Making a personal committment to challenge myself and change.

I have decided to do a 30 day Bikram challenge.  That means in 30 days, 30 sessions of Bikram Yoga.
Check this out: 
I wrote an earlier post about Bikram.  How much I am really, really liking it.  I started this post on July 20 and right this moment it is July [...]

An excellent read on Restorative Justice and a life well lived.

I am so passionate.  It runs intense or not at all for me.  So I read this book in less than 24 hours.  I got home around 10 pm, to find Dreams from the Monster Factory had arrived in the mail. 
I can’t remember the first time I heard about this book.  I do remember seeing [...]

I can’t get very far from blogging, speaking from the heart.

I did a recent post that was speaking from the heart, it was about my relationship to my work right now.  It feels good to write and there is something about sharing in a way to think it could help others.  When I didn’t post for two days this week, it was on my mind.  [...]

Every Friday should have a ‘keynote’!

I have been focused on the very first “official” keynote I am doing on Friday April 17th.  I’ve presented to large groups.  I trained over 300 people last year.  I love public speaking, I enjoy training and I’ve had the goal of being a Keynote speaker for years.
I don’t feel as anxious as I thought [...]

Helping with letters of apology, thoughts and tips.

When was the last time you opened a handwritten note?  Just a letter from someone. 
A few years ago in a waiting area, I was paging thru a magazine, Goodhousekeeping or Woman’s Day.  I ran across an article on writing a letter of apology.  It struck me that we expect our young people to do these [...]

Blog changes – less is more!

I believe we  have learning curves, learning cliffs and learning stairs.  Life is the wonderful menagarie of all three.  Sometimes we are completely aware and other times life gives us random lessons.
I did a google image search for stairs and found this interesting graphic to use.  Here is how I believe learning ’stairs’ works.
You step [...]

My attempt at “batch” blogging. I didn’t feel restorative.

I tried a new time mangement technique – relative to blogging.  I learned about it reading Problogger, it’s called ‘Batch Blogging’.  I wrote 6 posts on Sunday and had one scheduled to publish for each day of the week.  So then during the week (in theory) I wouldn’t have to take time blogging.
Here’s what happened.  [...]

Delayed blessings are blessings none the less.

Blessing:   Something promoting or contributing to happiness, well-being, or prosperity;
About 8 months ago I interviewed for a different job.  My resume was recently updated, I was getting approved to offer college credit for one of my trainings.  A position was open with a National Organization the position was relevant to Restorative Justice.  I just tossed [...]

Writing a book, one draft at a time.

I thought I knew better.
I wrote a grant for a major project.  I know when you get the grant money that means you do the project.  I got a grant to write a book.  I hadn’t written much since college.  That was over 10 years ago.  I didn’t put that part in the grant.  : [...]

A great resource supporting school-based RJ.

The majority of trainings I do are for schools wanting to implement school-based Restorative Justice.  This is only one aspect of my job.
I have found the more research and evidence I can share the better.  I seriously believe in building a foundation.  I also say “nothing new under the Sun”.  I have found that field [...]