Circle Dynamics

Understand that You Don’t Have to Understand

In Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time, Meg Murray feels very much alone. She…

8 Things to Remember about Child Development

Excellent article from Harvard’s Center on the Developing Child. Remembering these…

Honor How You Truly Feel

Three weeks left until the end of school — and I can hardly wait! I feel what seems to be a weird mix of emotions:

• relieved (that we’re almost done),
• happy (about what many of my students have accomplished),

Resilience: Strategies to Strengthen Young Children

How it all began: A brief history of Circle Dynamics Group

What do You Mean ‘Fine’ Isn’t a Feeling? It Worked for the Beatles! — John Lennon wrote “I Feel Fine” which was released as a single in 1964. “Fine” may have worked in the 60’s, but it doesn’t work as an emotion in the 2020's.

Baby’s good to me, you know She’s happy as can be, you know She said so I’m in love with her and I…

The Emotional Tango: Those are Your Feelings, Not Mine — The dancers in ballroom tango initially move across the floor through the flexing of the lower joints (hip, knee, ankle) while the feet are delayed, then the feet move quickly to catch the body, resulting in snatching or striking action that reflects the staccato nature of this style’s…