Beth PandolphoMar 63 minExplore Your Inner Hedgehog with Jim CollinsIn the last few months, I’ve listened to over 5 hours of podcast episodes featuring Jim Collins. Collins is a researcher and an author...
Beth PandolphoFeb 54 minBecoming More Yourself with Atomic HabitsPerhaps the last kind of book we all need during these long, pandemic days is one that tells us how we can establish better habits in...
Beth PandolphoJan 85 minFinding Your Way with Atlas of the HeartI am basically a fan of everything “Brené Brown”, but when I preordered Atlas of the Heart, I somehow failed to notice that it is very...
Beth PandolphoDec 20, 20213 minRelearning with the 1619 ProjectAt just a little more than 100 pages into The 1619 project, I need to take a pause. I'm going to use this time to reckon with all I did...
Beth PandolphoNov 28, 20213 minNot So Minor FeelingsMinor Feelings, by poet Cathy Park Hong is a collection of non-fiction essays in which Hong examines and shares her experiences as an...
Beth PandolphoNov 18, 20211 minWhat it's really like to teach during the pandemic I have been working in-person since September 2020, so I can tell you first-hand that without students, school is a very lonely place....
Beth PandolphoOct 31, 20214 minThe Continued Erasure of Black Triumph and JoyRecently, in search for classroom resources, I came across a speech by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. entitled, "What is Your Life's...
Beth PandolphoOct 18, 20214 minUntamed and Unbound: Memoir as an Offering“Owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing we’ll ever do.” -Brené Brown The memoirs Untamed by...
Beth PandolphoOct 3, 20214 minWhy It’s Okay If Someone Calls You a RacistFor my birthday, my kids bought me Ijeoma’s Oluo’s book, So You Want to Talk About Race. In the past, I’ve told them not to buy me any...
Beth PandolphoSep 19, 20213 minStay Curious Just a Little Bit LongerI loved this conversation with Michael Bungay Stanier, author of The Advice Trap and The Coaching Habit about why our “advice isn’t as...
Beth PandolphoSep 6, 20214 minLove as the Most Powerful Fuel to Effect ChangeBeyond calling out and the cancel culture: Learning to call in and call on
Beth PandolphoAug 24, 20213 minAustin Channing Brown Offers Readers a Door InI first listened to Austin Channing Brown’s book, I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness as an audiobook. Although...
Beth PandolphoAug 10, 20214 minChoosing Vulnerability Over Complicity - A Disclaimer"If you have come to help me, you are wasting your time, but if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us...
Beth PandolphoJul 25, 20212 minYou Don't Need Anyone's Approval to Tell Your StoryAshley C. Ford’s memoir, Somebody’s Daughter, is unapologetically honest, as she shares the most intimate details of her life so vividly...
Beth PandolphoJul 21, 20212 minAccording to Claudia Rankine, A Better Term for "White Privilege" is "White Living"Poet and educator, Claudia Rankine is a wise and generous teacher who illuminates the meaning of "white privilege" in a way that, for me,...
Beth PandolphoJul 12, 20212 minIt's All Going to Be OkayIf you’re not familiar with Nora McInerny or her podcast “Terrible, Thanks for Asking”, it features real people telling their stories -...
Beth PandolphoJul 8, 20212 min"The Other Black Girl" by Zakiya Dalila HarrisOne of the things I love about reading is when authors share insights that you otherwise might not have access to in real life -...