by Kirsten Manley-Casimir | Nov 13, 2018 | Big Ideas, Courage, Happiness, Life lessons, parenting, Self-reflection
One big lesson I learned through sport is to focus on process not on outcome. And lately I have realized how important a lesson this is to teach my kids. As parents, we need to praise the process – the struggle, the failures and the resilience of our...
by Jennifer Monahan | Oct 9, 2018 | Big Ideas, Courage, Happiness, Life lessons, Self-reflection
One of my friends sent me a link to a short, 16-minute documentary titled Slomo. If you haven’t seen it, take a look. It’s about a doctor who walks away from his medical career to do what he loves. He had two things happen that drove him to do this: first, he started...
by Kirsten Manley-Casimir | Sep 24, 2018 | connection, parenting, Teachers
I read a news article this week about a 13 year-old boy tragically dying after being chased by a group of children who forced a piece of cheese down his shirt. The boy had an anaphylactic allergy to dairy. This one hit close to home. My heart and deepest...
by Naomi Manley-Casimir | Sep 18, 2018 | Big Ideas, Happiness, High Achievers, reframing
Have you ever had a job or a set of responsibilities that you just weren’t good at? You tried and tried, but it just didn’t click? When I was in this situation, it was frustrating. I’m smart. I’m willing to do the work, but no...
by Rachel Manley-Casimir | Aug 28, 2018 | Big Ideas, connection, Courage, Life lessons, parenting, Relationships, Teachers
The beginning of a new school year is always filled with excitement and anxiety but that excitement and anxiety is SO. MUCH. BIGGER. when your child is going to a new school. I feel so much compassion for these little humans who are starting somewhere new this...
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