It was all fun and games until the AI asked me to advocate for it. A few nights ago, my colleague and friend Dr. Sarah Thomas sent me a...

As educators, we often strive to create a calm and positive learning environment for our students. We work hard to regulate our own...

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...

This is an excerpt from my newest manuscript which is co-written with Dr. Ashley Streeter tentatively titled The Wounded Healer due out...

I am confident in saying that most educators remember their first year of teaching, or at least remember parts of it in the blur that it...

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...

Even people who speak on mental health and know the impact of mental health issues can struggle. I've been dealing with emotional...

There's an interesting phenomenon that happens when it comes to change where the catalyst is adversity - people don't want to believe...

The idea of discussing teacher pay has long been largely ignored. At the root, it seems that as a society we underpay professions that...

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...

The wounded healer is a pretty common psychological term that refers to the idea that people who consider themselves healers can only...

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....

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...

Resilience has become a buzzword throughout the pandemic. I’ve used it myself – admittedly we need to cultivate resilience in ourselves...

Over the course of the Pandemic I’ve taken the opportunity to dive into reflection and learning more about emotions and how they control...

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...

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...

I was a young mother. I had my eldest son a few months after turning 21. Having dropped out of college to do so, I was not my school...

One of the concepts I’ve been the most interested in since the pandemic started is why some educators are surviving or even thriving and...

My grandfather had been a postal worker for years. He didn’t dislike his job exactly – didn’t love it either. He definitely was not...