Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com I’ve been thinking a lot about community lately. My husband is big on it. He’s the head of a school, and schools are incredible communities — families, teachers, and administrators working together for the good of the students. He’s also been deeply involved in our church vestry, another community built on shared… Continue reading Listening Our Way Back to Each Other
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Belonging
As teachers, you see every day how much a sense of belonging matters to kids and to all of us. We act differently when we believe that we belong. The classroom is a wonderful place to establish a sense of belonging for everyone. This can be done through rituals that you create among the students.… Continue reading Belonging
Gratitude
“Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.” — Oprah Winfrey Chris Peterson and Martin Seligman (the founders of Positive Psychology) define gratitude as, “A sense of thankfulness and joy in response to receiving a gift whether the… Continue reading Gratitude
Kindness
Kindness is a spontaneous gesture of goodwill toward someone or something. We have all heard of people performing “random acts of kindness.” What does that mean? It means we are taking the time and energy to actually practice kindness. We are looking for opportunities to be kind to others. We are being present in the… Continue reading Kindness
Erin Baldecchi Positive Psychology 