Today’s reflection comes from Opening Doors Within by Eileen Caddy, from her March 29 meditation. Dr. Suzuki encouraged all of us to self-reflect regularly, and this meditation offers ideas that will deepen our reflection experience. If you have a comment or suggestion, you can leave me a voice message on my voicemail line at 512-537-6356 or … Continue reading "Reflections — Keep Ever Aware"

It is important for the parent-child relationship to be strong and happy. Metaphors, signs, and symbols are useful communication tools. This podcast episode explores the bigger story in the parent and child relationship — the story that lies hidden in the parent’s and child’s behaviors and that is often revealed as metaphor, sign, or symbol. … Continue reading "105 TSP Horse Manure | Reading the Signs (Parent-Child Relationship)"

Today’s reflection discusses the importance of developing the ability to have a sense of humor and ways to develop and strengthen this ability. If you have a comment or suggestion, you can leave me a voice message on my voicemail line at 512-537-6356 or send me an email at [email protected]. For more information and articles, … Continue reading "Reflections — A Sense of Humor"

Munro Leaf (author of Ferdinand the Bull) wrote this timeless book in 1946: I have referred to this book many times in my teaching studio, whenever I bump into a teaching moment regarding manners and pleasant behaviors. My students, their parents, and I have enjoyed the timeless presentation of doing what is the right thing to … Continue reading "104 TSP How to Behave and Why"

Today’s reflection encourages us to be humble again and become a beginner in order to help our children stay excited about learning. If you have a comment or suggestion, you can leave me a voice message on my voicemail line at 512-537-6356 or send me an email at [email protected]. For more information and articles, visit … Continue reading "Reflections — Be a Beginner"

What is a good teacher? What are the qualities and actions of someone that makes us call someone a good teacher? And these same qualities and actions would also apply to parents, since parents are also their children’s teachers. This episode discusses the qualities of a good teacher or parent and continues the discussion of … Continue reading "103 TSP What is a Good Teacher? | Mindset Sets the Tone"

Today’s reflection explores the concept of “angle of repose” and how we can make minor adjustments to or accept our own angles. This reflection is a simple reminder of the power we have to make slight alterations to the life that we are living. If you have a comment or suggestion, you can leave me … Continue reading "Reflections — Angle of Repose"

Every word and action can send a message to our children and students that tells them what to think about themselves. Are we helping our children to develop mindsets that promote growth or are we shunting our children’s potential by allowing them to stagnate in fixed mindsets of judgment? This episode discusses how the words … Continue reading "102 TSP Grow Your Child’s Mindset"

Today’s reflection discusses the importance of enthusiasm to encourage your child’s desire to learn and practice and sets out how a parent can build enthusiasm for practice and learning. If you have a comment or suggestion, you can leave me a voice message on my voicemail line at 512-537-6356 or send me an email at … Continue reading "Reflections — Enthusiasm"

Does it matter what language we use when we talk to our students, our spouses, and most importantly, to ourselves? Our language choices have a powerful impact on our behavior, our attitude, and often our results. More importantly, our language choices impact our quality of life and affect whether we try to learn anything. I … Continue reading "101 TSP Watch Your Language!"