May 173 minDealing with OverwhelmEven people who speak on mental health and know the impact of mental health issues can struggle. I've been dealing with emotional...
Nov 10, 20214 minThe Fight: Self-care vs. Systemic ChangeAs 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, 20213 minThe Wounded Healer - TeacherThe wounded healer is a pretty common psychological term that refers to the idea that people who consider themselves healers can only...
Jul 30, 20213 minThings I Will Never Do As a Mental Health AdvocateSince 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, 20217 minSEL Opportunities to Support Student Mental Health Post-PandemicI 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, 20215 minHow Learning to Love Myself Impacts My Service to OthersOver 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, 20205 minJust For Today: For Those Feeling OverwhelmedI 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 30, 20205 minAsking Questions that May Lead to Better Mental Health Support for Black Students and Students of CoThis 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, 20204 minEducator Mental Health and the New Hot TopicYears 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, 20204 minThe Little Journeys to Self-HealingOne 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, 20206 minHow 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 10, 20203 minAnother Reason to Pay Attention to Our Mental Health: The Kids Are WatchingOne 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 8, 20204 minDefining Mindfulness and How It Relates to Mental HealthWhen 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, 20205 minFour of Many Reasons We Need To Talk About Mental Health IssuesA 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, 20204 minHow 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, 20203 min#MentalHealthAwarenessMonth and Defining Mental Health, Issues, and #SELA 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...