The Secret to Longevity? Community!
Most of us want a healthy, long life. That’s a given. But, we might not always understand what we need to do to achieve that. Eat fat, don’t eat fat. Carbs, no carbs. Go vegan. Drink water! Take vitamins. And, for the love of God, stay away from processed food! But,...
Mindful Navigation of our Fear Culture
Just because someone tells me to fear something doesn’t mean that I have to. The internet is spying on you. Your microwave is watching! Silliness aside, we are a culture of media projecting fear and I wonder how that’s playing out with our students and kids. I wonder...
Empowerment to Move through Grief…RIP Bogart
My dog Bogart died. My first dog, my best pal…I had him since he was three months and had to let him go just after his ninth birthday. My baby boy. I’d often imagine what it would be like to lose him and shudder in fear, imagining epic breakdowns and the...
Get Rid of the Bully Now!
This blog is for anyone, young or older, who is being mistreated. Let’s get right to it and first determine if the person who is mistreating you can actually be labeled a bully. Is there an imbalance of power between the two of you? Does the person use their...
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...
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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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