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...
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- 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...
- Apr 26, 2020
- 5 min
How a Pandemic Can Change the Way We Feel About Teaching (With tips for coping)
I have been passionately speaking about educator engagement and how connected they feel to their professions for several years, and I...
- Apr 20, 2020
- 5 min
Four Ways You “Should” Give Yourself Grace
It can be a bit overwhelming with all the “you shoulds” right now. You should be working online, offline, harder, smarter, on technology,...
- Mar 31, 2020
- 2 min
Time to Be Still
When I was little, I remember my grandma, Nana, telling me how much her and my Bupa loved dancing when they were younger. Being that they...
- Mar 23, 2020
- 7 min
Answers to Five Common Online/Virtual Learning Issues
In some of the long term contract work I do with districts, I have the honor of helping them set up virtual learning environments and...
- Mar 15, 2020
- 4 min
Five Ways to Fight Isolation and Loneliness
When I work with districts in virtual learning and setting up virtual environments, one of the areas that is often overlooked is the...
- Feb 25, 2020
- 5 min
It’s Past Time to Recognize the Supports We Desperately Need
I swore when I left the classroom that I would not forget what it was like to be a teacher. It’s one of the main complaints I hear about...
- Feb 17, 2020
- 4 min
I’m Not Your Ideal Graduate
When I was eight I decided that I wanted to go to Harvard. It was the mid-eighties, and not only were Harvard sweatshirts with the rolled...
- Feb 9, 2020
- 5 min
On The Inside vs On The Outside
I have alluded to my childhood turmoil before in blog posts and go into a bit more detail in The Fire Within, but I often keep the...
- Feb 2, 2020
- 3 min
“If One Only Remembers to Turn on the Light…”
If you’ve read my book The Fire Within, you may remember that the first quote in the book is from Harry Potter. Dumbledore says,...
- Jan 27, 2020
- 4 min
The New Meaning of “Meeting Them Where They’re At”
When I first started teaching “meet them where they’re at” was becoming more and more of a common phrase as workshops and differentiation...
- Jan 18, 2020
- 4 min
The Relationship We Hold With Education
When I was younger I would fall in and out of “love” easily. A new relationship was fun and exciting and the adrenaline from the newness...
- Jan 5, 2020
- 3 min
Why I’m Not Choosing A #OneWord
Because it’s the beginning of the new year I have been watching everyone put out tweets and posts about New Year’s resolutions and...
- Dec 28, 2019
- 3 min
The Worth You Hold On Your Own
This is a more personal post than normal that I needed to work through. My therapist/counselor is the best at dialing in on the root of...
- Dec 22, 2019
- 4 min
Emotional Equity
I’ve been reflecting on several of the relationships in my life lately that are frankly emotionally uneven. Up until now, I’ve been ok...
- Dec 10, 2019
- 3 min
Reignite the Flames: Defining Educator Engagement and Disengagement
Listen to the Make Learning Magical Podcast by Tisha Richmond discussing this topic here. As I gear up to complete the follow-up book to...
- Dec 3, 2019
- 5 min
Three Ways Resentment Impacted My Engagement As A Teacher
One of the most important graces I gave myself when I began to reengage into the education profession after becoming burnt out was to let...
- Nov 25, 2019
- 3 min
Living On The Edge
I recently came across this quote: Life happens on the edges. We can’t find the next place on our journey until we discover the edge...
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