Shownotes
In this powerful follow-up conversation, Katrina M. Johnson and Dr. Steven J. Rippe return to explore what happens when schools stop guessing what students need and start listening.
Together, they unpack a growing movement inside schools that centers on belonging, resilience, and student-led change. This episode builds on a recent student conversation, where young people shared firsthand how initiatives like Sources of Strength and emerging group Brainspotting practices are transforming their school culture from the inside out.
With limited time and resources, this school community made a bold “reset/refresh” decision: prioritizing space for students to explore what hope and belonging truly feel like. The results are already rippling outward.
You’ll hear how:
- Student voice is becoming a driving force behind school-wide transformation
- Practices like Brainspotting are being thoughtfully introduced in group and implicit ways
- Belonging is shifting from a concept to a lived, shared experience
- Hope is being operationalized, not just talked about, in real time
Most importantly, this episode amplifies what the students themselves are saying:
“It brings the school together.”
“It helps us understand ourselves and each other.”
“It gives the school more hope… more unity… more energy.”
This is a conversation about more than programs; it’s about creating systems where every student feels seen, valued, and connected.
If you care about youth mental health, trauma-informed education, or building sustainable cultures of belonging, this episode offers both inspiration and a blueprint.
Katrina M. Johnson is a licensed clinical and school social worker, Brainspotting therapist, systems strategist, mother, and dairy farmer advancing the science of hope through comprehensive school mental health systems. As the founder of Connect Strength, she leads data-driven, cross-sector work to expand equitable access to care in rural communities. She specializes in elevating youth voice as a core driver of resilience, bridging neuroscience, lived experience, and community collaboration. Her work creates sustainable pathways for belonging and well-being for youth and the systems that support them.
Dr. Steven J. Rippe is a successful educator, principal, and university administrator. He partners with students and educators to create nationally recognized schools and high-performing, joyful learning communities—grounded in the transformative power of hope.
Want to know how you can begin your journey to hope and healing? Visit Elevated Life Academy for classes and free resources for personal development and healing.
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Transcripts
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Cherie Lindberg
Hi, I'm Cherie, and welcome to Elevated Life Academy, where we share real stories of healing, hope, and transformation. Tune in to hear how everyday people are rising above and lighting the way for others. Hello everyone, this is Cherie Lindberg again and I am the host of Elevated Life Academy and we have some really exciting guests today. We're following up on our podcast previously with Doctor Stephen Rippe and Katrina Johnson, and we have some students that are part of the programing that they're involved in.
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Cherie Lindberg
And so we're really excited to have them and hear their perspectives today. So I'm going to turn it over to the students and invite them to introduce themselves and what school their from.
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Katrina Johnson and Students
I'm Zoe, I'm from North Crawford, and I'm a sophomore in high school.
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Cherie Lindberg
Nice to meet you.
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Espinoza
I'm a Espinoza from North Crawford, and I'm a freshman.
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Katrina Johnson and Students
There's Zara Burch. She's a freshman. She's from Crawford. She's shot.
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Cherie Lindberg
All right. Wonderful. Thank you so much. Katrina, would you like to introduce yourself?
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Katrina Johnson and Students
Hi. I'm Katrina Johnson, and I'm a help for helper for schools in southwest Wisconsin.
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Cherie Lindberg
All right. Wonderful. And, Doctor Steven would you like to introduce yourself?
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Steven Rippe
Yeah. You bet. I am a teacher. Foremost, I love being a good, great teacher. I'm fundamentally, though, a hope researcher. I study hope and how we grow with students and staff in schools and in the community.
00;01;46;27 - 00;02;09;16
Cherie Lindberg
Wonderful. Okay. Well, thank you so much, everyone for joining us. And we're going to have a wonderful conversation today. We really want to hear from the students because you're really living it. So you're really in with all the interactions with with Katrina and what she's trying to bring to the schools. And Doctor Stephen is doing a lot of data and getting students involved.
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Cherie Lindberg
So I would really like to hear from the students, Katrina, the project that you've brought into the schools, and what do you all find helpful about the approach? So do you want to start Katrina and you go ahead and ask any questions or ask them to share about the programing?
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Katrina Johnson and Students
Sure. Well, in the school, every hour is pretty much full. And this year we've had we've hit refresh and reset to try to create time and energy and money around bringing the kids together to explore and listen to what belonging looks like and feels like, to what hope looks like and feels like. One of the programs that's our pillar is called Sources of Strength.
00;02;54;23 - 00;03;09;07
Katrina Johnson and Students
And then we're slowly blending in group brain spotting, implicit brain spotting. These kids were just invited to make this happen literally last night in this morning, and here they are. So they're excited to share their voice.
00;03;09;09 - 00;03;18;09
Cherie Lindberg
So I would love to hear from from the students here. And how is that impacting you? What are your thoughts about uplifting your voice and hope.
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Katrina Johnson and Students
It brings out better opportunities for the whole school? I would say because like it brings the school together and like with rise families, it gets a little bit of everybody together. So we're bringing more for the whole school.
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Espinoza
It helps us bond together with like students throughout our school and explore more things and know more about ourselves and other people. And we get to do activities together, which helps our school and our community.
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Cherie Lindberg
Anyone else like to share?
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Katrina Johnson and Students
It gives like the school more hope to be better, I would say, because like when we're bringing people together, it gives the school more hope to have a better community.
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Cherie Lindberg
Yeah.
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Katrina Johnson and Students
Because it brings like more energy I guess.
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Cherie Lindberg
Does it, does it help you all feel connected and like you were saying, belong like everyone has a place, everyone has a voice.
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Katrina Johnson and Students
I would say everybody has a voice. Everybody Wongs. Because you can go up to anybody and ask them any question. They will give you some type of answer. It's more of a family than just a school.
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Cherie Lindberg
Wonderful. I'm going to ask Doctor Steven some some questions here about the project. And then I'm going to come back to you all students. So give you just a moment to think about what is one thing that was helpful to you in being part of this programing in the school? So I'll be I'll be coming back to you in just a second.
00;04;47;17 - 00;04;55;09
Cherie Lindberg
So, Steven, do you want to share more about the research on this project and where we're going with it?
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Steven Rippe
Sure. One of the big challenges we have as a country as a whole is that we know that some of us teaching and learning in our schools is really effective for a group of students. And what we know in our research is that we can actually kind of look at it as a third and a third and a third.
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Steven Rippe
A third really love it, a third are feel compromised and a third it really doesn't work. And so yet if I go around and I study the mission and vision and the values of these large school districts have several of them in front of me right now, they really all talk about personalization, and they want and they strive to have students, students who design and create their own future.
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Steven Rippe
But then when we go and then we talk with students, what we find is the sense of belongingness is much lower. And in the bigger the schools are harder. It is often right. And then we find, though, that if we take the time to, instead of having it be led by adults and and have it be led by curriculum, we flip it around and really help students own the voice around.
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Steven Rippe
What do you think? What do you need? What do you think we should do? How might we partner to create the synergy we need? The engagement, the inspiration we need. And so what these students have done for Katrina and I in this project is really helped. You know, like, you know, they flip the script for us. And so the more we listen to students, the more we partner with students, the more success we have in engagement, learning and joy for both the adults and the students.
00;06;55;19 - 00;07;19;10
Cherie Lindberg
Beautiful. Okay. Coming back to the to the students, what are your thoughts about that? And we kind of, you know, I kind of said to you like what is one of your takeaways? And I heard you say that it helps build community, that it does help lift up voice. Sounds like it helps with connection and belonging. Any other thoughts around the program?
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Katrina Johnson and Students
I'd say like the regional retreats really helps because like you get to know people like around like different school districts and knowing more people can make you feel better and have a better voice because like if you connect with them, then you can have more people to talk to when you're having a bad day.
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Espinoza
Yeah. Awesome. And with all those schools helps a lot because we get to learn about new people and like, maybe connect with those people that would never made. And we can connect with how they feel. And yes, connecting with other students from different school districts and sharing our feelings about party feeling.
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Katrina Johnson and Students
Getting to know everything around the wheel and like being aware of it also really helps because a lot of people just don't like they have it, obviously, but they're not aware, like they're not aware of everything that goes on.
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Cherie Lindberg
Does this create a sense of safety for all of you so that you can be more real with each other?
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Katrina Johnson and Students
Yeah.
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Cherie Lindberg
And what are the advantages of that for you?
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Katrina Johnson and Students
It makes me feel more belonging, just knowing that I like with mentors and positive friends. Like I know that a few of my positive friends can also be mentors. So it kind of like all helps. And with like physical activity, like a lot of my friends can help with that. Like my sister, she's my best friend and she helps with most of the wheel.
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Katrina Johnson and Students
Like she just helps with everything.
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Cherie Lindberg
Anyone else willing to share from their perspective? We'd really like to hear from all of you if you're if you're willing.
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Espinoza
My brothers also helped me a lot because whenever I'm upset, they help me, or whenever I have problems that try to help me solve them. And they were supportive of everything. You know, they're always willing to listen to my problems and how I feel.
00;09;03;04 - 00;09;10;20
Cherie Lindberg
Yeah. So again, it goes back to belonging and connection. And then you get support when you're going through a rough time, it sounds like.
00;09;10;27 - 00;09;32;05
Katrina Johnson and Students
But say family support really helps. I feel like a lot of people that know about the wheel like that are in this group and that are aware of everything that they have, feel like a lot of them can count on family support, not only family and friends, but also like teammates. I have family and friends on my team, but I have all these people that I don't connect with outside of that, so it's good to have them too.
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Speaker 5
My mom is like someone who likes supports me a lot, so I always could count on her.
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Cherie Lindberg
So it sounds like the program helps you all find resources that are supportive to you, that help you get through things. When it's when it's hard, it helps you like really know who's there to support you, help you feel safe, which brings hope and safety. What is one of the the challenges do you have? Do you know of any challenges that you're facing with the program?
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Katrina Johnson and Students
I'm saying challenges is just thinking about like getting through school again and again every day so that I can get to the retreat and know that I have people surrounding me.
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Cherie Lindberg
So the retreat sounds like it's very beneficial for all of you. Yes. Yeah. I'm just going to ask and see. Katrina, is there anything that you want to add?
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Katrina Johnson and Students
Well, you have.
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Cherie Lindberg
These.
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Katrina Johnson and Students
High school students in here that walk the walk and. Talk the talk. And what.
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Speaker 6
I want to reflect is what I'm hearing them say is how uplifting it is for that. Meet kids from other schools. And we do that one day a year for high school. And then we do that one day a year for middle school. And, you know, people are involved with art competitions or and so we are involved with wrestling, basketball, sports.
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Speaker 6
All these kids are involved with the sports and band. But there's something unique about bringing kids together to explore hope. And it's really.
00;11;06;13 - 00;11;23;29
Katrina Johnson and Students
Been a brain teaser, I think, for Steven and I, and we're Sad is just to try to listen to what it means to them because we really, we really don't have much language around like that hope piece. But as a therapist person is critical. Having hope is a big part of life.
00;11;24;01 - 00;11;34;17
Cherie Lindberg
Well, I'm hearing that. I'm hearing that from the students, that it's really helping them. I'm just wondering, what do you all think about group brain spotting and how it's connected to Hope?
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Espinoza
I think it's very helpful because we get to bond with friends and make friends.
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Katrina Johnson and Students
Say it's helpful because you get to meet more people and know the community more because we focus like we don't focus, but we get to meet people around, like in our area that are closer. So like they become really good friends with them. They're not in school with us, but we can meet up after because they're not that far away.
00;11;58;20 - 00;12;01;26
Katrina Johnson and Students
It helps me know that I have more friends to talk to.
00;12;01;27 - 00;12;28;07
Cherie Lindberg
Which brings it back to connection. It sounds like is really helpful. Any other thoughts that maybe I'm not asking you? That would be really important for for folks to know about this programing, because it seems like it's so hopeful and helpful. And, you know, Katrina just said, you know what? What does all this mean to you all? Is there anything that I haven't asked you that would be really important for us to know about it?
00;12;28;11 - 00;12;36;11
Katrina Johnson and Students
You know, we are really at a place of emerging what is brain spotting and what is our strength based messaging.
00;12;36;13 - 00;12;38;02
Cherie Lindberg
Connecting those together.
00;12;38;05 - 00;13;00;21
Katrina Johnson and Students
We're connecting those together. And there's, you know, two of this group who've experienced it, maybe more one on one with me. And then in the group brain spotting that happens at our retreat, it might be more implicit. And last year was more intentional. So that emotion regulation piece with helping you feel safe at the regional retreat is really intentional.
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Katrina Johnson and Students
Like where we put tables, where we put chairs, how we have small groups, how we have hot potato slash hope potato and play games and make it fun. And that is very intentional to help you feel like you can express your true authentic self. We get conditioned to like, be quiet, walk slowly and you guys are magical and like to just say a little bit about what brain spotting is and where we're going with the school thing.
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Cherie Lindberg
Yeah, I don't know if.
00;13;32;05 - 00;13;32;11
Katrina Johnson and Students
We.
00;13;32;12 - 00;14;02;06
Cherie Lindberg
If you all know this, but what we're trying to do is we're trying to teach teachers and anyone that you have contact with in the school about brain spotting and how it can basically enhance belonging, enhance hope and enhance the connection that you all feel at these at these retreats, because it teaches you how to help you feel hopeful inside every single day.
00;14;02;12 - 00;14;28;04
Cherie Lindberg
And so it creates like an anchor so you can anchor into that hope every single day, which just helps you all grow the hope and feel more belonging, feel more safe. And the hope, the hope is quote, so that you all feel safer to really let your voice be heard. And the more that your voice is heard and you're more authentic, you are, the more we can learn from you.
00;14;28;04 - 00;14;53;14
Cherie Lindberg
Because we really want to support any programing that's going to help all of you feel good in a school setting, because you are our future. So it's so important that we that we hear your voice and know what it's like for you because I, you know, I'm not in high school anymore. So it's important to listen to your voice and hear what the experience is like for all of you.
00;14;53;14 - 00;15;26;03
Cherie Lindberg
So it's really exciting to hear that these retreats and the programing for Hope is making a positive impact. And I know it's really hard to only have that one one day a year, but it sounds like that retreat is exciting for all of you, and it really makes a difference, if I'm not mistaken. Just by listening, well, I'm going to go back to Doctor Steven and ask, can you tell us more about the data and the research and anything else that you think would be helpful with where we're going with this programing?
00;15;26;03 - 00;15;52;15
Steven Rippe
So as we look at schools and I've been a teacher and a principal and had different roles, what I know is in the system overall is that it's very, very hard to be a teacher. It's very hard to be an administrator because all these expectations that are coming at them are coming from all sorts of different sides. And then, of course, politics now rolls into the whole thing.
00;15;52;16 - 00;16;29;12
Steven Rippe
And so what ends up happening is we have teachers who basically probably became a teacher because they loved to teach. And what what happens is that love gets run over. And so they are overloaded and they cannot sustain things. And so then when when new things arrive that are very effective, like this work that we're doing with with students, to have them come together, have voice in who they are, build on their strengths, those kinds of things.
00;16;29;12 - 00;16;57;13
Steven Rippe
What we have is a situation where the system so overloaded, they don't they they can't respond appropriately to new opportunities. So what I really want, and just invite the adults listening to this is to really say, look, we know as researchers that you are overloaded, it's hard to sustain this. And we also know through our research that students are a resource.
00;16;57;18 - 00;17;16;03
Steven Rippe
And if you if we can come up with better ways for students to tune with educators on learning and do it together, then we we have this this synergy that can happen that will create more joy, more engagement, and more success.
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Cherie Lindberg
That sounds really wonderful. And I'm going to bring it back to the students. Do you hear how important your voice is? I just want I just want to emphasize that that's why we're doing this podcast, because we want other students, just like you, to know how important your voice is and how important it is that we learn from you because you are in that situation.
00;17;42;10 - 00;18;06;26
Cherie Lindberg
You are in the schools, and we're trying to learn from you. What is the best thing that we can bring to you and the students so that you can feel safe? You can feel hope so that you can share and and teach us what we need to be doing differently with, you know, your teachers, your support folks like Katrina in the school.
00;18;06;26 - 00;18;23;11
Cherie Lindberg
So I'm just wondering what's coming up for all of you as you're hearing myself talk or Katrina talk or Doctor Steven talk, any anything else coming up for you inside as you're hearing this?
00;18;23;15 - 00;18;46;21
Katrina Johnson and Students
I would say it gives like this podcast goes anywhere and it gets like other students listen to this. Anybody who watches this, I hope it gives them motivation to do things and to experience the wheel a little bit more and understand that they have more than just living the life that they have. They have lots of other things going on and some people just aren't aware of it.
00;18;46;23 - 00;18;55;26
Cherie Lindberg
Thank you. And anyone else want to share what are what are you hopeful will happen from this podcast? You're putting time and effort into this. What are you hoping will help.
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Katrina Johnson and Students
Inspire.
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Cherie Lindberg
Inspire other people? Yeah. Okay, great. We'd really like to hear from all of you. So any other thoughts about what what would you like to see happen with this podcast?
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Espinoza
More like activities to do a source of strength. And because helps again helps a lot to bond together.
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Cherie Lindberg
Yeah, maybe a couple of retreats here would be nice,
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Speaker 5
Maybe more people.
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Cherie Lindberg
Yeah. Doing doing what you're doing. Yeah. We'd love to have more people hear about it and experience it. Absolutely. Any other thoughts? Katrina?
00;19;33;04 - 00;19;55;15
Katrina Johnson and Students
Well, I'll say I kind of pride myself on being a curious learner and a smarty pants. That's really determined. There's a lot of work and coordination that gets us this far, and we've been working on this work for nine years, specifically with dozen schools in southwest Wisconsin. The challenges that we're facing right now are funding staffing shortages and just that capacity.
00;19;55;15 - 00;20;31;06
Katrina Johnson and Students
But in my heart, as a therapist person, as a community member, uplifting these kids voices as I tap their knees, that magic is really valuable that we have that here. And I wish every school community can start to be curious about the huge power of strength space programing that's peer led, and also what brain spotting looks like in therapy, what brain spotting looks like in a classroom, and what it can do for the administrators to be like resourcing expansion work.
00;20;31;08 - 00;20;51;04
Katrina Johnson and Students
I just heard it from a superintendent last week. You know, I just feel like I can't be creative anymore when ideas come across my desk. I just don't have the energy to put into it. And this innovation that comes through listening to these kids is what we need, right?
00;20;51;06 - 00;20;51;28
Cherie Lindberg
Absolutely.
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Katrina Johnson and Students
It's what we need, right?
00;20;53;06 - 00;21;05;02
Cherie Lindberg
Yeah. Raise it. Raising the voice. Raising the voice. Thank you Stephen, coming back to you. Other thoughts coming up for you as as you're listening to what Katrina says. And the students are saying.
00;21;05;04 - 00;21;28;11
Steven Rippe
Yeah, I you know, as a hope researcher, I've been looking at this for maybe 25 years and how we do it. I think the big turning point is we realize we need to really grow hope with both students and staff. And so we need to come up with these same strategies for for everyone. And we need to do it at a certain frequency.
00;21;28;11 - 00;22;07;03
Steven Rippe
So we get a tipping point. There's it becomes automatic or automaticity around how can you activate belongingness, how can you agency. So it becomes a natural part of how we live with within our between ourselves, within relationships, within our school, within our community. And I really think part of the idea is to be open to the idea of how you can create this in a way that is affordable, energizing, and creates the kind of school culture you really hope for.
00;22;07;05 - 00;22;19;26
Steven Rippe
And as I've experienced this with a network of schools, those folks that do that really create these unique school environments that are sustainable, enjoyable.
00;22;19;28 - 00;22;51;27
Cherie Lindberg
Yes. Well, bringing it back to the students, one more. One last question here, because listening to what Doctor Stephen is saying and Katrina and you, it sounds like by using the wheel, by bringing in more hope and belonging overall, it helps you feel better, feel better about yourself, which helps with you know, I know this is connected to mental health in the schools, and I would imagine it's going to help all of you feel better.
00;22;52;00 - 00;22;54;02
Cherie Lindberg
Any any thoughts on that?
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Katrina Johnson and Students
I would say it really helps.
00;22;55;09 - 00;22;55;27
Cherie Lindberg
Me be more.
00;22;55;27 - 00;23;14;27
Katrina Johnson and Students
Aware about how everybody is connected. The whole world is connected. Everybody has the same feelings. We're all human. We're all living the same. I mean, not the same life because we're not. Everybody goes through the same thing, but we're all still living in the same world and we're all human. So we be aware that everybody makes mistakes.
00;23;15;01 - 00;23;21;06
Cherie Lindberg
Yeah. Anyone else coming up with anything as we're talking about mental health in the schools and how this can help you.
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Speaker 5
Morrow is a new day.
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Espinoza
So the thoughts create positive things.
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Cherie Lindberg
Yes.
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Katrina Johnson and Students
So basically keep your head straight and just remember that things will be okay. You have a positive mind. And also like just keep yourself active. It's really hard to think about what's going on inside. If you are staying active and you are doing something like just sitting there in your thoughts is not going to help you. You know, sometimes like you can be in your thoughts for a little bit, but if you get up and you do something, you'll be okay.
00;23;54;08 - 00;23;56;07
Katrina Johnson and Students
You just have to think about not thinking about it.
00;23;56;08 - 00;24;19;07
Cherie Lindberg
It's yeah, I mean, it almost sounds like to me, as I'm listening, that you have tools that help you regroup if you're struggling. Correct. Yeah. Gotcha. Well, one last thought. Anyone want to share anything before you know what? That this is your opportunity. So is there anything? If you wanted to speak directly to another student that you would want them to know about this programing?
00;24;19;08 - 00;24;25;26
Espinoza
It goes around the world to help us become a better person and to help others.
00;24;25;28 - 00;24;28;11
Katrina Johnson and Students
It helps you know that you're not alone.
00;24;28;14 - 00;24;33;10
Cherie Lindberg
Yeah. Thank you. Well, Katrina, is there anything that you want to wrap up with.
00;24;33;11 - 00;24;53;02
Katrina Johnson and Students
To each of you here? Thank you for sharing your voice. I know you were like, okay, whatever. Some of you were like, what? I'm nervous. Others were like, heck yeah, let's go, let's do this. Some really dressed up and others did it as a team. We just really hope that your future includes knowing that your voice is super, super powerful.
00;24;53;05 - 00;24;54;27
Cherie Lindberg
And super important.
00;24;55;02 - 00;25;06;22
Katrina Johnson and Students
Like I said, with this, like, I really hope it does reach somebody if they listen to this whole thing and they realize what a high school student goes through and a day in the life, being at the school really might help.
00;25;06;23 - 00;25;30;15
Cherie Lindberg
Well, and I really hear all of you really trying to have those positive thoughts and use what you're what you're learning so that you not only are you a voice for hope, but like what Katrina is saying, you're all walking your talk. Yeah. So thank you so much for for being here. You're so appreciated. And I hope it it goes to as many students as possible as well.
00;25;30;15 - 00;25;35;29
Cherie Lindberg
We're going to try and make that happen. Doctor Stephen, anything that you would like to wrap up.
00;25;35;29 - 00;26;05;22
Steven Rippe
I want to thank you for giving the students, myself and Katrina, a voice. Thank you. What I want to say to people is, you know, this work may have started in one place and we use tools and things like people mentioned a wheel and things like that. What I saw happening though, with Katrina and the students is they created some very new and interesting work that was unique to their experience.
00;26;05;22 - 00;26;34;00
Steven Rippe
And so that's part of what this innovation is about, is allowing a new direction, some new power into it. And I just want to recognize Katrina and the students for being brave trailblazers to really help think about what works and then practicing and sharing that, being brave to do it and then sharing it with others. Thank you.
00;26;34;03 - 00;26;54;07
Cherie Lindberg
Yeah. Thank you. And I want the students to know that it's going to be on all the podcasts. It will be on Facebook, it'll be on TikTok. So feel free to share yourselves. I'm going to make sure that many people as possible can hear this. And let's all let's I'll be hopeful that others are going to benefit from this as well.
00;26;54;08 - 00;27;01;00
Cherie Lindberg
So thank you so much for being here, everybody.
00;27;01;02 - 00;27;25;06
Cherie Lindberg
Thank you for joining us today on Elevated Life Academy. Stories of hope and healing. As you move back into your world, I invite you to take a breath and hold on to whatever stirred something in you from our podcast today. Healing isn't always loud, but it is always sacred. Whether today's story opened your heart, gave you a new perspective, or just reminded you that you are not alone, it matters.
00;27;25;06 - 00;27;45;16
Cherie Lindberg
And so do you. Keep choosing alignment. Keep trusting your becoming. And remember the elevated life is imperfect. Its present. If this episode resonated, share it with someone who needs a little more light. And if you're ready to go deeper in your own journey, you know where to find me. Until next time, stay Reddit, stay rising, and stay you.
