Susan Marie Beaulieu
2016 Bush Fellow
Susan Beaulieu teaches about adverse childhood experiences — ACEs — in Native American communities. Defined as traumatic events, ACEs can negatively impact child health and development and have long-term effects into adulthood. Susan is inspired by the power of resiliency and plans to explore traditional indigenous practices around mindfulness as strategies to promote greater wellbeing for Native American youth. She plans to use her Bush Fellowship to finish her Ph.D. and to invest in her own wellbeing, understanding that she must practice what she teaches to truly have a ripple effect in her community.
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The Fellowship is flying by! This has been both a journey I dreamed of and one I couldn’t have imagined. The motivation for my fellowship…
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My leadership development in this first year has primarily focused on healing and connecting with myself in new and profound ways. I have gone deeper…
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Over the course of my Fellowship, one of the important realizations I’ve had about my leadership is that it too, like my life in general,…