Rhoda Deon, PhDHow a Spoon Created Space in My Calendar and Improved My BreathingMy aunt always makes space in her purse for a spoon. When I asked her about it she said, “You never know when you might run into a piece of…5 min read·Aug 25, 2021----
Rhoda Deon, PhDSometimes Feeling Small Can Make a Big DifferenceIn that smallness I realize that no matter what mistakes I might have made during the day, it’s impossible for me to break an entire…2 min read·Jun 30, 2021----
Rhoda Deon, PhDLoving All of My Personal Truths— How I Interrupt a Shame StormFirst, I write down the questions coming up in the shame storm. Second, after I have them all laid out, I analyze the pronouns.3 min read·Jun 30, 2021----
Rhoda Deon, PhDIf You Choose to Yield to Temptation, Make Sure You’re not Losing the Right of Way.What is it about strangers that allows them to give me advice that my closest friends can’t get me to hear? I mean years later, the words…3 min read·Mar 30, 2020----
Rhoda Deon, PhDSometimes our Best Practices are the Ones We’ve Been Doing all AlongIt doesn’t matter how much I try to forget my life as a mathematician, it always comes back around. At this point I’m just grateful it…4 min read·Mar 30, 2020--1--1
Rhoda Deon, PhDMost Things Have to End Before We Can See Where They BeginMy Grandma would have been 100 this week. To this day I am so grateful my family and I spent our 2014 Christmas holiday packed in her…3 min read·Mar 29, 2020----
Rhoda Deon, PhDThe Ups and Downs of Aging with My ParentsI hate that my parents are getting older. Never mind it’s been happening the whole time. But moving closer to home makes it harder for…3 min read·Mar 26, 2020--1--1
Rhoda Deon, PhDForcing Functions for GratitudeWith all the hubbub about COVID-19, I almost missed the first day of spring (Thursday, March 19th). But I didn’t! Before I left on a…3 min read·Mar 23, 2020----