Mindful Movement With Yoga

Happy July, dear reader; how are you feeling today?

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We Won't Ever Regret Being Kind

Happy end of February; first, a story.

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Nourishing Souls

Happy October. Today I'm excited because I get to present

a PD session on self-care and well-being tomorrow morning.

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Battling Burnout

Today I'm grateful for the warmth of a furnace and the power to run it,

because we are in the middle of a deep freeze and I'm told

there are 4 million Texans without power since Sunday.

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Glimpses Of Goodness

Happy Wednesday; how are things going in your Corner today?

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Beyond The Bubble Bath

Today I'm grateful, because my self-care podcast episode is now live;

click {here} to tune for some out-of-the-tub S-A-F-E-R strategies,

like writing a thank-you note to yourself and tucking it away for later.

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Self-Care In The Driver's Seat

Happy November. Did you have Trick or Treaters for Halloween last night? 

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Now I'm A Bird: A Review

Happy Friday; how are you doing with your self-care these days? 

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A School Counselor's SEL Smorgasbord

Today I'm excited because the sun has come back and we've enjoyed 

several glorious walks around the lake looking for sunbathing turtles.

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Gratitude: More Than A Feeling

Today I'm excited because the Astros are on TV as I reflect,

vying for the title of World Series Champs 2019.

Mostly, I love the size of their hearts and

the strength of their character!

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Strength And Resolution

Happy October. Who's ready for some fantastic Fall foliage?

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Laughing Matters

Today I'm thinking about laughter, perhaps because I found this treasure. 
Travel with me back to 1955 and meet my mom.

See her senior year page from of the high school yearbook.

Turns out, she loved to laugh.

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Motivating Mindfulness

Today I'm excited because I spent yesterday with 

some motivated educators in Brazosport ISD 

learning about self-care and mindfulness. 

I just love inviting people to unwrap the present with me.

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Human Doings or BEings?

As I continue to dig into the practice of mindfulness,

of being in the moment and unwrapping the present,

I often wish we could go back and take away some of the

crazy running around we did when our kids were younger.

And when I make self-care suggestions,

they always have to do with us as human beings

rather than human doings.

Click this image for 10 Tips for give your self-care alternator a tune up.

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You Are Never Alone

Happy Friday; how are things going for you today?

I got back late last night from a Character Strong training in CA;

check out this serene sight from my airplane window.
Isn't the shadow of my plane encircled by a rainbow glorious?

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Developing By Design

Happy Sunday; today I'm still thinking about something that Houston Kraft told our kids about the culture of their school. He said that they needed to be intentional about how they act, because culture happens by design or default.

He challenged them to make their culture kind by design. 

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Inspiring Morning Rituals

Let's talk morning rituals; do you have one? We pretty much all have a morning routine. The better question might be, is your morning routine one that just happens by chance or is it intentional, something special, a ritual?

"A ritual," author Ashley Ellington Brown writes, "is sacred. It elevates the ordinary and the simple -- just consider the Japanese tea ceremony. A ritual is performed slowly, with attention and gratitude. It calms."

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Peaceful Hearts Playground

What a wonder-filled week it has been for us; tonight I'm at once exhausted and energized about our Peaceful Hearts Playground

 and our Kindness Rocks Peace Garden.

Photo source: Kids For Peace

Upon our return from winter break, students started working on Kindness Rocks in Art class. Once they all finished painting theirs, we held a Paint For Peace event so that families could also paint a rock for our Peace Garden. 

Here's a sample of how amazing they turned out.
I made a FlipGrid to showcase some of the rocks; click the link and use the password PeaceGarden to view the video clips. 

All of this was prep for the big day on Tuesday, when Friendswood was the ninth stop on the Kids For Peace #KindnessMatters bus tour! Isn't their bus dreamy?

Part of the Kindness Team spent Tuesday beautifying our school grounds with this heart-shaped serenity spot ... 

while the others crafted these beauties for our playful hearts tree!

On Wednesday morning they created this magic. 

That afternoon, students came out with their rally towels in hand ...

to experience the ribbon cutting and celebrate the grand opening of the new state-of-the-art GameTime Challenge Course built in partnership with our PTO and the Kids for Peace Kind Coins campaign contributors.

As you may know, our third-grade meteorologist Jet Stream Jax served as their spokesperson for this year's campaign, so we went on location from the playground a few times this week to talk with students in New Jersey and Montana. What a thrill and joy it was to watch this young role model in action connecting with peers from coast to coast. 

We are forever grateful to all of the school who fundraised with Kids For Peace to give our school family the gift of play as we continue to heal from Hurricane Harvey's fury. Hasbro, a company synonymous with play, is going to match donations until February 15th if you haven't had the chance to contribute to the Kind Coins campaign yet. The Kindness Team's plan is to head to Puerto Rico next, to build a play space there to help them heal. 

I'm hopeful that they'll need a translator.

When I asked Jax to sum up our experience in just three words, 

he eloquently replied without pause,

Live. Love. Play.

If ever you're in the Houston area,

please come and play with us.

UPDATE: Phase 2 of the Peace Garden found us laying bricks and a crushed granite bed so that our serenity spot helps us ... 

to mindfully unwrap the present for a very long time to come.

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Your Plan BE

Today I'm excited because my guest post at Free Spirit Press went live with suggestions for your self-care arsenal. Click {here} or use the image to take you there for some sizzling self-care strategies for your summertime Plan BE.

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Supercharging Self-Care

Hello spring break 2017.

Today I'm feeling joyful because yesterday I spent the entire day on National School of Character site visits and I am so inspired by how bright our future is with these passionate educators and their superheroes soaring into the future.

Tomorrow morning, I'm hosting #satchatwc at 9:30 am {CST}.

Whether you're a seasoned Tweeter or a newbie, I'd like to invite you to supercharge your self-care strategies with us.

Here are the questions we'll be discussing:

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And just so we can get started right away, 

we might even finish a few minutes early.

Join us tomorrow morning to weigh in and share your 

best-kept strategy for self-care just in time for spring break.

UPDATE: Here's the transcript in case you missed it.

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