68. Shelley Woon and Arrowsmith
07/20/24 • 53 min
In today’s episode, we get to spend time with Shelley Woon, the head of Arrowsmith School in Toronto. We discuss Arrowsmith's innovative approach to addressing learning disabilities through cognitive exercises based on neuroplasticity principles. Arrowsmith’s mission is to harness neuroplasticity to change brains and transform lives. Shelley shares her personal journey in education, insights into the Arrowsmith program, and practical advice for parents and educators, especially those in the homeschooling community.
Connect With Shelley
arrowsmith.ca
Resources
Limitless Mind
Growth Mindset
Limitless
The Woman Who Changed Her Brain - TED Talk
The Woman Who Changed Her Brain
This Golden Hour
Free eBook Course
thisgoldenhour.org
In today’s episode, we get to spend time with Shelley Woon, the head of Arrowsmith School in Toronto. We discuss Arrowsmith's innovative approach to addressing learning disabilities through cognitive exercises based on neuroplasticity principles. Arrowsmith’s mission is to harness neuroplasticity to change brains and transform lives. Shelley shares her personal journey in education, insights into the Arrowsmith program, and practical advice for parents and educators, especially those in the homeschooling community.
Connect With Shelley
arrowsmith.ca
Resources
Limitless Mind
Growth Mindset
Limitless
The Woman Who Changed Her Brain - TED Talk
The Woman Who Changed Her Brain
This Golden Hour
Free eBook Course
thisgoldenhour.org
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This Golden Hour - 68. Shelley Woon and Arrowsmith
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once you strengthen a capacity, a function in your brain that's underperforming once it's activated, it will continue to be engaged and then develop if it's lagging and its ability to function and hasn't been stimulated in the way that it needs to be stimulated, it's not growing and expanding. What we do is we really facilitate those connections. We activate the brain, we strengthen the brain. It's actually physically. Changing. And then becau
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