It was a cold, snowy day, and I had a 60-minute drive through horrible weather to get to school. I gripped the wheel, my face a few inches from the...
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It was a cold, snowy day, and I had a 60-minute drive through horrible weather to get to school. I gripped the wheel, my face a few inches from the...
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We’ve all heard the saying: “You can’t pour from an empty cup.” Yet, in helping professions, it’s often easy to keep giving until there’s nothing left. I experienced this personally....
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Have you ever tried to give up something? I recently went through the season of Lent. I am Lutheran and follow the Lenten tradition of giving something up for the...
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There once was a leader who cared very deeply for her staff. Let’s call her Kay. Now, Kay was a competent leader with many years of experience under her belt....
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Last spring, I attended a Restorative Justice Program conference with practitioners and youth from across the state. Almost immediately, I noticed something different about this conference compared to others I’ve...
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Why caring leadership matters in organizations serving children, youth, and families One of my favorite quotes from The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz is: “Your best is going to...
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“Let’s try a little experiment,” I said to myself this past December. I have been dabbling with experiments in my life, a short-term thing I want to try. I did...
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Resilience is often thought of as simply pushing through tough times, but in trauma-informed practice, it’s actually about calming the nervous system and recognizing our strengths, focusing on “what’s strong,...
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When I talk about strength-based approaches in organizations that serve children and families, I sometimes see a familiar reaction. A slight pause, then a question about what strength-based means.A raised...
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When I became a parent to four children from the foster care system, I thought I understood trauma and its effects on children. I had read many well-regarded books on...
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The holidays have a way of pulling us in every direction at once. There’s the joy, of course—the lights, the traditions, the small magical moments. But there’s also the weight:...
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This is the third case study I have shared over the last few months to illustrate Wildewood Learning’s partnership with schools and organizations that serve families and children, with a...
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