In this episode of The Balanced Educator Podcast, we’re interviewing Charlotte Jackson, a special education teacher and the author of the children’s book, Finnigan’s Bliss.
Charlotte Jackson is a special education teacher and mindfulness educator in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She is committed to teaching children how to live heartfully (with a loving heart) and mindfully (with a peaceful mind) in order to help them regulate their emotions and live with a greater sense of resiliency, positivity, compassion and selflessness.
Charlotte shares about her beautiful children’s book on heartfulness and mindfulness and the inspiration behind the story. She explains what lead her to the writing of this book.
She explains the process of writing the book and how one of her students, Helen Yang, created the images for this book.
She talks about what mindfulness and heartfulness mean to her, how she practices mindfulness in her own life and how she shares mindfulness with her students.
She talks about the impact of this practice on herself and her students. She shares how she finds balance in her life.
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