Tag: Change
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Children’s Relationship to Overconsumption & the Environment
Dear Readers, When I began my research on factors that shape contemporary children’s rights policy, I made the assumption that the primary driving force behind children’s global rights atrocities would be directly linked to the health of the economy. I wasn’t wrong (and we will talk about that next week), but when root causes were…
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Dear Graduate (During a Global Crisis)
For those of you mourning the loss of celebrating graduation, I am too. Let’s talk about why you are actually this year’s MVP.
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The Empath & the Storm
With a pandemic on the rise, let’s talk about all things empathy, and the other important lessons to keep in mind during this time.
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How Your Love Story Can Help Child Brides
I’m lucky, because my love looks like this. All the time. You might read this and think, ‘no ones love is that good.’ I used to think the same thing. Until I met my husband that is. Sure, we have our moments where I jokingly threaten his life for the insurance money, but overall, it…
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The Power of a Decade
Here’s what I know about decades. About a decade ago, I was expelled from high school. The girls that bullied me so bad that I ended up in the hospital contributed to breaking a sense of my self worth that took me the better half of a decade, a lot of lifestyle changes, and a…
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Abortion Reform: A Case for Data Informed Policy Decisions
Dear Reader, Before you begin reading this article already planning your attack on its content, assuming that it has anything to do with taking either the pro-life or pro-choice side, please know that the intention of this article is to talk about effective policy, not endorse or dismantle either side of the debate. I didn’t…
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Planting Seeds in Concrete – Lessons from a Burnout
Burnout has become a prominent, recognized, and shared experience worldwide. Its one of those super terrible seasons of life so many of us experience, but don’t talk about. This is a letter about overcoming, and more importantly, learning from burnout.
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The Uphill Battle of the Modern Milspo
A look at the how the Executive Order addressing hiring military spouses is a leap forward for female equality, families, and national security. Your common military spouse workforce questions answered.
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A Letter to the Person Leaving Home for the First Time
A grounded letter to my first time travelers, my dreamers, my soul searchers, and my broken-hearted readers searching the globe for answers.
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On Taking a Knee
A response to the Take a Knee movement seen on the fields this football season from a die-hard military supporter, and a thoughts about addressing issues of inequality.
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My Responsibility Mantra
Pasted to the inside of one of my many journals is this little mantra, that helped me to find balance in all of the things I wanted to accomplish never seemed like they were being accomplished fast enough.
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A Substitute Teacher’s Protest Against Self Doubt
We have an epidemic of self-doubt in our culture, best demonstrated by students in the everyday classroom setting. Though my role in students life is brief, my students and I have figured out how to change this way of thinking, in under 5 minutes.
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Poverty Across Culture & Country: A Letter Home
One day I was living in one of the most privileged parts of the country, and the next day I was working in one of the poorest. A dose of bravery and an intense pay cut reshaped my understanding of need, and just how much work still needs to be done in this country.