I just finished reading the book The Slow Professor. As with many of the books I’ve been reading, the main focus was the idea that in today’s world too much is expected of us in a short amount of time, efficiency is valued over depth and reflection, and we’re all just a bit overwhelmed. When…
Happy September (and almost officially Fall)! As promised, here is part two of my takeaways from the book The Happiness Advantage. As I sat out on my patio, notebook in hand, The Happiness Advantage in the other, I started realizing I had highlighted way too many significant quotes and insights in Achor’s book to make for a concise…
The first time I read The Happiness Advantage, I was a new teacher, newly married, and diving deep into positive psychology (which was exploding in popularity at the time). I was reading blogs, listening to podcasts, and really enjoying this new perspective on life. I had just started my blog and was working on my…
The first time I read The Miracle Morning was about 10 years ago, and something that makes it so special is that it is one of the easiest and fastest books you can read for surprisingly powerful, productive results. I read it again for the second time this summer, and it really holds up. The…
It’s the second month of my reading challenge, and so far so good! If you’re an instructor and would like to borrow the following insights for your students, feel free to copy and paste the following as a class announcement. Enjoy! __ This month’s book is the 12 Week Year (if you’ve ever read Atomic…
Here we are at the beginning of another semester! I’m not sure if other online instructors get that familiar ‘back to school’ excitement during the first week, but I’m definitely feeling it. I’m excited to use my new planner, pens, and Post Its, and I’m ready to start ‘meeting’ my students as each college starts…
This school year I was pleasantly surprised to find a Mindulness Tools for Educators course offered to faculty at one of my schools. It was such an enjoyable and eye-opening class, and took just two hours to complete. As someone who is already familiar with meditating (I’m a big fan of walking meditations and the…
Recently I created an assignment for my online speech classes that I think is simple and light, yet at the same time inspiring and valuable. Here it is (short and sweet): Assignment: Journal Entry about Managing Anxiety This assignment has 3 steps: After I created it, I kind of fell in love with it. I’m…
Lately I’ve been going on walks around my little town and listening to my new favorite book on Audible, Mind Your Mindset by Michael Hyatt. I can’t recall how I stumbled upon it, and I’ll be honest, it’s not a particularly exciting book (more like a textbook that has some Malcolm Gladwell elements- but I’m…
When I started adjuncting over a decade ago it was simply because I was passionate about teaching and inspiring students (you know what they say, do what you love and the money will follow). But I don’t believe passions necessarily need to make money. For instance, I have a cheesy dream of writing holiday novels…