For folks stateside, it’s time — Thanksgiving break. Before it starts, let me take five or so minutes to try to make your break even better. We’re on pause Several years ago, I wrote an article about being on pause. Recently, I turned it into a video. It’s less than three minutes. Check it out. […]
Archives for November 2021
Depressurizing Emotion: How to Calm a Hostile Written Conversation Using BIFF
Just joining us? We’re in a series on depressurization methods. You can see all the posts so far right here, and I’ve got a whole playlist of supplementary (and brief) YouTube videos on these kinds of ideas right here. Life in our communication-laden, emotionally unhealthy, morally disengaged times makes it almost inevitable: a person you […]
Depressurizing the Body: The Bummer about Bedtime Revenge
Bedtime revenge isn’t as edgy as it sounds. It’s when you arrive at the end of a long day of responsibilities — the kids in bed, the dishes done, the laundry folded, whatever — and you see that it’s your bedtime, and you say, “You know what!? Forget you, bed. I’m done doing what life […]
Depressurizing Our Relationships: The Day Mr. Rogers Stopped Judging
(This post is a quick interlude in our series on depressurizing the teacher soul. Don’t skip it! Its ideas will help with subsequent posts.) Early on in his career, back when he was still a seminary student, Fred Rogers was stung by the judgment bug. As part of his studies, Rogers and his classmates visited […]
Groups Where We’re Known
Just joining us? Here’s the series anchor post and here’s the last article I wrote on exercise as depressurization vs. exercise as achievement pursuit. And if you’re not subscribed to the newsletter, do that! You’ll get all the posts in your inbox, and you’ll be the cool teacher who gets to forward these to your […]