Six Tips to Manage Volunteers

Q: How can I better manage my volunteers?  As a person who has worked in the nonprofit sector for 20 years, I know how important volunteers are to the mission of our organizations. I also know, having volunteered for a …

How to be an Effective Public Speaker with an Accent

Q: How can I be an effective public speaker when I have an accent?  Your accent is a part of who you are. It makes you unique and can distinguish you from the crowd. On the other hand, when we …

Helping Students Develop Good Character

Q: How can I help my students develop good character?  As adults, we have a great opportunity to influence the children around us. We do this through our example, including our choices and actions (children are always watching and learning!) …

6 Ways to Establish Yourself as a Trusted and Respected Leader

Q: How can I establish myself as a trusted and respected leader?  As leaders, we have the opportunity to have a positive influence on other people, our organizations, our communities, and beyond. Establishing yourself as a trusted and respected leader …

What I love most about being a teacher

Over the nearly 20 years that I have been a teacher, I have had the privilege of teaching and learning with thousands of interesting, smart, and accomplished people. Many of my students have touched my life in a special way …

How to Create Opportunities for Other Women as an Educator

Q: In my society, women are not given higher positions even when she has quality, talent, and education. I want to be one of the people who can give leadership to women so they can stand on their feet. I …

Everything Old is New Again

Late last year, I changed my plan on this WordPress site. I knew this meant that some of my old posts would disappear. And they did. Over the next several months, I will be reposting the best of what is …

Yoga is Free!

Like its sister mindfulness practice meditation, yoga also has, to some extent, become an elitist practice that makes the uninitiated feel uncomfortable and excluded through profuse use of Sanskrit without adequate translation, expensive accessories, and the removal (disconnection) of spirituality or even personal transcendence for the less spiritually inclined from its teachings.