Back at it! Student lighthouse creating an awesome new student welcome at BLE! #bLEADsgreen #leaderinme

Mission statement vibes! #leaderinme#canva#schoolcounselor

“The world is not always a kind place. That’s something all children learn for themselves, whether we want them to or not, but it’s something they really need our help to understand.”

Walk with fear in one hand and courage in the other. Courage is not the absence of fear. Courage is fear walking.

If you judge your worth by your achievements, you feel worthless whenever you fall short of a goal. Stable self-confidence comes from learning to separate your performance from your self-esteem. Excellence is a reflection of effort, skill, and luck—not your value as a person.

1st day of yoga club at BLE!!! This is example of yoga poses that are all calming! #schoolcounselor#yogateacher#yogainschools#bLEADsgreen

I am so proud to call you a mentor!!! I love the light you shine on my beloved profession. missourinet.com/2021/09/28/aud…

“It’s the people who feel strong and good about themselves who are best able to accept outside difference—their own and others!”

Meaning is about making a difference, not having an audience. It's better to be valued by a few than to be known by many. Your contribution is not the scope of your reach. It's the depth of your impact. Your legacy is not how many footprints you leave. It's how long they last.

Our country has the highest rate of incarceration in the world. We all really need to all take a moment and think about that.

Missouri does it again!!! Matthew Berry 🏳️‍🌈 has taught me so Much, inspired me, and is one heck of a nice guy! Congrats!!!

“People have said, “Don’t cry” to other people for years and years, and all it has ever meant is “I’m too uncomfortable when you show your feelings: Don’t cry.” I’d rather have them say, “Go ahead and cry. I’m here to be with you.”

Work provides far more than a meal ticket. It can give us a sense of identity and purpose, as well as a framework around which we organize our other activities and interests.

You ≠ your job. You are more than your job. When we over-identify with work we're more likely to: - get stuck when things are going poorly. - struggle to see others' views. - turn away from other important values in our life. Instead of "I AM a ___." -> "I work as a ___."

Leaders, there are no "bad" emotions. All emotions are completely normal, shining a light on people's needs and values. This is not the same as getting "stuck" in an emotion or letting it call the shots. Being open to all emotions supports your team's agility and wellbeing.

It’s hard to human. Grant yourself grace, compassion and courage.

"Discovering the truth about ourselves is a lifetime's work, but it's worth the effort."

Rewarding children for simply trying underestimates a child’s ability to learn and grow from experience, and can have a host of unintended consequences, often the exact opposite of what we had hoped to achieve.

The work of a school counselor is so important.

A company isn't a family. Parents don't fire their kids for low performance or furlough them in hard times. A better vision for a workplace is a community—a place where people bond around shared values, feel valued as human beings, and have a voice in decisions that affect them.