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Lost and Found: A Self-Story Reflection

By Jessica Maes How and why did I land here? For the past 20+ years I lived in Madison, Wisconsin and spent my time and energy self-employed as a marketing consultant, raising my son, and supporting my husband. Today, my son is off to college, my husband and I have relocated, and I’m pursuing a […]

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Impressions on Attending a Small College

By Jessica Maes In conversation with a student at my school recently, the student said: I wonder if I should transfer. This caught me by surprise because I love attending the University of Wisconsin – Green Bay. But it’s a fair question, especially when early in the college experience. As a parent of an undergraduate, […]

Impressions on Midterm Exams

By Jessica Maes My first semester of graduate school midterm exams are officially in the books! Every week of this semester has been been a new adventure since this is my first year of grad school. I don’t know what I don’t know about so. many. things. Luckily, you learn a lot about perspective  when […]

First Impressions of Graduate School

By Jessica Maes I’ve been planning on attending graduate school for several years. I love learning, and for many years dreamed of applying to the Master of Applied Positive Psychology program at Penn College of Liberal & Professional Studies. When the time was right for me to apply to programs, the MAPP program had shifted […]