Crossing The Threshold
11 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago -'Crossing The Threshold' captures the visions and dreams of diverse thinkers from across the educational landscape. Join Max & Nikki from The Visionaries in conversation with a different guest each episode as we share ideas for how to harness education to better support young people and create a healthy society. Our discussions meander through the 'youth-scape' covering topics such as; navigating change, emotional wellbeing, relationships, social and environmental justice, education reform, nature connection, and the value of rites of passage etc...
So, how are we supporting young people to cross the threshold into a healthy adulthood? Stay tuned to find out.
Produced and Edited by Green Barge Audio. Check them out - www.GreenBargeAudio.co.uk
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Episodes
#9 - Charlotta Martinus - Coming Home to Ourselves
February 04, 2021 20:54 - 48 minutes - 112 MBThis week we’re joined by Charlotta Martinus, Founder of The TeenYoga Foundation, who’s doing incredibly transformative embodied work to better support young people to live healthily. Of course, we talk about yoga, using yoga in schools and the incredible positive impacts it has for youth. We chat about the medicalisation of youth, the adolescent mental health crisis, and why holistic, preventative approaches consistently show themselves to more effective (of course, no?) We discuss the sh...
#8 - Hector Aristizábal - Our need for Initiation, Ritual & Theatre
January 06, 2021 12:44 - 59 minutes - 136 MBWe’re excited to share this conversation with the truly inspiring Hector Aristizábal. Hector is an award-winning artist, author, family therapist and theatre director - to name just a few of his many hats! His lifetime’s work has been to heal the lives of young people and their communities in the US, his home country of Colombia and in over 50 countries using the powers of creative expression, theatre, ritual, rites of passage and many other therapeutic approaches. There’s so much to learn s...
#7 - Dr. David Blumenkrantz & Dr. Neils Kohlschütter - Rites of Passage, Mentorship & Community-Oriented Education
November 05, 2020 17:45 - 35 minutes - 82 MBThis week Max sits down with his mentor Dr David Blumenkrantz and friend Dr Neils Kohlschütter, who is the CEO of the Schweisfurth Foundation for sustainable food and agriculture. Both have pioneered ways of engaging with youth that lead to genuine community and societal healing and we are excited to share some of their stories and wisdom in this episode. Dr. David Blumenkrantz is the co-founder and executive director of the Center for Youth & Community, Inc., based in Connecticut, and is ...
#6 - Adele Bates - Behaviour and Education Specialist -
October 09, 2020 12:36 - 45 minutes - 20.9 MBThis week Nikki sat down with Adele Bates, a leading Behaviour & Education specialist who helps pupils with behavioural needs to thrive in their education. She is the author of "Miss, I Don't Give A Sh*t," forthcoming from Sage & Corwin and a TEDx Speaker 2020. The conversation sheds an important light on benefits for girls and women of any age of connecting more consciously to their menstrual cycle. Adele highlights how doing led her to become empowered and how she now shares this revelati...
#5 - Jonny Benjamin - Award-Winning Mental Campaigner, Film Producer, Speaker, Writer - Building Mentally Healthy Schools
September 14, 2020 08:12 - 33 minutes - 30.6 MBthis week we had the pleasure of sitting down with Jonny Benjamin MBE, who is an award-winning mental health campaigner, film producer, public speaker, writer and vlogger. At the age of 20 he was diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder, a combination of schizophrenia and bipolar, and later began making films on YouTube about the condition that have been watched by millions of people. Jonny now speaks publicly about living with mental illness and has written articles and given various inter...
#4 - Olusola Adebiyi - African Storyteller. Author. Facilitator - What story are we telling?
August 15, 2020 09:21 - 1 hour - 101 MBThis week we were blessed with the chance to sit down with Olusola Adebiyi AKA Sola Story. Sola is an African storyteller, author, director and founder of Narrative Mindfulness Ltd. He is a lead facilitator of the incredible youth organisation LIFEBeat. This man wears many hats with serious style and is an incredibly captivating orator as you’re about to find out. Nikki Sola and myself went on a wonderful conversational journey through the fantastical, the political, the futuristic - expl...
#3: Chris Taylor - Eco-revolutionary. Author. Poet. - Finding Your Purpose
July 31, 2020 14:57 - 55 minutes - 75.9 MBEco-revolutionary. Author. Poet. Mentor to Gen Z world-changers. Commune farmer –– Chris Taylor embodies the term ‘changemaker’. Since 1978, Chris has been involved in movements for global change. He now holds several coordinating roles within Extinction Rebellion, focusing on future visioning, living our values and rekindling a sense of the sanctity of all life. Across decades, Chris has developed a unique approach to supporting radical change. Since 2007, he has been a full-time facilita...
#2: John Taylor, Principal, UAE South Bank - Rebuilding a healthy school community
July 17, 2020 12:20 - 40 minutes - 56.3 MBJohn Taylor is the Principal of University Academy of Engineering South Bank, a medium-sized state secondary school in South East London. John, Nikki & I caught up whilst his school was partially reopening from lockdown at the end June 2020. What a crazy time to be a headteacher... John shared the reality of seeing a school community through a pandemic. His stories highlight the multidimensional role a school plays in it’s local community, particularly during times of adversity. We were dee...
#1: Hannah Wilson, Associate Director, Whole Education - Values & Authenticity in School
July 17, 2020 12:19 - 50 minutes - 68.7 MBThis episode Max sits down with Hannah Wilson (@Ethical_Leader), Associate Director at Whole Education (@WholeEducation). Hannah is a serious activist in the world of education. She is tireless in her drive to change the way we educate through ethical leadership and teacher training. Ex-headteacher and founder of numerous incredible grassroots networks such as #DiverseEd, Hannah is helping to pave the way for a more just and equitable education system. Max and Hannah discuss integrity...
#1: Hannah Wilson - Values & Authenticity in School
July 17, 2020 12:19 - 50 minutes - 68.7 MBThis episode Max sits down with Hannah Wilson (@Ethical_Leader), Associate Director at Whole Education (@WholeEducation). Hannah is a serious activist in the world of education. She is tireless in her drive to change the way we educate through ethical leadership and teacher training. Ex-headteacher and founder of numerous incredible grassroots networks such as #DiverseEd, Hannah is helping to pave the way for a more just and equitable education system. Max and Hannah discuss integrity...
Crossing The Threshold - Season 1 (Trailer)
July 01, 2020 13:38 - 1 minute - 3.28 MBSo what's this podcast all about then? Listen to find out and hear a sneak preview of what to expect from the first few episodes! Sign up to The Visionaries' mailing list to get future episodes straight to your inbox at www.thevisionaries.org.uk. Follow us on twitter (@VisionariesEdu) or Instagram (@thevisionariesuk) to keep updated with the podcast and the work we are doing to reform secondary education. Produced and Edited by Green Barge Audio. Check them out - www.GreenBargeAudio.co.uk