by tferrari | Apr 2, 2020 | Life Skills
We, as humans, were designed to be life-long learners. There is nothing that shuts down our learning faster than having new material given to a learner in the wrong format for their own style of learning. In addition, as a teacher, if we like presentations but our...
by tferrari | Mar 30, 2020 | Life Skills
Emotions are some sneaky critters. Human emotion can come on quickly and wack us on the back of the head or it may have a slow, insidious creep. Over the last month, the virus spread across the US and I was more than 2000 miles away from my father and his cancer...
by tferrari | Nov 5, 2019 | Life Skills
The strangest thing about the skill of expectation is that we are never really taught about them, at all. Yet we not only have them but they are probably the single most powerful force that drives our decisions and our well being. If you need to brush up on...
by tferrari | Oct 16, 2019 | Life Skills
All of the youth I know have had the same conversation with me. It’s a conversation I have had with numerous adults and myself as I neared successful completion of raising my son. What’s next? What am I going to do with myself after he leaves the den? I remembered in...
by tferrari | Oct 1, 2019 | Life Skills
OK, this may sound completely ridiculous but I have been hand washing dishes incorrectly my entire life. Since my parents didn’t have the skill, I assume there are some others who would benefit from this short, visual and accurate (according to Food Handler’s, the...
by tferrari | Sep 26, 2019 | Life Skills
This morning’s conversation with my teenager is typical. I reminded him that he did not complete his responsibilities, he told me he wasn’t motivated, I told him neither am I, he responded with an eye roll, I told him he needs to focus on all the good stuff he...
