BOOK CLUB

REFRAMED: A
Self-Reg Revolution

Starting August 27, 2025 (on Zoom)

This 6-week book club is for anyone who loves Stuart Shanker’s work and wants to read, reflect, and unpack his most urgent writing within a community. Whether you're new to Self-Reg or a longtime Self-Regger, this space is for you.

We know how powerful it is to digest this work together—to pause with ideas that stir us, share what resonates, and make sense of complex ideas in ways that support real-life application. Each weekly session is a facilitated space for reflection, connection, and conversation. The goal isn’t for Susan—or any facilitator—to do all the talking. Instead, we’ll gather in community to explore the themes, questions, and insights that arise from each week’s reading. Together, we’ll unpack big ideas, share personal connections, and follow the threads of meaning that matter most to us. Where the conversation goes? That’s part of the Self-Reg journey too.
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About the REFRAMED Book Club

  • 6x 1hr Online Meetings
  • On Zoom
  • With Susan Hopkins
  • Q&A with Stuart Shanker
  • Recorded

Schedule

Wednesdays @ 6:30–7:30 PM ET
Final Q&A with Stuart Shanker
  • August 27, 2025
  • September 3
  • September 10
  • September 17
  • September 24

Final Q&A with Stuart Shanker
Saturday September 27 @ 11AM ET

The Book

REFRAMED: A Self-Reg Revolution
By Dr. Stuart Shanker
University of Toronto Press | July 2025
Available in print and eBook formats

Please bring your own copy for the book club

About The Book

REFRAMED: A Self-Reg Revolution

“Reframed revolutionizes how we think about self-regulation, offering practical tools to help individuals grow and contribute to building a more fair and compassionate society.”
In his most powerful and timely book yet, Dr. Stuart Shanker offers a revolutionary understanding of self-regulation—not just as a personal capacity, but as the foundation for healing and transforming the world around us.
Reframed: A Self-Reg Revolution brings together neuroscience, philosophy, psychology, and education to unpack the hidden forces of stress and restoration that shape our behaviours, relationships, systems, and society. It calls us to move beyond old labels like “bad,” “lazy,” or “stupid,” and to listen more deeply—for what’s really going on underneath.
This is not just a book about what’s wrong.
It’s a map for how we find our way back.
In an anxious and divided world, Reframed invites us to reflect, restore, and reimagine what’s possible—for ourselves, our children, and our future. One mind at a time.
Meet the Author

Stuart Shanker

Dr. Stuart Shanker is a Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and Psychology from York University and the Founder & Visionary of The MEHRIT Centre, Ltd. Stuart has served as an advisor on early child development to government organizations across Canada and the US, and in countries around the world.
Patrick Jones - Course author
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Patrick Jones - Course author
Meet the HOST

Susan Hopkins

Dr. Susan Hopkins is the Executive Director of Dr. Stuart Shanker's organization, Susan has been a teacher, school administrator, inclusive schooling coordinator, curriculum developer, educational researcher, and educational leader. She has worked in every area of education from the early years to post-secondary, from remote Northern schools to the Department of Education, and across contexts that include Italy and the Northwest Territories.