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Leon Marchand French Gold Medal Swimmer Enhances Performance Using Heart Coherence Technique

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© Stephen McCarthy – The 22-year-old prodigy has continued to impress the French with his swimming performances.

Léon Marchand French Gold Medal Swimmer Enhances Performance Using Heart Coherence Technique

Leon Marchand (right) and his performance coach, Thomas Sammut

Léon Marchand, four-time gold medalist in swimming at the 2024 Olympics, didn’t achieve success overnight. He has been preparing mentally for competitions for two years.

Among other techniques, his performance coach, Thomas Sammut, taught him Heart Coherence to help him manage his stress and anxiety during competitions. Together, they worked on his well- being with the goal of improving his athletic performance and chances of success.

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The Importance of Well-Being at Kent Place Schools

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The Importance of Well-Being at Kent Place Schools

In our complex and rapidly changing society, it is increasingly important for schools to provide more than just academic support. In order for students to succeed, they need tools to support their emotional and mental well-being. The staff at the all-girls site, Kent Place School in Summit, New Jersey recognizes the importance of supporting their students’ overall health and well-being to ensure their students’ success in school as well as in society. This kind of value is heavily promoted on their website: We know that wellness is a condition necessary for successful learning and leadership — and we seek to cultivate and model it at KPS. This approach has led them to incorporate HeartMath® into their curriculum and extracurricular activities.

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Help Love Go Viral

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Help Love Go Viral™

By Doc Childre

It’s in the heart that people access the qualities of love, such as compassion, care, kindness, forgiveness, appreciation, etc., that lift us above separation, judgments, and blame. Through intentionally demonstrating these heart qualities in our lives, we connect with our heart’s natural intelligence and guidance for a unique opportunity to create a future together in harmony.

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Today's Stress Is Different

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Today’s Stress Is Different

National Geographic Magazine’s June 2024 lead article* reports that the perceived level of psychological stress has risen dramatically across the globe due to a combination of factors: the COVID pandemic, climate change, environmental disasters, economic uncertainty, the escalation of political instability across nations, constant news about gun violence, terrorism, wars, and other threats. The article goes on to say, "the consequences of this broadscale increase in stress are only beginning to be appreciated, but the evidence suggests that we are facing a second pandemic of mood and anxiety disorders, including major depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)."

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Sharing Heart Across Borders

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Sharing Heart Across Borders

It is inspiring to witness the impact that compassionate individuals can have on humanity. HeartMath recently partnered with Reaching Across Borders, a USA-based non-profit organization working in Lebanon and other countries around the world. The goal was to help them develop heart-based psychosocial support programs for children, teens and caregivers. Their mission is to promote the protection, mental health well-being and economic empowerment of vulnerable individuals and communities globally. Through education, support, research, and advocacy, they help promote improved human rights, gender equality, and human dignity.

Sharing Heart Across Borders

Co-founded by Raiza Kolia and Ernst Mucke, Reaching Across Borders has developed three separate ten-week group programs to assist Syrian and Palestinian refugees and vulnerable Lebanese in building emotional awareness and resilience to improve their mental health. In 2023, they served over 1,800 beneficiaries from over 1,100 families, with women and girls making up 64% of the total.

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Teaching Takes a Lot of Heart

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Teaching Takes a Lot of Heart

Perhaps you have heard of the phrase: It takes a work of heart to be a teacher. In other words, working as an educator requires not just knowledge and pedagogical skill but also the emotional and caring aspects of teaching. Many of us had a teacher who made a positive impact on our lives — drawing us out of our shells, stretching our thinking or inspiring us to pursue our dreams and passions.

However, as research shows, the desire to make a difference, a cornerstone of teaching, can be eroded from the torrent of daily pressures and larger systemic issues. It is no secret that educators are leaving the field in alarming numbers for a variety of reasons:.

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Knotion: Knowledge in Action, Learning for Life

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Knotion: Knowledge in Action, Learning for Life

Mexico’s Knotion, a leading EdTech company with a nearly five-year partnership with the HeartMath Institute, has established itself as one of the world’s most innovative learning ecosystems. Their challenge-based approach empowers learners to become agents of positive change. Equipped with iPads, students become very engaged when tackling real-world challenges that address community and global goals. The result is increased socio-environmental awareness and responsibility from a young age.

Knotion - Knowledge in Action

Serving more than 300 schools (mostly private) and 90,000 K-12 learners throughout Latin America, Knotion’s community encompasses 250,000 people.

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Teen Scientist Develops Revolutionary Sepsis Diagnostic Test with HRV Integration

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Teen Scientist Develops Revolutionary Sepsis Diagnostic Test with HRV Integration

Meet Sai Sangeetha Balaji, a high schooler from the Houston area who is making herself known in the world of science! We met Sai through her mother, Malathy Muthu, also a scientist, who is currently working with HeartMath’s research team on various citizen science projects.

When Sai shared her own groundbreaking research project with us, we jumped at the opportunity to learn more about the person behind the innovation. And what we learned about her bright mind and wise heart, we are excited to share.

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Teen Survey Results Are In!

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Teen Survey Results Are In!

We recently conducted a survey to better understand teenage mental health and well-being, aiming to eventually create a virtual support space for teens. We especially wanted to hear directly from teenagers and from those close to teens. The overall response has humbled us, and the input has better informed us. In the 96 surveys completed, your feedback showed some common perspectives and concerns and perhaps one very strong takeaway for our own reassurance.

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Out with the Old / In with the New

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Out with the Old / In with the New

Out with the old / In with the new is a continuous journey of discovery and transformation. It’s how we can create a new and better life. Within the process of moving from old to new, many of us are experiencing old issues we thought were healed or cleared coming up again. This is natural, especially during times of accelerated change in society. Rather than feeling discouraged, there is a more hopeful view. We can see these as traces of old patterns we no longer need coming up for more complete clearing. And here’s the best news: As old issues get cleared, this creates room for new heart-based perspectives and guidance to come in, which we all need in today’s times of intensity and change.

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