Summer road trips prior to 2022 were an escape. An escape from the story I told about the demands of the role I played in a school environment. When I took my own advice, and changed the story I told about the demands, the intensity lessened – it became manageable.
Road trips are now an experience.
Read MoreHow do you define wellbeing? For me, the word balance is the simplest response. somewhat-random-rewind ⏪ When I taught Behavioral Health to ninth grade students at Hemet High School in the early 00’s, I was essentially teaching myself first as I made my way through the textbook. Once I could grasp an idea conceptually, I…
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Read MoreAn example of how to use MBK in day could start with the cues: shoulders over hips. look up. Now we have Alignment – mind can download into body for present moment awareness. Now we have energy flow: mind space/heart space/belly space/muscles/skin (nervous system). Next, insert the movement: side to side, top bottom, forward back. There are endless combinations (especially with young kids). Kindness to self includes a variety of options as well such as an encouraging mantra: ‘I am capable.’ or ‘I contribute in meaningful ways.’ When we are so focused on a physical world, life and its meaning can unintentionally become focused on external conditions – that often includes kindness to others being the most important. Kindness to others is great, and I think it varies in how it shows up – but, I believe it’s organic flow from one’s state of alignment and self love allows the way we treat one another to be an authentic expression, rather than a calculated behavior.
Read MoreIt’s 4:06am as I type this on a Wednesday morning. I’m not sure if I have ever posted a blog on a Wednesday morning. I have a lot of content. In my personal reflection this morning I referred to the amount of content I have created as a ‘mountain’. “Just keep chipping away at it…
Read MoreI really like this card deck. As mentioned, I originally bought it to have available for students who were living in extreme life circumstances outside of their control. In the time spent with the kids living the situations, there was no ‘skill’ to teach and reinforce – their intelligent nervous systems were protecting them. This presented differently for each of them and who was I to say how they were experiencing their inside world, but I knew they were human and able to navigate the ‘shipwreck’ as Dr Bruce Perry (author of What Happened to You) described trauma. He observed in his lifetime experience working with children living horrific life experiences that the pieces of the wreck are put back one at a time.
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