Move This World with Sara

Sara Potler LaHayne: Reflections on a Season of Brave Conversations

Move This World Audio Network — Tue, 26 Jul 2022 05:30:00 -0400

Move This World Founder & CEO Sara Potler LaHayne reflects on conversations with past guests, and how what they've shared connects to both her personal and professional past, present, and future.

Nicole Phelps & Allison Schmitt: Diving into Resilience

Move This World Audio Network — Tue, 19 Jul 2022 08:45:00 -0400

Move This World Founder & CEO Sara Potler LaHayne sits down with Nicole Phelps, mental health advocate and wife of famed Olympian Michael Phelps, and ten-time Olympic medalist Allison Schmitt. They discuss the importance of resilience, and how making personal struggles public became a way of helping others.

Jim Kavanaugh & Joe Koenig: On Business and Friendship

Move This World Audio Network — Tue, 12 Jul 2022 05:00:00 -0400

Move This World Founder & CEO Sara Potler LaHayne sits down with World Wide Technology CEO Jim Kavanaugh, and its President, Joe Koenig. The two former college roommates talk of how, contrary to popular belief, working with close friends can help us not only personally, but professionally.

Sara Hahn & Ellie Foster: A Tapestry of Feelings

Move This World Audio Network — Tue, 28 Jun 2022 05:00:00 -0400

Move This World Founder & CEO Sara Potler LaHayne sits down with Sara Hahn and Ellie Foster, Directors of Education for the Kevin Love Fund. They discuss the importance of vulnerability, and undoing the hierarchy of feelings that society has created.

Jill Nykoliation: Energy Transfer

Move This World Audio Network — Tue, 21 Jun 2022 05:00:00 -0400

Move This World Founder & CEO Sara Potler LaHayne sits down with award-winning advertising CEO, Jill Nykoliation. They discuss the porous nature of our bodies as well as our minds, and how a constant transfer of emotional energy affects us personally and professionally.

Mark Bertolini: Tragedy to Transformation

Move This World Audio Network — Tue, 14 Jun 2022 05:00:00 -0400

Move This World Founder & CEO Sara Potler LaHayne sits down with former Aetna CEO and Chairman, Mark Bertolini, and his wife Mari Arnaud. They discuss how Mark’s own path towards mindfulness was the inspiration for a company-wide transformation, affecting an entire industry and countless lives along the way.

Ben Higgins: Sitting in Stillness and Speaking in Truth

Move This World Audio Network — Tue, 07 Jun 2022 05:00:00 -0400

Move This World Founder & CEO Sara Potler LaHayne sits down with author, entrepreneur, and former Bachelor on ABC's The Bachelor, Ben Higgins. Ben talks candidly about his struggles with addiction, building a community of support, and his continuous journey towards being his authentic self.

Marisa Peer: The Joy of Being Flawesome

Move This World Audio Network — Tue, 31 May 2022 05:00:00 -0400

Move This World Founder & CEO Sara Potler LaHayne sits down with bestselling author and therapist Marisa Peer. They discussed how Marisa challenges the mental health profession with her revolutionary techniques, the power of the mind / body connection, and the joy of being “flawesome."

Eric Decker: His New Playbook

Move This World Audio Network — Tue, 24 May 2022 05:00:00 -0400

Move This World Founder & CEO Sara Potler LaHayne sits down with NFL superstar Eric Decker and his friend and manager Matthew Musacchio. However, instead of talking touchdowns and AFC Championships, they discuss the power of pause, the challenges of raising children while having demanding schedules, and remaining authentic in the public eye.

Welcome to Season 4 of Move This World with Sara

Move This World Audio Network — Tue, 24 May 2022 04:55:00 -0400

This season on Move This World with Sara, Host and Move This World Founder & CEO Sara LaHayne speaks with celebrity guests like retired NFL Super Bowl player Eric Decker, CEO Jim Kavanaugh, world-renowned Rapid Transformational Therapy trainer Marisa Peer, former CEO of Aetna Mark Bertolini, and star of ABC's The Bachelor Ben Higgins about the relationships, habits, and perspectives that help them care for their mental, social, and emotional wellbeing.

Mayor Francis Suarez: Passion & Service

Move This World Audio Network — Tue, 14 Dec 2021 05:00:00 -0400

Move This World Founder & CEO Sara Potler LaHayne sits down with Miami Mayor Francis Suarez. Mayor Suarez and First Lady, Gloria, discuss how their partnership supports their family and work, living a life of service, and how being surrounded by strong women makes for better leadership.

Maggie Lower: Authenticity & Fortitude

Move This World Audio Network — Tue, 07 Dec 2021 05:15:00 -0400

Move This World Founder & CEO Sara Potler LaHayne talks with Hootsuite CMO Maggie Lower. Maggie and Hannah, Maggie's cousin and best friend, discuss getting comfortable with your authentic self, building and maintaining your support network, and being true to yourself.

Maya Enista Smith: Kindness & Bravery

Move This World Audio Network — Tue, 07 Dec 2021 05:00:00 -0400

Move This World Founder & CEO Sara Potler LaHayne sits down with Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Foundation Executive Director Maya Enista Smith. Maya and her son Hunter join Sara to discuss what it means to be brave, how kindness works in their family, and carving a path that’s all your own.

Daniel J. Watts: Art & Freedom

Move This World Audio Network — Tue, 30 Nov 2021 05:32:00 -0400

Move This World Founder & CEO Sara Potler LaHayne talks with Daniel J. Watts, Tony nominee and multidisciplinary artist. The conversation, which includes Daniel’s mother Artez, covers topics ranging from finding freedom in artistic expression, to vulnerability, self-awareness and patience.

Carly Fiorina: Courage & Purpose

Move This World Audio Network — Tue, 30 Nov 2021 05:30:00 -0400

Move This World Founder & CEO Sara Potler LaHayne sits down with Carly Fiorina, business leader and former Presidential candidate, in a candid conversation about courage, criticism, personal sustainability, and building a life of purpose over perfection.

Season 3 Trailer - Welcome to Move This World with Sara

Move This World Audio Network — Tue, 30 Nov 2021 05:25:00 -0400

Move This World with Sara: Conversations in Social Emotional Learning explores the challenges, ruptures, struggles, achievements and dreams that your favorite business leaders, athletes, actors, comedians and their families have faced, and how they leaned on their social emotional skills - or lack thereof - to move forward.

(Part 3) Difficult Discussions: How You Can Support Children Through Grief

Move This World Audio Network — Thu, 01 Apr 2021 05:00:00 -0400

In the final part of our special series, we discuss how parents and educators can support students through processing death, grief, and loss. Featuring David Adams, Rebecca Soffer, George Hagman, and Tiffany Papageorge hosted by Sara Potler LaHayne from Move This World, this is part three of our special three-part series on Difficult Discussions: Grief and Loss.

Move This World with Sara is produced by the Move This World Audio Network.

Hosted by Sara Potler LaHayne

Theme music composed by Rachel Altounian

(Part 2) Difficult Discussions: Supporting Grief and Loss with SEL

Move This World Audio Network — Tue, 30 Mar 2021 05:00:00 -0400

We continue our conversation from SEL Day to explore the role of SEL in supporting grief and loss. Featuring David Adams, Rebecca Soffer, George Hagman, and Tiffany Papageorge hosted by Sara Potler LaHayne from Move This World in part two of this special three-part series on Difficult Discussions: Grief and Loss.

Move This World with Sara is produced by the Move This World Audio Network.

Hosted by Sara Potler LaHayne

Theme music composed by Rachel Altounian

(Part 1) Difficult Discussions: What does grief look like?

Move This World Audio Network — Fri, 26 Mar 2021 05:00:00 -0400

International SEL Day invites us to think about the role that social emotional learning has played in our lives this year, supporting our families through the challenges we’ve been experiencing. One of the biggest challenges: grief and loss.

Join us as we speak with David Adams, CEO of The Urban Assembly, Rebecca Soffer, Founder of Modern Loss, psychotherapist George Hagman, and Tiffany Papageorge, author of My Yellow Balloon in this special three-part series on Difficult Discussions: Grief and Loss

Move This World with Sara is produced by the Move This World Audio Network.

Hosted by Sara Potler LaHayne

Theme music composed by Rachel Altounian

Navigating a Pandemic: A Conversation with Principals

Move This World Audio Network — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 05:00:00 -0400

In the Season 1 Finale of the Saracast, we look back on 2020 with principals from NYC and Charles County, Maryland to learn about their experience leading their school communities through a global pandemic.

Move This World with Sara is produced by the Move This World Audio Network.

Hosted by Sara Potler LaHayne

Edited by Aaron Altounian

Theme music composed by Rachel Altounian

Shifting the Paradigm with Mathew Portell

Move This World Audio Network — Thu, 03 Dec 2020 05:00:00 -0400

What does it look like for an entire school to shift to centering on trauma-informed practices? In this episode, Sara speaks with Mathew Portell, principal of Fall-Hamilton Elementary and founder of Paradigm Shift Education, about creating a school culture that centers on social emotional learning and trauma-informed practices.

Move This World with Sara is produced by the Move This World Audio Network.

Hosted by Sara Potler LaHayne

Edited by Aaron Altounian

Theme music composed by Rachel Altounian

The Power of Data with Dr. Clark McKown

Move This World Audio Network — Thu, 19 Nov 2020 05:00:00 -0400

How does assessment strengthen SEL instruction? In this episode, Sara speaks with Dr. Clark McKown, Founder & President of xSEL Labs, about the role that assessments play in social emotional learning, prejudice reduction, and equity.

Move This World with Sara is produced by the Move This World Audio Network.

Hosted by Sara Potler LaHayne

Edited by Aaron Altounian

Theme music composed by Rachel Altounian

Managing Stress Through Mindfulness with Dina Nunziato

Move This World Audio Network — Thu, 12 Nov 2020 05:00:00 -0400

Stress takes on a whole new meaning in 2020. How can you give yourself moments of micro-recoveries throughout your stressful days? In this episode, Sara speaks with Dina Nunziato, LCSW, the Director of Counseling & Psychological Services at the Health & Wellness Center at Sarah Lawrence College about recognizing stress in the body, mindfulness and other self care techniques.

Move This World with Sara is produced by the Move This World Audio Network.

Hosted by Sara Potler LaHayne

Edited by Aaron Altounian

Theme music composed by Rachel Altounian

Community-Building and Vulnerability in the Classroom with Kristie-Anne Opaleski

Move This World Audio Network — Thu, 05 Nov 2020 05:00:00 -0400

Social emotional learning is not just for elementary school. What does SEL look like in high school? In this episode, Sara speaks with Kristie-Anne Opaleski, an educator and teaching coach who currently teaches high school English, to learn more about what social emotional learning looks like in a high school classroom.

Move This World with Sara is produced by the Move This World Audio Network.

Hosted by Sara Potler LaHayne

Edited by Aaron Altounian

Theme music composed by Rachel Altounian

Making the Shift: Universal Social Emotional Learning with Christopher Soto and James Futrell from Durham Public Schools

Move This World Audio Network — Thu, 29 Oct 2020 05:00:00 -0400

Social emotional learning is more than just a classroom practice. What can it look like for an entire district to adopt social emotional learning? In this episode, Sara speaks with James Futrell, Director of Student Services for Engagement and Access, and Christopher Soto, Social-Emotional Learning + Mental Health Coordinator at Durham Public Schools, to learn more about how they have been meaningfully - and successfully - implementing SEL in their district.

Move This World with Sara is produced by the Move This World Audio Network.

Hosted by Sara Potler LaHayne

Edited by Aaron Altounian

Theme music composed by Rachel Altounian

The Importance of Play with Dr. Kathy Hirsh-Pasek

Move This World Audio Network — Thu, 22 Oct 2020 05:00:00 -0400

How has the science of learning evolved, and have schools done enough to keep up? How does play promote executive functioning? How does the human brain depend on relationships for learning? In this episode, Sara speaks with Dr. Kathy Hirsh-Pasek from the Brookings Institute to explore these questions and more.

Move This World with Sara is produced by the Move This World Audio Network.

Hosted by Sara Potler LaHayne

Edited by Aaron Altounian

Theme music composed by Rachel Altounian

Moving SEL Policy into Practice with Nick Yoder

Move This World Audio Network — Thu, 15 Oct 2020 05:00:00 -0400

Social emotional development is foundational to learning, and educational policy plays a critical role in shaping how SEL happens in schools. But how does educational policy inform SEL at the state, district, and school level? Host Sara LaHayne speaks with Nick Yoder, the former Director of Policy and Practice at the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) and the Director of Strategic Initiatives at Harmony about systemic SEL and the relationship between policy and practice.

Move This World with Sara is produced by the Move This World Audio Network.

Hosted by Sara Potler LaHayne

Edited by Aaron Altounian

Theme music composed by Rachel Altounian

SEL Implementers vs. SEL Sustainers with Dr. Maurice Elias

Move This World Audio Network — Thu, 08 Oct 2020 05:00:00 -0400

Systemic change takes time, and SEL is no different. When it comes to impact, there is a big difference between implementing SEL and sustaining SEL. This week, host Sara LaHayne speaks with Dr. Maurice Elias, Director of the Social Emotional & Character Development Lab at Rutgers University and the “Godfather of SEL,” about SEL and sustainability.

Move This World with Sara is produced by the Move This World Audio Network.

Hosted by Sara Potler LaHayne

Edited by Aaron Altounian

Theme music composed by Rachel Altounian

Encountering Resistance and Leaning into the Creative Arts with Dave Adams

Move This World Audio Network — Thu, 01 Oct 2020 00:15:00 -0400

The arts are a universally human experience. So, what is the role of the creative arts in social emotional learning? This week, host Sara LaHayne speaks with Dave Adams, Director of Strategy at Urban Assembly, about encountering resistance, leaning into the creative arts, and SEL considerations for reopening schools.

Move This World with Sara is produced by the Move This World Audio Network.

Hosted by Sara Potler LaHayne

Edited by Aaron Altounian

Theme music composed by Rachel Altounian

Season 1 Trailer - Move This World with Sara: Conversations in Social Emotional Learning Trailer

Move This World Audio Network — Thu, 24 Sep 2020 00:15:00 -0400

This year has been a Ronacoaster of emotions. Join Sara LaHayne, Founder & CEO of Move This World, to explore the role of social emotional learning both in our students’ lives and our own. If you’re an educator, administrator, or a parent, join us each week to learn from leading experts in the field and to experience creative practices to support your wellbeing!

Move This World with Sara: Conversation in Social Emotional Learning is produced by the Move This World Audio Network.

Hosted by Sara Potler LaHayne

Edited by Aaron Altounian

Theme music composed by Rachel Altounian

Learn more at https://www.movethisworld.com/the-saracast-conversations-in-sel-podcast/