by Emily Daniels | Feb 20, 2019 | Uncategorized
My typically happy, well-adjusted 11-year old daughter was having a melt downs of all melt downs. She was crying hysterically. I could hear her wailing downstairs as she was upstairs. I could feel my heart rate rising as her distress increased. I called up to my...
by Emily Daniels | Sep 7, 2018 | Uncategorized
“I don’t know if I can do this anymore, Kris. I am just so discouraged.” I sit with my dear friend on a sticky summer night trying to get my gut right. “Gut wrench” is an apt description. It’s invaded my body and overwhelmed my...
by Emily Daniels | Jun 16, 2018 | Uncategorized
Have you ever had the experience of becoming the living embodiment of an illustrated children’s book character? Yeah, that’s happened to me. I am Froggy. The Froggy that goes to school Froggy. In the children’s story, Froggy feels anxious about his first day of...
by Emily Daniels | Apr 9, 2018 | Uncategorized
Place matters. It was spring break of 1993 – my senior year of high school – and I was driving back from Virginia Beach with three close friends. We passed signs for the University of Delaware. I asked if we could take a quick detour to see the campus. ...
by Emily Daniels | Feb 8, 2018 | leadership, systems thinking, trauma-informed, Uncategorized
Sometimes I think I have PTSD from failed educational reform efforts. I am not kidding. I have developed symptoms from living through nearly twenty years of failed education reform efforts. When I reflect on the many change efforts I participated in, I shudder. I...
