Episode 20 Raising Stress-Proof Kids

Shelley Davidow is an internationally acclaimed author who lives in Australia. She is also an academic, and a trained facilitator in Restorative Practice, conducting workshops throughout the world.

Her latest books are Shadow Sisters and Whisperings in the Blood published by the University of Queensland Press, Australia and Playing with Words published by Macmillan Palgrave, UK.
Shelley Davidow is originally from South Africa but has spent the last two decades living and working all over the world. She has lived in England, Qatar, the USA and is now based on Queensland's Sunshine Coast. "I wasn’t exactly aspiring to be such a globe-trotter, in fact, I coveted stability, but living in diverse places has given me a far-ranging experience of humanity which is never a bad thing for a writer," she says. 'But Australia is my fifth and final continent.'

The author of 43 books, she writes across genres. Her work includes children's fiction, young adult fiction, and a range of non-fiction texts including the memoirs Shadow Sisters, Whisperings in the Blood , the highly acclaimed Raising Stress-Proof Kids, as well as the poetic immigrant memoir The Eye of the Moon.

Shelley is a lecturer in curriculum and pedagogy in the School of Education at the University of the Sunshine Coast and is a facilitator in Restorative Practice. She runs workshops nationally and internationally on the impact and management of stress at home, in the workplace and in the classroom. With her focus on social and emotional health, Shelley has worked across the US and Australia in schools conducting readings and workshops and facilitating discussions with young people on the many issues they confront.

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Music for Podcast

Groove Grove by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3831-groove-grove
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/