Stance of Curiosity
Child Psychologists Joelle vanLent and Gillian Boudreau tackle topics related to schooling in our modern times including navigating impossible expectations and the power of curiosity in education, empowering educators to redefine success, overcoming fear and shame and their effects on school communities with open dialogue, and balancing high demands with compassion and understanding.
Podcasting since 2025 • 25 episodes
Stance of Curiosity
Latest Episodes
What really is inclusion and how do we know if we are pulling it off?
Our lovely and talented guest week, Lauren Hough Williams, offers her expertise as an educator and expert in creating inclusive educational experiences for neurodivergent students. Lauren helps us see inclusion as a mindset that can manif...
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51:40
Productive Venting vs Fear Barfing: Strategies for managing the adult dynamic of working well with kids
Gillian and Joelle talk about the tension that can emerge in professional teams that are in the midst of intense work and limited time for debrief and connection. There are some realistic and practical approaches that can help us effectiv...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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37:51
A Curious Look At Depression
Joelle and Gillian discuss what they have learned about depression through their clinical practice. How can we be curious about our own responses to gain insights into how a depressed person is feeling without taking those on as our own?...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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44:59
What Do We Do With All These Anxious Kids At School?
In today's episode Joelle and Gillian discuss the nature of childhood anxiety in general and how powerful it can be in creating physical symptoms and derailing learning. Below is Joelle's amazing one-pager including all we discuss in this...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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46:07
Break The Break Habit!
This week Joelle and Gillian took a look at a pattern where students might learn how to use breaks out of the room to self regulate (great!) but then might become over-reliant on this one coping strategy, contributing to extra time out of the c...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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