Leadership Loneliness I met with a colleague today. Call it a critical friend session, sharing of ideas, solving of all things to do with writing in classrooms and senseless data collection and of course, an opportunity to share and offload. Speaking of senseless data collection, anyone else find the weeks at school issue here in…
Category: self-help
Visual Goal Setting
This is my fourth post inspired by the NZPF conference in Invercargill. The previous posts are; “Fifty Shades of Green‘, ‘Finding the Passion in Education‘, and ‘What do our Students Need?‘. Todays post was inspired by Patti Dobrowolski, TedEx speaker and presenter extraordinarie (well, in my eyes). Patti led delegates through the Visual Goal…
Affirmations for Educators – Who You Are Makes a Difference!!
This is for all the amazing educators out there! Who you are makes a difference – Thank you! We live in uncertain times. Each day we get up and there is something being portrayed in the media about teachers or education. On the rare occasion, it is an upbeat and positive story that reminds us of the…
Survive the Easter Crazy
Easter – time of great temptation, where mountains of chocolate deliciousness lurk around every corner, ready to beckon you forward into the dark and alluring world of all that is sugary, sweet and enticing. Enough waxing lyrical! Just thinking of the myriad of chocolate yumminess that surrounds us at Easter is making me salivate. Some…
The Truth As It Relates to Cattle
The wisdom of the universe has an interesting habit of turning up in the strangest of places. When I look at the above joke (cheers to whomever it was that emailed it to me originally – I am sure at the time it served as a wee pick me up – given the trials and…
My Favourite Kiwi Music – Most Definitely NOT a Definitive List!
Kia ora fellow kiwi music lovers!! This was hard – the more I think about the iconic, classic kiwi musicians and bands that have shaped who I am, and those that are emerging and will no doubt create future memories and shape the world we move into, the harder it became to narrow the…
GMO Food Debate – to be Informed or Not…
I am relatively new to the GMO, Monsanto issue. For some reason, it has completely flown past my ‘must find out more and be informed’ radar. Like most, I’ve seen snippets of the debate and I’ve seen posts alluding to it on FB. I did however believe that it did not apply to NZ, and…
The Self Esteem People Suckers
Some people suck the self esteem right out of you… Have you noticed these ‘self esteem suckers’ wandering the universe, preying on unsuspecting people going about their daily business? I am sure you know the ones I am referring to. They are the members of our society that you can trace back and find, just…
Clean Eating Pancakes – Divine, Healthy and Fail Safe
I love pancakes. I love pancakes with bacon, maple syrup, cream and chopped up bananas. I’ll even splurge to a few blueberries scattered (mostly for show) when feeling a little on the ‘adventurous’ side. The problem with the pancakes I love and that I love to eat, is that they are a ‘rare sometimes’ treat…
Auckland Sunsets
Sunsets – Soothers of the Soul I love sunsets. They are like the ice cream topping of the day. This year Auckland has been resplendent in stunning sunsets. …