The last week of the year is a good time to prepare for the following year. We can do this by evaluating the actions of the past year and set new intentions for the following year (even the first week
How to Review Your Year & Set New Intentions
How We Use H.A.L.T. To Love Better
The acronym H.A.L.T. isn’t just for school settings. It helps all of us practice empathy when encountering difficult behaviors. When I was teaching art in an Oakland inner city school, educational posters plastered the walls. Several of them talked about
Appreciating Our Miraculous Bodies
I love my body because it’s part of a package. It does awesome things for me on a daily basis. It’s kind of an amazing thing – the human body. Every day billions of cells do wondrous things – keeping
Holding Focus
Do you ever notice when you bring something too close to your eyes that it hurts and you lose focus? You close your eyes or move the object away or both. As a writer, I’m a student of human behavior.
Writing: My Grief
I’m really struggling because something unexpected happened this past week. I went on my trip with my family and I discovered that my wrists didn’t hurt anymore. My thumbs didn’t hurt. Nothing hurt. After an hour of using my computer
