Celebrating 25 years of working with schools!

3 million students and counting...

I'm a resilience educator with a PhD in Social Psychology. I've been hired by more than 3,000 schools to present my message to students, parents, and educators. My viral videos have been translated into 20 languages and amassed more than 300 million views. I specializes in teaching youth how to be emotionally resilient and inspires them to live by the Golden Rule.

What I Teach

Most youth aggression is non-criminal and consists of name-calling, social exclusion, rumors, etc. These behaviors are inevitable between siblings at home and peers at school. Despite the pettiness of these behaviors, they can do tremendous emotional harm to a student. I teach students how to protect their emotions from the effects of these behaviors through emotional resilience. I also teach them how to respond in a way that stops the aggression immediately.

My 45-50 minute high-energy keynote is interactive, full of excellent information, and can be applied to any non-criminal aggression at home, on campus, or online. 

Why I Do It

In the aftermath of the Columbine shooting in 1999, my friends (who were Columbine survivors) asked me to join them on their mission to travel, speak, and help schools reduce aggression on campus. That journey led me to study the source of aggression and find simple solutions that parents and educators can teach to their students.

Over time, and with the help of mentors in the field, I have become a leading resilience educator who has developed powerful techniques to relieve children of needless suffering. The thousands of "thank you" messages I have received over the years keep me doing this work. Anyone who listens to my teachings can sense that this work is my calling in life.