Deep Brain Learning book review and applications to Restorative Justice

I snapped this photo last night with my cell phone.  The lights of the Christmas tree blurred out the tabs on the side.  I tabbed 48 places in this book.
This was my Saturday night date, this book, Deep Brain Learning.  I read it in two and a half hours, cover to cover.  I thought it [...]

Your social media and your restorative justice elevator speeches should vary.

Lets start with social medai:
You can connect Facebook and Twitter, so your tweets are your Facebook.  I did that for awhile, but felt I had two purposes for each.  Facebook, is me, it had to be I got deactivated last fall, for acting too much like a business.  I wish I did better with the [...]

Our motives, our fears and walking in light vs dark.

This might be a bit of an ‘arm chair’ quarterback perspective.  Here’s my belief and my blog post today:
You remain motivated by fear, when you continue to walk in the dark.
I just started reading Power vs. Force: The Hidden Determinants of Human Behavior, by David Hawkins.  It was one of those odd occurances where something [...]

Restorative Justice promotion, took a new step.

One of the most popular posts on my blog, has a picture of stairs.  The point of the blog, is learning stairs.  Playing off the term ‘learning curve’.  I do think the popularity of the post, is not in it’s content, but in the photo.  People search stairs, and that photo catches them and gives [...]

From Seth Godin’s Blog – YOU MATTER

 
Seth has a great blog, link to this post, here.
You matter

When you love the work you do and the people you do it with, you matter.

When you are so gracious and generous and aware that you think of other people before yourself, you matter.

When you leave the world a better place than you found it, [...]

Distracting Circlekeeper technique and suggestions for being centered.

This happened a few years ago, but for some reason it popped in my head recently.  I remember it vividly, and I was thinking how amazing it was that the Circle went well despite the Circlekeeper.
Maybe it was me, but I want to share the story to offer you some learning about your Circlekeeping.
Let me [...]

Why do people think shame and punishment works?

The great debate about Youth Court has been in front of me again, so I sent the following email to my board.  Hoping they will pass it on.  If you want to see the study I attached to the email, It’s posted in an earlier blog, Here.
The question of Teen Court/Youth Court has come up [...]

A great ‘Talking Piece’ is about YOU!

I use the book Peacemaking Circles in my University of Wisconsin – River Falls Restorative Justice Courses.  I hadn’t read the book in awhile.  On a side note, I have a cherished copy that Kay Pranis signed for me at my first Circle Training back in 2003.  The books were just out it was exciting [...]

Tip of the week – Listening while speaking.

You can walk and chew gum.  Eat and listen.  Drive and hear the radio.   Talk on the phone and answer emails.  What about listening while speaking.  I’ve been trying to identify, label and understand something I do when I start Circles.
This phrase was in a enewsletter or ezine I get from John Kinde.  John is [...]

Promoting Restorative Justice – using public speaking skills and your audience

This morning I had breakfast with a local Rotary Club in River Falls WI.  I was invited to be part of the programming, and once again I was reminded that accepting these invitations are a real opportunity to connect with your community and promote Restorative Jusitce.
As a advocate or practioner, I recommend that you give [...]