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There’s something about the week after Labour Day that feels like a new beginning, even though I haven’t been in school for years. And if you are a teacher or have children, it can [...]

John and I were in the middle of our morning walk and I heard him say something like “Do you know how often you ask me a question and then you ask me to repeat my answer?” I paused. [...]

When I think of conflict or an issue between people, I picture it being physically in the space between the two of them. But I’ve realized that the conflicts in my life actually begin [...]

This is the story of the first time I used what I teach to resolve a conflict of my own… I was in agony. My partner and I were sitting at the kitchen table. And we were fighting – again. We [...]

I've been amazed and a little discouraged by how much of the time my automatic mind spends judging. Judging events, judging myself, judging other people. It consumes my energy and drags me [...]