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Seizing Mentoring Moments

Seizing Mentoring Moments

by Phoebe Atkinson “At its best, mentoring can be a life-altering relationship that inspires mutual growth, learning, and development. Its effects can be remarkable, profound, and enduring;...

Dancing Our Gratitude

Dancing Our Gratitude

by Megha Nancy Buttenheim In my Let Your Yoga Dance® for Special Populations class this week, I offered the theme of Gratitude. We danced our yoga with appreciation for all we have been given. I...

Love, Front and Center

Love, Front and Center

by Megan McDonough There’s a tendency to think of the brain as the master coordinator, or control room, of experience—a hierarchy of brain cells firing away orders (in the form of thoughts) that the...

Planting Seeds of Positivity

Planting Seeds of Positivity

Positive Psychology Spotlight: Alan Brown by Suzee Connole Alan Brown is a dean at the Grace Church School in Manhattan, where he uses mindfulness practices to connect to students at different...

You Are Welcome Here

You Are Welcome Here

by Megan McDonough Usually I keep my political voice personal. But as there are many in our student body affected by the latest executive order, the personal has become organizational. I'm writing...

The Wisdom Triangle

The Wisdom Triangle

by Megan McDonough I can't stand New Year's resolutions. They have abysmal rates of success, according to the research and in the lab of my own life. Around the holidays, chaos reigns, with more...