Mental Health Advocacy
I have been asked more in the last two months than ever in my life if I am a licensed counselor or therapist. I feel like I always make...
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- Sep 23, 2022
- 6 min
Is Their Trauma Valid?
It's human nature to try to organize information onto a continuum or into boxes. Especially during the course of an increased level of...
- Aug 7, 2022
- 5 min
Clearly Communicating an Ecosystem of Mental Health Support for Students
To help our students be successful, we know that teaching them to problem solve and search resources for what they need is a necessary...
- May 17, 2022
- 3 min
Dealing with Overwhelm
Even people who speak on mental health and know the impact of mental health issues can struggle. I've been dealing with emotional...
- Nov 10, 2021
- 4 min
The Fight: Self-care vs. Systemic Change
As a mental health advocate and consultant, I speak about self-care. A lot. Districts ask me to come in and speak about self-care. A...
- Oct 14, 2021
- 3 min
The Wounded Healer - Teacher
The wounded healer is a pretty common psychological term that refers to the idea that people who consider themselves healers can only...
- Jul 29, 2021
- 3 min
Things I Will Never Do As a Mental Health Advocate
Since the day I started speaking openly about my own mental health issues roughly seven years ago, I have owned my issues and my healing....
- Jul 11, 2021
- 7 min
SEL Opportunities to Support Student Mental Health Post-Pandemic
I was recently asked why I have such a problem with the term “learning loss” (or any version of that term). It’s not that I don’t believe...
- May 6, 2021
- 5 min
How Learning to Love Myself Impacts My Service to Others
Over the course of the Pandemic I’ve taken the opportunity to dive into reflection and learning more about emotions and how they control...
- Jul 17, 2020
- 5 min
Just For Today: For Those Feeling Overwhelmed
I haven’t made it a secret on social media that I have been struggling to write blog posts lately. It seems like something that should be...
- Jun 29, 2020
- 5 min
Asking Questions that May Lead to Better Mental Health Support for Black Students and Students of Co
This blog post, like many of my posts, is my version of processing my own thinking and emotions “out loud” with others so I can learn and...
- May 26, 2020
- 4 min
Educator Mental Health and the New Hot Topic
Years ago when I began speaking about educator mental health, I was met with a lot of blank stares and uncomfortable glances. When I...
- May 17, 2020
- 4 min
The Little Journeys to Self-Healing
One of the reasons that I think mental health can be a difficult concept for some people to make sense of is because it’s so complicated....
- May 13, 2020
- 6 min
How Chronic Stress Impacts Our Physical & #MentalHealth (With Coping Strategies)
Stress is any stimulus that requires us to change. Stress isn’t inherently bad or negative, but when it becomes traumatic stress or...
- May 9, 2020
- 3 min
Another Reason to Pay Attention to Our Mental Health: The Kids Are Watching
One of the areas on my body that I am the most self-conscious of are my knees. I hate the way they look. I know, it’s weird. I have...
- May 7, 2020
- 4 min
Defining Mindfulness and How It Relates to Mental Health
When I was a Director of Innovation and Technology, I was speaking to one of our teachers about mental health when she said, “I want to...
- May 5, 2020
- 5 min
Four of Many Reasons We Need To Talk About Mental Health Issues
A few years ago when I started openly discussing my own mental health issues, it was out of complete irritation that I felt like I needed...
- May 3, 2020
- 4 min
How Does Gratitude Improve Mental Health?
Gratitude is one of those feel-good concepts that people are just beginning to pay attention to as a way to be more positive and mindful,...
- May 1, 2020
- 3 min
#MentalHealthAwarenessMonth and Defining Mental Health, Issues, and #SEL
A few weeks ago I was on a panel for mental health for #DigCitTO and about half-way through, one of the student panelists brought us back...
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