My Sm’Heart Filter A Social Story for Elementary Aged Students & Beyond! Although I wrote this social story as a…
Birthday Invitation ~Dreams and Wishes~ It’s my birthday this week. The big 6-0! When I look back at old photos…
Mr. Rogers, The Gentle Giant I never realized how much of an influence Fred Rogers had on my life. Over…
Hey, little girl, I see you! I see you trying to be small, unnoticed in class. I see you cringe…
Makes Sense! Today, as I was working one-to-one with a student at school for math time, she was particularly fidgety…
“I felt really calm,” said one 7th grade student. “I felt like I was far away from the problem. It felt…
“…because it’s amazing!” When a 2nd grade student describes mindfulness as “amazing”, I think administrators, teachers, and parents need to…
7 Questions Every School Should Answer ~because our children deserve a “sm’hearter” education ~ Transcript for video: We hope that…
Did you ever have a “light bulb moment” and want to run to the top of a mountain and shout…
Yesterday when I saw the news headline “What The Michelle Carter Conviction Means For YOUR Kids” my heart hurt deeply…
Resources supporting “Why Mindfulness/SEL in Education” (“Why I Teach Mindfulness”) “When we look at low performing schools it’s not that…
Look Upstream The following story is dedicated to all who feel like they are drowning in this crazy thing called life: parents overwhelmed…
At the start of this school year, I introduced mindfulness to four different special education preschool classes of students with a…
Last school year I had the privilege to teach a mindfulness program at an inner city elementary school in Sacramento…