In my 20s and 30s, I was a highly ambitious person. At the end of my final teaching prac, I asked my supervisor, “How many years should I teach English before I apply for a leadership role?” She suggested five years would be a nice amount of time to hone my classroom...

“I write to know what I think…” Joan Didian Occasionally over the years, my mentor Jennifer has encouraged me to keep a journal. I can’t do it. I think it’s something to do with being an Enneagram 4 with a very strong 3 wing. (That sentence doesn’t make sense to many...

My body aches. My joints are very painful and they seem to be taking turns. Currently, it’s the balls of my feet and the first knuckle of my right pointer finger, but in recent days the pain has been in my wrists, my knees, my left elbow, and my fingers. The GP has...