A Collection of Blogs, Thoughts and Ideas
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While it has been a couple of months that this post was originally placed on this site I wanted to return to it this month to ask you to reflect on 2017. Are you #striving? In these times of unrest, turmoil, and struggle, our brains might consider that the work we do as educators…
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Originally posted on Recipes For Resilience: When stress and anxiety are provided a window of opportunity into your heart, mind, soul and body, they quickly focusing on creating imbalance in your world in order to be able to invite their close friends depression, anger and frustration to the party. Seeking to find and keep your…
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In these times of unrest, turmoil, and struggle, our brains might consider that the work we do as educators is too difficult, too exhausting, possibly unfulfilling, and/or that we simply can’t meet the needs and expectations of everyone who has an opinion about education. Well, rest assured that there is hope, there is a way,…
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Originally posted on Recipes For Resilience: As many of you might be aware I focus a lot on the issue of #resilience development, its importance as a personal skill for all, as an essential asset for our students, and as a trait that can be nurtured in each of us.? ? Well, I heard a…
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When stress and anxiety are provided a window of opportunity into your heart, mind, soul and body, they quickly focusing on creating imbalance in your world in order to be able to invite their close friends depression, anger and frustration to the party. Seeking to find and keep your balance, and allowing your resilience to…
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As many of you might be aware I focus a lot on the issue of #resilience development, its importance as a personal skill for all, as an essential asset for our students, and as a trait that can be nurtured in each of us. Well, I heard a story of a student at one…
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Had the opportunity to listen and speak with Delaine Eastin, former California State Superintendent of Public Instruction on Thursday, October 20, 2016. She is so knowledgable, witty, intuitive and focused on building better educational systems and environments for all of our California children, and she spoke eloquently about the need to focus on a child’s…
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If you happen to follow my posts on WordPress, Facebook, or Twitter, you know that I was able to spend an incredible day with my father, Eugene “Queno” Martinez, this year. We laughed, ate, talked, cried, and shared simply the most amazing time. Unfortunately, not a week later my dad found himself in the hospital…
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I frequently speak about issues of #Resiliency, and sometimes I focus on my personal resilience, and yet, as I reflect on the journey of my almost 90 year old father, I have come to better understand the roadblocks that he has faced, and crushed through his years! His life has been filled twist and turns,…
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I frequently speak about issues of #Resiliency, and sometimes I focus on my personal resilience, and yet, as I reflect on the journey of my almost 90 year old father, I have come to better understand the roadblocks that he has faced, and crushed through his years! His life has been filled twist and turns,…
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