"Right now, you are missing the vast majority of what is happening around you." A cognitive scientist takes you on a tour of the reality you habitually miss www.themarginalian.org/2013/08/12/o...

Let’s build kinder, happier schools where everyone belongs! Be inspired and supported during a new, year-long virtual community of practice program with educators around the world! 🌍 Here are three themes we will be exploring. Thanks to @grantdraws.bsky.social for the amazing illustrations! #EduSky

Education . . . has become an institution whose purpose in the modern world is not to make culture, not to serve the living cosmos, but to harness humankind to the dead forces of materialism. — Robert Sardello, Facing the World with Soul

How to think like a sunflower – poet, farmer, and philosopher Wendell Berry on turning conflict into collaboration www.themarginalian.org/2024/07/01/w...

"If everything around seems dark, look again, you may be the light." — Rumi

Emerson, born on this day in 1802, on how to trust yourself and what solitude really means: www.themarginalian.org/2022/09/12/e...

The story of the mad-genius pioneer who sparked the dawn of AI – which is really a story about what limits of logic liberate in us www.themarginalian.org/2023/12/02/l...

"All good things are wild and free." — Henry David Thoreau

Happiness Break: A Meditation on the Uniqueness of Your Voice greatergood.berkeley.edu/podcasts/ite... @greatergoodedu.bsky.social

How Do We Go on Teaching in Troubling Times? greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item...

Emily Dickinson's herbarium – a forgotten treasure at the intersection of poetry and science

It is quite possible to leave your home for a walk in the early morning air and return a different person – beguiled, enchanted. —Mary Ellen Chase

“A library is a rainbow in the clouds.” Maya Angelou, born on this day in 1928, on how a library saved her life

"And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt." — Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

"My wish for you is that you continue. Continue to be who and how you are, to astonish a mean world with your acts of kindness. Continue to allow humor to lighten the burden of your tender heart." — Maya Angelou

I’ve started writing on Substack, sharing insights on money management & financial behaviour. My first long-form piece explores how to balance caution & confidence when making financial decisions. 📖 Read here: open.substack.com/pub/shafayah... 💌 Subscribe to stay updated! Thank you✨️

Smart Financial Decision-Making open.substack.com/pub/shafayah...

Ultimately, digital well-being is a journey. It is not a checklist that,once completed,means you are fulfilled. @greatergoodedu.bsky.social It's time for a digital detox! 30 days of no social media. Turning it off! Four Tips for a Successful Digital Detox greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item...

Happiness Break: A Self-Compassion Meditation For Burnout greatergood.berkeley.edu/podcasts/ite...

2,000 years later, this really works: A Stoic's key to peace of mind – Seneca on the antidote to anxiety

Between science and magic – the enchanted physics of how hummingbirds hover at the edge of the possible

How does one become a butterfly? They have to want to learn to fly so much that you are willing to give up being a caterpillar. ~ Trina Paulus, Hope for the Flowers

"If light is in your heart, you will find your way home." ~ Rumi

"In the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed." Kahlil Gibran, born on this day in 1883, on friendship and the building blocks of meaningful connection

"Youth is happy because it has the capacity to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old." Franz Kafka

"Intuition does not come to an unprepared mind." ~ Albert Einstein

Enchantment isn't just for childhood, but for all the days of our lives.

Lilac Dreams. Making intentions to revisit and pick up childhood dreams next year 💜🦋✨️

Welcome to WA on Bluesky as requested by you xx 'Breathing Space' by Janis Goodman

"I am out with lanterns, looking for myself." - Emily Dickinson

Hope is the thing with feathers ~ Emily Dickinson

Hello, Blue Sky 💙🦋💦