You’ve been running and working and grading and subbing and goal setting and scheduling meetings, planning meetings, attending meetings,...

Two of the biggest topics in education right now are artificial intelligence (AI) and mental health. Everyone seems to be talking about...

I have been asked more in the last two months than ever in my life if I am a licensed counselor or therapist. I feel like I always make...

It's human nature to try to organize information onto a continuum or into boxes. Especially during the course of an increased level of...

To help our students be successful, we know that teaching them to problem solve and search resources for what they need is a necessary...

Even people who speak on mental health and know the impact of mental health issues can struggle. I've been dealing with emotional...

As a mental health advocate and consultant, I speak about self-care. A lot. Districts ask me to come in and speak about self-care. A...

The wounded healer is a pretty common psychological term that refers to the idea that people who consider themselves healers can only...

Since the day I started speaking openly about my own mental health issues roughly seven years ago, I have owned my issues and my healing....

I was recently asked why I have such a problem with the term “learning loss” (or any version of that term). It’s not that I don’t believe...

Over the course of the Pandemic I’ve taken the opportunity to dive into reflection and learning more about emotions and how they control...

I haven’t made it a secret on social media that I have been struggling to write blog posts lately. It seems like something that should be...

This blog post, like many of my posts, is my version of processing my own thinking and emotions “out loud” with others so I can learn and...

Years ago when I began speaking about educator mental health, I was met with a lot of blank stares and uncomfortable glances. When I...

One of the reasons that I think mental health can be a difficult concept for some people to make sense of is because it’s so complicated....

Stress is any stimulus that requires us to change. Stress isn’t inherently bad or negative, but when it becomes traumatic stress or...

One of the areas on my body that I am the most self-conscious of are my knees. I hate the way they look. I know, it’s weird. I have...

A few years ago when I started openly discussing my own mental health issues, it was out of complete irritation that I felt like I needed...

A few weeks ago I was on a panel for mental health for #DigCitTO and about half-way through, one of the student panelists brought us back...