Chin up. Stay Positive. Clear Eyes…Full Hearts can’t lose…you have heard it right? The reminders that you need to have a good attitude. You need to look at the bright side. You need to… You need to… You need to… The chorus of Toxic positivity can ring very loud during…

“Look at me Mommy” my son said as he fearlessly attempted flips on my hardwood floors with no spot protection and no cushion. My heart eventually began to beat again as I applauded his efforts. He was feeling confident…this was good. I had already looked at his school work and…

Many of us have a love and hate relationship with the 1st day pictures that we see online of kids of all ages returning to their respective places of learning in the Fall. It seems that it is a rite of passage that after all of the digging through bins…

It seemed like only yesterday…or maybe it was last week…or possibly the week before… it is hard for me to recall time since the pandemic began but you understand what I mean right? Let me try this again…it feels like only yesterday when I gathered fancy glasses and ordered pretty…

Companies have made policies, mascots have been eliminated, people are talking and it seems that more and more people are agreeing that Black Lives Matter. Now we can rest right? Or can we? How do we trust the colleague or company that never seemed to care about equity before who…

Unfriending Racism… Since the pandemic my days have included more reflection than typical. So let me set the stage…I am a Licensed Professional Counselor, an author and a speaker. I think a lot. I love to process and evaluate and use critical time to chew on concepts so reflection is…