by Kristi Pikiewicz | Oct 13, 2021 | Digging Deep Project, Mental Health, Self Help, Social-Emotional Learning
“Hey Siri, I am angry. Really angry. Can you help?” When you ask an iPhone this question, as one participant in this research study did, the avatar, Siri, returns the advice, “I’m sorry you are going through this. Take a break and find something that makes you...
by Kristi Pikiewicz | Aug 19, 2020 | Inspiration, Mental Health, Self Help, Uncategorized
I’m on the admin team at a small K-8 school in Boulder, Colorado, and as I write this, we are still wondering what back-to-school is going to look like a week from now. Will we really be able to use outdoor classrooms to create socially distanced learning? If...
by Rosemary Lokhorst | Jul 8, 2020 | Inspiration, Mental Health, Self Help, Uncategorized
As my dad always used to say, “We all have s… we have to deal with.” Unfortunately, he was right: Over the last 10 years, I have certainly had my share of “s…,” including mental health and physical health challenges, and challenges that seem to mix the two so that my...
by Kristi Pikiewicz | Jun 10, 2020 | Mental Health, Self Help
In 2001, my then-boyfriend said this post’s title to me so many times while I was learning to ski that by the end of the day he was my ex boyfriend. Nineteen years later I am beginning to realize he may have been onto something. If you’ve learned to ski or...
by Guest Blogger | Apr 29, 2020 | Self Help, Uncategorized
A few weeks ago, we wrote about the Compassionate Self-Care Cards developed by Evieann Barber to help guide self-exploration in young people and even adults going through tough times. But there was still more to say! Here, Evieann writes about her own process of...
by Sara Jane Adkins | Feb 12, 2020 | Inspiration, Mental Health, Self Help
“She will be okay,” the doctor whispered to my mother as he turned away from my hospital bed and exited the sterile room. My mother walked toward me and carefully pulled the warm, grey hospital blankets over my tiny, still body. When I was 17, I developed an eating...
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