Meet 'The Mind-Brain Lady' & 'The Mindful Man'
Hi, my name is Tammy-Anne Caldwell (aka The Mind-Brain Lady) and, with my partner Todd, I run Above & Beyond Education.
We empower students, parents and teachers to meet their incredible true potential by taking control and care of their own wellbeing, health, happiness, life satisfaction and academic learning success through a Holistic Mind-Brain-Heart Centred Approach to Wellbeing, Teaching & Learning.
To see the research behind what we do, click HERE.
We truly 'practice what we teach' by living a fit, healthy, happy, HOLISTIC, mindful life,
where we are constantly expanding our knowledge and challenging ourselves.
So, who is Tammy-Anne,
'The Mind-Brain Lady' ?
I have been a qualified teacher for 13+ years and I have taught countless unique, interactive, evidence-based workshops & webinars at schools and conferences, right across Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and online, with exceptionally fantastic feedback - and still do.
I have taught at city and country schools, from enormous to tiny school populations, both public and private. I am a TEDx speaker, Zumba Kids Dance Fitness instructor, an Emotional Freedom Technique practitioner, a Social-Emotional Learning trainer, consultant, co-author, curriculum developer with 'You Can Do It! Education', and “one of Australia’s leading Educational Neuroscience specialist teachers”.
I was a 2020 semi-finalist in the Western Australian Regional Achievement/Curtin Teaching Excellence Awards; I receive WA Government funding to share my brain-based holistic workshops throughout WA; and I received two global grants from the International Brain Research Organisation in Paris.
Teaching, guiding, inspiring, motivating, empowering, entertaining and enlightening children & teenagers – and their parents and teachers, is what I LOVE to do! My main purpose is to bring out the best in the youth of the world ~ in a myriad of ways ~ and help them believe in themselves and be the best versions of themselves. Personally & professionally, I like being a part of expanding human knowledge and pushing the boundaries of what we know is possible. A Brain-Based Holistic Approach is proven to be extremely successful in transforming the education experience and life success of students, parents & teachers.
So, who is Todd,
'The Mindful Man' ?
Todd found his way into education through his Sound Engineering career.
After completing a Diploma of Sound in 2008, he was offered a position as a Lecturer at the Post Secondary College where he studied, running their studio facilities and teaching students aged 15 to 60. He loved teaching and enjoyed the combination of theory and hands on practical, creative classes.
After 5 years in that role Todd decided to branch out and spent the next 8 years working in the Media Industry, in a variety of sound and video engineering roles, such as Radio Broadcast Engineer for Southern Cross Austereo and Audio Director of Channel 7 Perth. In these roles, he became very experienced at using multi-media platforms to share knowledge and information in an entertaining and informative manner; skills he now brings to Above & Beyond Education as an international motivational presenter.
Alongside this, for the past 12+ years, Todd has become well-versed in the fields of mindfulness and meditation. Todd uses his sound and meditation background to facilitate Sound Journeys - helping people become more present, relaxed, able to manage their emotions and get in touch with their inner being.
Todd is most grateful to be educating others, combining his love of music, mindfulness & sound, with public speaking and teaching, to motivate the next generation.
Why should this knowledge be kept secret?
"We have a fantastic education system, but there’s too many things we DON’T get taught at school that we need to know in order to live our best lives and be our best selves.
We can no longer believe our success & achievements & happiness– or lack of – are out of our hands due to circumstances
we can’t control – just because we weren’t born smart, we weren’t born with certain abilities, we didn’t have good parents,
we weren’t raised in the right social circle, we didn’t do well at school, we feel marginalised, we don’t have the right
background and so on.
These are excuses – and when we understand our INCREDIBLE mind-brain potential – how it all works – we finally see
these are no longer excuses we can hide behind.
We just need to learn the knowledge, skills and tools to take control of our own emotions and intelligence, to be happy, healthy and successful.
Psychologists know this stuff, neuroscientists know this stuff, quantum physicists know this stuff...
Why should they be the only ones? Why should this knowledge be kept secret?
Our goal is to take all the information and knowledge that neuroscientists, psychologists and quantum physicists have discovered – and share it with all young people alive today– so we can all benefit from it.
Anything is possible!
Taking a Holistic Approach to Education is a game-changing approach that we are very excited to be a part of.
Our goal is to have young people grow up with the knowledge of how their mind-brain and heart works; what their true incredible potential is - and an understanding of simple, everyday ‘holistic’ strategies (in their thoughts, actions, diet, lifestyle, habits) that they can choose, to meet this incredible potential and enhance their cognitive abilities and positive mental state.
If young people have this ‘holistic’ knowledge, tools and skills they can be more motivated, resilient and confident; have more self-belief and self-confidence; & be more successful in whichever area they choose - which will make for happier, more satisfied, healthier human beings, who know they can go on to create or discover amazing things, make a difference, and spread happiness throughout their life.
We want students to be happy & healthy; successful & satisfied.
And with a Holistic Mind-Brain-Heart Centred Approach to Wellbeing, Teaching & Learning we can make this happen & change the future.
That's the future we want to be part of creating! Do you?"
~ Tammy-Anne, 'The Mind-Brain Lady' & Todd 'The Mindful Man'