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Becoming Buoyant: Helping Teachers and Students Cope with the Day to Day

Becoming Buoyant: Helping Teachers and Students Cope with the Day to Day

Becoming Buoyant shows teachers how they can help students to bounce back from daily setbacks and challenges.

2020

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May 15

If you’re one of the 53% on Medium, I want to know you.

I started writing on Medium over a decade ago. Back then, we wrote for reasons beyond earning money. Don’t get me wrong, I love how Medium…

If you’re one of the 53% on Medium, I want to know you.

Marc Smith

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Jul 7

I published my first book nearly a decade ago. These are the 5 mistakes I won’t make again

In 2016, I left my teaching job and set about writing a book about how emotions impact learning. My years of teaching, background in…

I published my first book nearly a decade ago. These are the 5 mistakes I won’t make again

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Jul 2

3 Brain Myths That Are Holding You Back

Brain science can undoubtedly provide us with skills and techniques that help us function more effectively. Unfortunately, the myths that…

3 Brain Myths That Are Holding You Back

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Jun 16

Are we wrong about self-esteem?

Since the 1980’s there has been a never-ending drive to raise self-esteem in an attempt to correct everything from unemployment to low…

Are we wrong about self-esteem?

Marc Smith

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Jun 10

How I Finally Earned a Living as a Freelance Writer

I left my secure teaching job over a decade ago to pursue a career as a freelance writer. Looking back now, I probably jettisoned that…

How I Finally Earned a Living as a Freelance Writer

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Jun 10

Why is it so hard to make decisions?

I’m a ditherer. Honestly, I find decision making an incredibly arduous task. It makes little difference whether the decision I need to make…

Why is it so hard to make decisions?

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May 19

Where does the brain store memories?

The question is more complex than you might think.

Where does the brain store memories?

Marc Smith

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May 17

Things I’ve learned the hard way as a runner over 50.

I was never a sporty kid, but I did walk a lot, and from this I attribute my pretty-fair aerobic capacity. Not that it prepared me…

Things I’ve learned the hard way as a runner over 50.

Marc Smith

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May 13

3 Science-Backed Tips for Slower Ageing

Age is just a number: How many times have you heard people say that?

3 Science-Backed Tips for Slower Ageing

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Apr 28

This is your brain on a marathon

Have we hit peak marathon yet?

This is your brain on a marathon

Marc Smith

Marc Smith

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Chartered Psychologist, author, learning scientist, lover of literature and libraries; accidental poet. https://linktr.ee/marc1857

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