These blogs are true stories integrated with peer reviewed research. My hope is that they are captivating and through example help you improve your life and the lives of others. Hopeful for 2021? What are you hoping for? The end of the pandemic? The world to become a more positive place? Global warming to slow? Racial bias to disappear? World Peace? These are... Your Words Have Power A cautionary tale illustrating how only nine words limited my mother’s whole life, quoted from a phone call I had with her when she was 100 years old. As educators,... Don’t let a half-second ruin your life. Sally, a single mother and pediatric nurse friend of mine, was stunned when her son Josh arrived home from school sobbing, ran to his room and slammed the door.... The Invisible Classroom The Invisible Classroom: Relationships, Neuroscience & Mindfulness in School, By Kirke Olson Published by W. W. Norton & Company, Available here and in bookstores everywhere The book provides practical understandable principles... Nothing to Fear, but Fear Itself All these years later I can still feel the echoes of my fear. Fear sparked by Hal, a large rage filled teenager with a chair raised high over his head,... Between You and Me - Short Film Please enjoy this film focusing on exploring human relationships. What is "the glue" in your relationships? "Film Questions: - How much appreciation lives in the space between you and me? - How much gratitude lives in the space...
Hopeful for 2021? What are you hoping for? The end of the pandemic? The world to become a more positive place? Global warming to slow? Racial bias to disappear? World Peace? These are... Your Words Have Power A cautionary tale illustrating how only nine words limited my mother’s whole life, quoted from a phone call I had with her when she was 100 years old. As educators,... Don’t let a half-second ruin your life. Sally, a single mother and pediatric nurse friend of mine, was stunned when her son Josh arrived home from school sobbing, ran to his room and slammed the door.... The Invisible Classroom The Invisible Classroom: Relationships, Neuroscience & Mindfulness in School, By Kirke Olson Published by W. W. Norton & Company, Available here and in bookstores everywhere The book provides practical understandable principles... Nothing to Fear, but Fear Itself All these years later I can still feel the echoes of my fear. Fear sparked by Hal, a large rage filled teenager with a chair raised high over his head,... Between You and Me - Short Film Please enjoy this film focusing on exploring human relationships. What is "the glue" in your relationships? "Film Questions: - How much appreciation lives in the space between you and me? - How much gratitude lives in the space...