Teacher • Runner • Competitive • Environmentalist • Spend 76% of my day outdoors, mainly watching critters run up trees • Simultaneously a night owl and an early bird • What I lack in polychrome fashion choices I make up in personality. • Tend to speak in hyperboles • "I'm trying very hard not to connect with people right now." – David Rose
Another Sunday reflection. It wasn’t until I became a client of Kai that I started to feel as if I was heard. Not that when I chose to confide in my closest friends, I wasn’t heard, but he just acknowledged my feelings and I felt that it was enough to keep going. He was the … Continue reading Kai & Kay
There’s some sort of comfort knowing that there are people out there making systemic changes. Great ones. Ones that really will disrupt our ecosystem and have you stop and think. I think we've all had enough change, it's time settle in our seats. Our world just needs a little dose of happiness. Adjustment Disorder. Situational Depression. … Continue reading Adjustment
When I was younger, probably around 3 or 4 years old, I went to a beach that was just piddled with rocks, pebbles and assorted candy wrappers. I remember picking one up that was a faint grey, very smooth, almost pellet-like little pebble that I wanted to bring home. This was one of the hundreds … Continue reading Rocks
Dear Students, How are you all doing? Good, I hope. Exams are creeping up and I know a lot of you are worried about getting those A’s. I know you’ll pull all-nighters, chug those 5-energy drinks, hop up on coffee - anything to get those A’s your parents want you to get. But let me … Continue reading Students
On the days my busy-flitting-exterior self catches up with my racing mind, you're really going to regret asking me about my day. I guess that’s the downfall of living a high-functioning life with anxiety. Nobody would ever believe something was wrong because if you ask me, I’m fine. Really, I am. But just hear me … Continue reading Full
You know how people say that the best way to face your fear is to face it head on? I find that rather inaccurate. Say for instance, you're afraid of snakes. By the way, I actually love snakes and they are probably one of the most misunderstood animals, they would never intentionally hurt a human … Continue reading Snakes
I put 110% into my career as a teacher even though I consciously know I run at 100. The added 10% is reserved for my students that just need a little bit more: an end of the day check-in, a 2-minute conversation about their bombed math test in the hall or a quick email to … Continue reading Reciprocate
I needed everything to be varying degrees of perfection. For the longest time, I was trying so hard to combine a spectrum of greys into a solid shade only now realizing that it was simply impossible. How could I gear one lesson to meet the needs of 29 creative human beings? It was exhausting trying … Continue reading Process
I'd like to dedicate this post to one of my dear friends. I had lunch with an old colleague of mine (we'll call him Mr. C) and I was explaining to him how GPSs were confusing because they used cardinal directions. How was I suppose to know where North was if I was lost? He … Continue reading North
I would like to start by saying thank you. Thank you for taking those minutes that you could have spent playing Candy Crush (Is that still relevant?) or checking those Tinder matches to read this girl's blog. You might have felt obligated to read it because I asked you to or it might have just … Continue reading Chatter
The Greyish Areas 