Gillian Pieper

“It’s official, my name is now ‘Summer.’” That’s what one teacher-friend says as soon as classroom instruction ends each year.  She still has some outings and in-service trainings but by and large her year is winding down.  It’s great to celebrate early and often! We who work year-round sometimes get that knee-jerk twinge of jealousy […]

“The average person is ill equipped to be idle.”  (Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi.  Finding Flow.  Basic Books, 1997) When great people talk about the beauty of joy and happiness, and when they pontificate about what motivates us toward the good life, the word “Flow” inevitably crops up in the conversation. Author, philosopher and researcher Csikszentmihalyi (cheek-sent-me-hi-elle) stakes […]

From Shevonne’s Desk: Live your life as a series of sprints, rather than as a marathon.  Seek stress, rather than avoid it.  See down time as productive rather than wasted time. Focus on managing energy rather than managing time.  Wow!  When I stumbled upon these statements in the book The Power of Full Engagement a […]

Hello VEHI PATH BLOG friends!  We’re excited to announce we’re back to posting.  Starting today we’ll be posting at least once a week on Wednesdays. Who are we?  What are we? We’re still PATH, VEHI PATH, serving Vermont school employees for over 22 years.  Our mission is to help you live your best life in […]

Chocolate is good in many ways but too much of anything can be a bummer on your system.  We crave cholcate because it works on the pleasure center in our brain.  Who wants to fight that?  Those of us who crave just a little too much!  Curbing the craving can be done, I assure you. British researchers at […]