starlingsJun 153 min“I was a Child and Nobody Told Me Anything".I can't fully explain the impact addiction has had on my family, myself, or my father, whose final breath was shared with fentanyl. For...
starlingsJun 102 minThe Shame and Guilt with Learning about Substances in School I remember being in grades 7-8 about 13-14 years old and my teacher was starting our health curriculum that covered substance use. The...
starlingsJun 91 minLearning to Love Me More"Have you ever felt like being somebody else? Feeling like the mirror isn't good for your health? Every day I'm tryin' not to hate...
starlingsFeb 13, 20193 min"I CAN". "Kids succeed if they can {not if they want to}." -Steven Wiggleworth ,Catherine Nichols Gunn School, Inn From the Cold's Circle of Hope...
starlingsJan 11, 20196 minForging Resilience Through Connection“Things that don’t bend, break”-Jewel, Never Broken We’ve heard about resilience time and time again, as though it is something we are...
starlingsJan 3, 20194 minLeading From Behind"Leadership is not about the next election, it's about the next generation."-Simon Sinek The other day while describing the book I was...
starlingsNov 28, 20187 min"Are you free to FaceTime?"“I’m convinced of this: good done anywhere is good done everywhere. For a change, start by speaking to people rather then walking by them...
starlingsNov 16, 20186 minBaby steps to AWESOME.“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk...
starlingsNov 12, 20186 minThrough the eyes of a child. "this is the recipe of life, said my mother as she held me in her arms as i wept think of those flowers you plant in the garden each year...
starlingsNov 7, 20186 minTolerating... strawberries?What connecting can mean and look like. "Connection: Energy that exists between people when they feel seen, heard, and valued; when they...
starlingsNov 3, 20183 minLittle kids. Big difference."You make a living by what you get. You make a life by what you give" Winston Churchill /share a meal. give a meal/ The Calgary Drop In...
starlingsNov 1, 20182 minReading Rainbow/THROW BACK/ "Butterfly in the sky, I can go twice as high Take a look, it's in a book, A Reading Rainbow! I can go anywhere Friends to...
starlingsOct 30, 20184 min"Every child Needs a Hero"{Circle of Hope-Every Child Needs a Hero-Inn from the Cold} “Whatever the hopes, wishes or intentions of the parent, the child does not...
starlingsOct 28, 20185 min"A Star is Born"-Why everyone's story matters.Who sees inside from outside? Who finds hundreds of mysteries ...
starlingsOct 24, 20184 min"I don't know anyone with a mental health disorder" Studies directly link childhood anxiety to depression later in life. In any given year, 1 in 5 Canadians experience a mental illness or...
starlingsOct 23, 20184 minConnected. In close proximity. CommunityI've had the question be asked, so, why Starlings? They are birds, right? Starlings are a type of bird that I fell in love with a few...