MORE than MINDFULNESS Schools Program
If you are interested in the MORE than MINDFULNESS Program please have a read of what is on offer below or contact Leonie directly.
You can also click on the link to see The MORE than MINDFULNESS course which is now being offered online, on-demand by pesi.com.au This program can also be tailor-made to suit your school.
Emotional skills for everyday life.
The practical wellbeing program that equips students and teachers with emotional skills for life.
We want to see Australian schools become thriving learning communities, where students, parents and teachers have the practical and powerful emotional skills to build resilience and compassion.
We offer teacher PDs, and wellbeing curriculum that offers practical, evidence-based strategies to manage stress, enhance your inner resources and ability to connect and care for yourself and others.
Our offers
PD for Teachers: Self care and calmer classrooms
3 Hour or 6 hour onsite or flexible online option
The practical wellbeing program that equips students and teachers with emotional skills for life.
We want to see Australian schools become thriving learning communities, where students, parents and teachers have the practical and powerful emotional skills to build resilience and compassion...
Year 7 - 12 curriculum: emotional skills for everyday life
6 weeks of curriculum for Wellbeing or PDHPE classes
This on-line, on-demand course is designed to fit into the NSW PDHPE curriculum and easily integrates into wellbeing programs to support Social and Emotional Learning.
This is a unique 6 week on-line, on-demand program that offers foundational information about stress, wellbeing and mindfulness as well as lots of practical exercises. These life skills will build and enhance...
Tailored programs or your school community
Each school has a unique culture and way of doing things. Leonie is available to consult with your school for a holistic approach that integrates with your wellbeing programs and supports the whole school community including parents. Counselling is also available.
Why?
One of the biggest challenges, for all of us, is to cope with the different types of stress we encounter in our lives. In a more complex, rapidly changing world, building resilience has become increasingly important.
It's key to working and playing more effectively and creating strong relationships of hope and possibility throughout our life. Teaching these skills early and systematically in life is extremely beneficial.
Our approach
Our courses empower people with a step by step approach to learning the practical emotional skills for life.
Leonie is a qualified Counsellor and Psychotherapist and uses ethical evidence-based practice of Mindfulness, Focusing and Positive Psychology.
Mindfulness
- Awareness with no judgment
- Be in the here and now
- More aware of self and others
- More compassionate.
Focusing
- Gets us in touch with the wisdom of our body
- We pause, get a "Felt sense" of the issue and say hello to 'it' with compassion and curiosity and ask questions
- We come into relationship with it and unfold a way forward and feel more settled
Benefits
The "MORE than MINDFULNESS" Program is designed to give teachers, parents and students a whole array of tools to place in their toolbox. These tools (methods, tips and techniques) can be used when students feel stressed, concerned or anxious. Teachers and Parents may also use these tools for self-care.
We help you teach students to:
- Build inner resources and resilience
- Create connection and relationships
- Teach 'life skills' to enable students to settle
- Enable students (and teachers) to deal with stress and anxiety
What we cover:
- Techniques to settle and relax (e.g. breath)
- Mindfulness, meditation and guided visualisations
- Listening and communication skills
- Exploring values, intentions, strengths
- Gratefulness
- Focusing, clearing a space
What participants say
About us
MORE than MINDFULNESS was developed by Leonie Stewart, driven by her passion to see young people thrive. After decades of counselling, and continued research and training in Psychotherapy, Focusing and Mindfulness, Leonie developed this step-by-step approach to enable everyone to have the evidence based emotional skills for life.
About Leonie
Based in Sydney Leonie Stewart provides counselling, coaching & focusing sessions. She enjoys working with individuals, couples and also with young people. Leonie believes we are all meant to belong and connect, to love ourselves and love others and so to find meaning. She finds purpose in helping others find their own way forward to a happier and more hopeful life full of possibilities.
- Masters in Counselling and Applied Psychotherapy.
- Graduate Diploma in Emotion Focused Therapy.
- Relational Life therapist.
- Focusing orientated therapist.
- Meditation and mindfulness teacher
- Bachelor of Physical Ed. Advanced Netball coach
Think this might be what your teachers and students need?
This is a unique program that offers foundational information about stress, wellbeing and mindfulness as well as lots of practical exercises. These life skills for youth will build and enhance inner resources and the ability to connect and care for themselves and others. You’ll learn to help young people befriend their ‘Big Wise Self’ – and how to get bigger than what’s bothering them – a lifechanging Parts theory technique not taught in general mindfulness courses.
Together we explore how young people can reach their unique potential, building resilience and confidence and skills for life.
One of the biggest challenges, for all of us, is to cope with the different types of stress we encounter in our lives. In a more complex, rapidly changing world, building resilience has become increasingly important.
It’s key to working and playing more effectively and creating strong relationships of hope and possibility throughout our life. Teaching these skills early and systematically in life is extremely beneficial.
Just imagine if every young person knew what it felt like to be in their BEST Self and knew how to settle the part of them that was angry or disruptive or withdrawn or just rude. This would mean they could deliberately step into their BEST self and speak and act from the BEST of themselves.
If they could do that, they would stop being disengaged and would be able to engage in their learning. And the bonus more connected quality relationships.
This program is designed to teach a suite of “life skills” that will help the young people in your care navigate their lives. This program is for everyone too. And not just for young people already flagged as having issues. Some young people do have more challenges. However, let’s face it, no-one gets through life with no bumpy bits, and everyone needs ways to settle themselves (and others) when those bumpy bits trip us up.
Complete with practical tips, demonstrations, worksheets and resources, this program can be used over and over
Get in touch by calling Leonie on 0438 412 667 or complete the form