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Educators, Listening, and Building Resilience
So … I went crazy and went back to school. I did it because I fell in love. Not with a person, but with the work I was doing to spread the word about trauma, especially adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). I love this work for many reasons, but I’m driven by the idea that when we know the way the past affects us we can give ourselves the credit we deserve for still standing. For still trying, hoping. For being resilient. During my master’s work I had a wonderful experience with middle school educators. They sounded like they had a great time, too. We explored the ways they used listening…
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Change. Again.
I find myself in a period of Transition. Again. Which makes sense, because I have made several significant changes in the last couple of years. Again. Maybe that explains my recent love affair with old buildings, especially if they are “showing their age.” It helped to unearth a piece I wrote several years ago, so I’m sharing it below. Again. No matter what sparks your life transformation (change) – something external, like a job change or divorce; something internal, like a “mid-life crisis” or realization that you are not living your dreams or up to your potential – you have to transition from the life you HAD to the life…
