The Power of Believing That You Can Improve (a Must See TED Talk for the Classroom)

I had an epiphany last night while I was laying on the couch, staring at the ceiling, in that ‘almost asleep’ state where you can’t quite rustle up the energy you need to move to your actual bed. As I laid there tucked into the crease of my overstuffed couch, in full relaxation mode, I…

As I was reading Shonda Rhimes’ book The Year of Yes the other day, I started feeling like I wasn’t quite measuring up. In my mind, I had been living the ‘year of yes’ since I was a college freshman, deliberately grabbing every opportunity that came my way, and I had decided that 2016 would…

Positive thinking is a powerful thing. It’s the best way to get where you’d like to be, in school, work, relationships, and life. Most people aren’t as familiar as they should be with the the power of positive thinking; they’re more familiar with the nagging voice in their head (that sounds a lot like them)….

Since the beginning of the year I’ve been purposeful keeping myself from getting too wrapped up in any one hobby. I can easily get swept up in projects, so I’ve focused on just ‘being’ for the past 3 months to see what it would be like (basically, it requires a lot of reflection and questions…