Solutionary Coaching

Great advice.
Some days, I have a bubble machine going off in my head. Keep popping.
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11th grade is man's attempt to manipulate the concept of survival of the fittest. If kids survive getting up at 6:30am and getting home at 5pm and immediately needing to work on the endless banal assignments for someone else's judgement/grades until well past midnight when the kids are glassy-eyed shadows of their former selves, then they are rewarded with getting into a four-year college where they repeat this process: "I can't do anything but school work." When I say my kid is struggling, his advisor says, "oh yeah, all the kids struggle in 11th grade, they are all exhausted and struggling to keep up. It is really hard."
Then why don't you help them, lessen the amount of work?
Does this prepare them to graduate, hold a job, and work on things that are not a priority for them but for someone else who will benefit from their hard work.
When my kids were homeschooled they loved learning and would sit with piles of books, or run around outside, or daydream. They had curiosity and joy...
Somedays it feels like we are doing this living as humans wrong.
So many kids are anxious and depressed and just plain tired. Many are medicated so they can keep going and doing what they are supposed to do.
In my coaching practice I work with adults who have spent their lifetime reliving the past and projecting into the future. I help them to be present, help them rekindle what they loved as young children before their joy was sucked away with endless work. Imagine if we taught our kids to slow down, to be present, to be curious, to hold onto what they love...

What does it mean to be a citizen today? What is the state of democracy? The Fallser Club is hosting the TED Democracy Satellite event Tuesday July 9th 5pm to 7pm funded by Visit Philadelphia. TED Fireside Chat with Baratunde Thurston and Katherine Maher. Followed by light food and fabulous music by Bethlehem and Sad Patrick. This event is free but you must register for capacity.

https://thefallserclub.com/event/the-fallser-club-satellite-location-for-ted-democracy/

Here is an earlier TED Democracy talk with Baratunde Thurston and Adrienne Maree Brown that deserves attention. I hope to see you at The Fallser Club on Tuesday for the new TED Democracy talk.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Mi0miIN6tA

How to Imagine a Better Future for Democracy | adrienne maree brown and Baratunde Thurston | TED US democracy needs repair — and care is the answer, says author adrienne maree brown in conversation with writer and activist Baratunde Thurston. In a sweep...

We had a great night yesterday watching Andre D. Carroll in the MISSION Story Slam at National Mechanics. Nigel enjoyed doing the story slam last time and was relieved to just watch last night! All the contestants did an amazing job!! It was a wonderful night of stories and community. It had me contemplating telling a story in the next one…

1 in 10 women suffer.
How many do you know?
Learn to support them.
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1 in 10 women suffer with endometriosis.
Most of those women suffer for years before they are properly diagnosed.
Below the Belt: A Social Justice Documentary about Endometriosis at The Fallser Club Sunday, June 2, 4pm with a panel discussion afterward. Free (donations graciously accepted)
reserve a seat at https://thefallserclub.com/event/below-the-belt-a-social-justice-documentary/