Hope you’re finding your footing as you navigate your new schedule and life outside of the classroom.  It always takes me a few weeks to get in a groove, and

Last week’s article was all about the “dark days” of a teacher’s summer vacation. Because this is something that seems to impact many teachers to some extent each year, it

We’ve heard it all before…how lucky we are to be teachers.  We get so much time off. We don’t have to work over the summer….blah, blah, blah, blah.   This

We spent the last few weeks going through how to create a Teacher Self-Care schedule N.O.W. (not only on weekends) but what happens when we’re on our sunny summer break?

Without reflection, we go blindly on our way, creating more unintended consequences, and failing to achieve anything useful.”~Margaret J. Wheatley Now that we’re rapidly moving to the end of the

Quiet the mind, and the soul will speak~Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati As promised, I wanted to provide you with one Teacher Self Care N.O.W. (not only on weekends) tip each

We live in a changing world, but we need to be reminded that the important things have not changed, and the important things will not change if we keep our

“Every season is one of becoming, but not always one of blooming.Be gracious with your ever-evolving self.” -B. Oakman I have a confession to make…  My name is Danielle and

I’ve been talking for a few weeks about a teacher self-care framework, and I wanted to share it with you: bite by bite, instead of all at once.  Some of these

Dear fellow teachers in the trenches…. Is that salutation a little hyperbolic?  Perhaps on most weeks, but this week it definitely felt like we were preparing for the unknown, maybe

This morning my husband looked at me and said, “Whatever your raise is this year, you can decide what you want to do with it.” With complete honesty, he paused

This week marked the 19th anniversary of September 11th.  Although every year I try to honor the day with some kind of remembrance exercise, this year it hit me like a