by Hannah Beach | Feb 24, 2026 | Attachment, Building Relationship, Emotional Health, Play, Professional Development
It’s Week 2 of our Re-Thinking Recess series, and we’re so glad to welcome Tory, Principal of St. Bernadette’s Elementary School in Ottawa (OCSB), back to the conversation. This week, she shares how she thoughtfully introduces new playground materials—and how her team...
by Hannah Beach | Jan 5, 2026 | Podcast
Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify About this Episode: Guests Why are school children more anxious, aggressive, and shut down than ever before? We first heard answers from educators Tamara Neufeld Strijack and Hannah Beach in April 2020. Hannah takes us up to...
by Hannah Beach | Oct 14, 2025 | Podcast, Professional Development
Listen on Apple Podcast Listen on Spotify About this Episode: Action Now: A Developmental Reset for Anxious Classrooms The state of our schools demands urgent action. We are seeing students who are consistently anxious, aggressive, or shut down. This is a...
by Hannah Beach | Nov 22, 2023
Open to the public. Crossing the bridge from childhood to adulthood has never been so daunting. The time of adolescence is longer than ever and yet society today offers little support in understanding or facilitating this transition. Many teens are anxious and glued...
by Hannah Beach | Sep 6, 2022 | Attachment, Building Relationship, Connection, Discipline, Emotional Health, Inclusion, Negative Identity
School is back this week and for many kids (and us) this comes with lots of feelings. There may be nerves, hope, dread, happiness, alarm, relief, excitement and more. I watched my youngest son get ready for his first day of high school this week. He chose his...
