As a classroom teacher of 16 years, I understand the pushback from some within the education community about adopting a social emotional learning curriculum and making it a priority within their classrooms or schools. For the first 12 years of my teaching career, I...
For many people who live in the United States of America, the early days of July are energetic times, full of fond memories with family and friends. It’s a time to celebrate this country and the freedoms that come with it, in the warm weather, eating good food and...
As I began writing the idea for this blog I was laying down in the back of my Subaru, watching the sun go down over the mountains somewhere in the middle of Nevada. I was surrounded by my things, getting ready to tuck myself in for a night of car camping, listening to...
Some of the best advice I have received from my Midwestern grandfather is to “stop burning the candle at both ends.” When I think about what burnout looks and feels like to me, it feels like that candle is about to run out of wax between the flames. Although I...
In honor of International Day of Happiness on March 20th, I invite you to take two minutes to do a simple experiment: 1) Take a mental note of how you are feeling right now. Just notice it without doing anything else. 2) Now, just like Peter Pan trying to fly, think...
The mind can be so tricky when you don’t understand how it works. I grew up thinking that I must believe the thoughts I have about myself, and that’s exactly what most people do when they don’t understand. I personally suffered with insecure thinking about myself and...
