![Carl Honoré on slowing yourself down [interview]](https://lisabaylis.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/slowing-yourself-down.jpg)
by Lisa Baylis | Feb 11, 2023 | Educator Burn Out, Mindfulness, Uncategorised
Are you stuck in roadrunner mode and realizing the tremendous toll it is taking on you? Do you feel like you can’t keep going at the pace that is being placed upon you right now? I recently had the opportunity to sit down and interview Carl Honoré, Canadian...
by Lisa Baylis | Jan 26, 2023 | Educator Burn Out, Mindful Self-Compassion, Mindfulness, Uncategorised
Finding the courage to slow down: One of my favourite thinkers, writers, and leaders is Susan David. Last week she posted, “Show up to yourself with courage, curiosity, and self-compassion.” It’s often easy to read these words and nod, but very different to embody and...
by Lisa Baylis | Dec 2, 2021 | Educator Burn Out, Mindful Self-Compassion, Uncategorised
Self-Compassion Gifts for Educators Self-compassion is an essential practice for educators, especially during a difficult school year. Self-compassion reminds us that it’s okay when things are hard. It invites awareness to what we are feeling with kindness and a...
by Lisa Baylis | Oct 15, 2020 | Educator Burn Out, Mindful Self-Compassion, Mindfulness, Uncategorised
Our days can be full of challenges and stressors. Self-compassion supports the fact that everyone struggles and suffers as a component of being a human being. It is unavoidable at times. Sometimes we forget that this is a human condition, and we fall into the trap of...
by Lisa Baylis | Sep 30, 2020 | Educator Burn Out, Mindful Self-Compassion, Mindfulness, Uncategorised
This week I did something new. I decided to go LIVE on Instagram to share a mindfulness and compassion practice. I was so nervous. Brene Brown calls these first-time experiences the FFT (fucking first times). They are terrifying, awkward and vulnerable. She shares...
by Lisa Baylis | Sep 4, 2019 | Uncategorised
Did you make it through that first long day of school? I don’t know about you but I’m exhausted, my kids are exhausted and it already feels like we’ve hit the ground running. My son came home from school today and asked, “could just do something fun this evening,...
