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Educational Crisis Care & Response Management

In a high-stakes educational and admissions crisis, we are more likely to experience elevated anxiety, distress, and a sense of hopelessness. A crisis is a ‘time of intense difficulty, trouble or danger,’ often an unexpected event or experience that requires trauma informed care and guidance. The approach of the Educational Crisis Care and Response Management professional is in-depth and comprehensive, with immediate (1) education and (2) intervention or treatment plan. This caring professional is shepherding you with clarity and ease to support and scaffolding in structure for a “high” valued post-crisis outcome. The crisis allows us to learn and grow...

Empowering Girls’ Wholeness 

It was late August 2020 when Dr. Samatha Clemens contacted me to care for a complex educational and critical case. She said, “...the girls need you, Catie. We can’t think of anyone else but you,” she murmured over the phone. “Who is ‘we’?” I asked Dr. Clemens with curiosity and courage, calling myself an educational first responder these days as an educator in the 21st century. “UCLA’s medical team, this is a case that was made for you, and we can’t think of anyone else,” she explained to me during the continuation of more school lockdowns for the 2020-2021 school...

Empowering the Student Journey: My Partnership with the International Coalition of Girls’ Schools

I am incredibly honored to announce my partnership with the International Coalition of Girls’ Schools, which holds immense promise for the future of girls' education, social justice, and well-being.  It is a dream come true to share my ‘heart work’ in Baltimore with educators, Heads of Schools, researchers, and teachers by providing engagement and an opportunity to share in an INSPIRE SESSION: The Student Journey, A Modern Toolbox for Success™.   When I retired over a year ago as a school learning specialist, I wanted to contribute intentionally to the ‘student journey’ for students and caring adults (e.g., parents and educators)....

The “GPA Killer”

I brought my work with me as I find time here and there to work on my presentation, The Student Journey, A Modern Toolbox for Success™. I carefully chose the order of the slides as I prepare for The International Coalition for Girls’ Schools Annual Conference this June as a presenter for INSPIRE! Session 1 provides two 25-minute professional development learning opportunities for girls’ school leaders and teachers. I will present to share my insights with focusing tools for deep engagement and learning about the student journey for neurodiverse learners. While waiting for a colleague to meet me for lunch,...

For Boys & Who They Become As Men

Each Tuesday, after I drop off my children at school, including my sweet son, who is turning 12 next month, I coach three young men from Austin, Seattle, to Charleston. As my Zoom greets them at where they are in life, the coaching sessions consist of the same doubts and worries that young people face as they learn to discover who they are and make plans for where they’re going. Parents share candidly about their teen and young adult, “...well, since the COVID-19 pandemic…” as it has heightened anxiety and increased life stressors for the individual and the whole family...

Family Foundations: Cultivating Connection and Belonging

Like many adventurous spirits, I love to travel. As a mom and someone committed to supporting people on their learning journey, I use these experiences to make good memories while appreciating the intimate conversations that follow. These moments contribute to what cultivates our connection and belonging (a chapter in my book, a pillar in The Modern Toolbox for Success) as we continue to build and nurture our relationships, even with our children and adult children – at every stage in life. As families grow and face transitions together, so do the conversations with our emerging teenagers and young adults. What...

Soul Support for Teens and Families

Accepting that each person has their own story and experiences that are traumatic to our inter-core, our souls, whether identified or unknown to us, may play a role in most of our lives at one time or another— even as children and teens. As an educator today, this is critical to understand, and fulfilling various needs of the student and family as we discuss health and wellness.  When consulting for college or coaching, the fundamentals of health and wellness are the same. It is the foundation of one’s toolbox, and without support and attention to the soul, mind, and gut,...

Clinical Conversations

This summer, I participated in a webinar hosted by Unyte Health called Clinical Conversations: Exploring Polyvagal Theory, Interpersonal Neurobiology, and the Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP) with Dr. Stephen Porges and Dr. Tina Bryson. In this session, Dr. Porges, author of Polyvagal Theory and creator of the Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP), was in conversation with Dr. Tina Payne Bryson, NY Times Bestselling Author, clinician, SSP Provider, and mom to three boys. Over the years as an educator, I have learned the importance of our behaviors honoring our nervous system. I became a Student Life Coach, focusing on the study...

Coaching Life Skills

The parent of a 17 year old, was worried about their teen's money habits, lack of DMV permit, not doing their own laundry, and needing to learn how to cook meals instead of using DoorDash.  Over Zoom, the parent was clear in her concerns about the next steps of college readiness, “I need her to learn how to be efficient with time, goals, and life skills before she goes to college next year. I think you’re perfect for coaching her so that she can access life skills to reach her educational goals.” As families of rising seniors are having conversations...

Senior Summer College Writing Workshop

A text from a senior in a summer college writing workshop at 11:30 am on a Thursday in June…  "I am in my writing workshop for school and having a tough time taking off on an essay topic. It was easier to talk to you.  I have been working on it for the last few days now. Ugh." Hang in there! Each June or August, a senior will text me for reassurance or in a panic that the writing for a college summer workshop or program is not going as they had expected. Yet, this is a beautiful opportunity to...

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