Category Archives: Food for Thought

Building Culture Welcome Activity: Example flow… Welcome to the program! I hope everyone is prepared for an amazing year! In order to build a cohesive team environment it is imperative that we get to know one another right away. For this project we will be completing a 1.5 to 3 minute visual representation of ourContinue reading “Creating a Visual Biography”

It is my belief that personal growth occurs as our inner potential surfaces. Barbara Coloroso, an international best seller and motivational speaker, asserts that youth develop from within and through their abilities to make sound decisions. In our quests for personal freedom recognizing our choices is paramount to the underlying growth we seek in everyContinue reading “Encouraging Personal Growth”

Are you hindering your own success? If you feel like you are, the response in most research settings would be that you are self-handicapping. This behavior is described as a strategy in which people avoid effort in the hopes of keeping potential failures from hurting their own self-esteem. Keep in mind that potential can alsoContinue reading “Are You Hindering Your Own Success? Listen to the Podcast.”

Have you ever been asked, “What’s your biggest or deepest fear?” Seems like a pretty loaded question, but I’d like to attempt to answer it here. First, let’s take a look at the Coach Carter movie trailer, and movie snippet of the poem “Our Deepest Fear” written by Marianne Williamson to give the conversation some context. WhatContinue reading “Your Deepest Fear”

The Cognitive Triangle, from the Cognitive Behavioral Theory (CBT), is a diagram that depicts how our thoughts, emotions (feelings) and behaviors are all interconnected with each other, and influence one another. Based on the work of Albert Ellis and Aaron Beck, who emphasized the need for attitude change to promote and maintain behavioral modification. CBT isContinue reading “The Cognitive Triangle”