There are many ways a child will use a Kleenex inside my counselling space. There is the one-blow-and-trash-it method; the...

Where are the places and memories that have brought you great wounds and great suffering?

We survived by telling stories. We survived by creating lies. We arrive on this small blue planet very late. This massive interconnected...

Photo by Nathan Dumlao on Unsplash If I am asking you to so something you don't feel like doing, I am not helping you, in fact I am...

Photo by Elena Mozhvilo on Unsplash Technology is moving into the educational sphere in an ever-increasing way. The BC Ed Learning Plan...

Photo by Lukas Leitner on Unsplash Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s...

Easy to learn, hard to master. This is the goal of every video game developer.  It is the hallmark of the gaming industry.  It allows a...

One of my goals for 2017 was to increase my skill at swimming so that I can eventually overcome my fear of swimming in open water. As a...

I am sitting across from a client. We have worked together over the last few years so I have been able to witness some significant and...

Photo by Noah Buscher on Unsplash Brains love uncertainty. What? You just finished writing a post about how brains love certainty and now...

I am very fond of certainty. I have written about my addiction to certainty in one of my other blogs. Certainty is about the desire to...

One of my favourite sayings is "slow and steady wins the race," probably because this pretty much defines everything I do.  I don't do...

Photo by A A on Unsplash Years ago when I was training for a marathon, I was participating in an 18 mile training run.  It was a hot...

It is the last hour of school before school is dismissed for spring break.  I am going around to the classrooms checking in on students...

I 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...

I am at a school meeting attended by a classroom teacher, a resource teacher, a school administrator, a  support worker and myself as a...

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...

All of that practice in social engagement helps us learn to regulate our own feelings.  It helps us practice those all important social...

Schools are looking for ways to best serve a diverse group of students. One of the ways students qualify for additional support is...

Photo by Anthony Tran on Unsplash I am talking to a group of university undergrad students via Skype.  The topic is neuroplasticity and...