Category: Analyzing Humanity
Ode to Anxiety
Coming to the realization that I have anxiety has been a lifelong journey. In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month (May) and in reaction to recent health issues coming to light due to untreated anxi... Read More
Defunding the Police and Reforming Education: An Analogy
I’ve been thinking a lot about this idea of defunding the police in a sort of analogy to teachers and the reforms made in education in the past two decades. As a teacher myself, I understand the fru... Read More
The Journey to and Through Racism
This blog is called “It’s in the Journey” because transformation doesn’t occur by simply arriving at a place. We change when we reflect on the trials and errors experienced alo... Read More
Living Outside the Box (Final)
It goes without saying that there’s no place like home. Your heart is planted there. Dorothy was relieved when she woke up in her own house, just as we’re relieved to sleep in our own beds after b... Read More
Living Outside the Box (Part 4)
Fiction is truth with a pretty bow. Within the pages of a book lies the safest place to wander from your conceptual home and see through someone else’s eyes.... Read More
Living Outside the Box (Part 3)
Wandering from our physical and conceptual homes would battle indifference and improve empathy among people. An improvement is indeed necessary. Researcher Sara Konrath (2010) analyzed 72 studies focu... Read More
Living Outside the Box (Part 1)
There was once a king who built a castle for his newborn son. He commanded all personnel to shield his boy from the misfortunes of the outside world. As a result, the boy lived a comfortable existence... Read More