I hit "publish" on my very first blogpost on December 6, 2015 and this post will be my 248th. That first post was called "My Infuriation with Education" and I was SO nervous to publish it because it felt incredibly vulnerable. That post recounted how I graduated from high school not knowing what career I… Continue reading An Educator’s Anthem for 2022: I’m NOT Giving Up
Category: Education
3 Questions to Help Reduce Your Worry-load
One beautiful lesson from COVID is that things can change on a dime. That means what is worrying me today may be a distant memory tomorrow--either because it gets resolved or because something more important takes its place. I have been getting really good at focusing on issues or problems that are right here, right… Continue reading 3 Questions to Help Reduce Your Worry-load
5 Words to Support a Dysregulated Child
These five little words can change everything for a dysregulated child: I will always help you. The trick is that we have to mean the words and the child has to believe them, and that does not happen overnight. And, it can be harder than it sounds. Dysregulation presents itself in a myriad of ways.… Continue reading 5 Words to Support a Dysregulated Child