Stance of Curiosity

About 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.

Publisher

Gillian Boudreau and Joelle vanLent

Category

education · health & fitness · kids & family

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

5 Jan 2025

Latest episode

26 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

37 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   26 Oct 2026

   How do we use humor in our work??

   Joelle and Gillian discuss how their training and experience has informed how they show up in professional relationships and interactions. Specifically, humor can be an incredible tool and result in many unintended complexities. At the foundation, humor is heavily informed by culture and, therefore, risky. Self-awareness and curiosity seem to be key factors to showing up authentically and finding laughter in moments of our work lives. This episode discusses the risks a...

2. 

   12 Oct 2026

   Who's Fault Is This Anyway?

   Gillian and Joelle start off season five talking about the very human and very unhelpful tendency to focus on who is at fault when things are not going well. While it is important to consider factors that contribute to a challenging situation or a student’s struggles, overly focusing on fault distracts a team from a process that promotes growth and progress. This episode discusses why this is so tempting and strategies to shift this dynamic when it is at play. Find us on I...

3. 

   23 Mar 2026

   What is the spirit of inclusion and can we sometimes get in our own way of success?

   Joelle and Gillian wade into the murky waters of creating a plan for inclusion for students that are not responding to our best and most creative efforts. Belonging, a sense of connection, and authentic engagement in experiences that are growth promoting in ways that are relevant to each person seems to be the goal. There are some situations where “being with the group” does not get us to that goal. When we begin to think more broadly about inclusion, what are examples of wh...

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

7 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

5 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 32 / 100

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Quality

44

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

51

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