Instructional Video7:07
Curated Video

Getting Your Mind Right: Overcoming Adversity and Embracing Growth Part 1

12th - Higher Ed
In Part 1 of the "Getting Your Mind Right" series, Tashie introduces the concept of adversity and how it can hinder individuals from reaching their goals. She shares a personal story about setting a fitness goal and feeling discouraged...
Instructional Video4:53
Curated Video

Built for It - Part 1: Embracing Adversity and Building Resilience

6th - 8th
In this new series, "Built for It," we're exploring the realities and challenges of transitioning from elementary to middle school. As we navigate more complex situations and learn about the world, we encounter adversity, but we also...
Instructional Video5:41
Curated Video

Built for It - Part 3: Overcoming Adversity- Our Actions Matter

6th - 8th
In this last episode of the "In Control" series, Jeff provides his personal insights on overcoming adversity. He emphasizes the need to evaluate our actions amidst hardships, and offers valuable tools to help us remain resilient and...
Instructional Video4:25
Curated Video

Built for It - Part 2: Shifting Focus - The Power of Positivity

6th - 8th
Welcome back to our empowering series, "Built for It" - where we learn about overcoming adversity and becoming stronger. In this episode, we take a closer look at the role of positivity in dealing with tough times. Ever find yourself...
Instructional Video3:50
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Daniel Blanchard - Overcoming Adversity "You Can't Have This Baby"

Higher Ed
Dan Blanchard is a Bestselling and Award-Winning Author, Speaker, Educator, and TV Host who has been featured on over 100 TV and radio shows as well as several of the World’s Top Ten Podcasts. Dan is also a Life Coach, two-time Junior...
Instructional Video3:17
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Daniel Blanchard - Overcoming Adversity "Getting Stronger"

Higher Ed
Dan Blanchard is a Bestselling and Award-Winning Author, Speaker, Educator, and TV Host who has been featured on over 100 TV and radio shows as well as several of the World’s Top Ten Podcasts. Dan is also a Life Coach, two-time Junior...
Podcast6:00
Youth Radio

Aging Out of Foster Care

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Every year, thousands of children in America are removed from their parents and placed in foster care because they are unsafe or neglected. Foster care is meant to be temporary, but sometimes kids can spend their entire childhoods in...
Instructional Video7:19
Curated Video

From Bedouin Woman to Entrepreneur: Mariam's Journey of Perseverance

Higher Ed
Part 4/6 of the Businesses out of the Ashes series: This video is a personal story of a Bedouin woman named Mariam who started her own business based on her grandmother's traditional knowledge of making herbal medicines, soaps, oils, and...
Instructional Video3:45
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Marie Forgeard - Does Creativity Matter

Higher Ed
Marie Forgeard, PhD, is a post-doctoral fellow at McLean Hospital’s Behavioral Health Partial Hospital Program and Behavioral Health Partial Clinical Research Program. Her research focuses on understanding when and how creative...
Podcast6:45
Book Club for Kids

Basketball and Bullies in “The Great Wall of Lucy Wu”

Pre-K - Higher Ed
What makes a person unique? What makes a person similar to or different from others? People sometimes try to hide their uniqueness in order to fit in. In the story The Great Wall of Lucy Wu, Lucy is trying to find her place at school and...
Instructional Video6:12
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Kristin Bernard - Early Adversity in Child Development

Higher Ed
Kristin Bernard, Ph.D. is Assistant Professor, Clinical Psychology at Stoney Brook University. Her current research Interests are: Child maltreatment; Neurobiological consequences of early life adversity; Parent-child relationships;...
Instructional Video9:45
Curated Video

Overcoming Personal Tragedy to Build a Successful Business

Higher Ed
Part 3/6 of the Businesses from the Ashes series: The video is an interview with Joe Blazek Strahan, the founder and CEO of Tastefully Simple, a gourmet food company that sells its products through home taste testing parties. In the...
Podcast7:05
Book Club for Kids

Scared by "The Jumbies"

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Scary, shape-changing creatures are universal elements in folktales around the world. In this audio story, author Tracey Baptiste meets with a group of students to discuss her book, The Jumbies, a story based on frightening creatures who...
Instructional Video2:18
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Xiao-lei Wang - AQ: The Adversity Quotient

Higher Ed
Xiao-lei Wang is Dean, The Ruth S. Ammon College of Education and Health Sciences at Adelphi University. She received a Ph.D. Educational Psychology, from the University of Chicago (1992). Her interdisciplinary research is in areas, such...
Instructional Video1:16
XKA Digital

Leaders need moral courage

Higher Ed
Zenna Atkins currently runs ZA partners, an organisation designed to assist other organisations and companies to find creative solutions, deliver innovation and achieve their goals.



Prior to this, Zenna worked in the...
Instructional Video7:28
Curated Video

It Takes Hard Work and Compassion to Build a Business

Higher Ed
Part 5/6 of the Businesses out of the Ashes series: The video is a personal story of a Holocaust survivor who escaped from a train on his way to a concentration camp during World War II. He talks about his experiences and how they gave...
Instructional Video11:12
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Gregory C. Hutchings, Jr. Getting Into Good Trouble at School: A Guide To Building An Antiracist School System

Higher Ed
Dr. Gregory C. Hutchings, Jr. is the founder and chief executive officer of Revolutionary ED, LLC. He is a nationally recognized educational leader, antiracism activist, published author and college professor who unapologetically...
Instructional Video5:23
Curated Video

Reflections on a Breast Cancer Survivor's Journey With Entrepreneurship

Higher Ed
Part 4/4 of Dana Donofree series: This video showcases the inspiring story of Dana, a breast cancer survivor who turned her adversity into an entrepreneurial journey. It features a private screening of Dana's triumph, attended by five...
Instructional Video8:34
NASA

Mission Possible: Women of the Hubble Space Telescope

3rd - 11th
When they were growing up, six women couldn’t have imagined that their lives would take them on a journey to NASA to work with the Hubble Space Telescope. From astronaut to social media lead, from scientists to engineers, these...
Instructional Video6:55
Curated Video

Securing US Government Work Through Subcontracting

Higher Ed
Part 1/6 of the Business Out of the Ashes series: In this video, a veteran who lost his arm in an ambush in Iraq shares his story and how he started his own government contracting company. He talks about the importance of determination...
Instructional Video9:12
Curated Video

Creating Community for Bereaved People

Higher Ed
Part 6/6 of the Businesses out of the Ashes series: The video features an interview with a woman who shares her personal story of loss and how she and her husband turned their tragedy into a mission to help others. They started a...
Instructional Video9:35
Curated Video

Building the Largest Black-Owned Broadcast Company in the US

Higher Ed
Part 2/6 of the Business out of the Ashes series: The video features Cathy Hughes, the founder and CEO of Radio One, the largest African-American owned and operated media corporation in the United States. In the interview, she shares her...
Instructional Video2:26
Curated Video

Dreams, Plans, and Commitment: What it Takes to Start a Small Business

Higher Ed
The video features various individuals sharing their personal stories of trauma, loss, and adversity. They speak about their struggles and the moments of despair they faced. However, they also discuss how they drew strength and courage...
Podcast6:37
Book Club for Kids

Survival in "A Long Walk to Water"

Pre-K - Higher Ed
The people of Sudan, a country in northeast Africa, have faced many difficult challenges, including civil war, drought, and famine. This audio interview focuses on A Long Walk to Water, a story about two young survivors of extreme...