Taes Leavitt

Harnessing her experience creating children’s television and music, The Big Heart Journey is an interactive live experience designed to help kids build resilience and develop practical and actionable strategies to self-regulate.

Using research-backed mental wellness and resilience practices, Taes teaches children about the world of their feelings in a language they understand and connect with.

Taes weaves storytelling and experiential learning together, inviting students to participate in active in-the-moment strategies to learn how to move through their feelings in healthy ways.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

• Self-Regulation: Creating a space between the feeling and the reaction.
• Resilience: Developing their “bounce back.” What to do when life doesn’t happen the way they want it to.
• Ownership: Connecting to a sense of control and mastery over their emotions.
• Empathy & Community: Connecting to others, kindness & listening skills.
• Mindfulness: Being present and able to tune into what is happening in the moment.
• Social-Emotional: Develop self-awareness & communication of emotions

An engaging live experience designed to help students navigate their complex emotional landscape and develop practical strategies for emotional well-being.

Drawing from neuroscience and evidence-based mental wellness practices, this program speaks to teens in their language, helping them understand and process their emotions during these transformative years.

Through a blend of real-talk discussions, storytelling, and hands-on experiences, teens learn active strategies they can use in the moment, empowering them to handle big feelings in healthy ways.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

• Emotional Intelligence: Understanding the brain-emotion connection and developing tools to pause between feeling and reaction.
• Stress Management: Building a personal toolkit of strategies to handle academic pressure, social challenges, and life’s unexpected turns.
• Personal Agency: Discovering how to take charge of emotional responses while recognizing that all feelings are valid.
• Social Connection: Developing deeper peer relationships through authentic expression and active listening.
• Present-Moment Awareness: Learning techniques to ground yourself during overwhelming moments and recognize emotional patterns.
• Communication Skills: Gaining confidence in expressing feelings and needs while maintaining healthy boundaries.

Join us on a profound exploration into the world of emotions. Drawing on research-based and science-driven approaches, Big Heart Educators focuses on actionable steps to actively support students through big feelings while also providing support for managing educators’ own feelings. We won’t just discuss emotions; we’ll equip everyone with the tools to apply this knowledge in their classrooms and communities.

Together, we will explore the significance of acknowledging, regulating, and building resilience so the classroom can be a supportive environment that encourages kindness,  self-regulation, and emotional well-being.

The ultimate goal is to empower educators to foster a kinder community where children can not only understand and manage their emotions but also thrive academically and socially.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

• Self-Regulation: Creating a space between the feeling and the reaction.
• Resilience: Helping kids develop their “bounce back” when life doesn’t happen the way they wish.
• CASEL Framework: Social and Emotional Learning, Self-Awareness, Social Awareness, Self Management, Relationship skills
• Empathy & Community: Connecting to children in new ways, listening skills.