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Kids Overcoming Fears

When my daughter was three years old she was terrified of a Halloween skeleton that sat on the porch of a neighbour who lived down the…

Nov 4, 2019

Kids Overcoming Fears

Nov 4, 2019

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Skillful Learning

Painting Flowers on Your Learning Landscape: Growth Mindset and Artistic Expression

If you were to survey the horizon of the learning landscape that holds your educational experiences, would you find any flowers blooming…

Mar 19, 2019

Painting Flowers on Your Learning Landscape: Growth Mindset and Artistic Expression

Mar 19, 2019

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Skillful Learning

My Dad

One of my intentions for the New Year is to write more often. This is challenging for me because my inner critic tells me that my first…

Feb 7, 2019

My Dad

Feb 7, 2019

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Skillful Learning

Fall winds: Breezes blowing you forward

The month of September can be an emotionally loaded month for some people. It is the time of year when people in the education field tend…

Sep 26, 2018

Fall winds: Breezes blowing you forward

Sep 26, 2018

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Skillful Learning

Be a Rainmaker: Creating, Reading and Writing

People in Canada often feel depleted after the winter months. Then we bemoan the rainy season before the greening of the earth begins…

May 2, 2018

Be a Rainmaker: Creating, Reading and Writing

May 2, 2018

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Skillful Learning

Training Your Brain to be a Swiss Army Knife: Mastering Shifting Set

As we head into March, the days are starting to get a little longer and the snow has melted beginning to reveal the grass below. In…

Mar 20, 2018

Training Your Brain to be a Swiss Army Knife: Mastering Shifting Set

Mar 20, 2018

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Skillful Learning

Molding Information: Making a Fire To Burn Facts Into Your Memory

With the frigid temperatures in Ottawa these days, I am frequently focused on keeping warm. My fleece-lined leggings, reading socks and…

Jan 3, 2018

Molding Information: Making a Fire To Burn Facts Into Your Memory

Jan 3, 2018

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Skillful Learning

Turn Your Canoe Around: Apply the Brakes

As I return to Andrew Hammerness and Margaret Moore’s brain skills for organizing our lives, let’s look at the third and very important…

Nov 22, 2017

Turn Your Canoe Around: Apply the Brakes

Nov 22, 2017

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Skillful Learning

Shelter Building: Sustaining Attention

Last week, I looked at the first skill that Andrew Hammerness and Margaret Moore suggest we need to learn to organize our lives. They say…

Oct 22, 2017

Shelter Building: Sustaining Attention

Oct 22, 2017

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Skillful Learning

Camping in the Rain: Brain Training for Becoming Organized

As someone who has experienced life-long difficulties with organization, I did a dance of joy when I read the book Organize your Mind…

Oct 11, 2017

Camping in the Rain: Brain Training for Becoming Organized

Oct 11, 2017

Carletta Shannon

Carletta Shannon

Life Coach for Kids: Guiding kids to become their most authentic selves by helping them feel big emotions, shift limiting beliefs and set powerful intentions.

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