Dr. Emi Garzitto2 minRedefining Work BreaksBreaks can be used to improve workplace culture, support staff wellness and the building of resilience skills. If you need help trying...
Dr. Emi Garzitto2 minFinding What You LoveDo what you love should be more than a slogan or meme. It should be the preoccupation of every workspace. Finding love is not just...
Dr. Emi Garzitto2 minThe Myth of the Family DinnerHow many meals do you eat together as one household per week? How many meals do you eat together as one household undistracted? Not in...
Dr. Emi Garzitto2 minWeaponizing SorryWithout an active plan of what has been learned or what will change, I am sorry can be used to perpetuate the imbalance of power between...
Dr. Emi Garzitto3 minStop Using the Word BullyA Guide for Parents In the majority of cases what we call “bullying” is someone poorly managing their own nervous system. What we must do...
Dr. Emi Garzitto2 minLetter to LeoPets have the ability to teach, to heal, to bring companionship and light into someone's world. They can become the safe place to...
Dr. Emi Garzitto2 minAdjusting to the New NormalFind the right time. Take small steps. Repeat. This will help you adapt to a new normal. Adjusting to a new normal is going to require...
Dr. Emi Garzitto2 minThere is An OpeningA crisis leaves space where hard feelings can become undone and softened. Vulnerability provides an opportunity for broken spaces to...
Dr. Emi Garzitto4 minWhat is Crisis?We think that crisis arrives as a sudden explosive disruption but that is an illusion. The roots of crisis move slowly. There is a...
Dr. Emi Garzitto4 minRelationship Over RulesWhat do you do when someone you love defies the rules that define you? There is a grieving father in front of me. His shoulders are...
Dr. Emi Garzitto2 minLet Your Children Carry Their Own Backpack!Last year while walking on my home commute from my workday, I watched two of my elementary aged students toss their back packs to what...
Dr. Emi Garzitto4 minMartyrs Make Terrible CaregiversThere are many ways a child will use a Kleenex inside my counselling space. There is the one-blow-and-trash-it method; the...
Dr. Emi Garzitto3 minThe Story of My Red PantsWhere are the places and memories that have brought you great wounds and great suffering?
Dr. Emi Garzitto2 minWhere is the Silence?There is no Sleepy Hollow on the internet, no peaceful spot where contemplativeness can work its restorative magic. There is only the...
Dr. Emi Garzitto2 minRacial Profiling and Bouillon PowderI am a little nervous going through American customs. My husband's skin colour and last name meant that when we were dating during the...
Dr. Emi Garzitto3 minPower of CommunityI am once again staring out at miserable rain and snow. It is March. Spring is just around the corner. Outside my window there are big...
Dr. Emi Garzitto3 minCan We Teach Children to be Happy?I am at a school meeting attended by a classroom teacher, a resource teacher, a school administrator, a support worker and myself as a...
Dr. Emi Garzitto2 minWhen is Cheese No Longer Cheese?My love affair for cheese is well documented. You can see my blog post on my cheese making course experience here. If I ever go to...
Dr. Emi Garzitto3 minYoutube, Netflix and the New NormalAll of that practice in social engagement helps us learn to regulate our own feelings. It helps us practice those all important social...
Dr. Emi Garzitto2 minA Label is Not a SolutionSchools are looking for ways to best serve a diverse group of students. One of the ways students qualify for additional support is...