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Coaching for Equity Reflections #8
I am currently reading Coaching for Equity: Conversations That Change Practice by Elena Aguilar. Each chapter ends with a series of reflective questions for the reader to consider in our own equity and coaching journey, and I’ve decided to blog … Continue reading
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Tagged Aguilar, Amy Illingworth, education, emotions, equity, mindfulness
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The Small Joys on Social Media
My favorite podcaster, Laura Tremaine of the 10 Things to Tell You podcast, created an amazingly positive day on social media called #onedayhh. The goal is to share your day hour by hour for one day. The 2020 event took … Continue reading
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Tagged 10 things to tell you, Amy Illingworth, grace, Laura Tremaine, mindfulness, photo challenge, social media
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My Word of 2020
Have you ever had a word choose you? This year my word began to choose me as early as last September. It popped up, and I noticed it and then moved on. By November, it was appearing all over the … Continue reading
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Tagged 2020, Amy Illingworth, challenge, grace, mindfulness, OLW, possibility, rejuvenate, shine, word of the year
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Building Resiliency: October
In January I began a deep dive in Elena Aguilar’s Onward: Cultivating Emotional Resilience in Educators and the accompanying workbook. I hope to share some of my reflections as I build daily habits to strength my own resilience and support … Continue reading
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Tagged Amy Illingworth, humor, meditation, mindfulness, onward, resilience
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Introducing A New Blog Series
As 2019 begins, I’ve decided to challenge myself with a new blog series. I read Onward: Cultivating Emotional Resilience in Educators by Elena Aguilar (my educational spirit animal!) midway through last year. I loved it, as I’ve loved all of … Continue reading
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Tagged Aguilar, Amy Illingworth, blog series, Building Resilience, education, mindfulness, onward, resilience
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My Word of 2019
Happy New Year! It’s hard to believe that it’s 2019 already. Just as I have for the last four years, I have selected a focus word for the year. This is different from setting new year’s resolutions. I choose to … Continue reading
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Tagged Amy Illingworth, challenge, mindfulness, possibility, rejuvenate, shine
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My Relaxing 5 Before 2019
My friend Mari wrote about this blogging challenge last week and I wanted to join in on the fun! The challenge asks us each to name 5 ways we will relax, or take time for ourselves, between now and the … Continue reading
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Tagged #MyRelaxing5, Amy Illingworth, education, mindfulness, relax, self care, sunset
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Lessons Learned Skydiving
Today I experienced skydiving for the first time. Spoiler alert: I loved it! But this post isn’t really about skydiving. I’d like to use this opportunity to check in on my word of the year for this year and for … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, Amy Illingworth, family, fear, mindfulness, possibilities, skydiving
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6th Blog Birthday
I like to celebrate the birthday of my blog every year (see 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th birthday posts). I started this blog over 2,000 days ago. I take this annual birthday celebration time to reflect on my blogging … Continue reading
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Tagged Amy Illingworth, birthday, blogging, challenge, education, leadership, mindfulness, OLW, possibility, reading, rejuvenate, travel, Writing
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