Book Review: Doing Life With Your Adult Children – Keep Your Mouth Shut and the Welcome Mat Out by Jim Burns The term “emerging adults” lands so much better than my pollywog word picture. I meant to communicate empathy to my 21 year old when I said, “you have been a tadpole with gills and...
How much sleep did you get last night? Quality sleep is non-negotiable and our most powerful tool, yet humanity are the only part of creation that consistently disrupts sleep. Consistent optimal sleep is the foundation for all cognitive and physical health and performance, including immune system, hormone function, emotional stabilizers and stress...
Having a fixed or a growth mindset determines how challenges are faced. That’s why I tell my students, “There is no failing here. We either win or learn, but we never lose! Hard is good. You are literally smarter now than you were when you walked in the door!” A growth mindset comes to a...
The difference between training and tutoring is the ability to transfer meaning to new experiences verses replicating the taught task. Tutoring is an intervention centered on remediation of classroom content, such as math and reading skills. While these are wonderful helpful supports, they do not train the brain’s cognitive ability to learn. ...
