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Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning

Half a Million and Just Getting Started: Lessons from 7 Years of Neuroscience Meets SEL

Nov 9, 2025 · 23 min

Andrea Samadi reflects on seven years hosting the Neuroscience Meets SEL podcast and celebrates reaching 500,000 downloads. She shares seven strategies—clarifying mission and vision, defining the audience, setting measurable goals, creating systems, staying mission-driven, building partnerships, and building momentum—and eight personal lessons learned, including the power of practice, research, ad…