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Training a group of Grade 4/5 students to be Peacekeepers at Ecole Robert Browning this week. Helping students become successful leaders in schools is the beginning of spreading peace in the world. These students learn not only about helping others, but especially about helping themselves become amazing at relationship skills as well as becoming solution Read more about Peacekeepers Training[…]
Today I read an article by The Military Wife And Mom about why kids don’t listen. The article reminded me of my training in Theraplay. Kids desperately need to move, take risks, hang upside down, swing, be creative with their bodies in order to grow up healthy listeners, thinkers and learners. The article stated, “According Read more about Children Need To Play[…]
This morning I watched a video by Zig Ziegler. What an amazing leader, inspiration, contributer to our society. His message is literally the following quote, “You can have everything in life you want if you help enough other people get what they want.” That is so simple but really so difficult and challenging. I’ll make Read more about Give Others What You Want[…]
Yesterday I watched Natalie Ledwell and Mary Morrissey talk about how to eliminate self-limiting beliefs. Natalie said the way to do this is called the Hoffman Treatment. What you do is think about an area where you’re having difficulty such as if you are trying to market yourself or want your students or children or Read more about List Your Wants[…]
Today I had the pleasure of sharing mindfulness with a group of amazing educators! I’ve been teaching mindfulness to elementary students and the students truly love each lesson. The book, Sharing Mindfulness With Children is a truly wonderful mindfulness book of activities to do to help children learn self-discipline, self-control as well as becoming mindful Read more about Sharing Mindfulness With Staff[…]
I have just begun reading Ensouling Our Schools by Jennifer Katz with Kevin Lamoureux. I loved her book, Teaching to Diversitry and this one is a terrific follow up. She writes so elegantly and with such passion for students of diversity. I love the following excerpt from Katz’s introduction: “Ask any teacher to list the Read more about Ensouling Our Schools[…]
I know that I am the luckiest woman in the world! Yesterday I spent the afternoon with my youngest granddaughter. You see, we have this tradition that we take each of our grandchildren shopping for their birthdays and Christmas. This gives us one on one time with each of them which is difficult when all Read more about I Am Lucky[…]
I subscribe to a “Daily Inspiration” And today’s inspiration was so true and helpful, I wanted to share it with you, my blog team. It recommends the following: “If you feel you’re not able to make your dreams a reality, meditation will help you and here’s why. When we direct our thoughts they create a Read more about My Inspiration Message Today[…]
It is my goal to live a healthy lifestyle in mind, body, heart and soul. I try to have a routine for myself mentally by learning something new every day. It is easy to learn new things if I keep an open mind, read, and listen with my ears, eyes and heart. I have a Read more about Living a Healthy Lifestyle[…]
Today the air feels like we are moving into the fall season in Winnipeg. As Socrates states, we need to focus on ‘Building the New.’ Fall always brings lots of changes such as school starting, leaves changing colour, warmer clothes, cleaning leaves and picking the fruit of the plants, possibly freezing and/or canning fruits and Read more about Change is Inevitable[…]