On Simone Biles and mental health
When commenting about Simone Biles’s decision this week, I made a mistake. I was meaning to respond to people mocking her for giving up, so I pointed to h...
When commenting about Simone Biles’s decision this week, I made a mistake. I was meaning to respond to people mocking her for giving up, so I pointed to h...
In the summer of ’76, my family–my father, mother, older brother, and myself–travelled from Michigan to Alaska and back by car. Our family sta...
This has always been the deal. What I get: All the benefits and privileges that come with looking like a heterosexual, cisgender man. What I give up: The right ...
I tend to have two kinds of nightmares. My scariest nightmares are usually things that were just plain silly when I woke up. For instance, years ago, I dreamed ...
As part of the first week icebreaker activities, we did Three Things on Friday. For “Three Things”, students in groups come up with a list of three ...
I live in a mostly black neighborhood. I just saw a white man, a 20-something, standing on the street corner clearly taking a picture of something down the stre...
My first week of school is now over. During this week more than any, one thing that’s on my mind is where we start with our trust levels with students. Th...
Watching my child play online with his friends, I notice that one of the primary ways that we learn how to navigate our emotions is by seeing others express the...
One of the characteristics of the Avoidant is a pervasive feeling of invisibility. This is related to low self-esteem and feelings of insignificance. One of my ...
I was taking an online mental health quiz and I got to this question: “Do you often see potential for danger in situations that others in your life take p...