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Working in a clean and organized office is known to increase productivity. Instead of having to constantly address a messy workspace, you’ll be able to fully focus on your work. Also, sitting in an office where everything is organized causes less stress since you don’t have to worry about clutter and other distractions. If you don’t know where to start and what to do with all these things around you, organizing your office may seem daunting. However, when you know where to look and what to do, the task becomes much easier. Here are some simple yet effective guidelines for...

Baz Luhrmann is back! The Australian filmmaker is an artist that movie fans have extreme opinions about. Either you love Luhrmann's style, or you hate it. Luhrmann has been subverting expectations ever since he made his filmmaking debut with the 1992 romantic comedy "Strictly Ballroom." Luhrmann took a much different approach to the "dance comedy" than some movie fans were expecting.Luhrmann's next films got even wilder. Even though Luhrmann's adaptation of William Shakespeare's "Romeo + Juliet" didn't change a word of the original text, the film was set in the modern day. Luhrmann's next film, "Moulin Rouge!" became one of the...

On The Coaching Podcast, we've been discussing different types of coaches all month. We spoke with a math coach, a technology coach, and an SEL coach. On this episode, I want to share my experiences as a literacy coach and tell you about my course, The Confident Literacy Coach. When I was first introduced as a literacy coach, we were in a big faculty meeting. I was a brand-new literacy coach and had never coached a day in my life. I was sitting next to the new math and science coach. My principal gestured to us and said, “This year,...

My birthday is coming up in a few weeks (I’m not crying you’re crying) so I made us Gluten Free Angel Food Cake to celebrate! OH YES. This sweet, gluten free treat is impossibly tall and fluffy, soft and springy, and looks and tastes JUST like the real thing. My boys call it simply “Angel Cake” because it tastes like it was sent from above. You would never in a million years guess it’s gluten free! Gluten Free Angel Food Cake I grew up eating Angel Food Cake topped with whipped cream and fresh berries constantly in the summertime. Birthdays, BBQs, the...

Stress management will benefit anyone who isn’t feeling their best due to circumstances they can and cannot control. Since moving to Canada in 2007 and starting a new life, I’ve had to learn how to cope with the stress of a new country. Everyday stress, including financial anxiety, relationship stress, new parent stress and securing employment, can take its toll on anyone. Today, I want to share my self-help journey, battling my way through a new life in a new country. How stress management has helped me live my new life in Canada New Country Stress Management The minute I...