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Ethel Walker's Meera Viswanathan On The Value Of Single-Sex Learning

In a world of buzzing smartphones, endless meetings and persistent deadlines, how can we be more in-tune with ourselves and more creative in our endeavors?

This hour, we talk mindfulness and creativity in the 21st century. We hear from an Icelandic filmmaker and 2016 Yale Greenberg World fellow who resigned from a career at the United Nations to pursue the secret to intuition and creativity.

We also sit down with The Ethel Walker School’s new head of school -- former Brown University professor Meera Viswanathan. Together, we discuss the value of private, all-girls education and learn about Dr. Viswanathan’s vision for her students.

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  • Dr. Meera Viswanathan - Head of School at The Ethel Walker School in Simsbury, Connecticut 
  • Hrund Gunnsteinsdottir - Icelandic consultant, filmmaker, entrepreneur, writer, 2016 Yale Greenberg World Fellow, and co-director and author of the documentary "InnSaei"

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Chion Wolf contributed to this show, a portions of which originally aired on November 3, 2016 and February 20, 2017.

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SOMOS CONNECTICUT es una iniciativa de Connecticut Public, la emisora local de NPR y PBS del estado, que busca elevar nuestras historias latinas y expandir programación que alza y informa nuestras comunidades latinas locales. Visita CTPublic.org/latino para más reportajes y recursos. Para noticias, suscríbase a nuestro boletín informativo en ctpublic.org/newsletters.

The independent journalism and non-commercial programming you rely on every day is in danger.

If you’re reading this, you believe in trusted journalism and in learning without paywalls. You value access to educational content kids love and enriching cultural programming.

Now all of that is at risk.

Federal funding for public media is under threat and if it goes, the impact to our communities will be devastating.

Together, we can defend it. It’s time to protect what matters.

Your voice has protected public media before. Now, it’s needed again. Learn how you can protect the news and programming you depend on.