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"Progress over Perfection." This has been my mantra for the past three weeks, ever since I publicly wrote that my 2022 goal was to STRETCH myself - 15 minutes of workout, 15 minutes of reading, 15 minutes of mindfulness.

I a...

I remember hearing the chatter of friends at the pool at the start of the summer in 1986. "The guy punched right through the car window - TWICE! It was amazing!"

Karate Kid II was just released, and kids my age–the ripe young age of 10, were enthral...

I’ve done it in the past, and I wasn’t going to do it again.

#OneWord

I spent days pondering what my #OneWord would be to guide me for the upcoming year. I recall that my word for 2017 was #Balance. In 2018, it was #Purposeful. Last year, it was #C...

Resonance Ed: Party of... Many

 Let me bring you in on a secret that only my closest friends know… I am OBSESSED with self-assessment tools! I have taken the Strengths Finder 2.0 survey, the 16Personalities MBTI survey, the Enneagram survey, the 4MA...

I've been actively practicing deep listening for the past several years to better understand another's perspective. I say "deep listening" because when the topic is related to a core value or a previous "hurt," my initial response is to feel an emoti...

My dear friend and ResEd colleague, Sheila, often posts about JOY SPOTTING (Find her on IG at https://www.instagram.com/positively.sheila/). During the week, she takes pictures of people and things that bring her joy and then curates them into a post...

I've never written resolutions or yearly goals because I've never been able to keep consistent with them.

I've resisted and resented time constraints.

I've yearned for the destination and neglected the journey.

And instead of feeling excited abou...

Long before it was called social-emotional learning (SEL), I was weaving these principles into my high school social studies classroom. Initially, I did so implicitly by building community, cultivating empathy, and promoting reflection without naming...

I’ve worn glasses since the third grade. That means I’ve sat in an optometrist’s chair dozens of times, answering the familiar question:
“Which lens is clearer—1 or 2? 2 or 3?”

Each time, I’m amazed by how much sharper things can become—even when I ...

I drove past a farm with a large sign that read, “DUCK EGGS FOR SALE.” I immediately felt nauseous by the idea of eating a duck egg. Ducks are the cute creatures that I see swimming on ponds and in funny gifs and memes. Why would I want to EAT one?

Last week, a district administrator shared a question a teacher asked: "So, how do I integrate SEL? Should I just hug the kids when they are upset? Should I high five them as they walk into the room?"

Over the last fourteen years working as a consul...