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Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning

Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning

Andrea Samadi 401 Episodes Aug 22, 2026

The Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast provides support for school leadership and the workplace with a proven approach for implementing social and emotional learning in schools and emotional intelligence in the modern workplace. It offers a strategy to increase well-being, achievement, and results, backed by current neuroscience research. Andrea Samadi, a teacher from Toronto now living in Arizona, began working with success and social and emotional learning principles with students in the late 1990s. Her programs and trainings, grounded in brain-based research and practical neuroscience, help parents, teachers, coaches, and employees optimize learning, well-being, and achievement.

Episodes

The Hidden Story Behind Your Resting Heart Rate: What Your RHR Can Reveal About Stress, Recovery & Adaptation
The Hidden Story Behind Your Resting Heart Rate: What Your RHR Can Reveal About Stress, Recovery & Adaptation Aug 22, 2026 1840
The Science of Recovery—How Dr. Kristen Holmes Helps Us Turn Stress Into Greater Capacity
The Science of Recovery—How Dr. Kristen Holmes Helps Us Turn Stress Into Greater Capacity Aug 16, 2026 2733
Find Your Gap: How Recovery Unlocks Predictable Performance (Bonus Episode)
Find Your Gap: How Recovery Unlocks Predictable Performance (Bonus Episode) Aug 8, 2026 1850
Dr. John Ratey and The Movement Loop: How Movement Becomes Human Performance
Dr. John Ratey and The Movement Loop: How Movement Becomes Human Performance Aug 2, 2026 1283
Five Years, 1,905 Recoveries: How Daily Movement Rewires Your Brain (Bonus Episode)
Five Years, 1,905 Recoveries: How Daily Movement Rewires Your Brain (Bonus Episode) Jul 25, 2026 984
The Movement Loop: How Movement Activates the Brain for Learning, Adaptation & Performance
The Movement Loop: How Movement Activates the Brain for Learning, Adaptation & Performance Jul 19, 2026 2095
How Movement Builds the Brain, the Body & Human Performance (Phase 3 Introduction)
How Movement Builds the Brain, the Body & Human Performance (Phase 3 Introduction) Jul 11, 2026 1543
Trust as the Foundation with Greg Hill: How Great Leaders Create the Conditions for Learning, Growth and Performance
Trust as the Foundation with Greg Hill: How Great Leaders Create the Conditions for Learning, Growth and Performance Jun 27, 2026 2255
Episode 400: Sales Leadership Under Pressure with Majid Samadi: 7 Lessons Learned from 7 Years of Neuroscience
Episode 400: Sales Leadership Under Pressure with Majid Samadi: 7 Lessons Learned from 7 Years of Neuroscience Jun 20, 2026 2876
Phase 2 Review: The Motivation Loop: How to Keep Effort Worthwhile
Phase 2 Review: The Motivation Loop: How to Keep Effort Worthwhile Jun 14, 2026 1734
Fun, Fear, Focus: Closing the Motivation Loop with Friederike Fabritius
Fun, Fear, Focus: Closing the Motivation Loop with Friederike Fabritius Jun 8, 2026 1432
Move to Learn: How Movement Activates the Brain and Fuels Motivation (with Dr. Chuck Hillman and Paul Zientarski)
Move to Learn: How Movement Activates the Brain and Fuels Motivation (with Dr. Chuck Hillman and Paul Zientarski) May 31, 2026 2105

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