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As we kick off the 2023/2024 school year, I wanted to share with you eight supportive ways to help you ease back into the classroom. Back to School Tip #1 If you bring the challenges and anxiety with you that you had last year, you’ll likely find yourself repeating a...

I’ve been thinking about how I've seen so many posts lately from the educator community saying… Oh, last day to enjoy my morning coffee or tea outside. And I was thinking that too. But then I thought… Well, why does it have to be the last time? So I decided to grab my...

Have you checked out my Dear Balanced Living Diary series? In a recent one, I shared how I spilled coffee all over my car. It was a mess. And it wasn’t the first time I had done this! As I reflected on that, it reminded me of a really great poem, Autobiography in Five...

Prefer to view this in a video format? Click here.​ I wanted to take an opportunity to talk a little bit about my experience from last week’s graduate school summer intensive class. I learned a lot in so many ways! These lessons can ALL be applied to our lives as...

Just as with anything, summer can show up in all kinds of ways for us as educators. Even though we’re in this space where we seemingly have more time because we're not in school doing the work of actively teaching all day long, summer can still sometimes be...

What’s your anchor? What do you do to help you stay steady? What are you using to come back to when things get chaotic, when schedules are changing… to help you get through the rest of the school year? It can be anything: Breathe - slow, intentional, deep breaths...

A quick reminder that… As we head into the final stretch, I want you to know that you’re not alone. You are awesome. You can do this. As a teacher myself, I’m going through it with you. I know I’m feeling it right now – the challenges of wrapping up the school year on...

Do you feel like things are a little bit out of control sometimes? Do you feel overwhelmed? And most importantly: Are you looking for ways to end the school year with a little more ease? I was looking back at some of the things that I've shared with you over time and...

Practicing mindfulness isn’t as easy as everyone thinks it is. We’re human, and sometimes we get so wrapped up in whatever is going on that we forget the tools we have to pause and process what is happening. Today I wanted to share a quick story to illustrate that. It...

It's really important to me that I walk my talk and I hope you’re finding these blogs and videos useful in your daily life, helping you create balance inside and out of the classroom. You may have noticed I’ve been a little quiet lately. I wanted to hop in here today...