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Read ▸ about Cairn Guidance is celebrating over ten years working with youth, partners, schools, agencies & communities to create places of health & wellness so students & staff can thrive!

Post by Samantha LoweCairn Guidance has recently made the move into a co-work space in downtown Morehead, KY. A co-workspace in Morehead?! I know, I was shocked as well. But nestled down by the Fuzzy Duck Coffee Shop on Main Street, there is a network of eager students and growing business owners. Since its’ creation, the Innovation Network has opened 13 locations throughout Kentucky, with the intent of "encouraging relationships, grow new and existing companies and create jobs". Each location Read ▸ about Cairn Guidance is now part of the Innovation Launchpad!

Written by Samantha LoweBorn and raised in Kentucky, I have seen how difficult it is to persuade the population on the necessity of in school and community based health education, where 25.2% of adults smoke cigarettes, with the national rate ranging from 9.3% to 26.5% across all states. Overall, Kentuckians tend to be less concerned with their health.Kentucky residents were large beneficiaries of Obamacare and Medicaid expansion, but this did not change residents understanding of its' Read ▸ about Lasting Clinic Standing

Middle School educators! We are partnering with the Dove Self Esteem Project to build a national cadre of health/PE teachers, school nurses and school counselors that work at the middle school level and are interested in helping promote this FREE body confidence curriculum. Our goal is to reach 1.5 million youth with this program in 2017. In order to do that, we are building capacity by selecting Ambassadors from many regions of the US in order to reach more educators. To read more about Read ▸ about Building a National Cadre of Trainers!

 Dear School & Community Health Partners,Happy Holidays & Happy New Year from the Cairn Guidance Team! As exciting as it is to grow our team, it means increased hours, more meetings, and of course, more stress. 2017 will be an exciting year for us as we have internally committed to participating in two team wellness events and individually, three personal balance goals.Our team is working on how we take care of ourselves so that we can continue to be present, commit the time and energy Read ▸ about Peace and Joy from Cairn Guidance

Samantha hugging an old growth tree in Portland's Rose Garden. Samantha Lowe is new to Cairn Guidance and we are thrilled to have her! She will be regularly posting on this blog.My first trip to Portland was amazing! It was great to bond with my new mentors and cohorts, Jess and Liz, while gaining an in-depth understanding of how Cairn Guidance began and ways the company plans to move forward in the field of health education. During my trip Read ▸ about Big Trees and Big Ideas!

Many people ask me how I started my own business with a uncommon transition from middle school teacher to national consultant. Ten years ago this past August, with the support of my husband at the time, I took a leap of faith and started a national school health consulting firm. I may have had the content expertise, vision, and determination, but I surrounded myself with advisors, friends and family that were 100% supportive. My dad, Rick, was a business owner of the The Lawrence Read ▸ about The Best of…

Hot off the press this week, we are excited to share this paper with the fields of adolescent health and education. Cairn Guidance is excited to share and contribute this discussion paper to the field of health and education. The paper was written to help inform Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's (RWJF) work in education and adolescent health and both RWJF and Cairn decided to expand the reach to the public. The paper begins by discussing Read ▸ about A Systems Approach to Integrating Health in Education