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What is neurodiversity and how can we support neurodivergent teachers? On this episode of The Coaching Podcast, Jillian Starr joins me to talk about coaching neurodivergent teachers. She shares her experience and perspective as a neurodivergent teacher with us. What does neurodiversity mean? During the episode, I ask Jillian to define neurodiversity. She explains that people think and learn in different ways. The term neurodiversity is used to highlight the variety in the human brain. It’s a biological reality like any other human variation. It includes things like ADHD, sensory processing issues, and dyslexia. Jillian goes on to say that neurodivergent...

Hi there! Christmas is right around the corner and to help you avoid the stress that comes with the holiday season I’m sharing once again some of my tried and true tips for a simplified organized Christmas. You’ll be happy to know though that I’m not here to simply tell you to scale back and just do less because that is hard when there are fun traditions to do, happy events to attend and exciting gifts to buy. Of course this may be something to consider if you find yourself doing these things out of obligation. However even then this...

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There are a few special pieces of baking equipment that almost every baking recipe will need. One of the most essential baking tools you need is usually baking pans of different sizes and shapes. Whether you're baking a round cake, a batch of cookies, or some brownies, you will need a baking pan.  When you use any kind of baking pan, it's normal to see the recipe instruct you to either "butter and flour" the baking pan or "grease and line" it. To butter and flour a baking pan, you just need to lightly brush or rub the baking pan with either oil or...

If you want budget motivation, ideas, community help and are committed to 12 months of budgeting, join us for our 2022 Budget Challenge. This will be our third annual, monthly budget challenge, and I’m dedicating it to Mary. You would have heard of Mary if you’ve been on my Facebook page or read blog posts. She was a shining star on Canadian Budget Binder ever since I hit publish on my first blog post in 2012. Passion for finding ways to save money and stick to their monthly budget and investing was her hobby. The best part was that her...