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Footprints of Kindness

It is always in your
power to be kind.
No matter who tries
to disarm you,
Aim into their heart
with kindness and
leave footprints of it
wherever you go. 🫶🏻

M. Korach
#StarfishClub #mentalhealth

Lighthouse

May your story be
a lighthouse for others
who are struggling
through the darkness,
And may their hope be
the light of your story
that keeps them pushing
forward,
until one day their story
becomes a lighthouse too.

M. Korach #StarfishClub

Chance to Shine: A Guided Mental Health Journal Chance to Shine: A Guided Mental Health Journal: Korach, Melanie: Books - Amazon.ca

I don’t have an Amazon wish list for back to school but I do have a wish request. Consider purchasing my book Chance to Shine for your classroom if u are a teacher, for a child, or school library. 200 #MentalHealth lessons & journal entries. a.co/d/io6ejOF

I haven’t done much work outdoors this summer due to cardiac surgery but managed to spend a couple hours outside today getting some work done, including this little fairy garden. I found a box of fairy items from my kids’ childhood collection & nostalgia took over. #StarfishClub

Never let the ugly in others kill the beauty in you. Only let people into your life who see your beauty from the inside out and genuinely want to be around you. 🫶🏻 #StarfishClub

Take more pictures of your life. Share more kindness. Take deeper breaths. Love more fully. Vocalize your feelings. Don’t hold grudges. Never grow old inside. Life is short. Make each day something special. #StarfishClub

Be kind & build your life around it. This is the key to the greatest kind of personal success. The energy around you (if positive), will attract more kindness, more positivity, more love, more abundance, & ultimately more happiness to your life. Kindness is the most underrated agent of human change.

#BornBattleReady
KOMOREBI

#BornBattleReady
ACETIC

#BornBattleReady
BLOSSOM

Don’t let the day be wasted with worry. Smile and look around you for all the reasons to be thankful. 🫶🏻 #StarfishCub

Miss you, dad.

Even if all you do today is hold yourself together, that’s enough if it’s all you can do. Sometimes holding yourself together is the strongest thing you can do. #MentalHealth #StarfishClub

Build your life around love. Make it the foundation of your existence. Love for yourself. Love for others. Love for those you may never meet. May love survive all the changes in our world and be the rock that guides us forward. 🫶🏻 #StarfishClub #mentalhealth

For teachers who would like to do a #MentalHealth lesson with this poem, this is the message that goes with it: Kindness is an invisible thread that connects people as it travels. Students can write & illustrate it, & make a connection to a time they shared kindness or experienced the ripple effect.

You must be brave enough to let go of the life you planned to accept the one that is waiting for you #StarfishClub #mentalhealth

If they care, they will make time for you. No one is too busy to send a ten second text or make a five minute phone call to check in. If you don’t get the bare minimum, you are settling. Don’t do that. Know your worth. #StarfishClub #mentalhealth

Monday is #NationalSuperheroDay - how is your district celebrating? I’ll be giving one of these comics superhero candy bars to every adult in the building with a supportive message. And I’ll be having my students reflect on their personal heroes…

Integrity is when the things you say match the things you do. #StarfishClub #mentalhealth

Being positive in a negative situation and around negative people is a superpower. 🫶🏻 #StarfishClub #mentalhealth

Today I would like to honour & pay tribute to my beloved late cousin Peter Zezel (April 22, 1965 - May 26, 2009). Peter played in the #NHL for 15 seasons, from 1984-1999. Peter would have been 60 yrs old today. He was a great person who was my childhood hero. Peter had a ♥️ of gold & he was loved.

Some days you may take big steps. Some days you may take small steps. Some days you may take no steps at all. You may even go backwards a little, but that’s ok. You will get back on track. Be patient with yourself and know that better days are on the way.
#StarfishClub

‪The changes palpable‬
‪Like the ice sweat‬
‪After a frigid run‬
‪Shivering from‬
‪The shadow of solitude‬
‪Long cast from‬
‪The impending‬
‪Absence‬

‪#BornBattleReady‬

This week's #BornBattleReady prompt word is: SOLITUDE

Submit your poem by using our hashtag (QRT with hashtag if no space). Include your poem in this 🧵 for added engagement!

Submissions close Sunday at 9am EST.

The only rule is to aim for the heart— and don’t miss! 🖤⚔️🤍

‪I sit‬
‪Amongst the masses‬
‪Reaching for desperate prayers‬
‪Dwelling upon my solitude‬
‪Instead of grappling‬
‪With the fear of not‬
‪Being enough,‬
‪Realizing I’m alive, and‬
‪Walking on clouds‬
‪In the company‬
‪Of others‬

‪#BornBattleReady‬

#BornBattleReady prompt word is: SOLITUDE

Each poet who shared their words with us this weekend was #BornBattleReady, but which of these 5 finalists will be crowned our next “Voice of Valo(U)r”?

Review the poems in this 🧵 and then vote for yourself!

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A student’s entry in my book Chance to Shine: A Guided Mental Health Journal. It has 200 #mentalhealth lessons for teachers to use in their classrooms. It can also be used as a diary for individual use (ages 7-18). Each lesson has a positive message, affirmation & writing activity. a.co/d/g1awSlQ

A happy life is directly tied to a positive mindset. You may have struggles and challenges, and your life may not be perfect (whose is?) but you can still choose to have a positive outlook. That is huge. Every day I wake up and say thank you. It’s a simple habit that keeps me positive. #mentalhealth