Sofia Gonzalez M.Ed., MA
In light of Teacher Appreciation Week and Mental Health Awareness Month 2024, as I sit here in my morning meditations, this intersection of events have arrested me. Teacher Trauma has turned into a clarion call for me, and for those who follow my work, this should be no surprise. The research is clear: Teachers of …
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I want to say lately I've been navigating through some muddy waters. Imma pull the hair out of my face so you can see my countenance clearly. If there's anything that I've learned about living with a mental health challenge, it's knowing you have to work a little harder to regulate, breathe, and return to …
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Looking behind my shoulders, I have to say that I'm in a place of divine tension. I say divine because I know it's been pre-calculated and predestined. A liminal space is that space in between where you're not quite where you're headed, but you are not where you have been. How does it feel to …
"The most important conversation I'll have this year is with myself." -me January 1, 2024. What in the actual world? This is the time of year that sobers us all, well I'm assuming most of us. Online, I've seen many recaps of 2023. I was tempted to create one, but then I stopped. The full …
30 years. 30 years. 30 years. I say that and it startles me at how fast the time runs, not walks by. Like a bolt of lightening in a rainy forecast, how it fires across. First you see it, then you don't. Now that I'm somewhat of a public figure now, not too many people …
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEzB82kyWYQ Video Diary I can't even decide where to begin. The year, 2014. I had just had a second child, and my weight and body fat were tipping the scales. I was going through a personal life crisis, and my PTSD from Chicago teaching was at an all time high. I had been going to …
I know how I got here, but I don't. It's really like how those action movies show a moving train, and someone is climbing on the outside of it, moving from cart to cart! That's how I feel life's been going for me. Fast paced. Me moving quickly, climbing, pulling, stepping across as my heart …
Continue reading "Current status: from classroom teacher to full-time speaker"
I'm sure many people know, but not everyone. I'm the lead visionary for a Nonprofit called Project 214, in honor of my first classroom number, ROOM 214. For those who follow my teaching and speaking ministry, you've heard my backstory. Here's the skinny version: The year 2009! My first year teaching as a rookie I …
https://vimeo.com/12662426?share=copy 13 years ago... Every time I see this video, I cringe. At first, it's because I'm wondering why I look that way. The hair color, the clothes choice-I'm like really? I walked around like that? (Laugh) Come on, most people don't like how they look years back. Cringing at the thought. Then I press …
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So just the title alone of this blog dispels any myth in my mind that the impossible can't be achieved. This has been 3 years in the making. I first caught wind of this Fellowship in November of 2020. You read that right. I applied for 2021-22 school year and Covid disrupted any full time …
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