Balancing Life To Avoid Teacher Burnout
Teaching is a rewarding profession but can come at a high cost. Educators are natural caregivers but tend to prioritize other people’s well-being over their own, leading to teacher burnout. In a society where a workaholic is celebrated and misinterpreted as an overachiever, teachers need to be reminded that they are more than their job […]
Difficult Conversations to Compassionate Conversations
Why do difficult conversations have to be difficult? How can we approach difficult conversations that will empower you and the student or person you are talking with? Repeat after me, difficult conversations do NOT have to be difficult. If you told me this just three years ago, I wouldn’t have believed you because they used […]
Courageous Conversations
What is a courageous conversation? We have them all the time. We have them everywhere. We have them with students, colleagues, administrators, and parents. The conversations may be a two-minute conversation in the hallway or a conversation that takes place over the course of 20 days. The idea is that we engage in conversations that […]
Easy Strategy To Solve Problems
You cannot solve a problem while you are in the middle of feeling negative emotions. If you try to solve a problem when you are focusing on all the negative conditions, you will only exacerbate the problem. The solution will not present itself when you are in the midst of doubt, anger, criticizing, and/or complaining. […]