Teacher, school administrators and parents will come away from Life-Enriching Education with skills in language, communication, and ways of structuring the learning environment that support the development of autonomy and interdependence in the classroom.

When we listen for their feelings and needs, we no longer see people as monsters.

The spirituality that we need to develop for social change is one that mobilizes us for social change.

Empathy allows us to re-perceive our world in a new way and move forward.

How I choose to look at any situation will greatly affect whether I have the power to change it or make matters worse.

If we become skilled in giving ourselves empathy, we often experience in just a few seconds a natural release of energy which then enables us to be present with the other person. If this fails to happen, however, we have a couple of other choices.

Anger is a signal that you're distracted by judgmental or punitive thinking, and that some precious need of yours is being ignored.