After I retired from my district position, I was a little lost. It didn’t matter that I had made the choice to leave, there were pieces...

One of my favorite Ted Talks of all time is titled Inside the Mind of a Master Procrastinator by Tim Urban. Being a master procrastinator...

As I’ve worked with more and more people and my PLN has grown, I’ve realized that I have a knack for creating quick, deep relationships...

If you are a good teacher, you are grateful for your job and you live for the first day back. If you really cared about your students,...

This post may give you bit of reader’s whiplash, but I promise it comes back around. Just hold tight… Recently, in a last-minute effort...

One of the consistent aspects of any positive climate and robust, supportive culture is the feeling of being valued. When you feel that...

Watch the video expansion on this blog post here. One of the topics I speak about in my sessions and workshops on educator mental health...

Watch the video review of the Four Types of Self-Care here. Self-care is becoming as much of a buzzword as social-emotional learning, yet...

As a Tech Director, vendors and edtech companies drove me crazy. I’m not going to lie. The 50 emails I received a day for mailing lists...

I’ve written many blog posts about my core beliefs and how I’ve developed them. The core beliefs I hold, the values of education in which...

When I was 18 and moving on to college, I was extremely uncomfortable in my own skin. It was brought on by years of being told I was...

Let’s face it, our kids’ graduation is just as taxing on us as it is on them. Probably more so because they most likely don’t yet...

One of the characteristics that people pick out most often about me is my level of resilience. Some mix it up with tenacity and they do...

Yesterday, I resigned my position as Director of Innovation and Technology for the school district I work for. Immediately, when I tell...

I just finished the book Micro-Resilience by Bonnie St. John. From the beginning just the title caught my attention and I’ve spent a lot...

I have been unhappy lately and I don’t know why. I know I often discuss my depression and anxiety openly but this is not that. It is a...

Since I’ve been in my current role, I have focused my efforts on what I have believed to be important supports for my department and the...

There is no doubt that I am terrible at taking care of my body physically, and lately I’ve been suffering the consequences of years of...

I have never been an inherently silly person. Am I friendly and do I love to laugh? Yes. Although sarcasm and irony have always been more...

I really believe that in education one of the most fundamental feelings we need to have is efficacy; the need to feel like we make a...