by N1k1 | Feb 17, 2018 | Educator Burn Out, Mindfulness, Positive Education
I recently watched Susan David’s TEDWomen Talk from 2017. She speaks clearly and passionately about emotional agility and how learning to radically accept of all our emotions – even the messy and hard ones – which is the cornerstone to resiliency,...
by N1k1 | Dec 29, 2017 | Educator Burn Out, Mindfulness, Positive Education, Retreat
Educators are tired . Back in October a colleague asked me how my summer went, and I looked blankly at her confused by her question. The rush of back-to-school and a quick-paced Fall had thrown me into such a busy state that I had forgotten just a few short months...
by N1k1 | Oct 26, 2017 | Educator Burn Out, Mindfulness, New Curriculum
Why should we talk about mindfulness for educators? We hear this word all over these days: mindfulness Be mindful of how you eat. Be mindful while you drive, brush your teeth, have a shower, walk up the stairs. Our whole life is supposed to be lived in this...
by N1k1 | Oct 15, 2017 | Educator Burn Out, Mindfulness, Retreat
At the end of September AWE hosted the first ever AWEsome Wellbeing Retreat for Educators. It was met with amazing reviews and participants left feeling calm, connected and collected – ready to take on the world that was waiting for them. This retreat was hosted...
by N1k1 | Aug 24, 2017 | Educator Burn Out, Mindfulness, Positive Education
The AWEsome Wellbeing Educator Retreat is happening on September 30th in Victoria, BC. September is a busy month for educators. We often fill our days with time for everyone else but too often forget to look after ourselves. We can’t be in a school in our...