Feelings must and will be felt.
How do I know if I am coping well or if I am stuffing down, plowing through, numbing, medicating, avoiding, escaping, or doing anything possible to not feel my feelings? Do you feel rested, restored, and refilled after? Or do you
In that space of brave and real
When I ask how you are, I want the real answer. The answer you're brave enough to share with me. When you ask how I am, I will tell you how I really am to the depth I am brave enough
Words matter.
Shit and gifts. Not shit but at least gifts. Words matter. Yesterday, I broke a tooth really bad on the Trigeminal neuralgia side of my face at lunch, on the third dang bite. Shit. And (not at least) I was with one of
when our work is hard and important.
I have been having so many conversations lately about feeling stuck, disempowered, or held back by larger systems, policies, and procedures. What happens when we feel like the larger entity isn't aligned with our values? Or worse, we feel like it
We must choose gratitude.
May we remember that our little, rather simple (and yet still extraordinary) three-pound brain is wired to keep us safe and comfortable. And to do that it is wired to look for lack, problem-solve the difficulty even if there isn't
You can’t be everything to everyone all of the time. Part 2
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Walking alongside
"In my 20 years of educational experience, I have never had such a dynamic, purposeful, and meaningful professional development. This should be required of all administrators. Justine is the one presenter I have seen that gave it 100% in terms
Little Winston & His Big Feelings
Officially two weeks away from my next book baby entering the world! Little Winston & His Big Feelings is a beautifully illustrated book all about how to feel our big feelings, how to cope with them, and how to move them
Refuse to dull who you are to make others comfortable
You aren't too much.You feel deeply and love hard.And the ones who told you you were too much simply lied.They just didn't know how to receive all that love.Love them hard anyway, even if it's from afar.Refuse to dull who