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Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning

Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning

Andrea Samadi 401 Episodes Oct 11, 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

Phase 4 Launch: The Connection Loop — Perception, Emotion & Social Intelligence
Phase 4 Launch: The Connection Loop — Perception, Emotion & Social Intelligence Oct 11, 2026 1858
Movement to Mastery: Closing Phase 3 of the Brain’s Operating System
Movement to Mastery: Closing Phase 3 of the Brain’s Operating System Oct 4, 2026 2712
Fueling Sustainable Change—Listen to Your Body and Lead by Example (with Jason Whittrock)
Fueling Sustainable Change—Listen to Your Body and Lead by Example (with Jason Whittrock) Sep 26, 2026 2149
When Sleep Isn't Rest: What 'Sleep Stress' Reveals About Recovery (Bonus Episode)
When Sleep Isn't Rest: What 'Sleep Stress' Reveals About Recovery (Bonus Episode) Sep 13, 2026 2487
Attention Is the Gate—How Movement Becomes Lasting Learning with Dr. John Medina
Attention Is the Gate—How Movement Becomes Lasting Learning with Dr. John Medina Sep 6, 2026 2773
The 4:00 AM Tradeoff: Movement, REM and Recovery (Bonus Episode)
The 4:00 AM Tradeoff: Movement, REM and Recovery (Bonus Episode) Aug 29, 2026 1785
The Hidden Story Behind Your Resting Heart Rate: What Your RHR Can Reveal About Stress, Recovery & Adaptation (Bonus Episode)
The Hidden Story Behind Your Resting Heart Rate: What Your RHR Can Reveal About Stress, Recovery & Adaptation (Bonus Episode) 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

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