Breaks can be used to improve workplace culture, support staff wellness and the building of resilience skills. If you need help trying...

Do what you love should be more than a slogan or meme. It should be the preoccupation of every workspace. Finding love is not just...

How many meals do you eat together as one household per week? How many meals do you eat together as one household undistracted? Not in...

Without an active plan of what has been learned or what will change, I am sorry can be used to perpetuate the imbalance of power between...

A Guide for Parents In the majority of cases what we call “bullying” is someone poorly managing their own nervous system. What we must do...

Pets have the ability to teach, to heal, to bring companionship and light into someone's world. They can become the safe place to...

Find the right time. Take small steps. Repeat. This will help you adapt to a new normal. Adjusting to a new normal is going to require...

A crisis leaves space where hard feelings can become undone and softened. Vulnerability provides an opportunity for broken spaces to...

We think that crisis arrives as a sudden explosive disruption but that is an illusion. The roots of crisis move slowly. There is a...

What do you do when someone you love defies the rules that define you? There is a grieving father in front of me. His shoulders are...

Last year while walking on my home commute from my workday, I watched two of my elementary aged students toss their back packs to what...

There are many ways a child will use a Kleenex inside my counselling space. There is the one-blow-and-trash-it method; the...

Where are the places and memories that have brought you great wounds and great suffering?

There is no Sleepy Hollow on the internet, no peaceful spot where contemplativeness can work its restorative magic. There is only the...

I am a little nervous going through American customs. My husband's skin colour and last name meant that when we were dating during the...

I am once again staring out at miserable rain and snow.  It is March.  Spring is just around the corner. Outside my window there are big...

I am at a school meeting attended by a classroom teacher, a resource teacher, a school administrator, a  support worker and myself as a...

My love affair for cheese is well documented.  You can see my blog post on my cheese making course experience here.  If I ever go to...

All of that practice in social engagement helps us learn to regulate our own feelings.  It helps us practice those all important social...

Schools are looking for ways to best serve a diverse group of students. One of the ways students qualify for additional support is...