Be Who You Are
In this personal vlog, Susan talks about neurodiversity, “weirdness” and individuality. She explains how her thinking about "normal" has changed and broadened over the years, and also relates an anecdote about a situation where her [...]
Making Sense of the Scents: My Dysregulating Self-Reg Experience
Today I went for a pedicure. I love pedicures! There's something so wonderful about getting your feet massaged, feeling the warm water on your toes, and then leaving with a beautiful new nail colour. When [...]
Two Big Takeaways from SRSS 2018
Well, it was yet another amazing Self-Reg Summer Symposium this year! My head is still spinning with some of the things I saw and heard, and the people I met. I wanted to share my [...]
How Many Children in the Dramatic Play Centre?
By: Lisa Cranston, Ed.D. When I first began teaching kindergarten many years ago, my teaching partner and I spent the summer setting up the classroom with a wide variety of learning centres – block play, [...]
Temper-Mindful: The Sweet & Subtle Wisdom of Chocolate
By: Susan Plummer Over the years I have tried to meditate many times using various techniques, including listening to tapes and soothing music, looking at a flickering candle, using alternate nostril breathing and many more. [...]
Will Self-Reg Fix My Relationship With…?
By: Nancy Niessen Shortly after writing my first blog for TMC, Reframing is Ageless, I had a challenging encounter with a particular relative. The big emotions I was feeling were an indicator of my stress [...]
Does It Take Just a Minute To Make a Difference?
Sometimes I realize how quickly things can change. Everything is going well, until it's not. Before I took the Foundations 1 Course, I remember having many conversations with educators and administrators about students in my [...]
12 Self-Reg Misconceptions
Do you think you understand Self-Reg? Are you sure? Stuart Shanker and Susan Hopkins have come across a number of misconceptions about Self-Reg over the past few years. They deconstruct 12 of them in this [...]
Roberta Reflects On Self-Reg, Hope, and the Difference One Year Can Make
Towards the end of 3 wonderful days working in Alert Bay, British Columbia, I asked Roberta, one of the most inspiring teachers that I've worked with over the last few years, if I could ask [...]
Those Hazy Crazy Days of SRSS
Just about three years ago today I stood in a parking lot at Trent University waiting for Susan Hopkins. It was the day before the very first Self-Reg Summer Symposium and Susan and I were [...]
Unmotivated or Hooked? The Worrisome Pull Towards “Just One More Episode”
The other night I “pulled the plug” on Netflix for good. It was an easy decision after I used a Self-Reg lens to reframe a parenting problem I’d been struggling with for several months. Here’s [...]
Caregiver Burnout: Recognizing the Mounting Stressors
By: Nancy Niessen I don’t know a lot about caregiver burnout when it comes to elderly family members. It’s something I plan to read up on because I feel like I’m experiencing it these days. [...]
The Self-Reg View of: Freedom
Balance ⊢ Freedom I am still trying to understand the meaning of what we saw on the weekend of March 24, 2018: the March for our Lives. Teens around the world, rising up against – what [...]
10, 9, 8, 7… | A Self-Reg Look At Countdowns
Countdowns. As we're approaching the middle of June, there's no doubt about it that year-end countdowns will start soon. The warmer weather doesn't help with this. I often say that the weather puts children into [...]
The Girl In Red: Reframing a Management Strategy
By: Dr. Laura Cesaroni This happened recently, with a 7 year old girl. I asked, "How was your day at school?” Truly I wasn't attending closely, looking down, and busy taking notes. Silence. I pause, this feels [...]
Why I Love Hearing Dr. Shanker Speak Live
I have many reasons to look forward to the Self-Reg Summer Symposium each year. One of them is meeting people: I work on my own out of a home office, so I don’t get the [...]
Self-Reg Gets an Enthusiastic Response in New Zealand
By: Norah Fryer I have known and learned from Stuart Shanker for 10 years. I feel fortunate to have been to be influenced by Stuart, and I share his belief that our ability to engage [...]
Teens and Motivation: Are We Focusing On the Wrong Part of the Brain?
In some ways, Janus would be the perfect symbol for Self-Reg. Partly, because Janus was the god of beginnings and transitions; but mostly, because Janus’ two faces were supposed to represent looking to the future [...]
When And How Do Perceptions Matter?
My teaching partner, Paula, and I spend a lot of time discussing Self-Reg. We often talk about our students, and what we're noticing in the classroom. Is their behaviour changing? Why might it be changing? [...]
The Importance of Fun in Kids’ Self-Regulation
This post is part of our Everyday Self-Reg series. When I was 21, my buddy Tom and I had this half-baked, youthfully idealistic notion that a lot of the world’s problems and conflicts could be [...]