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A chat between fellow educators
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...
When life is unpredictable
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...
How to find the joy in teaching
Last week’s live (watch it here) was on how we can focus our energy on what we love about teaching. And my reel also spoke to all that extra stuff that gets thrown at us as educators. All these added responsibilities - it exists, it's for real, there's no denying...
You can’t pour from an empty cup
One of the things I love to do when I need to feel uplifted is to find a poem or piece of writing that inspires me. I have a few favorite poetry books that I go to often. I loved it when one day I was looking for some inspiration and opened one of those books right to...
Does the perfect educator even exist?
Saturday’s live was on the topic of Progress Over Perfection. I also did a fun reel the other day that spoke to this topic (check it out here). As educators, I know that we can often get into the idea of wanting everything to be just so, and that can get overwhelming...
Feeling overwhelmed as an educator?
This week's bite size balance tip for educators is a strategy to help you when you start to experience overwhelm… in your work as an educator and even out in your life beyond the classroom (Prefer to watch a video of this email? Click here. ) It can be easy to feel...
Why you don’t have to stop your thoughts to be mindful
This week's bite size balance tip is about mindfulness and how it can be a great part of your life as an educator and help you in your everyday life, no matter where you are or what you're doing. Prefer to watch a video of this blog? Click here. First I invite you...
Protecting your “me time” as an educator
This week's bite size balance tip is about protecting your “me time” from all the tasks that we so often get inundated with from our work as educators. Prefer to watch a video? Click here. I’m sure that at one time or another, we have all experienced having to bring...
How to handle “comparisonitis” as educators
Prefer to watch a video of this blog? Click here! As human beings, our mind has a natural tendency to compare. And as educators, it can be really easy to see everything else going on around us and look at what other people are doing and start comparing, what we do as...
Coming back from winter vacation?
My intention for 2023 is to help you live your BEST life. As an educator, and as a human being. I’ll be going LIVE over on Instagram on Saturdays at 10am (Eastern) this year, to help us build a community of educators, supporting one another and growing together....
