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...

All of our interactions and responses influence those around us. The adults in the primary support system for children have a tremendous...

Stress is a normal part of our everyday experience, yet, increasingly we are finding children who are challenged with the practice of...

Two years ago, I saw an interview with Tony Robbins, a popular motivational speaker who talked about six core values that drive...

Photo by Ben Rosett on Unsplash Recently I watched and rewatched a PBS special on happiness. The documentary examined the growing study...

I have to admit to one of my guilty pleasures in order to give this blog post some context.  I love watching the TV show, “The Biggest...

One of the great learning in my years as a vice principal, through countless investigations of disputes of all kinds, rarely will you...

How Do We Put Back in Curriculum What Technology Takes Away? Technology is moving into the educational sphere in an ever-increasing way. ...

Photo by Kelsey Chance on Unsplash The opposite of addiction is not sobriety. It is human connection. Joahan Hari There is a classic...

In an ever-growing attempt to acquaint myself in the digital land, I have decided to use part of my winter break navigating twitter....

Photo by CDC on Unsplash Our moments of "unkind" and "mean" happen most when we are depleted. If you are hungry, angry, lonely or tired;...

Photo by Simon Rae on Unsplash Children need love and connection, and they also need practice in contributing to a larger community....

Photo by Ben White on Unsplash Beliefs are not an intellectual construct, they are an emotional one. Our feelings are always connected to...

Any chronic distraction creates an artificial balance in your wellbeing. When you train your brain to continuously avoid painful felt...

Every effort you make to create small repeated behaviours that move you towards your passions and desires is success. In terms of...

Crisis creates space. By its nature, it develops a ‘hole’, a rip in time and a kind of deafening silence that for most of us, feels...

Fear is good. Like self-doubt, fear is an indicator. Fear tells us what we have to do. Remember our rule of thumb: The more scared we...

A fourteen-year-old girl, “Wendy” has been shunned by her social circle for having slandered another high profile fifteen-year-old girl....