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Relax Your Gaze
Relax your gaze. Do you remember the Magic Eye pictures? Colourful images that contained a secondary, hidden image that magically revealed itself when you looked at it just right. When I was younger we had a Magic Eye book and I so desperately wanted to be able to...
We Need More Glorious, Messy Leaders
Thrill of the week for me was when one of my favourite leadership teachers responded to me on Twitter. Yep, for just a few minutes at least, Jerry Colonna knew I existed and made time to interact with me. What a grown-up fangirl moment! Like all good teachers, he used...
If you’re going to work on ‘Letting go’, start here…
An interview I listened to this week has been playing on my mind, one question in particular has stayed with me: Interviewer: You’re in a situation where you are being called to be courageous, but the fear is real, it’s so real you can feel it in your throat....
Slow down, rest up, replenish and recover
Can I tell you what’s on my mind right now? Recovery. Teachers and leaders have been telling me for weeks that they are feeling torn. They want to be back onsite; in front of their students in real-life and not on a screen, but at the same time they are not looking...
When You Speak The Truth, Those Around You Are Liberated
'We are so busy trying to convince other people that our life is perfect and easy, that we are not bringing to each other the heavy stuff we were meant to help each other carry.' (Glennon Doyle) I think there's a flipside to Glennon's statement: we convince ourselves...
What if you began with ‘Tell Me…’?
When I was a newbie DP I would often tip toe into the principal’s office with a question or to run a situation by my boss and ask for his advice. I really did tip-toe in, the hesitation I felt as a result of the stories I had in my head about how ‘I should know this...