To honor my favorite holiday, Thanksgiving, of course, I wanted to share a few things that make me feel grateful. (There are tons more but my guess is that you may be thankful for short posts!) Talking with Parents During…
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In the absence of love and belonging, there is always suffering. – Brene Brown If you’ve ever been excluded, you know what a powerful and negative impact it has on the soul. If you were excluded as a child, you…
Dear Elementary PTA President (a.k.a. Superhero in Mom Jeans – or Dad Sneakers), Schools wouldn’t be a community without you and we need strong communities to help raise resilient, happy kids. Thank you for stepping up. Without your efforts to…
Remember Harold Kushner’s best-selling book, When Bad Things Happen to Good People? Sometimes those “people” are our children. It would be wonderful if we lived in a state of nirvana but, unfortunately, we have to function in the real world…
Ever since reading the delightful and insightful Fat Boy Chronicles by Diane Lang and Michael Buchanan, I can’t stop thinking about it and why it hits home for me. The main character, Jimmy Winterpock is an overweight boy who lets…
On Wednesday night, I had the pleasure of speaking at St. John’s University. Along with me, were four other presenters, including Hashim Garrett, a Guardian Angel, an outstanding speaker and an unforgettable person. He spoke about his experience as a…
The reason I invested so much of my time in The Bully Project in it’s development stage is because I feel strongly that people need to see the problem in order to fix the problem. Bully allows us to see…