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The House Is Burning
Why Advocacy Needs To Change For Things to Change Imagine a fire. Imagine a crowd of people pontificating and talking about the fire while the house is burning. There is another crowd of people waiting for the fire to finish so that they can sell the land and build another house…hopefully it won’t burn again. […]
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The Problem With Mentorship
How One Word Won’t Fix the world of Autism Behavioral Health ” I can do it” he said. Of course, he could DO it, but the struggle, in this case, was unnecessary as he applied right-handed skills to his left-handed world. As his mentor in the kitchen, I was inspired by his excitement and […]
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Conferencing Like a Motha
Building a Place for People and Their Parts Full disclosure, I write this from the perspective of a mother who enjoys working from home. My office door is more open than closed. I have almost mastered doing more in four hours than most do in eight. I have also realized that working during untraditional hours […]
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Behavior Change
In order for behavior to change, there must be behavior change. My sister, Dionnea Seals said this to me, reminding me and encouraging me as I simply asked “What the What?” I was and have moments of frustration while sitting in rooms (in person or virtual) when people who do not have voices inside the […]
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Papercuts.
What Planned Ignoring Does and Why We Shouldn’t Get Comfortable With It It hurts my feelings to be ignored. She said it. In her full five year old boldness. And I understood it. I quickly got it. It gave me pause and moved me to think about how ignoring (planned or unplanned) is dismissive of […]
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Shelter.
What we face in behavioral health organizations and need to make time to confront. I have been on a listening tour. One that allows me to focus on my senses and take it all in. The good stuff, the bad, and in-between stuff. A self-assessment and needs analysis. Being covered and having covering for your […]
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For The Sake of Human Dignity
Cultivating Care Within Problem Behavior While Serving People For the last few months, my family has had to make some really tough medical decisions with and for a beloved family member. Like many people, we are faced with caring for ourselves, our children, and loved ones at different points in their lives. It’s made me […]
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Lessons from #Chopped
What Foodnetwork TV has taught me about Corrective Feedback, Using my words, and the importance of being a Supervisor and Supervisee. Chopped surprised me. I thought it would be about food. This show has given lessons in feedback (giving and receiving) and, how at any moment, everyone should be ready to learn and level up. […]
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Save Yourself
Burnout, Implosion, and Learning to Breathe (again and deeply) as a Clinician There are two moments in my life where I could place a finger on burnout. The first time, I was an undergraduate. And I called my mother wondering if I should complete college. I was tired …my insides were tired. Looking back, I […]
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Being the Same Will Not Do
Why Pruning Matters… My favorite flowers are Tulips. But I especially love Peonies and Hydrangeas. Fortunately, #TraderJoes keeps a nice stock of fresh flowers and I travel there almost weekly. Though I love flowers, I am a *clears throat * low activity individual when it comes for the care that fresh flowers require. On my […]
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