Self-Care for Teachers

We all love to send out and be the recipient of good vibes! Recognizing and handling conflict in a healthy way, helps to keep the good vibes flowing in our work as teachers as well as in our daily lives. We will touch on four signs of conflict and four ways to handle conflict in a productive way.

Why do we engage in self-care? Answering this question will help us maximize the time we take when engaging in our self-care to ensure we are choosing the best activity for ourselves.

Do you find yourself battling the “Green Eyed Monster” called Jealousy? In this week’s episode we will define the root cause of jealousy and receive three quick tips on how to succeed at winning the war against this nagging enemy.

In this week’s episode we will define fatigue and it’s causes. We will then be given 4 practical steps to take in order to win the war on fatigue, as well as what fatigue’s ultimate motive is so that we can recognize it and come out refreshed and on top.

In this week’s episode, the spotlight is on you, the teacher. We will be shifting our focus on one powerful element that will aid in banishing anxiety. We will also reveal seven useful strategies we can use to win the anxiety war!

Anxiety is running rampant today more than ever, especially in a COVID learning environment. In this weeks episode, I will be presenting part one of a two part discussion on how to conquer anxiety in our students and ourselves, with today’s focus on helping our students. I will present eight strategies for effectively supporting our students not only during this pandemic but in a “normal” classroom setting.

Stressful and unpredictable describe the times we are living in but we don’t have to allow stressful times to create self-doubt about our desire or ability to do what we love and are called to do. In today’s episode we will focus on the benefits of self-examination by asking a series of questions that will tap into the core of our fears and help to regain our confidence and enthusiasm for what we are called to be as teachers.

In our first episode we will be answering the question, “Can I still do this?!” We do not have to allow the fear of the times we are living in dictate how we feel about teaching and lead us to burn out. I will be offering the benefits of self-reflection and how to maximize our time to help regain, energy, stamina, and joy for our profession. Each episode will include various topics such as conquering anxiety, conflict, fatigue and all of the other real life “stuff” that can interfere with our work as teachers and our daily lives.