Jan 12, 2025 | Blogs
For decades, traditional education operated on a singular metric: academic intelligence. If you could crunch numbers or write essays, you were golden. However, as researchers and educators expanded our understanding of learning, a new framework emerged: multiple...
Dec 17, 2024 | Blogs
Shame has a sneaky way of settling into a person’s core. It’s that voice that whispers, “You’re not enough.” And for many, that voice doesn’t come out of nowhere. It starts early—sometimes in the most innocuous moments of childhood. Psychologists agree that...
Nov 19, 2024 | Blogs
Sometimes, the most supportive thing we can do is… not make a big deal about it. Yes, really. When kids are grappling with something challenging, there’s often a whole range of emotions, both big and small, that come to the surface. For instance–a child assembling a...
Oct 14, 2024 | Blogs
What if we told you that we don’t believe in the concept of “good behaviour?” Hear us out. When a child is sitting silently in the corner, not causing a ruckus, we can breathe a sigh of relief and think, “Ah, I’m a great parent/teacher!” In traditional schooling...
Sep 5, 2024 | Blogs
Tiny habits, big wins. We know this in theory, but what’s the real trick behind it? Here’s a little secret: the key to lasting change is rarely going to be a grand, sweeping overhaul. What it is instead is those tiny, almost laughably small habits—what we like to call...
Jul 31, 2024 | Blogs
Brené Brown has spoken of a term that beautifully captures a pervasive yet often unspoken dynamic in our relationships: “candle-blower-outers.” These are the people who, intentionally or not, snuff out the light of others—their enthusiasm, creativity, and...
