Action is Required The absence of punishment is not enough. I find myself repeating the same sentence a lot recently in response to a story I continue to hear. I heard it from a school administrator and coaches this last week and from the department head of a hospital on the west coast, an HR […]
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Being With Our Sadness Finn’s eyes filled with tears, and her voice trembled as she said,“My sadness is really strong right now.” I silently took her hand and we walked outside, sat on the bench and watched the goats. Between tears she shared her sadness and fears, leaning back into my arms. With her 6
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Practicing Stoicism I listened to the doctor explain what seemed like an endless list of diseases she wanted to test for. I knew the names of some but others fell into the list of “will never be able to spell that correctly enough to google.” But I knew the names of some and my stomach
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Knowing When To Quit “Quitting isn’t giving up, it’s making room to move forward.” Knowing how to quit with confidence is key to building resilience, grit, motivation and raising self motivated kids. I repeatedly hear parents say that they won’t let their kids quit because they want to build resilience, teach them to stick things
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Moving Forward Beware the narrative lane changes, and have the courage to call it out. Moving forward, there will be a lot of attempts when it comes to arguments about gun control & mental health and it is important to see them and call them out. Catch these following lane changes that others will try
Move Forward With Love Move forward with love. How do we move forward after this week tragedy?How do we move forward after reading the stories of the bravery of the teachers slain?How do we move forward when with every new update, every new article, every new video of the terror stricken parents, causes our hearts
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Our Hurting World The world feels so messy right now.Covid is back on the rise.19 children and 2 teachers murdered in their classroom.War in UkraineFamine across AfricaWomen’s access to safe abortions threatenedLife and our connection to each other feels both complex and complicated.And we often make things messier in our attempts to avoid the discomfort
Our Shared Humanity 18 children3 adultsShot to death in Uvalde, Texas, while at school, a place where no child or adult should take their final breath. What do we do? We pay attention. First to our own response. Did you lean into that horrible, gut twisting fear in your stomach that you felt when you
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On Kindness “Go F*^king kill yourself”I quickly scanned the rest of the text before reading the hate filled sentences out loud.I handed the phone back to teen and listened as she shared her story during another one of my free mental health and leadership workshops for teens.Her story was followed by others.I spent some time
Baby Steps Correct me if I’m wrong, but, the expectation of a baby when they start walking isn’t to run a marathon the next day. And I’m pretty sure I’m not the only one who squealed with delight when my children took just one single step before plopping on their bum. And…the next time they stood up