Linita MathewLinita Eapen Mathew is a secondary English Language Arts and Mental Health Support teacher from Calgary, Alberta. She obtained her Doctor of Education (January 2021) from the University of Calgary, writing an autoethnographic dissertation that explord the use of storytelling to effectively reconcile with the devastating loss of her father. Her Master of Education (2014) focused on the benefit of embedding Spirituality in Education, bringing proactive mental health practices into the classroom to support student wellbeing. Her focus in education has always been to increase student achievement from the inside out-using targeted relationship building, spiritual dialogue, and compassionate writing exercises to reduce student suffering, which in turn raises self-esteem, resiliency, and grit towards successful goal completion and vocational alignment. Apart from being an educator, she is a writer at heart who has worked in the past as a freelance writer and editor of a local magazine. In 2016, she completed her Reiki master training and is the sole proprietor of Prana, a thriving energy healing business based in Calgary. Here, she uses her ongoing understanding of spiritual education to support others through a holistic approach to healing, finding spiritual solutions to physical, emotional, and psychological problems. Read More Read Less