Recently a post called “Depression Tips” has been making the rounds on Facebook. It has a lot of good tips in it, but I prefer to call it “how to get out of a funk.” There is a big difference between true clinical depression and just being in a bit of funk (or bad mood… Read More

We need summer rejuvenation more than ever this year. This school year – rather, the past 15 months – have been surreal. We went from teaching in our classrooms in March of 2020 to suddenly learning how to use Zoom or Google Meet and transitioning all of our teaching and assignments to an online format.… Read More

If you’re a teacher, you’re a planner. But when it comes to summer, most of us are ready to put the planners away and enjoy some well-deserved time away from school. Some of us may be thinking about the projects we have been putting off until we had more time and thinking about how we… Read More

Teachers hit the ground running every morning. It’s super important to have some kind of morning routine so that you take care of yourself before you get to school and take care of everyone else’s needs. Here are 15 ideas to consider. 1 – get enough sleep the night before! This is one of the… Read More

If you’re a teacher, May is the official home stretch month. And while the end of the school year might seem weeks away, May is one of the busiest months of the year and it tends to go by quickly. Since May is such a busy month, it’s more important than ever to keep yourself… Read More

April is one of my very favorite months. The weather is neither too cold nor too hot, there are signs of spring everywhere, and it’s a perfect month for getting outside. If you’re a teacher, April can also be a month where you need a new influx of energy to make it through the last… Read More