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FINISHING STRONG: HOW SCHOOL COUNSELORS SUPPORT STUDENTS AND STAFF AT YEAR’S END
As the final weeks of school approach, the energy in the building shifts. For some students, it's excitement. For others, anxiety. And ...
LOVE AND GRIEF: THE UNSEEN ENERGY OF LIFE
Expanding on the idea that love is energy brings to mind Maslow's hierarchy of needs, a framework that categorizes human requirements f...
LOVE: THE ESSENTIAL ENERGY, A UNIVERSAL FORCE!
Albert Einstein’s profound insights about love as a universal force resonate deeply with our lived experiences. Love is not just an abs...
High-Stakes Testing vs. Student Well-Being
Every spring, as the pressure of high-stakes testing sweeps through our schools, students brace themselves for hours of bubbling answer...
LOVE IS AN ENERGY!
We grieve because we don’t know what to do with the love that we still have.
Grief is a natural expression of love that has no immed...
STRENGTH IS NOT A CHOICE!
After my husband passed, people kept telling me how strong I was. It was infuriating, exasperating, frustrating, and every other synony...
MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH MEETS HIGH-STAKES TESTING
The Cruel Irony of MayMay is nationally recognized as Mental Health Awareness Month—a time set aside to raise awareness, break stigma, ...
MAY 1st – HONORING LAUGHTER, REMEMBERING LOVE
Some people have a laugh that fills the whole room. Bob had that kind of laugh. It started deep in his chest, rolled up like thunder, a...
CELEBRATING WORLD LAUGHTER DAY AND THE START OF MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH
Laughter, Light, and Mental HealthThe first day of May marks World Laughter Day, a celebration of the healing power of laughter. At the...
ABSENCE IS A VERB: THE ACTIVE ROLE OF WHAT’S MISSING
Absence is often thought of as a static state — the mere lack of presence. But what if we reconsider absence as an active force, someth...