Why Mattering Matters, with Jennifer Wallace

Today on episode number 622 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast, Mattering, Teaching and Learning with Deep Connection and Purpose with Jennifer Wallace. Produced by Innovate Learning, Maximizing Human Potential. Welcome to this episode of Teaching in Higher Ed. I'm Bonnie Stahoviak and this is the space where we explore the art and science of being more effective at facilitating learning. We also share ways to improve our productivity approaches so we can have more peace in our lives and be even.

more present for our students. Jennifer Wallace is an award-winning journalist and author of Mattering, The Secret to a Life of Deep Connection and Purpose, an instant New York Times bestseller. She's also the author of Never Enough, When Achievement Culture Becomes Toxic and What We Can Do About It, named Amazon Best Book of the Year. Her work appears in the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post, and she began her career as a producer at CBS's 60 Minutes. In this episode, Jenny and I talk about the research on mattering, what it means to truly feel valued and to add value to others, and how educators can use this lens to support students through transitions, reduced

disengagement and build learning communities where people genuinely feel like they belong and are needed. Jennifer Wallace, welcome to Teaching in Higher Ed. I'm so happy to be here. I love reading books, which is a good thing as a podcaster, but I also especially love the dedication. And yours sparked such curiosity for me.

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