What if I told you that expressing gratitude is not just a thing we should do around the holidays? Gratitude has a bigger impact on our lives when we express it daily. Implementing a daily gratitude practice can improve our mental health, relationships, our mindset, and even our immune system. Gratitude is defined as “the…
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3 Easy Ways to Bring Peace into your Life
Do you remember the feeling you had as a kid where everything was light and almost carefree and full of peace? As we get older we all seem to lose some of that light. If you’re like me, you’ve spent time trying to figure out how to get some of that lightness back into your…
Mastering the PEACEful Goal Setting Strategy
Have you ever heard of or used SMART goals before? I don’t know about you, but I could never fully buy into them. Something about them didn’t sit right with me so I developed my own strategy for goal setting called PEACEful Goals with the focus of operating from peace to plan and achieve goals….
3 Strategies To Utilize When Life Unexpectedly Changes
We’ve all been there. We’re working towards our dreams, hitting all of the checkmarks, and life decides we need to switch it up. Before we know it we are pulling scraps together trying to not fall apart while we navigate the change. All because life unexpectedly changes. This could be anything from job loss, a…
3 Reasons Why Losing My Dream Job Was the Best Thing to Happen and How to Begin Again
I’ve tried writing about losing my dream job many times over the past few months. I get a few sentences in and stop and forget about writing it. Here’s the truth: I lost my dream job. I lost the path I had made for myself since graduating high school. Go to college. Become a teacher….
26 Things I’ve Learned in 26 Years
Birthdays are a great time for reflection. It is another built-in time throughout the year where you can reflect on your previous 365 days around the sun. I’ve compiled a list of 26 things I’ve learned so far in life. I’ve learned more than just these 26, but these are great ones to share. As…
2020 Reading List
One of my resolutions is to read more in 2020. Here is a list of all the books I want to read in 2020.
Goodbye 2018, Hello 2019!
Goodbye 2018 Hello 2019! I don’t know about you, but this year seemed to FLY by. Like every other year, 2018 had its ups and downs. I have grown individually as well as professionally. 2018 led to some wonderful trips, new music, and big changes. The last few weeks of the year I always take…
A Letter to My Future Students
Today is the day I meet a new set of kiddos, I meet you. The day that I am able to start impacting, teaching, and growing with you. My future students.
What We Are Missing In Early Childhood
I am an advocate for children’s rights. Rights that are lacking in early childhood. There are some critical happenings we are missing during the early years of life. What we are missing in early childhood worries me about the future. What we are missing is putting us on a broken conveyor belt of education. It needs…