Writings

Essays and articles on care, courage, mentoring and family

Daniel writes for Tiny Buddha, The Good Men Project, YourTango and Education Technology Insights. Each piece below opens on the publication’s own site.

Education Technology Insights

Caring Is the Heart of Educational Mentoring

A featured leadership contribution, written as District Director of School Counseling for Broward County Public Schools, on what twenty-eight years in education has taught him about putting care at the center of mentoring.
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Tiny Buddha

A Simple Question That Helps When I Feel Anxious

August 2026
On the habit of bracing for the next setback, and what a walk outdoors can loosen.
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Sometimes Love Needs to Move

July 2026
What we do with love when we cannot fix what is happening to someone we care about.
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What I Learned from a Lifetime of Feeling Different

June 2026
On a life spent just outside the circle, and what the urge to prove yourself gives and takes.
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The Wonder and Heartbreak of Life Under Our Sky

June 2026
A family drive home after a canceled game, and the moment that stopped it.
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How I Stopped Being the Victim of My Own Story

June 2026
A coffee with a trusted mentor, and what it revealed about losing yourself in a new role.
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The Beautiful Gift We Give Without Even Knowing

May 2026
A coach who took a chance on his son, and the friendship that grew from it.
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The Good Men Project

When Courage Woke Up

April 2026
On boyhood, fear, and the moment courage finally arrives.
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YourTango

A Story About Fathers, Sons, and Intergenerational Wisdom

January 2024
What his father, an old-school salesman, passed on to him with very few words.
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