Janohn Clower

“Try this: How to shift from self-focused to something bigger. When you feel under stress and you notice the urge to escape or avoid, take some time to return to a values check-in. Ask yourself questions like: How does this effort or goal fit with my values? What kind of contribution do I want to make? What difference do I want to make to others with what I am doing? What do I want to stand for during this? What do my efforts mean to me? Toolkit: Using meditation for stress”
― Julie Smith, Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?: An International Bestselling Guide to Mental Health and Emotional Resilience from a Clinical Psychologist

“A new movement in disciplinary style, called restorative discipline, was bursting onto the national scene, which added new complexity to the trauma-informed picture where the movements intersected. At the same time, laws passed at the state and federal levels encouraged or outright required local districts to adopt trauma-informed practices. And the Office of Civil Rights, a subsidiary of the U.S. Department of Education, adopted a much more aggressive stance towards schools deemed out of compliance with federal discrimination laws, embarking on a campaign of lawsuits to correct what it saw as discriminatory practices in many districts.”
― Philip Wire, Trauma-Informed Tragedy: How Schools Got Trauma Part Right—And Part Wrong

“becoming a woman who casually did yoga by the sea.”
― Alison Espach, The Wedding People

“Hacking School Discipline Together, written by Jeffrey Benson, an educational publishing veteran, takes a linear, step-by-step approach to building a culture of restorative practices. Like any”
― Philip Wire, Trauma-Informed Tragedy: How Schools Got Trauma Part Right—And Part Wrong