Month: March 2020

This morning, I got a chance to work deeper into the #SameHere Schools concept with the @manhasset school district, as we took their group of school professionals: social workers, therapists, guidance counselors, nurses, administrators, through a set of STARR practices. The idea was to help THEM, with their self care, first.  Then, once they bought …

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Was walking in the subway station yesterday (some may say this isn’t the safest place to be right now, but hey…when you gotta get around 😉 & heard a guy playing this song, asking for $. It was a song that brought back a flood of memories.  These were specific memories, to a specific time in …

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Got this pic & note from one of the schools we recently worked with, @severnschool: “Yesterday our Umbrella Club hosted a ‘Let’s Talk’ lunch. A continuation of the workshop (a #SameHere event we hosted w them) from Unity Day. The boy who spoke back that day, at this ‘Talk’ event, yesterday, shared his story, and …

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This is a topic that doesn’t get talked abt enough. We’ve had a # of Hero Story shares, where the backgrnd was a physical health battle, where the sharer talked abt the MH complications that came along as well.  It’s great to see such a popular & loved public figure, in Alex Trebek, be so …

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Not gonna front…this is how I’m feeling.  The last wk & a half has been FLA ➡️ LA ➡️ NC ➡️ LI ➡️ NYC ➡️ BOS ➡️ CLE ➡️ BAL ➡️ DC ➡️ LI ➡️ & now on to FLA again tonight for an event at North Broward Prep, for tomorrow morn. Maybe this leaves …

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