What can make any transition more easeful is taking some of the mystery out your emotions…

The lesson: Energy follows focus. The question: What’s the BEST thing that could happen? Read on…

Healthy connections are a key to building self-confidence…

Any good mystery begins with curiosity. When something is unclear, it’s not useful to jump to a conclusion without first paying attention to potential clues to unpack the conundrum at hand. A good detective has a process and a practice for finding and collecting those clues. They don’t want to miss even the tiniest thing. Mindfulness is the same process. You are a self-detective consistently engaged in solving the mystery of who you are, day to day, month to month, year to year…

“The digital world has created a widespread practice of distraction that now requires mindfulness to be taught as a skill to help youth harvest the social, emotional and academic benefits of focus. Focus is an essential ingredient for creating confident learners, thoughtful leaders, and kind, productive classmates, friends and citizens…”

10 Things to mindfully help you slow things down in July and embrace summer, even just a little bit. This isn’t a to-do list. It’s a little bit of mindful self-care you can offer to yourself:

All around the room were proud parents, dedicated teachers and students who care about the world and each other in it. Again, I was so struck by how far we have come, even since my own son was in 8th grade ten years ago. Never mind my middle school years when the words mental health didn’t exist…

…My time at the conference concluded with a brave and powerful panel of 3 young people, ages 15, 19, and 22 (from Berkshire County, where I live), sharing their stories about trauma, mental health, managing the challenges of suicide ideation, and the systems in place that help and hurt them. Those young people were seen, heard and applauded. The needle has indeed moved forward.

You can’t wait for the light at the end of the tunnel. You must be the light in the tunnel now, as your travel through it.

Yesterday, during my weekly Zoom call as a mentor in the Berkshire County EforAll business accelerator program (of which I am a proud graduate), my fellow mentor shared this parable with our mentee…

Computers and sushi and robots? Oh, my…

When my son was as senior in high school, I gave him a rotary phone for a holiday gift. For fun. Which it really was. And for a reason. I wanted him to experience a device that was designed purely for connection…

Once upon a time, I taught twelve yoga classes a week at a kids summer day camp in Brookline, Massachusetts…

I have a kindness practice. It’s something I’ve done since I was a little girl. I like to randomly give little things to strangers. Here’s an example…

Research shows that people who remain curious, seek new experiences, keep a sense of wonder, and exhibit novelty-seeking behavior STAY YOUNG…

Journaling only offers evidence-based emotional and physical benefits when it is a mindfulness practice that is outside the norms of how we teach academic curriculum. That means freedom to choose and express without judgment and with privacy…

According to researchers, discussion is essential to foster moral development in children as well as enable them to boost their sensitivity to and empathy for those who experience injustice…