Gratitude: More than Just an Attitude

By Dr. Jane BluesteinNovember 25, 2013May 3, 2022 General Interest, Gratitude and inspiration abundance, acknowledgement, appreciation, blessings, daily riches, freedom, gratitude, happiness, healing, journal, miracles, morale boost, positive attitude, reflection, self-care, silver linings, synchronicity, thanksgiving, wishes 2 Comments

Practical activities to help build your gratitude practice Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow. —Melody Beattie It’s easy to forget that gratitude is more than just an idea to drag out and dust off for the holidays, although Thanksgiving (here in the U.S. and belatedly for…

Creating Kindness

By Dr. Jane BluesteinJuly 14, 2013June 9, 2022 Counselors, Creating community, General Interest, Increasing Positivity, Self-care and Inspiration, Taking care of yourself, Tolerance and Respect darkness in the world, dealing with outrage, fear, healing, kindness, learning from trauma, positive outlet for pain, reframing trauma, staying positive, stress, surviving trauma 4 Comments

Finding a positive outlet for outrage and pain Update, 2022: I wrote this piece in response to a specific incident that happened several years ago. We’ve certainly had more than enough “outrage and pain” since this post appeared. I have left the original reference in for historical purposes and context. I believe that the content…

Picking up the Pieces

By Dr. Jane BluesteinDecember 23, 2012May 8, 2022 Blog, Counselors, Educators, Emotionally safe schools, General Interest, Increasing Positivity, Parents, Recognition and Reinforcement, School climate, Social and Emotional Growth acceptance, emotional safety, emotionally safe classroom, encouragement, feedback, healing, identity and failure, self-concept 6 Comments

Reclaiming our essence “I can never read your writing.” “That was awful. Maybe you should leave the athletics to your sister.” “I can’t tell what this drawing is supposed to be.” “You’ll never be any good at…” Do any of these sound familiar? I know very few adults who grew up without at least some…

Book: Magic, Miracles and Synchronicity

By Dr. Jane BluesteinSeptember 19, 2012November 21, 2022 Avoiding burnout, Books, bookstore, Bookstore, Educators, General Interest, Gratitude and inspiration, Health and Safety, Parents, Self-care and Inspiration, Social and Emotional Growth, Stationery item, Students, Taking care of yourself abundance, acknowledgement, appreciation, blessings, daily riches, freedom, gratitude, happiness, healing, journal, miracles, morale boost, positive attitude, reflection, self-care, silver linings, synchronicity, thanksgiving 1 Comment

A Journal of Gratitude and Awareness by Dr. Jane Bluestein, Judy Lawrence, M.S.Ed. & SJ Sanchez, M.P.A. Keep your focus on the positive! This life-affirming book will inspire you to reflect upon and document your feelings of gratitude and appreciation for the gifts of intuitive insights, “coincidences,” beauty, growth, accomplishment, help and support, and day-to-day miracles…