August 2020. I awoke each day from a sleepless night with a nauseated feeling in my stomach. Most years, I use July to decompress and recharge; August is for some light planning that would help me get the school year off to a good start. But not last year. Summer of 2020 was all aboutContinue reading “Reconnecting with My Roots”
Tag Archives: Mindfulness
The Mindful Minute
This idea is not original to me (is anything original anymore, anyway?), but it is so simple and powerful that I wanted to share it. Those of us who practice mindfulness regularly know that the hardest thing about mindfulness is remembering to be mindful when we’re not engaged in formal practice. And yet, this is why weContinue reading “The Mindful Minute”
Building Buy-In
A few years ago, one of my colleagues decided to take the plunge and start teaching her students mindfulness. She knew about my own personal practice and subsequent success in teaching it to my students. For years her attitude towards mindfulness was, “I could never do that. My mind is too busy.” I would alwaysContinue reading “Building Buy-In”
Embracing Resistance
Dealing with resistance in any form can be one of the most challenging parts of being an educator. When we put a lot of time and energy into something, it is both physically and emotionally draining to have to convince others to care. We already have to do this regularly regarding our content areas, soContinue reading “Embracing Resistance”
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