For effective teaching to occur both teacher and student need to be in a calm and alert brain state that allows them to focus, connect, and process new information.

But increasing stress, mental health struggles, staff shortages and burnout have school communities struggling to meet the needs of their students.

At Mindful Life, we create simple, brain-based solutions that have been reviving school communities since 2009.

Meet the Owner of Mindful Life 

KATHY MARVEL

As an educator with 30 years of experience as an elementary school classroom teacher and Instructional Coach, my background in mindfulness is extensive. Through Dr. Kristen Race’s online teacher course, mindfulness became a passion of mine both personally and professionally inside my classroom each year. 

Although my career was in the public school system, I am also an author, speaker, podcaster, boy mom and wife. I am lucky to now call Mindful Life my own with the hopes of bringing mindfulness to students, teachers, schools, parents, homes, and workplaces around the world. 

Meet the Founder

DR. KRISTEN RACE

Over the course of my career, as a teacher,  psychologist,  parent,  public speaker, author, researcher and educational consultant through the pandemic, I’ve experienced every aspect of the stress and overwhelm that school communities are trying to navigate. 

And for the last 15 years I’ve relied on mindfulness, neuroscience, and small changes to navigate all of life’s challenges. These three pillars are at the core of all my talks and my programs. We’ve used these core principles to develop all of the Mindful Life curricula and  to train more than 100,000 education and business leaders across the globe.