Playing Attention Bundle Pack
Educator Self-Care: Fun & Creative Mindfulness Tools For Your Sanity
Watch Promo"With 15 Years of Experience, This Harvard-Trained Educator Inspires Laughter and Hope!"
- Kevin McCormack, Co-Host, ABC
What's Included?
Lifetime Access To The Following Online Courses:
Description:
Mindfulness Doesn't Have To Feel Like Lunch Duty...
- Experience fun, scientifically-supported stress-reduction tools for your life & classroom
- Achieve laser focus, problem-solving, & organizational skills
- Learn personalized mindfulness practices that you actually look forward to
- 21 engaging videos to enhance your learning
- Downloadable audio of each lesson & slides with practical take-aways
Description:
Quickly Improve Student Behavior, Academics, & Social/Emotional Learning!
- Learn how to introduce mindfulness as the ultimate superpower
- Use the "Superpower Builder Inventory" to help students identify their personalized mindfulness practices
- Acquire fun games for instilling Playing Attention in real-time
- Revel in a step-by-step guide to creating mindful learner profiles
- Downloadable slides & 31 engaging videos
Description:
Ever Said Something At School That You've Regretted? Then This Course Is For You!
- Learn how to keep an open heart toward difficulties in the classroom & beyond
- Leverage proven mindful listening & speaking skills
- Revel in the gap between thoughts & words
- Master the "4 Requirements of Mindful Speech” in your classroom & interactions with colleagues & parents
- Implement other mindful management strategies such as positive discipline & the power of mindful humor
- Downloadable slides & 19 engaging videos
Plus, You Receive Downloadable Audiobooks For EVERY Lesson Across All 3 Courses
Features:
- 71 short videos (including bonus content!) to supercharge retention
- Downloadable audio of each lesson to take your learning on the go!
- Downloadable slides with practical take-aways
- Engaging, interactive, & multisensory lessons
- Full lifetime access
- Self-paced lessons that are easy to complete
- Available across all platforms -- including iOS, Windows, & Android
- Progress-tracking
- Satisfaction guaranteed
"Delivered With Humor & Expertise, These Mindful Supports Are Second-To-None..."
- Mary Lisa Harper, Educational Strategist, MindSpark Learning
Frequently Asked Questions
Your Instructor
Drawing on over ten years of experience as an educator, Nick Mosca empowers people to align mindfulness practices with their interests, reduce stress, and reclaim their lives. Nick is the founder of Personalized Mindfulness, a national wellness company that boosts resilience through cutting-edge workshops, consultations, and keynotes.
Nick also co-hosts on WABC Radio and has presented at Yale University, Squarespace, Open Society Foundations, Columbia University, Harlem Hospital Center, Ridgewood Public Schools, Square, Ronald McDonald House, New York University, mindSpark Learning (formerly Share Fair Nation), The HealthCare Chaplaincy Network, The Milken Scholars Program, the Genesee Valley School District, and the Erie BOCES, among other venues.
Moreover, Nick is the author of Read ‘Em and Sleep: Mindfulness-Based Insomnia Relief and his writing has appeared in Psychology Today and ASCD Express. He is also the elected Research Chairperson of The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor.
Nick holds a Master of Divinity degree from Harvard University where he studied mindfulness and won The Billings Prize for inspiring behavioral change through positive humor. During his undergraduate studies, Nick earned a B.A. in English (Magna Cum Laude) from Georgetown University. He is a member of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD).
During his free time, Nick composes music, runs, and plays baseball.
Curricula & Lesson Previews
Playing Attention Part I: Educator Self-Care: Fun & Creative Mindfulness Tools For Your Sanity
Mindfulness Doesn't Have To Feel Like Lunch Duty...
- Thanks For 25% Of Your Attention (2:46) - Click To Preview
- The Goodies: 25+ Years of Scientific Research (1:49)
- Become Mindfully 'Buff': An Expert's Secret (0:53)
What Is Playing Attention?
- A "Formal" Definition (1:04)
- The 5 Steps (1:42)
Step 1: Understand Mindfulness
- The 3 Secret Ingredients (1:15)
- Why “One-Size-Fits-All” Approaches To Mindfulness Don’t Work (1:10)
- Mindfulness Myth-Busters (1:03)
- A Taste For The Practice (3:42)
- Where'd You Go? (3:09)
Step 2: Honor Stress
Step 3: Untangle Ourselves From Stress
- The Eye Of The Storm Minitation (5:13)
- You Are Far More Than Stress! (1:15)
- Flexing Your Mindfulness Muscle (1:50)
Step 4: Shape Your Path To The Eye Of The Storm
- There Is No Right Way To Practice! (0:44) - Click To Preview
- One Instance Of Playing Attention (1:21)
- The 30-Second Inventory (0:30)
Step 5: Play Attention!
- Yes, This All Sounds Great -- But I Just Don't Have The Time! (1:22)
- How To Do (Almost!) Everything Mindfully (2:41)
- Play Attention For Insomnia Relief (AKA - Overcoming The Sunday Night Blues) (0:58)
Thank You For 26% Of Your Attention!
- Quick Recap (1:25)
- Bonus Audio & Workshop Discounts (0:38)
Playing Attention Part II: Teaching Students Fun Mindfulness Skills
"Our Students Are Too Stressed For Mindfulness!" - Principal
- What A Welcome... (1:45) - Click To Preview
- 5 Steps For Teaching Fun Approaches To Mindfulness (1:21)
Step 1: Play Attention To Ourselves (The Often Overlooked Step!)
- First, Let's Talk About You... (1:34)
- The Greatest Gift That We Can Offer Students...And Ourselves! (1:04)
- Start With The Good Stuff! (0:56)
- Celebrities Who Use The Superpower (1:45)
- 3 Codes To Unlock Mindfulness (0:59)
- Losing My Mind...fulness: A Guided Discussion (1:21)
Step 2: Play Attention To Students
- The Greatest Gift That We Can Offer Students...And Ourselves! (1:04)
Step 3: Introduce Mindfulness As The Ultimate Superpower
- Start With The Good Stuff! (0:56)
- Celebrities Who Use The Superpower (1:45)
- 3 Codes To Unlock Mindfulness (0:59) - Click To Preview
- Losing My Mind...fulness: A Guided Discussion (1:21)
Step 4: Playing Attention Games
- Fun, Mindful Games To Share With Students (1:38) - Click To Preview
- The Supersenses Game (Promoting Body Awareness) (9:38)
- The Mind Reading Game (Promoting Thought Awareness) (24:06)
- The Mindful Treasure Hunt Extravaganza (Promoting Body & Thought Awareness) (4:27)
- The Superpower Builder Inventory (PDF)
Step 5: Best Practices For Implementation
- Age Limits and Rolling With Resistance (1:26)
- Keeping The Superpower Fresh: The Superpower Practice Log (2:31)
Recap & Next Steps
- Overview of The 5 Steps (1:21)
- Bonus Audio & Workshop Discounts (0:36)
Playing Attention Part III: "Did I Just Say That?!" Mindful Communication & Classroom Management
Welcome!
- What Mindful Communication Is Not… (2:13) - Click To Preview
- Understanding Mindful Communication (0:55)
- 5 Easy Steps To Mindful Communication At School & Beyond (1:22)
Step 1: Courage - The Foundational Posture
- “Heart” Is At The Root (1:06)
- Getting To The “Heart” Of The Practice (1:28)
Step 2: Mindful Listening To Yourself
- The "Mirroring Your Heart" Minitation (3:31)
Step 3: Mindful Listening to Others
- Mirroring The Hearts of Others (2:51) - Click To Preview
- Creative Ways To Mindfully Listen At School (2:24)
A Prelude To Steps 4 & 5: Mindful Speaking & The 'Undo' Feature Of Life
- The ‘Undo’ Feature (1:28) - Click To Preview
- Imagine If You Said Everything You Thought…Yikes!! (1:00)
Step 4: Mindful Speaking With Yourself
- You Told Yourself What?! (1:24)
- The Ultimate Loving-Kindness Minitation (8:34)
Step 5: Mindful Speaking With Others
- Mindfully Speaking With Students: Classroom Management Tips (1:58) - Click To Preview
- Mindfully Speaking With Students: Fun Approaches (2:51)
- Mindful Speaking With Students & Colleagues: Offering Genuine Complements (1:30)
- Mindful Speaking With Students & Colleagues: Mirroring Body Language (0:51)
- Mindful Speaking With Students & Colleagues: Tone (1:20)
- Mindful Speaking With Students & Colleagues: The Most Powerful Five Words For Starting A Hard Conversation (2:10)
Quick Recap & Bonus
- Bonus Audio & Workshop Discounts (3:00)
"Nick Delights & Ignites The Mind & Soul..."
- Dr. Jane Foley, Executive Director, Milken Educator Awards