Compartmentalization Is Not a Healing Strategy
Most of us have heard some sort of metaphor about keeping our personal challenges and professional lives separate such as "keep it in...
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Feb 19, 20236 min read
An Excerpt from the Wounded Healer: My experience with understanding healers and healing
This is an excerpt from my newest manuscript which is co-written with Dr. Ashley Streeter tentatively titled The Wounded Healer due out...
Sep 23, 20226 min read
Is Their Trauma Valid?
It's human nature to try to organize information onto a continuum or into boxes. Especially during the course of an increased level of...
Jun 14, 202211 min read
Who is responsible for educators' mental health and wellness?
There are few other professions or systems that need to be more closely aligned than education in order to function. Administration...
May 31, 20229 min read
How do we support traumatized students while still protecting those who aren't?
My youngest daughter is adopted. She was brought home as a 10-month-old baby from Guatemala all chunkiness and big brown eyes. We were in...
May 17, 20223 min read
Dealing with Overwhelm
Even people who speak on mental health and know the impact of mental health issues can struggle. I've been dealing with emotional...
Nov 10, 20214 min read
The Fight: Self-care vs. Systemic Change
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...
Jul 11, 20217 min read
SEL Opportunities to Support Student Mental Health Post-Pandemic
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...
Jul 2, 20213 min read
How Resilient Do We Want Districts To Be?
Resilience has become a buzzword throughout the pandemic. I’ve used it myself – admittedly we need to cultivate resilience in ourselves...
Jan 20, 20215 min read
Three Strategies for Fighting Educator Self-Abuse
I’m not smart enough to keep up with new technology. I’m not cut out for this new way of teaching. I’m not good enough to be able to keep...
Dec 2, 20204 min read
What did educators do pre-pandemic that’s helping them survive or thrive now?
One of the concepts I’ve been the most interested in since the pandemic started is why some educators are surviving or even thriving and...
Sep 8, 20204 min read
Give Yourself the Grace & Time to Heal From Educator Burnout & Disengagement
One of my professional interests that I am most passionate about is the concept of how I came back from the strong desire I had to leave...
Jun 15, 20205 min read
Three Ways Administrators Can Support the Social-Emotional Well-being of their Teachers...
One of the most common questions I get in regards to the way that educators may disengage or the topics on educator mental health that I...
May 17, 20204 min read
The Little Journeys to Self-Healing
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....
Apr 20, 20205 min read
Four Ways You “Should” Give Yourself Grace
It can be a bit overwhelming with all the “you shoulds” right now. You should be working online, offline, harder, smarter, on technology,...
Mar 15, 20204 min read
Five Ways to Fight Isolation and Loneliness
When I work with districts in virtual learning and setting up virtual environments, one of the areas that is often overlooked is the...
Feb 25, 20205 min read
It’s Past Time to Recognize the Supports We Desperately Need
I swore when I left the classroom that I would not forget what it was like to be a teacher. It’s one of the main complaints I hear about...
Feb 17, 20204 min read
I’m Not Your Ideal Graduate
When I was eight I decided that I wanted to go to Harvard. It was the mid-eighties, and not only were Harvard sweatshirts with the rolled...
Feb 9, 20205 min read
On The Inside vs On The Outside
I have alluded to my childhood turmoil before in blog posts and go into a bit more detail in The Fire Within, but I often keep the...
Nov 3, 20196 min read
The Comfort of Coping versus the Discomfort of Healing
I’ve gone back into therapy. I’m not embarrassed. If my arm was broken I’d go to the doctor. I’m proud that I make decisions that get me...
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