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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- Feb 19
- 6 min
An Excerpt from the Wounded Healer: My experience with understanding healers and healing
This is an excerpt from my newest manuscript which is co-written with Dr. Ashley Streeter tentatively titled The Wounded Healer due out...
- 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...
- Jun 14, 2022
- 11 min
Who is responsible for educators' mental health and wellness?
There are few other professions or systems that need to be more closely aligned than education in order to function. Administration...
- May 31, 2022
- 9 min
How do we support traumatized students while still protecting those who aren't?
My youngest daughter is adopted. She was brought home as a 10-month-old baby from Guatemala all chunkiness and big brown eyes. We were in...
- 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...
- Feb 21, 2022
- 4 min
Why is Discussing Teacher Pay Important?
The idea of discussing teacher pay has long been largely ignored. At the root, it seems that as a society we underpay professions that...
- 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 2, 2021
- 3 min
How Resilient Do We Want Districts To Be?
Resilience has become a buzzword throughout the pandemic. I’ve used it myself – admittedly we need to cultivate resilience in ourselves...
- 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...
- Mar 2, 2021
- 3 min
The Potential for Sensory Overload Post-Lockdown
I like warm hugs. There, I said it. I’ve never considered myself much of a hugger, but since the pandemic, I have developed a new...
- Jan 20, 2021
- 5 min
Three Strategies for Fighting Educator Self-Abuse
I’m not smart enough to keep up with new technology. I’m not cut out for this new way of teaching. I’m not good enough to be able to keep...
- Sep 8, 2020
- 4 min
Give Yourself the Grace & Time to Heal From Educator Burnout & Disengagement
One of my professional interests that I am most passionate about is the concept of how I came back from the strong desire I had to leave...
- 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 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...
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