by Lisa Baylis | Jul 28, 2018 | Educator Burn Out, Mindfulness, Retreat
I recently spent a weekend in the Muskoka Lakes district on a beautiful Island called Wasan. Wasan Island is situated on Lake Rosseau in the heart of the Muskoka Lakes in Ontario, Canada. Wasan is a privately owned and operated island by the Breuninger Foundation, a...
by Lisa Baylis | Jun 20, 2018 | Educator Burn Out, Retreat
Today when I got home I realized my underwear were on backwards- BACKWARDS… I wore them the wrong way all day long and was just too tired to realize. As we are coming to the end of another school year, I am noticing that June is filled with bleary-eyed...
by Lisa Baylis | Apr 15, 2018 | Educator Burn Out, Mindfulness, Parenting, Retreat
It’s Sunday – a day of rest, a day to find stillness and calm, and a chance to be with my family. My day should be full of joy and contentment, but I’m tired, anxious and feeling like there is never enough time in the day to do all the things I need to...
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...
