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Affordable Self Care: Budget-Conscious Practices for Wellness and Mental Health
Incorporating self care into our routines can be daunting enough when we are already physically, mentally, and emotionally exhausted. Additionally, it can be an added expense during times when we are also already financially strapped or we just may not feel comfortable spending money on ourselves, especially if we are already grappling with worries about…
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Self-Care for Helping Professionals: Balancing Responsibilities
Sometimes, and it’s usually when we really need it the most, self care seems like overwhelming and daunting work. Sometimes it’s the last thing we want to do. So we continue to perpetuate the cycle of self-sabotage by putting these tasks off or ignoring them altogether. There are many factors that may impact our willingness…
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Self Care: What Does it Look Like?
It’s impossible to talk about burnout without addressing self care in some way. Whether you’re one of the lucky ones who has already started your summer break, or you’re a teacher who is still white-knuckling it for a couple more weeks like me, now seems like a perfect time to unpack everything self care. Over…
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Preventing Burnout
In my previous post I wrote all about the immediate steps I took after realizing and accepting that I was burned out. Those changes that I made, while I wouldn’t necessarily call them “quick fixes,” were smaller changes to my habits and routines that helped me to manage the most immediate consequences and effects of…
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Managing Burnout
This is one of the first photos I took on the other side of burnout. I took it while on a walk with my dog before work one day. I had just returned to work after spring break. During that spring break, I took a solo trip to Monterey for a couple of nights. That…
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Recognizing Teacher Burnout
It’s no secret that many of today’s educators are running on an empty tank. Teaching’s always been a demanding job, one that keeps teachers working well beyond their contracted (read: paid) hours. What many people on the outside can’t fully understand–and rightfully so, I can’t always fully wrap my head around how deep and far-reaching…
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