Events
Ideas@TheWillows Speaker Series
Learning in Action!
Ideas@TheWillows is a collaborative community generating and exchanging ideas to enhance the knowledge of parents, extend the vision of educators, engage life-long learners, enlighten our community, and enrich the classroom experience.
Our speaker events, workshops, film screenings, panels, partnerships, blogs, and mentoring opportunities are intentionally designed to continue the education and empower the growth of great minds. We open our events to all of Los Angeles and beyond to share wisdom and build partnerships with our larger community. Our events open to all extend our mission to build bridges culturally and educationally by seeking ways to partner with our neighbors and engage locally and globally.
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Wednesday, October 16 @ 12 PM (Virtual)
Special Lunchtime Zoom Session
Dr. Lisa Damour, Clinical Psychologist, New York Times Bestselling Author of The Emotional Lives of Teenagers, New York Times Columnist and CBS-TV News Contributor
Beyond All-or-Nothing: A pragmatic approach to kids & social technologies. Tips to Reduce Parent anxiety
Dr. Damour discusses the mental health crisis impacting tweens and teens and offers strategies for parents to embrace adolescent emotions and reduce their own anxiety.
“Mental Health is not about feeling good. It’s about having the feelings that fit their context and being able to manage those emotions effectively.” – Dr. Damour
For more information visit: www.drlisadamour.com
Marc Brackett, Ph.D, founding Director, Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, Lead Developer of RULER, an evidence-based approach to social and emotional learning, and author of Permission to Feel.
Ilyon Woo, New York Times Bestselling Author of Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom and contributor to The Boston Globe and The Wall Street Journal
Dr. Lisa Damour, Clinical Psychologist, New York Times Bestselling Author of The Emotional lives of Teenagers, New York Times Columnist and CBS-TV News Contributor.
Michael Thompson, Ph.D., Internationally Acclaimed Psychologist, Speaker, Consultant, and New York Times Bestselling Author
Cara Natterson, MD, Pediatrician, Podcast Host, New York Times Bestselling Author & Vanessa Kroll Bennett, Puberty Expert, Podcaster, and Author.
Dacher Keltner, Psychologist, Professor of Psychology and Co-Director of the Greater Good Science Center, University of California at Berkeley, and author of AWE, The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your life and The Power Paradox
