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...

I was listening on a podcast where one of the guests was told about an incident where a female staff member felt harmed when a male...

In an interview with Sam Harris, Daniel Goleman states, “As your mind is, your life becomes.’ Goldman talks about screen time as...

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...

In my LinkedIn interview with Jessica Bennett I talk about how conflict alchemy seeks to address the root causes of conflict in the hopes...

We survived by working together in collectives. Physical chores help calm your nervous system, help build resilience and problem solving...

Photo by Nathan Dumlao on Unsplash If I am asking you to so something you don't feel like doing, I am not helping you, in fact I am...

Photo by Fillipo Ruffini on Unsplash Fear is good. Like self-doubt, fear is an indicator. Fear tells us what we have to do. Remember our...

I am sitting across from a client. We have worked together over the last few years so I have been able to witness some significant and...

Photo by Noah Buscher on Unsplash Brains love uncertainty. What? You just finished writing a post about how brains love certainty and now...

I am very fond of certainty. I have written about my addiction to certainty in one of my other blogs. Certainty is about the desire to...

One of my favourite sayings is "slow and steady wins the race," probably because this pretty much defines everything I do.  I don't do...

Photo by A A on Unsplash Years ago when I was training for a marathon, I was participating in an 18 mile training run.  It was a hot...

It is the last hour of school before school is dismissed for spring break.  I am going around to the classrooms checking in on students...

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...

anx·i·e·ty noun: anxiety; plural noun: anxieties a feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease, typically about an imminent event or...