Ep5: Guy Stephens-If We Can Do Better, We Must!

Ep 10: Dr. Janyne McConnaughey - It's Never Too Late to Heal

This was such a fun episode to record. About Janyne (Pronounce as Janine) Janyne McConnaughey, Ph.D., award winning author and trauma-informed advocate, lived with the effects of childhood sexual abuse from the time she was three years old until she entered therapy and began her healing journey at the age of sixty-one. Realizing healing was possible for survivors, she first authored three memoirs describing the effects of childhood trauma and the paths to healing. Her most recent publication is Trauma in the Pews: The Impact of Trauma on Faith and Spiritual Practices.Janyne’s passion is encouraging other survivors of childhood trauma to seek healing. She is currently a Distinguished Visiting Professor at Tabor College (Masters in Education: Neuroscience & Trauma [https://tabor.edu/adult/med/]) and has served for four years as Board Member for the Attachment & Trauma Network [https://www.attachmenttraumanetwork.org/] (ATN), two as Board President. Janyne builds on her forty-year career in teaching, teacher education, and an expertise in early childhood development to help educators, caregivers, and church ministry workers understand and apply trauma-informed practices.   Learn more . . . [https://www.janyne.org/more-about-janyne]

Ep 9: Dr. Lori Desautels - Applied Educational Neuroscience

Dr. Lori Desautels is an Assistant Professor at Butler University in Indianapolis, where she teaches both undergraduate and graduate programs in the College of Education. She founded the Applied Educational Neuroscience certification program in 2016 — now reaching educators around the world. She founded the Educational Neuroscience Symposium, now in its fifteenth year. She has presented to more than 150,000 educators across the United States, Canada, Costa Rica, Australia, Scotland, England, and Dubai. And she is the author of five books, including Connections over Compliance, Intentional Neuroplasticity, and her newest, Body and Brain Brilliance. Her website: https://revelationsineducation.com [https://revelationsineducation.com]

Ep 8: Live Episode with Julie Beem from ATN

This special live episode, which aired on May 26th, features Julie Beem as she steps down from her position as executive director of the Attachment and Trauma Network. We talk about her journey from volunteer to leader, the creation of the Creating Trauma-Sensitive Schools Conference and the virtual Learning Brain Exchange Conference, and her life as a mom to an adopted daughter. This episode is a celebration of 20+ years of service to children, parents, educators, and anyone supporting children who have been exposed to trauma. The Attachment and Trauma Network [https://attachmenttraumanetwork.org] Register for the Creating Trauma-Sensitive Schools Conference [https://attachmenttraumanetwork.org/conference/]

Ep 7: Margaret Thorsborne- The Decades of Restorative Practice

Some guests you invite onto your show. Some guests helped shape who you are. Margaret Thorsborne is one of the world's foremost experts on restorative practice. For decades she has helped schools, workplaces, and communities across Australia, New Zealand, Asia, the UK, the US, and beyond transform the way they respond to wrongdoing, conflict, and harm. She is a founding director of Restorative Practices International, a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management, and the recipient of the Order of Australia Medal for her services to education. She is also Joe's co-author on Becoming a Trauma-Informed Restorative Educator. In this episode, Joe and Margaret explore: * What restorative practice actually is — and why it works where punishment doesn't * How neuroscience and biology inform a restorative approach * What schools and workplaces around the world have in common when it comes to harm and healing * What brought a practitioner from Queensland and an educator from the US together to write a book This is a conversation between collaborators, colleagues, and friends — about the work they both love and the world they are both trying to help build. Her Website: https://www.thorsborne.com.au [https://www.thorsborne.com.au]

Ep6: Latoya Fernandez - Lessons From Sankofa

This week's guest, Latoya Fernandez, is a restorative justice leader. Her work in Sankofa Circles, teaching RJ, and youth diversion is groundbreaking. In this Episode, we'll talk about restorative justice in a variety of different contexts, including Connecticut's new Diversion First Model. We'll talk about Ghana and the lessons she brought back to her daily life. She also shares her roots as a struggling kid on probation and how peer mediation taught her the skills to be who she wanted to be. Her Website: https://www.latoyafernandez.com [https://www.latoyafernandez.com]