Take care.

When interacting with others, our gut reaction may not be the most civil way to communicate. This call to reflection asks you to look at how you respond to others after reflecting so as to increase your effectiveness in educating and improve your feeling of happiness.

In this article I examine a couple of pooular websites that talk about the why and how of effective resolutions for the new year. Self-care hinges on goal setting and transformation, and this episode dives into the art of self-efficacy for teachers and administrators.

Happy holidays teachers and administrators!! You have earned it. This reflection is on the self-care invovled in transitioning from work to vacation. Reduce stress and keep up your educational fervor. Abd take care.

Many educators communicate by email or other means. While this might be enough for compliance, we build stress from not having our ideas or plans executed. When you over-communicate as a teacher or administrator, things get done right. We burn-out less and develop better projects.

In this episode I reflect on life balance and how often we reflect on work, rest, projects and socializing. I question whether we do one more than the other and whether or not this is impacting our stress or the other parts of our lives as educators.

Do you have too many thoughts and ideas and options for best practices as an educator? These choices and decisions may weigh you down and stress you out. This episode is a reflection on an episode of “The Happiness Lab” podcast and how it relates to our craft as educators.

Educators can develop their skills of self and social-awareness to better impact students and feel more connected to their experience as teachers or administrators. This short reflection gives perspective on these aspects of adult social and emotional learning.

This episodes explores connections between yoga and better teaching and educating. A low-key reflection on self-care, stress and the yoga that tends to help it.

When working with our emptions and teaching social and emotional learning, self-control is a common stance, but in this episode I advocate for self-regulation as self-care and as the default approach to social interactions especially in a school environment.