The Growth Mindset Playbook

September 23, 2025 by Scott Todnem

The Growth Mindset Playbook
Have you ever caught yourself thinking, “I’m just not good at this,” or, “I’ll never get better?” Maybe it’s a tough math problem, a sport you struggle with, an instrument you just started, or a skill that just seems impossible to learn.

Here’s the truth: Your abilities aren’t set in stone. You can get better, you can improve, and your brain is wired to grow.

Here are some concepts to help…

Teaching Mindfulness

September 18, 2018 by Scott Todnem

Mindfulness
Since it's beginnings, Health Education has used meditation or quiet time inward as a reflective process, helping students learn the benefits of slowing down from time to time in order to have clarity with thoughts, feeling, and actions. We teach valuable lessons about analyzing influences from the past and we motivate with goal setting lessons looking ahead to the future.

I find mindfulness to be useful in the between.