Navigating An Uncertain Future: Applying The New Science of Purpose In School & Life
Children are innately purposeful: They are intrinsically motivated to engage in the world. As parents, our role isn’t to find our kids’ purpose, but to cultivate it in a world obsessed with performance. Two award-winning educators share evidence-based best practices to guide parents of children, teens, or college students in a rapidly changing world. In keynotes or interactive workshops, parents and educators will be introduced to five principles of purpose and learn how they can support young people in cultivating purpose their academic and career journeys.

From Surviving to Thriving: How Purpose & Belonging Informed Education Can Combat the Great Resignation
Even pre-pandemic, many people were working harder than ever to get ahead in the workplace, while feeling disengaged and questioning their purpose and calling. Covid-19 amplified these struggles, especially in education. Dr. Belle Liang and Timothy Klein, LCSW devote their careers both to training educators and to cutting through the daily pressures to show a better way, a framework, and set of questions to help educators reclaim their “true north”: the intrinsically motivating and noble aspirations that drew them to the field of education in the first place. Liang and Klein will reveal the real cause of the teacher burnout crisis. Here’s a hint: it’s not the long hours, or the demands from students and parents. It’s the emotional exhaustion that arises from a sense of powerlessness and meaninglessness. Thankfully, there is hope. When we tap into the science of purpose, research shows it makes educators more engaged in their work, more resilient in the face of daily stressors and more likely to education work as their calling.

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“[Dr. Liang’s] presentation was so meaningful and gave our community hope and much more to consider.”

Praise for How to Navigate Life

“This book is like having smart friends take you on a journey out of a dark tunnel into the light. Living with purpose and intention is a teachable skill. Liang and Klein masterfully weave a lifetime of wisdom and science-based practices to show us how to inject fresh energy and joy to our daily activities.”

“Integrating evidence derived from theory-predicated research with a masterfully written, compelling, and engaging narrative style, Liang and Klein provide answers to parents’ fundamental concern: How to raise children whose lives involve not only financial well-being but as well positive purpose for and valued contributions to self and others, joy, and fulfillment. How To Navigate Life is a vital book for every parent and a resource enabling readers to have hope that the future of civil society and democracy in our nation will be led by capable, caring, and compassionate young people.”

“There’s no blueprint on how to live your life, but there are no shortage of books that will tell you how to do so. But not all books are alike, and How to Navigate Life stands out by addressing stress and anxiety for readers as young as those coming out of high school, aiming to help them get a better, more secure footing with their mental health before embarking on their collegiate and post-collegiate careers.”