Thank you is simply not enough.
Cohort 4 makes 165 administrators at Special School District of St. Louis County Dare to Lead™ trained by me. There are no adequate words for how much this work with SSD has meant to me. There are no adequate words for how
Courageous stories
I just finished my last 2023 cohort with SSD. That cohort post is coming Monday. Because I apparently never posted cohort one, and that is not okay! The book ends of this cohort and the cohort that ended today in the season that
Grief simply means you chose to love.
Twelve years ago today, we transferred our first two embryos. Our forever wonders. Today, I honored them by mothering and teaching courage to forty more people at Special School District. Grief simply means you chose to love. What a gift it is to love
So much to be grateful for.
The day before my last event of 2023 means a day of full-on rest. Because you can't give what you don't have. I can reflect and wrap up next week. Because the truth is that there is a lot to reflect on and
Thank you simply is not enough.
Another incredible Dare to Lead™ training with more Directors and Coordinators at Special School District of St. Louis County is in the books. Some of the toughest and bravest conversations around DEIB work, major uncertainty, and of course, lots of feelings. The
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
“You do more than teach the work. You embody it.”
Quite possibly one of the best compliments. Two days in a place I never expected that my work would bring me, and yet I was back for the third time in the Panhandle of Nebraska. Monday it was day one of
May we own our part always.
What people think of you is none of your business. Plus, what they think of you probably has more to do with them than with you. Take nothing personally.
Walking out this work.
Yesterday, I got to spend the day with HR professionals at the @cihrc_HR, and it was amazing.
People first.
Because seen and loved people work harder, they make fewer mistakes, they learn and grow, the create and innovate, and you keep good talent.
