Resilience!

The first showing of Resilience is coming next week! “The child may not remember, but the body remembers.” The original research was controversial, but the findings revealed the most important public health findings of a generation. RESILIENCE is a one-hour...

Snowday Visit

Yesterday, before the storm swept into the Lamoille Valley, I took my 9 year old for her annual well-child visit. Our pediatrician greeted us warmly and then asked my daughter directly about her health. “Was she eating well? “ “What does she like to do for exercise?”...

2017 Prevention Day at the Statehouse!

The Statehouse… it’s always one of my favorite places to go with students.  This year’s Substance Abuse Prevention Awareness Day on February 15 was no different. Fifteen students from Hazen Union High School’s SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions) group...

Snow Day!

It’s a snow day today… my kids are so excited! I remember that excitement… in the days before automated calls and text notifications I remember sitting by the radio listening to those endless lists of lucky students just waiting for my school to be announced.  Then...

Self-Care – Part 1

Picture a room full of parents, grandparents, and care providers crowded in on a random Thursday evening in January.  All have come together to learn or remember a skill.  One that is vital to their everyday existence, but often overlooked and pushed to a corner… to a...