#15 Shaping Healthy Minds in Schools with Elan Gepner-Dales

Hello and welcome to the TeachStrong Talks podcast! A place for real conversations about effective well-being for school staff.

Today, we have our first international guest joining us! Elan Gepner-Dales is the Executive Director of SKY Schools - a nonprofit organisation based in the US, dedicated to providing youth, parents & educators with a healthy mind, body, and lifestyle. They offer practical tools, life skills and the SKY breathing technique to manage stress and emotions.

We connected with Elan Gepner-Dales through Emma Seppala who we got in touch with after reading her book “The Happiness Track”, and she suggested we get in touch with Elan. Elan and SKY schools apply a lot of the science from her book in schools. After hearing this and then visiting their website, we knew we had to get Elan on the show.

Enjoy this episode that’s packed with ideas of what truly works when it comes to pupil well-being. Find out more about the philosophy and the techniques that make the SKY School programme so effective and unique. And finally, stick around until the end to hear Elan’s suggestions of what you and your children can do to look after yourself during this trying time.

Connect with Elan: https://twitter.com/ElanGep

https://skyschools.org/
https://www.artofliving.org/uk-en

Connect with us: @teachstrong_

Find out more about our online courses to boost well-being here:
www.teachstrong.co.uk/school-pack/