I was in a conversation today where we were talking about never giving students consequences. Yesterday there was a meeting where I heard someone say they don’t want kids to feel disappointment, and the day before where someone else was talking about how we always want to protect kids from feeling uncomfortable and experiencing failure. These are common conversations in the world of education. They are common conversations with parents. I get it, we all want so much for our kids, but that is...

You look around the room, who is missing? The table is set, the holiday meal is being served. Who is missing at your table? You look and see a chair, one that was used in the past, empty of the loved one you miss, and a cold plate. The table and the people there offer a circle of solitude, and yet, the ache from the absent person is filling your stomach faster than the Christmas meal.  It is grief. The heart feels lost, the spleen broken, and the temples feel full with pressure. The pressure...

“I deeply and completely love and accept myself.” I was sitting across from my Reiki Practitioner and as she asked me to repeat those words, I could not do it. I stopped cold, tears filling my eyes, and put my head in my hands. “This one is hard for you,” she said. Honestly, I did not know how to say those words to myself. I could have tried to fake it and say I do love and accept myself, but that would have been a lie. A lie to myself and a lie to this person who I trust and who has always...