Motivation Matters
I have this little trick I do to keep track of things I find on social media, the internet, etc., but don’t have time to really read. I copy the link and email it to myself. It works like a charm because when I sit down to check my emails, I can see the topics and articles…
Read MoreThe Voice You Have Been Given
Listen as Alice chats with Dr. Micha Jeffries about the power of our ancestors, perspective-taking, and how small steps lead to collective change. Meet Our Guest Dr. Micha Jeffries has been an ERG consultant for many years, and is currently serving as the Director of the Master of Arts in Teaching program in the College…
Read MoreAre You Co-signing Your Life Away?
Listen in as Alice and Sherry Wyche discuss having the courage to leave things, the benefits of struggling, and what happens when you co-sign the wrong things! Meet Our Guest Sherry Wyche is a project manager for American Reading Company. Over the years, she has served as a teacher, data manager, recruiter, and program specialist.…
Read MoreSummer Slide
I have been hearing a lot of chatter lately about summer slide. In years past, I might have been concerned about this, too, but I have had a change of perspective. Do you think any of us were worried about my reading and math deficits in the summers of the 70s and 80s? Back then,…
Read MoreRekindle the Fire Within
Becoming your best self is a process! Listen in as Alice interviews Victoria Brownlee about being true to yourself even when it’s hard, having courage, and how to rekindle that fire within you that you once had.
Read MoreSeeds of Change
When I was in the third grade it was 1980. I lived in Durham, North Carolina, and I had a teacher named Betsy Little (name has been changed). She was black and I was white. Ms. Little taught me all kinds of things – too many to name here – but the fact that I…
Read MoreThe Art of Hanging Clothes
There are some people who have never hung out clothes to dry on a clothesline. There are probably a lot of reasons for this, but in 2020, we have moved to a more advanced and sophisticated culture of using dryers. I was recently reminded of the Art of Hanging Clothes while we have been on…
Read MoreLove-Hate
I have a love-hate relationship with this whole Stay-at-Home, living in The Upside Down thing. On certain days of the week (that don’t correspond to real life days of the week at all), I am happy and content. I sleep well, I wake up and exercise, feel refreshed after a shower, and carry on with…
Read MoreThe Waiting Place
A wise woman once told me that if no one else writes it you need to go ahead and write it. I keep wondering why no one is writing about The Waiting Place. You know that part in the book Oh the Places You’ll Go by Dr. Seuss – where he talks about you’re going…
Read MoreNow is Not the Time
I was supposed to write a blog last week and I didn’t. I was disappointed in myself and pretty much punished myself for not checking this off a long list of items had for the week that I also didn’t get to finish. I felt pretty guilty about it – even though no one knew…
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