Question of the Day: What do you say when your son tells you he lost his virginity?”

A few months ago, my sons and I were driving the usual routes: track practice, art class, grocery store, and my older son says, rather suddenly, “Mom, I am not a virgin anymore.” I could tell by the way he said it that he was just trying to get it said, so it came out…

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Question of the Day: “How was your Mother’s Day?”

If you are a Generation Xer, like me, your parents are probably divorced. Our age group ushered in a unique time in American history. The divorce rate started to climb at record speeds. The parents of almost every friend I had growing up were divorced, separated, or experiencing some level of marital grief. It was…

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Question of the Day: “What was a defining teaching moment for me?”

Every school has tough students.  Students who struggle and don’t seem to belong anywhere.  The unlikeable students who teachers talk about behind closed office doors.  Teachers bemoan the fact these students are even in their class, and often these students are passed around as they try to find a place where they belong.  The first…

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Question of the Day: “What are my limiting beliefs?”

This is Day 4 of my working with Deepak Chopra’s “21 Days of Abundance-Meditation Series”. In this series on Spotify (which I highly recommend), he speaks about the limiting beliefs that are holding us back from abundance. Since I truly believe I can meditate my way into abundance, I was forced to question myself about…

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Question of the Day: “Should I drop out of my doctoral program?”

Honestly, I am not really trying to answer this question. I know the answer. I know it “like you know a good melon,” as the woman says in Nora Ephron’s When Harry Met Sally. There have been too many years where I vacillated from one side of a choice to another when, deep down, I…

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Question of the Day: “What did I learn about my own racism from the African American Museum in DC?”

Ibram Kendi writes extensively about the effects of societal racism on our communities. He likens racist ideas to rain. He says these thoughts, images, and beliefs fall down on us and make us all possible victims and victimizers. As a white, hetero, cis-gender female, there is a lot for me to learn about the various…

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Question of the Day: “How does being an Empath make me a better teacher?”

The answer here is simple. It makes me a better teacher in every way. Being able to feel other people’s emotions makes me better at navigating through a lesson. I can feel when I lose my class during a discussion. Or, even better, I can feel when I have their undivided attention. Their attention is…

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Question of the Day: “What is an Empath?”

An Empath is a person who is highly sensitive to other people’s feelings, thoughts, and emotions. These other feelings, thoughts, and emotions are felt through intuitive abilities, and the Empath is able to know things that the non-Empath does not. I like to think of it more like “reading”, which is what it feels like…

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Question of the Day: “What are five ways to tell that you are an Empath?”

It took a long time for me to realize I was an Empath and not a crazy person. There are still days when I wonder… But in all seriousness, I did a lot of reading, soul-searching, classes, and meditation to come to terms with the reality of my gift. In the end, it really just…

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Question of the Day: “How can I be emotionally healthy when I’m an Empath?”

The current state of things makes it difficult to be an Empath. I struggle constantly with other people’s emotions. Many Empaths want to check out on their gift because it is just too much. The constant influx of other people’s fear and confusion really amps up my own. It often becomes difficult to tell where…

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