Katina Grigoraskos, PsyD

10th Annual IB Visual Arts Exhibition: The creativity of our art students and teachers always blows me away. It's inspiring how there are no limits when it comes to creativity. #IBVisualArts #Creativity #youngartists

“The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.” #Meditations #MarcusAurelius

"Leadership is the capacity to see what matters and the capacity to communicate it in an inspiring way to turn complexity and chaos into order." A cup-filling & inspiring leadership conference, and a chance to learn from the education giants. @EARCOSORG #elc2025bkk #leadership

Years of attending the ServICE Conference.. and always leave feeling inspired, connected and empowered. Learning about service, sustainability and the power of inter-school community. #ICE15RIS #youthleadership #servicelearning #CAS

The sweetest and most thoughtful gesture from our students to show appreciation for our school maids and drivers - the caretakers who keep our school clean and our students safe, all while spreading smiles. A little gratitude goes a long way. #Gratitude #Community #Wells

Mel Robbins breaks down her “Let Them” theory.

"The key is to accept that there are certain things over which we have no control, like the passage of time and the ephemeral nature of the world around us." #ikigai #purpose #meaning #present

Proud to represent EIU Paris at the ACBSP Conference 2025 in Las Vegas! 🌍📚 A global gathering of educators, innovators, and leaders - all working to elevate student success and foster meaningful collaborations. #ACBSP2025 #EIUParis #GlobalEducation #FutureReady

The most enduring marker of success isn't wealth, fame, or power. It’s what we create and contribute to others. In the short run, status symbols capture attention. In the long run, achievement is judged by impact. The highest accomplishment is improving the lives of others.

A great reminder of the hidden potential that lies in everyone - and what we can do to foster it in ourselves and others, and become better versions of ourselves.. #HiddenPotential @AdamMGrant

Always grateful for new learning experiences, connections and more insight into the continuous improvement journey. That's what life's all about, anyway. #ACBSP25 #continuousimprovement #LasVegas

Inspiring keynote from @AustinHatch30 Key takeaways: Always aim to leave things better than you found them. Find uncommon ways to do common things. Go big or go home. #ACBSP25 #continuousimprovement

17 powerful sentences by Lao Tzu focusing on simplicity, nature, leadership, and self-mastery:

This book is hard to put down. @BillGates is a vivid storyteller who takes readers on a journey - in this case, of his unique life from a young age, his insightful thinking and perspective and the beginnings of Microsoft. Highly recommended read!

Here's my 2-minute summary of the changes that happened, in many countries, since The Anxious Generation was published 1 year ago. It's a video summary of my essay in @TheFP today:

Student creativity & passions should be at the heart of education. Let the students lead. #ShowCASe #IBDPCAS #IBVisualArtsExhibition #FarmersMarket #Creativity #studentled

"Education and health care are two areas where our shared values tell us that, ideally, family resources shouldn’t be a limiting factor in accessing the best possible opportunities. Most of us believe that every mind and life deserves to reach its full potential." @salkhanacademy

Highlights from EIU Paris’s recent graduation ceremony.🎉 📍 - Le Meridian Hotel, Putrajaya 🗓️ - 15th February, 2025 #eiuparis #convocation #event #graduation #ceremony

All successful people stand on the shoulders of their mentors. That’s the foundation for a new book, “Who Believed in You: How Purposeful Mentorship Changes the World,” by Pennsylvania Sen. @DaveMcCormickPA and Dina Powell McCormick. I’ve been friends with Dina for many years and have seen first-hand how passionate she is about this issue. Fifteen years ago, when Dina was still at Goldman Sachs, we worked together on a mentoring program Dina built called “10,000 Women.” Since it began, over 200,000 women in 150 countries around the world have been mentored and supported. Mentoring has always been essential, but the pandemic closed off many mentoring avenues for young people. “During the COVID lockdowns, we watched as many Americans — including our six teenage daughters — were left feeling devoid of human connection and without the advice and guidance of mentors,” the authors write. Dina shares her own experience of how mentors helped shape her life and career, all the way back from immigrating to America from Egypt. And Dave recounts how his mentors supported his journey from West Point to the US Senate. The book is a roadmap for how to create and seek out these critical relationships and it features interviews with leaders across industries, including Microsoft CEO @satyanadella, fashion entrepreneur @toryburch, Maryland @GovWesMoore, and film producer @BrianGrazer. Dave and Dina show how what they call transformative mentorship could transform the country. “Imagine if every one of us had a genuine impact on somebody’s life in a transformational way and helped them find their purpose,” they write. “Is there a greater gift any of us could give?” You can pre-order it here: bit.ly/3F34nHD

Stop asking, What’s your passion? It’s the wrong question. Passion is a hot emotion—intense, fleeting, and often unsustainable. Instead, ask, What do you do? How do you spend your time? The answer reveals something deeper: a sense of meaning, intrinsic interest, flow, and contribution. These calmer, enduring emotions are what truly sustain us. Want to find your path? Start by observing how you naturally spend your time and what consistently engages you.