Offering Virtual & Face to Face Workshops and Trainings for Educators and beyond
Learn the skills to live a happy healthy confident balanced loving peaceful joyful life.
Welcome to The Middle Path
Does life sometimes feel like too much? Does the idea of work/life balance seem unattainable?
It’s easy to feel like it will always be this hard and that you are stuck feeling stressed, anxious, overwhelmed or helpless. It’s not you! People often feel this way, not because they are broken or “crazy”, but because they HAVEN’T BEEN TAUGHT the skills necessary to approach life with confidence and competence. We are here to show you The Middle Path between acceptance and change and ultimately give you concrete tools and strategies to approach all that life throws at you.
We provide workshops for school districts, corporations, community-based organizations and the general public. These workshops are given in person and virtually. Join us in learning how to create a life that brings you joy and a deeper understanding of yourself.
The Middle Path is a mental and emotional wellness education program that provides educators with the skills needed to feel more in control of their lives. Our goal is to remove barriers to ensure that teachers, frontline workers, mentors, and members of the community are building a solid toolbox of strategies and skills to recognize and regulate emotions, handle challenging situations constructively, manage stress, and communicate needs effectively.
Our workshops are designed based on the needs of a district or school. The sessions are aligned to the five interrelated areas of competence highlighted by The Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) below. These areas are:
- Self-Awareness
- Self-Management
- Responsible Decision Making
- Relationship Skills
- and Social
CASEL’s systemic implementation approach to Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) includes the teaching of these skills in classrooms, schools, districts with families and caregivers, and in communities (Collaborative for Academic, n.d.).
The Colorado Department of Education (CDE) states “the term “Social-Emotional Learning” conveys the idea that Emotional and Social Wellness consists of skills that can be learned. Optimal development will occur when these skills are taught, modeled, practiced and reinforced. Ideally, SEL will be embedded within many content areas and will occur throughout the day.” These skills first need to be embodied by educators in ordered to be modeled and reinforced with students. (Colorado Academic Standards, 2020)
The Middle Path fills this gap.
Combining our knowledge of teaching and learning, public education systems, non-profit work, and mental health skills, we are provide high-quality trainings for educational institutions across the country.
What We Do
For individuals & organizations
Whether you’re an individual seeking to learn effective communication skills or you’re a manager looking to boost communication among your employees and improve working relationships, my training program can help.
For individuals
If you want to learn valuable skills for tolerating difficult emotions, improving your relationships, and how to accept and believe in your inherent worth, skills coaching can help.
For individuals
Sometimes, simply talking through problems is not enough. Coaching can help you to learn a new template for mindful living, self-acceptance, stress management, and healthy communication.
For individuals
Parenting can be a messy, complicated, trial-and-error process. But when you have someone supportive to walk with you on your journey, it becomes easier to apply new skills and achieve lasting change.
For individuals & organizations
My stress management workshop can help you greatly increase rest, relaxation, and JOY in everyday life.
For individuals & organizations
Whether you’re looking to improve your emotional health in your personal life or increase employee wellness in the workplace, these workshops can help.
DR. JILL RUBINSTEIN Ed.D
Benefits of Skills
Emotion Regulation
Allows individuals to identify, understand, and regulate intense emotions.
Interpersonal Effectiveness
Teaches individuals how to get their needs met while improving relationships
Mindfulness
Incorporates practices to enhance present-moment awareness and reduce anxiety.
Distress Tolerance
Equips individuals with skills to tolerate distressing situations without harmful reactions.
Cognitive Restructuring
Utilizes cognitive-behavioral techniques to challenge and change negative thought patterns.
Versatility
"Practice the skills needed to thrive in all that life brings."
