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Welcome to Week Two of our Sizzlin’ Summer Challenge, which is all about using your feet or a bicycle instead of driving. For the briefest moment I contemplated hoofing it or cycling from the Mad River Valley to our Berlin office.  Ultimately I determined the walk would take at least two days necessitating a backpack […]

It’s Week Nine and the perfect time to begin practicing mindfulness regularly.  Students are arriving in their classrooms momentarily and while there’s probably plenty of excitement associated with a new year there may also be some apprehension and stress afoot. What exactly does the term “mindfulness” mean?  Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD from Western Massachusetts who has […]

It’s week eight of the Sizzlin Summer Challenge and we are off to the farm – a trip, that as Vermonters, we are likely to take for granted given our state’s landscape.  That said, I grew up in the city of Pittsburgh where farms were far from nearby.  Thankfully, my parents insisted on piling us […]

This week is the time for decluttering and donating to charity.  In an effort to get ahead of the game, I convinced my spouse that we needed less clutter in our bedroom. Thus we decided to jettison one dresser and full confession – it was his dresser we eliminated. Within minutes he rifled through five […]

Welcome to Week Four We have just crossed the midpoint of summer meaning it’s the perfect time to host a game night; be it an indoor or outdoor game.  Games feed our souls, challenge us, stave off boredom, demand new interactions with friends or family and provide the impetus for a good belly laugh. We […]

Welcome to Week Two of  the PATH Sizzlin’ Summer Challenge.  Performing a random act of kindness is the name of the game this week and the possibilities are infinite. It may be as simple as opening a door for someone or offering to carry a package for an elderly person whose hands are full.  Or […]

It’s Week Nine of our Sizzlin’ Summer Challenge and thus far, we have deemed it a roaring success. For the majority of school employees, this is also the first full week in your respective buildings.  I can only imagine that with this week also comes a breadth of emotions, from the positive, such as excitement […]

What’s the difference between a hobby and something you are passionate about? Is one a synonym for another?  If they are different, how might you determine which is which? As I contemplated these questions, I found myself searching online for guidance. That was until I stumbled upon the following definition that spoke to me. “Passion […]

Some of us can easily name a slew of their hobbies when asked while others are stymied by the question.    What’s the upside of having a hobby?  Hobbies can provide us much needed pleasure, a sense of accomplishment, help to relieve our stress, boost our creativity, expand our thinking patterns (and dependent on the hobby […]

The first image that comes to mind when I think about the phrase “lift your spirits” is one of traveling above Vermont’s landscape in a hot air balloon.  Though I have not yet found the wherewithal to make this visualization a reality, I believe I have garnered the feelings of exhilaration and wonder that come […]