A strong part of my journey lately (always?) has to do with self-acceptance. I relate to what Dan Oestreich writes: There is so much hubbub around us about self-help and improvement that the key precondition of personal change — self-acceptance — often gets completely lost. With all the books and tapes and learning groups out […]
Category Archives: Learning
Healing as an ongoing, instinctive process
My dad has been blogging at The P Train. Here is an excerpt from what I found to be an inspiring recent post illustrating how life continuously provides us with opportunities to recognize the gift of being alive. Cat and I listened to a CD of various speeches from cancer survivors and this particular one […]
Developing New Habits
Can You Become a Creature of New Habits?By JANET RAE-DUPREE Rather than dismissing ourselves as unchangeable creatures of habit, we can instead direct our own change by consciously developing new habits. In fact, the more new things we try — the more we step outside our comfort zone — the more inherently creative we become, […]
Learning From Others
I feel so fortunate that my life includes opportunities to learn from and be with children. Here is a bit of learning that I journaled about the other day. One day as a school counselor, a fortunate human being, sharing, relating and exploring in an educational community. Today I learned about bravery. These children are […]
Hearing, Seeing and Loving
Anne Stadler recently inquired on an email list: I am wondering do you feel “heard”, “seen”, and “loved”—even by the people with whom you are conversing? Do you feel you are engaging fully (using all your intelligences!) with each other and the whole in this exploration? Many inspiring responses have emerged… and here is what […]
Educating for Wholeness
I recently updated Educating for Wholeness. There you’ll find perspectives from parents, teachers and students as well as learning activities that I facilitate with students and parents. Have a peek: What We’d Like to Learn Giving Information Rather Than Nagging Turning the Television Off The Value of Class Meetings Making Our Fraction of the World […]
What We’d Like to Learn
Another inspiring list generated in a recent parenting group: What we wish someone had taught us: Listen from the perspective of who you are communicating with. How to calm yourself when agitated or stressed. How to spell! How to be empathic and careful and conscious of the consequences of words. Be present – in the […]