Here I am again standing before the school’s morning meeting trying to get the attention of about 50 bleary eyed teenagers. I walk back and forth down the length of the narrow room. “Off the screen, Samantha.” I say to the girl transfixed by her phone. “Good morning, Bill.” I say too loudly and a bit too cheerfully to the …
Hopeful for our future?
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 lofty goals, not hopeful goals We can be passionate about lofty goals (Who doesn’t passionately want world peace or for the pandemic to end?), but it is hard to figure …
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, therapists, and coaches it can be easy to minimize the power of our words on someone else’s life. Interpersonal neurobiology is showing us why our words are so important, how …