On the outside, I am a pillar of grace. A colleague complimented me on my patience, and I smiled, nodded, and accepted the praise. On the inside, however, I was screaming. The collision of anxiety and ego. I had a coworker who lived in a perpetual state of "the sky is falling." She was a modern-d...

Over the last two weeks, we’ve journeyed back to my early days in the classroom. I told you about my tradition of calling parents just to find one true, positive thing to say about their child, and how holding up that positive mirror completely shifted the environment. If you missed those message...

Last week, I reflected on my early days teaching, and the tradition I started of calling every single student's parent or guardian within the first three weeks of the semester just to share one genuine, positive thing I noticed about their child. If you missed that message, you can read it here. ...

This is the first installment of a three-part series about the transformational power of one simple shift in perspective. It's inspired by something I realized early in my career as a teacher—one small change that didn't just transform my classroom but gradually changed the way I moved through th...

Hello friend, When life feels hard, it’s easy to believe we’re trapped in the struggle. But the truth is, we are always only one thought away from peace. Not because the hard things magically disappear, but because peace isn’t “out there” somewhere for us to find. It is within us. It is our trues...

  We’re in a big season of change over here. Last weekend,  I got to watch my oldest child walk across the stage and receive his college diploma. There’s something about seeing your child in a cap and gown that hits you in the gut in the best possible way. It’s pride and nostalgia and “ho...