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Becoming.
Slowly she exhales. In the last several weeks she has experienced loss, heartbreak, death, rejections, fear, and rebirth. Not all from...
Blake Finley
Sep 21, 20193 min read
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Day One
I won’t send this. At least not now. I need to give you what you want and remove myself from your life, even if I am struggling to remove...
Blake Finley
Sep 5, 20192 min read
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Antithesis II: The next day
Yesterday's ridiculously long vent of reflection ( see: Antithesis) was cathartic to say the least. Then again, is that not what writing...
Blake Finley
Aug 15, 20194 min read
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Antithesis
They say what doesn't kill you will make you stronger. I say sometimes a part of you needs to die in order to find strength and...
Blake Finley
Aug 14, 201910 min read
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Change Inspired or Inspiring Change?
What makes someone change? What role does reflection have in growth? Oh, how my brain stirs.
Blake Finley
Jul 20, 20192 min read
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Contradiction of a Modern Day Colonizer
According to Memmi, the colonizer who seeks to justify his/her privilege faces an agonizing contradiction (on the one hand, the colonizer...
Blake Finley
Jun 2, 20192 min read
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Professional Development 101: Six ideas for awesome meetings
t’s not enough to offer quasi-coffee flavored water and stale bagels, followed by a two hour lecture on why effective lessons do not...
Blake Finley
May 27, 20192 min read
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THE "Others"
A while ago, my co-hort and I were not asked to define the term "other" - we were challenged. To define this as a word or concept would...
Blake Finley
Apr 21, 20193 min read
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Unremarkable: The Gift of Social Identity
From the archives: Feb. 2015 Identity Development Theory Identity development theory was the core topic of my first course on child and...
Blake Finley
Apr 2, 20194 min read
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