Slow adventure involves risk… the risk of discovering truth and meaning through examination. -Richard Bangs One of my favorite tourist activities as a temporary London, ON based Canadian is to go to the local park downtown. I take the … Continue reading 7 Reflective Questions to Ask On Your Next Vacation
Originally published at MACUHO Diversity Closing is (finally) finished and summer is HERE! That means summer dresses, outdoor concerts, farmer’s markets and if you’re like me- a new book list. Though you’re probably getting inundated with Buzzfeed articles about the … Continue reading
When I first moved to Columbus last July to start my journey as an Assistant Hall Director and a HESA Master’s student, I couldn’t get enough of Ohio State. I walked around campus, sometimes for hours, taking pictures of buildings … Continue reading What they Didn’t Tell Me About Grad School, or 5 Lessons That Changed Me
The plan: rent bikes at Belmont Shore, ride down the trail, breathe in the salt of the ocean, put our coats on when we can no longer stand the wind, pretend we’re children again, forget the responsibility of being grad … Continue reading Body Goals: A Meditation on Trauma
Though we had been talking about the surface level things for a bit (how our days were going, what the weather was like today, etc.), I was surprised when the student in my office suddenly admitted that she doesn’t view … Continue reading
Last semester, I got the opportunity to interview a few students with invisible disabilities for a class project. In the interviews, I was astounded to hear that these students often feel erased in their daily experiences on campus. One student … Continue reading
I’ve spent many years hustling- promoting myself and my dreams, running around in circles to create and grind and pitch and jump over and dream bigger and move faster and create the illusion that I have it all together. 2017 … Continue reading “Health Over Hustle”: Setting Intentions for 2018
An Omen We sat in the Columbus airport at 4:30 am talking about which panels we were going to, and what we hoped to see while we were in Baltimore. The sessions ranged from poetry readings to networking sessions to … Continue reading Angela Davis, Baltimore Blue Crabs and Collective Liberation: NWSA 2017
In Student Affairs, we talk a lot about how to teach students resiliency. Though we are here to support students in various capacities, we ultimately want each student leaving with a greater sense of who they are, and how they … Continue reading 6 Unconventional Ways to Honor Yourself
As a woman- as a black woman- I have been taught to choose others. I’m used to being the Helper, and often I even delight in the role, laboring emotionally to support, to educate, to placate, to rejuvenate everyone…. everyone … Continue reading I Journal, I Resist
