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Around the globe, suicide is the second leading cause of death in young people, ages 15-29 (click here). The annual rate of 800,000 suicides amounts to one person taking his or her life every 40 seconds. It has no boundaries of age, gender, class, or religion. In the United States, the data on suicide frequency…
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This is a beautiful quote, words of wisdom, from Richard Rohr’s daily meditation, Struggling with Shadow. Human consciousness does not emerge at any depth except through struggling with our shadow. It is in facing our own contradictions that we grow. It is in the struggle with our shadow self, with failure, or with wounding that…
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The impact of human activity is changing Earth’s climate. Climate change deniers are comfortable sticking their heads in the sand hoping to wake up to a renewed planet. However, without immediate, focused, and sustained effort to reduce carbon levels from carbon dioxide and methane a renewed planet is just a dream. Here are some statistics…
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Let me share a few pieces of inspiration about being a parent and the difficult work before us as we as we learn to nurture our children. As a parent of a 26 year old daughter, I took to great heart the wonderful wisdom of Kahil Gibran, a poet who has inspired me since I…
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Have we given much thought to whether students learn from the grades they receive? When is the last time you heard a teacher remark: “I gave my students 10 minutes to reflect on what they learned from their test grade.”? Is a grade a measure that is instructive? What message is a grade communicating to…
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