…construct for what is wrong. The symptoms, now seen as normal, become more acceptable and even expected. One might say that the insidious enormity of immaturity is camouflaged by its…
…here? I wondered after his outburst. What might help? When all was more settled and his stomach was full, I decided to invite him to share what he thought was…
…are many more homes that might if they knew it was important do so. Children need more to be curious than they need to be at school. What would it profit…
…what that might look like. Many teachers are finding themselves in the position of trying to “teach” in the midst of restrictive protocols and increased anxiety all around. Regardless of…
…the way through. Three types of play can support a healthy well-calibrated alarm system. The first might be thought of as “alarm system calibrating play,” providing a healthy dose of…
…the beauty, the magic, in the smallest of things that might otherwise go unnoticed; …enough to feel our connection to the world around us, to feel the pulse of the…
…and the mighty Pacific Ocean with its endless horizon and powerful waves. One afternoon on this trip, in a particularly reflective place, I found myself at the ocean’s edge contemplating…
…his childhood bed and waking up abruptly in the ocean of adult consciousness. Of course he was grabbing onto anything that seemed like it might be a lifeline so that…
…pretty black and white. I dare not sing lest someone find me off-tune. I dare not draw or paint or act or … well, anything that might show my lack…
…were; flat-lined one might say. It now speaks to the form of what happens while denuding it of spirit. To capitalize a word is also to personalize it; that is, to give…