Hello, I’m Janet

Welcome to my profile — updated October 2021.

About me

I’ve been a cook, high school teacher, administrator, fundraiser, Catholic nun, and wife and mother. I write to make sense of life.

My Most Read Articles

How to Raise Internally Motivated Kids with Passion
Dispelling the Myth that Children Need Structure
That Could’ve Been My Child (Curated)

My Favorite Articles

Can You See the Holes?
Do Something About It
When Will We Listen and Learn

My TEDx Talk

Resisting the Myth of Professionalism

I Write for Several Medium Publications

Boomerangs Baby Boomers on the Rebound
Middle-Pause For the woman in the middle
Dancing Elephants Press Positivity at Work
The Writing Cooperative A global community of writers