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The Shocking Science of “Vibe Check”

  Your Energy, Their Outcome: Is Your Vibe Crushing or Lifting?   What Two Bullied Plants Can Teach Us About Classroom and Home Behaviors In 2018, IKEA collaborative conducted a fascinating, viral experiment in a Swedish school. They took two identical Dracaena plants, placed them in the same environment, and

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ONE Rule

Let’s Create Better Ways for Today’s Children Dear Difference Maker, This week’s 30-Second TurnAround is about how to stop the generational legacy of pain and trauma we have the option of passing on to this generation. I’ll never forget when I was seventeen my mother said, “You just wait until

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How We Blow Kids Up!

  Why Today’s Kids Are Breaking Norms How we’re “inadvertently” pushing children beyond social boundaries!   Being a Behavioral TurnAround Specialist, I make it my business to scroll and see what people are teaching on social media. Because of the algorithms, social media tends to show me the types of

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