How many of us are good planners? How often do we really have time to plan ahead?

As humans who live to serve others, it's why we wake up every day...we often feel as though the best laid plans get derailed. So then, why plan (says the itty bitty shitty committee in our brains)? 🤪

We all know that having a roadmap to follow helps us get to the destination we desire, whether that's an actual map to drive or fly or walk somewhere, or if that's a plan for how we will teach throughout our time with our students, or if it's a roadmap for how we want our life's journey to be.

And yet, it's not always easy to slow down long enough to actually put that plan together in a way that we feel in our bones that it is real and WILL HAPPEN.

This week in the Culture Playground Masterclass we are going to go through a simple structure to allow you to apply it to all areas of your life, your culture, your classroom and feel a sense of control and authentic resonance that your plan will be realized over the next 12 months. In 25 minutes I'm going to share with you the simplicity of designing, creating and living your life and your culture...ON PURPOSE!

So...I'm back in the dating world...YAY & UGH!

And it's got me thinking a lot about what/who we are attracted to, what/who is attracted to us, and how it works across all levels of who we are as humans and the choices we make.

Often we talk about attraction in the sense of what is visually appealing to us, and that is one element...the other which is where our power lies, in what we attract to us.

We attract a lot of things to us, some desired and some not so much...

What do you want to attract?

How do you attract what you desire?

Why is this important in the cultures we create?

We will dive into these questions and discuss the power of the things we are drawn to and the wisdom of how to draw in the things we desire.

We will dive into this flow and learn together how we can amplify more of what we do want in our schools vs consistently fighting what we don't want:

In this climate of a seemingly unending supply of chaos, uncertainty and overwhelm the last thing we are all able to process is innovation, let along what we want for dinner.

And yet without it we will continue to feel like we're in the spin cycle of life being out of our control at every turn.

It's time to take our power back and get back to the fun of igniting our inner genius so we can joyfully ignite the lifelong learning journey in our students!

This week in the Playground Masterclass we get to learn and grow with an amazing educator/edupreneur, Ortal Green from Australia whose company Glittering Minds is disrupting the way we thing about innovation!

Ortal is a passionate educator with a mission to empower teachers to create tomorrow’s innovators in their classrooms. She co-founded “Glittering Minds” and designed a unique school program that provides the needed paradigm shift in education by introducing Design Thinking as the new pedagogy. Ortal also wrote the book “Think Unique” which empowers teachers to create an innovative learning environment. This book provides teachers with the knowledge and tools required to set up children for success in the 21st century.

What is courage?

Why am I connecting it to culture?

We all have these moments where fear or anxiety or *insert emotion here* holds us back from saying

No matter what your answers, courage is a part of our daily lives and in our working and learning

I hear you, I see you, I honor and acknowledge the courage it takes every day to show up and work your

And when we can accelerate the speed of courage, especially courageous conversations we can create

Join me this week as Sheeba & I welcome our special guest: Aleischa Coover, the incredible principal at

We all crave connection...some moments more than others. ;)

As someone who navigates the world as a highly sensitive person (HSP) as well as healing through my attachment traumas, I go through times of craving true authentic connection and other times when I need a serious dose of all by myselfness.

And I've learned that both ends of the spectrum and everything in between are all ok...the key is learning to communicate my needs and allowing others in my life an opportunity to feel connected through my authenticity of what is true for me in the moment. The balance is in allowing my nervous system to feel safe when I'm expressing my needs and not making the other person wrong for their needs if they happen to be different than mine.

There are so many layers to how we connect intentionally and in a meaningful way,

How do you know when you trust someone?

How do you know when they trust you?

How do you measure trust?

The word trust is used in so many ways, and yet when was the last time you slowed down your thoughts around what it really takes to trust and be trusted?

And, without it we have no authenticity, no freedom, no safety, etc.

We are taking a deep dive into how we build and grow trust...On Purpose. And why it matters most in the micro-moments.

What does Freedom mean to you?

How do you feel when you think of the freedoms you do have?

What about when you think of the freedoms you don't have?

Are they real or created from limitations from your past?

With everything going on in the world from the war atrocities to the global systems that are being revolutionized. We as humans are feeling the impacts on our freedoms and how we live our daily lives.

AND, we get to own the power and the freedoms we do have! This week on our Conscious Educator Masterclass we will dive into how to own your freedoms with gratitude and from a position of strength that allows you to thrive in this ever changing world. And I'm super excited to hear our special guest share his views, strategies and tips with us!

Join me this Thursday at 9 am PT as I welcome our special guest: Jonathan Boyd, the incredible Founder, CEO & Edupreneur at Breakthrough Guitar. Jonathan is also the creator of the Guitar Freedom Formula. Following a lifetime of inventing new and innovative ways to solve problems - from designing skateboard ramps in elementary school, to rewiring his car's computer in high school, to building ergonomic guitars in college - Jonathan's unique method for learning guitar has now helped over 600,000 guitar players to play the way they always wanted.

As many of you know I'm back to my #citydating adventures this week visiting more towns in the New England area...it's so beautiful here, even in the winter!

The past couple of years for me has been filled with several big life changes; pivoting my business to 75% online, ending an engagement, moving, buying my home with the intent of "reverse empty nestering" my son, my son graduating high school, and now planning to move to a city I fall in love with.

And through it all this word belonging has been coming up:

Where do I belong...

What does belonging mean...

How does one know when we belong...

Creating environments and lasting cultures where all members (old and new and everywhere in between) feel like they belong is about designing it that way...AND teaching everyone how to settle in and trust that they belong.

Tune in and learn how to tap into your intuitive sense of belonging and how to create the cultures of belonging for all those you serve!

We all crave to belong somewhere, to know our place in the universe, to know our people and to feel seen, heard and valued amongst those people.

Yet for many of us this mostly unconscious fear of not belonging, not being accepted, not being included, not being seen, heard or valued is driving the bus of our thoughts, words and actions on a daily basis.

And that voice, that fear in the drivers seat of our lives prevents us from leaning in...leaning in to be seen, to be heard, to be valued for the unique amazing humans we are at our core.

Cultures that are inclusive, that are safe for us to show up as our unique weird selves, that allow us to feel accepted don't happen with just one activity or one benefit or one training. These environments take time to design, create and grow.

Tune in and dive into the critical pieces that create the foundations for these cultures to grow in all aspects of your life. They don't happen on accident...they happen On Purpose!

So much of our world is out of balance right now!...that might be the understatement of the century! *facepalm*

And yet we all seem to be chasing some version of balance in our lives. But what is balance?

What does it look like?

What does it feel like?

How do we know when we have it?

& How can we keep it when we find it?

I like to think of it as a dance vs something to catch or arrive at...it helps my sanity and it resonates with my soul in fueling my "I'm enough exactly where I am" bucket. And since I love music, finding my rhythm or my flow feels so much more attainable (even though I am no where near a professional dancer...I prefer to simply move in ways that feel good to me). ;)

Which is all why this week's episode will be about how to find your natural rhythm and the version of balance that resonates with YOU! Because you are worth it and YOU MATTER!