Keywords: education , mental-health , school-counselor , learning , trauma , healing , health , wellness
I want this blog to explore family, mental health, difficult counseling decisions, professional regrets, and the person behind the counselor—without pretending evidence-based frameworks can remove the messiness from being human.
https://acouplecounselors.blog/2026/08/05/the-hard-truth-about-personal-growth
Keywords: chris bernstein , Classroom , connection , education, learning , policy , students , teachers , teaching , TIME
Someday I want to teach in a school where kids are excited to be there. I want to teach in a system where students feel their lives have meaning. I want to be working in a place where the students find their day fulfilling, no matter what they will go home to. So, today I cried because my job is hard. And I cried for the kids I teach and the day I will have tomorrow.
https://educationalrant.com/2017/03/20/educational-rant-tears
Keywords: Bereavement , Opinion , Death and dying , Family , Mental health , Health
It suddenly dawned on me that my family did not waste a single minute of their lives; they lived and loved fiercely every single day. I needed to do the same. I went back to my studies at university, curbed my vices and started to live rather than just exist. After all, this is what my family would have wanted for me.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/oct/02/losing-family-tsunami-grief [by Jen McPherson]
![I realised [I] wanted pole to be more than a hobby too, and somehow continued doing both pole dance and academia as both practices became crucial to my wellbeing, my professional life and my identity](https://wants.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/blogcovers2.0.png)
Keywords: Asses and Activism
My journey into academia was accidental. I’ve always been an introverted nerd who loved studying and struggled in every other work setting, but somehow decided journalism and then PR were for me, got burnt out and depressed (also following an abusive relationship) and thought studying was a way to buy time as I figured myself out. At some point during that studying, I realised research could be my actual job, which doesn’t feel real to this day. In parallel to that, right when I started studying again and went back into academia for my MA in criminology, I took up pole dancing. I was still figuring myself out professionally, so I didn’t really worry about the publicness of pole and of my moderate but nonetheless existing social media profile, also because it did not cross my naive mind that people would discriminate against me just for showing my body (I knew jack shit about sex work stigma then).
https://bloggeronpole.com/2024/09/doing-both-the-challenges-of-being-a-pole-dancing-academic
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Sometimes, I also have the desire to be a teacher, but other times I don’t, depending on my interaction with my students. If they are attentive and able to grasp the lessons, I feel happy being a teacher. However, if they are noisy and struggling, it becomes difficult for me, and I feel inclined to quit teaching as it becomes boring. I won’t discuss anything else about it.
https://dalinblog6.wordpress.com/2023/07/01/introduce-yourself
Keywords: Bus Driving , Personal
When putting my life onto a slide to gaze at under a microscope, I have faced so much hardship that helps my educational trajectory make sense. I have: been homeless, experienced insane financial burden, dealt with a long-term relationship break up, lost friends, and so much more. Sometimes it’s hard waking up in the morning and realizing that my student life could’ve been so different if I had it easy, but on the other hand I wouldn’t be the person I am today without each of those experiences guiding me along my new pathway into adulthood.
https://alexisbostick.wordpress.com/2023/06/24/i-am-an-imposter
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If there was any advice to give students, I would say that you need to remember you are not alone. There are thousands, if not millions, of people going through this yearly. They all end up just fine. There are teachers, guidance counselors, parents, and coaches that are all there to help on this journey. You have time to succeed, make it happen. Don’t waste your junior year by letting the time you could use to slowly begin planning for college slip away. Focus on keeping up with school and grasping an understanding of what you’d like your future to look like. Don’t stress, let the fun happen and continue to be a kid. Enjoy it while it lasts. You will regret spending the greatest years of your life worrying about what the rest will have to come. You’ll be just fine. Good luck!
https://laurenslovelylife0.wordpress.com/2023/06/02/how-crucial-is-junior-year
Keywords: Student’s Blog
It was a really amazing experience and at the same time a very important step in my life. It helped me to gain inner strength and taught me to make the right decisions. For example, I admitted that I wanted to study languages, and I gained enough courage to do it.
https://studentswriteforfun.wordpress.com/2022/02/02/skydiving
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There was a free speech wall where students could write whatever they wanted (so long as it wasn’t hate speech), gender neutral bathrooms, and every girl we encountered had either a shaved and/or pink head, a crop top, or combat boots, or some combination thereof. We knew that I belonged there.
https://thetragicqueen.com/2023/06/24/the-graduate
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I’m so excited to share my thoughts, stories, and experiences with you on living a happy, healthy, fulfilling life. I hope you enjoy your stay here and find inspiration and motivation.
https://mardhiahafiqah.wordpress.com/introduction
I believe every person can find their unique voice in the world, which makes us all so unique.