Ashley has always wanted to be able to paint portraits. She can visualize spending quality time with friends and family drawing them. She can vividly imagine giving people portraits as a personalized ...

Before you adopt, ask yourself these 10 essential questions. Adoption is not about saving a child, it’s about joining their ...

About a week ago, I was called to the University Hospital in Minneapolis to visit a parishioner and celebrate the church’s anointing of the sick. Once referred to as “last rites,” today it is more ...

Self-reflection is the first step in learning how to love yourself. When you feel like your life is out of control, having daily-check ins to keep your mind clear and heart happy can help you stay on ...

The future is chock full of possibilities and opportunities, new chances and new journeys. With 2020 and the new decade fast approaching, many of us use this time at the end of the year to think about ...

It wasn’t until a chat with a friend’s 25-year-old daughter that I realised I’d been asking the wrong thing all along. “It always felt too impersonal,” she told me. “Try asking ‘How are you?’ instead ...

This excerpt from our upcoming book, The ESL/ELL Teacher’s Survival Guide, highlights student reflection as a tool for assessing the learning of English-language learners. However, we’ve found these ...

This week’s question is: How can we incorporate reflection in the classroom? I always feel so guilty when my students are quietly reflecting. As if the mere act of having students think to themselves ...

Fiction writer Mark Twain offered the tongue-in-cheek observation that if you ever find yourself on the side of the majority, you ought to take time to stop and reflect. Employee reflection is a ...