! Read more! It's a program and a community, and we'd love for you to join!
UPDATE SINCE THIS EPISODE AIRED: You can now get a podcast-specifically-for-you, access to the resources on the blog, access to the breathing room (breathwork for educators!) for FREE (forever) by joining our first tier. Check it out!
If you love Patreon, we're on there! For as little as $3 you can support this podcast and join in the co-creation of this podcast. THANK YOU SO MUCH! Patreon.com/regenerativeed
If you enjoyed this episode, you could also choose to support us through a one-time donation or recurring donation on our website! Thank you so much! Most of all, please share this podcast with your educator buddies, share on your social medias, subscribe, leave a review-- it helps us out a lot! Thank you!
Today we're talking with Dr. Ruth Ann Smalley, a former educator, about teaching, homeschooling, healing, climate change, and writing. Ruth Ann shares her journey and the threads that pull everything together. Our conversation feels really generative and hopeful in the midst of bleak climate catastrophes. She also shares a concrete healing practice, a classroom tip we can all use, and more about her work as an author writing the children's books she wishes she had when her kids were younger.
Ruth Ann Smalley, Ph.D, is a children’s book author and energy practitioner living in upstate New York. Her work focuses on earth stewardship, healing, and sustainability; she loves using poetry, narrative, and humor to deal with the big, scary issues. Also a wellness and creativity coach, Ruth Ann helps people of all ages access their unique voices and healing powers. Her picture book, Sheila Says We’re Weird helps families discuss the simple values of green living, and is available online and through your local bookstore. She is currently at work on a middle grades eco-adventure trilogy, and has offered free video-recordings of the first two volumes, Defender of Dirt and Running with the Sun on her YouTube channel. She welcomes collaborative projects with like-minded educators! You can find out more at ruthannsmalley.com or at her vibrant-energies.com website.
Videos:
Playlist for her book readings: https://youtu.be/miY-WMqosGg Playlist for Energy Balancing exercises: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLymWW5ifb7iuGMaL8pLbzv6ZMr0kI2kCU A short list of high impact books on the environment, education, transformation that impacted Dr. Ruth Ann Smalley:
Alfie Kohn, Punished by Rewards
Sandra Steingraber, Raising Elijah: Protecting Our Children in an Age of Environmental Crisis
Rob Hopkins, From What Is to What If: Unleashing the Power of Imagination to Create the Future We Want
Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds, and Shape Our Futures
Regenerative Ed Links:
WE ARE VERBS! Read more! It's a program and a community, and we'd love for you to join!
UPDATE SINCE THIS EPISODE AIRED: You can now get a podcast-specifically-for-you, access to the resources on the blog, access to the breathing room (breathwork for educators!) for FREE (forever) by joining our first tier. Check it out!
If you love Patreon, we're on there! For as little as $3 you can support this podcast and join in the co-creation of this podcast. THANK YOU SO MUCH! Patreon.com/regenerativeed
If you enjoyed this episode, you could also choose to support us through a one-time donation or recurring donation on our website! Thank you so much! Most of all, please share this podcast with your educator buddies, share on your social medias, subscribe, leave a review-- it helps us out a lot! Thank you!
1 hr 7 min