Author: Peter Prichard

In a past life when I consulted with educators in school districts around the country, I interviewed a teacher who saved the life of a student in his class by jumping in front of the child whose father had barged into the classroom with a gun in an attempt to shoot his child. The child was saved, the teacher wounded but alright. This is not the only instance I heard of in my consulting of a teacher acting in that way. We have to do everything possible to support our […]

Throughout history, women have fought for their rights and the rights of others by daring to stand up against the laws and social norms of their day. In our blog post, “Dissent Is Patriotic,” we’ve featured fifty of our favorite books about real-life girls and women who dared to fight for the causes they believed in including women’s suffrage, labor rights, civil rights, environmental protection, and more! They argued, they disagreed, and they protested — and today, we hail them as heroes whose courage and determination led to positive change […]

“I have Asperger’s and that means I’m different from the norm. At school I was always alone, without friends, I sat in a corner. I figured out where my path is. I’m not the angry little girl who screams in front of world leaders, I’m not how some media portray me to be, I’m a shy, studious girl, a nerd who cares about the present and future of the Planet and therefore my own. I have found purpose in a world that often seems empty and meaningless to so many […]

“My early physical misfortune has turned out to be the greatest blessing that could have come to me. Without it I should have missed all the grim struggle upward and the reward that waited at the end of it all.” Annette Kellermann was just six years old when she developed weakness in her legs. This required her to wear painful steel braces and to help recovery, her parents enrolled Annette in swim classes. As a teen her legs recovered and she became a champion swimmer, a record holder in the […]

A critical starting point for anybody looking to be successful in their life or career at any age is to have a focus or purpose that helps organize one’s efforts. The clearer you are about where you are going the more likely you will be to get there. DO YOU HAVE A CAUSE? Are there any causes that are important to you? The expansive dictionary definition of a cause that we will be using is, “a principle, aim, ideal, belief, conviction, or movement that, because of a deep commitment, one is […]

I have posted multiple examples why The  Greater Good Science Center –  https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/ is one of the most valuable research oriented resources  available for anybody interested in having a positive impact.  What follows is the beginning of an article that shows how to improve teenage health. If  this idea interests you I encourage you to go to the link above to investigate this fascinating article and the offerings of the  Center.  I do not receive any compensation for making  this suggestion. I make it because I love facts and research […]

This was my beautiful wife this past January getting ready to go in to take her exam for Chief Petty Officer. She was in between chemo rounds, and fighting fatigue, chemo sickness and chemo brain. When she got home and I asked her how she did, she said “I prayed my way through the exam so it’s all in God’s hands.” Today, the Navy publicly released the advancement results for Chief Petty Officer and she was selected! For those of you that don’t know, being selected for Chief is a […]

“Democrats must embrace a consistent, popular, and populist Democratic identity — they can’t be beholden to corporate influence or status quo bias. No matter where you live, you can help make this happen: https://indivisible.org/campaign/making-majority” — A KEY PRO-DEMOCRACY RESOURCE Indivisible is a resource that regularly provides information on political elections and realities and actions you can take across the country. As we move forward is it a valuable resource if you are working toward having a pro-democracy country. A recent example of an upcoming November election from a September 14th […]

“Here’s the story: She married the love of her life back in April, but sadly her younger brother, with Down syndrome, couldn’t attend due to medical issues. They are extremely close – her brother is her world and vice versa. So, this month, she arranged a first look for Gabe to see her in her wedding dress. The moment he turned around to see his sister was heart bursting. They hugged, they laughed, they danced in the sand and they had their own private celebration, just the two of them.” […]

“I cured myself of shyness when it finally occurred to me that people didn’t think about me half as much as I gave them credit for. The truth was, nobody gave a damn. Like most teenagers, I was far too self-centered. When I stopped being prisoner to what I worried was others’ opinions of me, I became more confident and free.” – Lucille Ball To join our mailing list and subscribe: https://historicalsnapshots.substack.com — The focus of my Daily Positive Impact posts is to provide readers with sites that make available […]