Léon Marchand, four-time gold medalist in swimming at the 2024 Olympics, didn’t achieve success overnight. He has been preparing mentally for competitions for two years.

Among other techniques, his performance coach, Thomas Sammut, taught him Heart Coherence to help him manage his stress and anxiety during competitions. Together, they worked on his well- being with the goal of improving his athletic performance and chances of success.

In our complex and rapidly changing society, it is increasingly important for schools to provide more than just academic support. In order for students to succeed, they need tools to support their emotional and mental well-being. The staff at the all-girls site, Kent Place School in Summit, New Jersey recognizes the importance of supporting their students’ overall health and well-being to ensure their students’ success in school as well as in society. This kind of value is heavily promoted on their website: We know that wellness is a condition necessary for successful learning and leadership — and we seek to cultivate and model it at KPS. This approach has led them to incorporate HeartMath^® into their curriculum and extracurricular activities.

It’s in the heart that people access the qualities of love, such as compassion, care, kindness, forgiveness, appreciation, etc., that lift us above separation, judgments, and blame. Through intentionally demonstrating these heart qualities in our lives, we connect with our heart’s natural intelligence and guidance for a unique opportunity to create a future together in harmony.

It is inspiring to witness the impact that compassionate individuals can have on humanity. HeartMath recently partnered with Reaching Across Borders, a USA-based non-profit organization working in Lebanon and other countries around the world. The goal was to help them develop heart-based psychosocial support programs for children, teens and caregivers. Their mission is to promote the protection, mental health well-being and economic empowerment of vulnerable individuals and communities globally. Through education, support, research, and advocacy, they help promote improved human rights, gender equality, and human dignity.

Co-founded by Raiza Kolia and Ernst Mucke, Reaching Across Borders has developed three separate ten-week group programs to assist Syrian and Palestinian refugees and vulnerable Lebanese in building emotional awareness and resilience to improve their mental health. In 2023, they served over 1,800 beneficiaries from over 1,100 families, with women and girls making up 64% of the total.

Perhaps you have heard of the phrase: It takes a work of heart to be a teacher. In other words, working as an educator requires not just knowledge and pedagogical skill but also the emotional and caring aspects of teaching. Many of us had a teacher who made a positive impact on our lives — drawing us out of our shells, stretching our thinking or inspiring us to pursue our dreams and passions.

However, as research shows, the desire to make a difference, a cornerstone of teaching, can be eroded from the torrent of daily pressures and larger systemic issues. It is no secret that educators are leaving the field in alarming numbers for a variety of reasons:.

Mexico’s Knotion, a leading EdTech company with a nearly five-year partnership with the HeartMath Institute, has established itself as one of the world’s most innovative learning ecosystems. Their challenge-based approach empowers learners to become agents of positive change. Equipped with iPads, students become very engaged when tackling real-world challenges that address community and global goals. The result is increased socio-environmental awareness and responsibility from a young age.

Serving more than 300 schools (mostly private) and 90,000 K-12 learners throughout Latin America, Knotion’s community encompasses 250,000 people.