by N1k1 | Apr 14, 2023 | Mindful Self-Compassion, Teacher Talks
Understanding How to Be Trauma-Informed While Teaching Mindfulness Educators are ready to practice mindfulness and compassion within their classrooms in trauma-informed ways to better support students. Sitting down with my friend, Dr. Chris Willard, to talk about the...
by N1k1 | Mar 23, 2023 | Educator Burn Out, Mindful Self-Compassion, Teacher Talks
Teacher/author Laurie McIntosh shares ways to bring joy back into teaching through practices of authenticity and connection. My top takeaways from Laurie & the joy of teaching: Change is inevitable in education but how you relate to it is essential Weariness is...
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...