Forgive your Bully
Forgiveness is the path to freedom. Holding onto hate will only enslave you. I have heard from so many people about their horrid tales of being bullied when they were young. There is no doubt that being bullied is incredibly damaging. This person has been so cruel to...
Mindfulness is Easy
Everyone is talking about mindfulness as if it is difficult to learn and separate from our daily life. The truth is that developing a practice isn’t complicated. It’s primarily a way of being – of living each moment, more awake. Mindfulness as a Way of...
This Too Shall Pass – Fostering Mindful Resilience in Teens
This past summer, while teaching summer school, I decided to truly teach mindfulness to a group of fifteen-year-olds. Writing a book for high school teachers on how to develop a practice in any class means that I had to walk the walk, or at least, silence the room....
Mindful Summer School – English Preview to learn Life Lessons
When I’m mindful it feels good walking outside and I love listening to the birds and to the silence. I look around at everything that I was missing out on in the world like the flowers, the sky and everything else. – Tim, a grade ten student Every year I teach summer...
Epiphanies Shape Our Thoughts
In order to facilitate a culture of curiosity we can provide students with opportunities to open their minds to questions and discussions about who they are and what they believe. Epiphanies usually come from curious minds. Once experienced, our minds are opened up a...
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Hello! It’s Jodi, founder of Imperative Education. You know, ever since I can remember I’ve been interested in how people communicate… how relationships are formed. At McGill University, I studied Communications so that I could take this focus from intuition to fact, and from serious interest to passion. I decided to become a teacher, like so many, to make a difference and that initial goal hasn’t paled at all throughout the years
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