Someone in need of rescue?
Vocation and Trauma: Are you a tinned pear?
Many of us in vocational roles are spurred on by the need to make a difference - heal the world. Who are we rescuing?
A great curriculum, delivered in alignment with its intent, brightens lives.
Shining a Light on Meaning and Purpose: What kind of a curriculum does that?
An illuminating curriculum that is delivered in alignment with its intent, brightens lives. It is not about programming minds to regurgitate information on command. We need to ensure children continue to THINK and CREATE.
Late Middle-Aged Woman Buys an E-Bike
How a middle aged woman changed from driving to peddling to save money, get fitter and go greener.
The Butterflies Who Tried to Rush
The EYFS Bold Beginnings agenda is ambitious in helping children achieve more earlier. But at what price?
The Girl and the Ram at the Top of the Hill: A tale of two powers.
Power exists at opposite ends of the spectrum. Dark and light. Forceful and yielding. Transcendence occurs where they meet in the middle.
A bucket can hold a world.
The Girl with the Little Red Bucket
No crabs were harmed in this red bucket. Once upon…
The Seeds That Grew and Those That Didn’t. A Fable.
How we grow, nobody knows. We do our best; we reap what we sow. Yet, in the end, whatever is harvested belongs and is loved.
The House That Feared The Storm. A fable of learning and growing.
A fable to help describe the process of one recovering racist. If you can relate, I hope it sheds light on what you may need to do.
It's the unquestioned, every day, entrenched assumptions and values that perpetuate privilege and prevent others from standing in their power.
A Million Zeros Will Never Add Up to More Than One.
It's not always the most massive, traumatic events that cause residual harm. It's the every day, unquestioned and accepted things. Look deeper. Peace starts with each one of us.
Inadvertent blame, shame and judgement add further trauma. Be aware of what you bring.
It’s a Caring Shame.
When faced with neglect, we fill with a plethora of…
