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Peacemaking, Bullying and a Hamilton School Murder

I’ve had a bunch of blog ideas recently (so many that I haven’t been able to focus on actually finishing one), but something happened recently that I feel compelled to write about. A 14-year-old, Devan Selvey, was stabbed and killed outside of a Hamilton high school in front of his mom. Hearing about how this apparently sweet and kind kid was bullied for months, and then attacked and killed in front of his mother, shook me deeply. I don’t want to talk much about the specific incident, as that is all still under investigation, but I want to talk about some ills it may point to in our culture.

How to Stay Positive (When People Keep Telling You to "Stay Positive")

Some housekeeping: My writing New Year's resolution has hit a bit of a slowdown lately. However, even though I haven't been blogging much I have been working on the blog. I'm working on a new version of the blog that will be a much nicer and more user-friendly design. It will be much easier for people to find Julia's posts, and to generally navigate around the site. So stay tuned!

Today I want to talk about positive thinking. By this, I mean something quite specific. I'm not referring to research findings from positive psychology about how to create positive emotions. This is extremely important, as I'll cover.

Resolutions for a New Year - and a New Me

Making resolutions feels strange after experiencing deep loss. Any sort of planning or dreaming - is there any point when you know more of life's vicissitudes could be around the corner?

Reflections After 2 Years

Happy new year, folks! I hope you've all started off well with crushing those resolutions. I know I have, because one of my big ones is to write more! More on my resolutions in another blog post that will follow in the next few days.

For now, I'm going to share some reflections on where I've been and where I'm at in the grief department. This post will be about looking back and the next post will be about looking forward.