5 Ways to Show Halloween Empathy
It might seem strange to have a post about showing empathy on Halloween, but there is a need for it. Just because people are dressed up in costumes doesn't mean that we can turn off our empathy muscles. There are several simple shifts we can make to make the halloween...
Louisville Book Festival—Bringing it to Life–5th Anniversary
5 Years of The Louisville Book Festival We’ve all heard the “anything worth doing” adages: Anything worth doing is worth doing well. Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly. Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly until you learn to do it well. The Louisville...
How to Deal with Feeling Depressed After Reaching a Goal
How to Deal With Feeling Depressed After Reaching a Goal Achieving a dream is supposed to be the pinnacle of success. You worked hard, overcame obstacles, and finally reached your goal! So, why is it that when the euphoria fades, so many of us find oursevles feeling...
Dare to Dream: Learn to Let Go of the Things You Can’t Control
Dare to Dream: Learn to Let Go of the Things You Can't Control Dreaming is fun, beautiful, and life-giving. Making those dreams a reality though is hard. Really hard. It is still a life-giving, fun and beautiful journey but you will also come across obstacles,...
Daring to Dream: The Importance of Breaks
Daring to Dream: The Importance of Breaks A few days ago I was out with a friend and she said, "Do you ever feel like you're stuck on a hamster wheel that just never stops? It's all go, go, go, rush, rush, rush." In today's hectic world, the idea of taking a break...
Celebrate National Open the Magic Day By Reading to Your Kids
There are so many literacy events in September! September 8th was International Literacy Day and September 25th is National Open the Magic Day. Open the Magic Day is a time to celebrate reading aloud, instilling a love of reading in our kids, and supporting students...
Daring to Dream: How to Handle Feedback
One of the hardest things about making a dream come to fruition is hearing feedback when it isn’t glowing. Sometimes feedback is constructive in nature (and that is a good thing). Other times, it is downright cruel. Do you know how to handle feedback objectively so it...
Self-Improvement September
Reignite Your Passions with Self-Improvement September September is more than just the start of the academic year. It's a prime time for transformation. This isn't just my opinion. Did you know that September is National Self-Improvement month is the US? To celebrate,...
Gaining Mental Flexibility
It can be difficult to change as we grow older. We’ve become set in our ways it all just feels comfortable. Why bother changing? Why Mental Flexibility Matters The reason we need to take risks and be willing to change is because, while routine provides structure and...
Using Repetition in Parenting to Help Kids Learn New Routines
It doesn’t take too long on the road of parenthood to realize that kids want and need repetition. Kids will ask their parents to read the same storybook over and over. Kids will want to watch the same movie a thousand times. They will want to eat the same food every...