Element is Everything

Element is Everything

Terri Novacek of Element Education connects with educators, parents, researchers, and authors to discuss the mindset and behaviors that help us discover and develop our element– that place where interests and talents collide so the heart, mind, and body work together to do good and feel good.

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Recent Episodes

Empowering Moments with Dina Emser
March 27, 2026

Empowering Moments with Dina Emser

Dina Emser, professional coach, speaker, and author, shares strategies to avoid the drama of blame and shame, and focus on solutions that that reflect mutual respect. Resources https://www.alfredadler.edu/about/alfred-adler-t...
Positive Solutions with Jane Nelsen
Feb. 11, 2026

Positive Solutions with Jane Nelsen

What began in the early 80s out of necessity continues to grow and help parents, spouses, educators, and managers find solutions with dignity and respect. Terri speaks with Jane Nelsen, founder of the Positive Discipline Asso...
AI and Keeping Your Element Real
Dec. 6, 2025

AI and Keeping Your Element Real

AI is everywhere, but are we helping kids use it wisely?Terri speaks with Jeff Riley of Day of AI about AI safety, AI literacy, and how teachers and parents can keep kids learning authentically in a digital world.
Blake Boles: The World I'd Like to Live In Pt. 2
Nov. 10, 2025

Blake Boles: The World I'd Like to Live In Pt. 2

Terri continues the conversation of self-directed learning with Blake Boles as he shares his thoughts on consensual schooling, intensive parenting, hard fun, and the importance of peer groups.
Blake Boles: The World I'd Like to Live In
Oct. 27, 2025

Blake Boles: The World I'd Like to Live In

Terri dives into the topic of self-directed learning as Blake Boles shares his notion of consensual schooling, intensive parenting, hard fun, and the importance of peer groups.

Recent Blog Posts

Rekindling Courage and Curiosity: Learning in the Age of Technology
May 14, 2025

Rekindling Courage and Curiosity: Learning in the Age of Technology

In today's fast-evolving digital world, the greatest challenge — and opportunity — in education isn't technology itself, but how we use it to build passion, purpose, and agency in young learners.As Terri Novacek and Michael Hernandez d…

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Healthy Roots, Thriving Learners: What Children Need to Flourish
Oct. 20, 2023

Healthy Roots, Thriving Learners: What Children Need to Flourish

In the Element Is Everything Podcast two-part series featuring Dr. John J. Ratey, bestselling author of Spark and co-author of Go Wild, Terri Novacek explores a question that has never been more important for parents:What does it take for children…

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Standing By the Water: Owning What You See
June 23, 2023

Standing By the Water: Owning What You See

In the Element Is Everything Podcast episode "Standing by the Water: Owning What You See," Terri Novacek explores one of the most challenging—and empowering—skills a person can develop:Personal accountability.The timing of this conve…

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