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Quick Self-Compassion Practices to Build Resilience in Educators and Children educator well-being feelings self-care social emotional learning teaching Feb 12, 2021

by Katie Raher, PhD

Love is in the air this time of year. And most people, myself included, have been figuring out how they want to spread some love and kindness to those near and dear. My questions for you are…

Have you thought about how you will give love to yourself…how you...

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Establishing Nourishing Well-being Habits with an Educator Self-Care Menu educator well-being self-care Oct 02, 2020

Helping Educators Slowly and Steadily Establish Habits that Nourish their Body, Mind, Heart, Spirit, Relationships, and Work Well-being. 

by Katie Raher, PhD, PPS

Even though fall is all about slowing down, simplifying, and savoring the moment, schools are as busy as ever at this time of...

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Simple Tools to Help Educators and Students Navigate COVID Grief educator well-being feelings kimochis parenting relationships self-care self-regulation social emotional learning Sep 15, 2020

by Katie Raher, PhD

I know I’ve written before about my own kids, and they’ve inspired me again for this blog post. We are in full swing distance learning where we live, and I feel like Piaget as I analyze the heck out of my kids to better understand child development and social...

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Educator Friend: What Do You Want to Be Acknowledged For? educator well-being end of school feelings self-care teaching Jun 25, 2020

by Katie Raher, PhD

At this point, we’ve officially hit summer, so I’m pretty sure that most everyone is officially done with the end of school finally. On the flip side, we’re still not officially done with shelter in place or the uncertainty of all that is COVID-19, and...

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Radical Educator Self-Care for Radical Change + 5 Simple Strategies back-to-school educator well-being end of school self-care teaching whole system Jun 10, 2020

by Katie Raher, PhD

As much as the end of this very different school year filled me with sadness, I was looking forward to some of my workload lifting – both in terms of work and in terms of homeschooling my own kids. And then, fortunately, a revolution began to fight the 400 years of...

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The Invisible Web that Holds Us as We Close Out the School Year educator well-being end of school feelings relationships social emotional learning May 28, 2020

by Katie Raher, PhD

This week, I've continued to notice the sadness that seems to be everywhere as we wrap up this very unique school year. I share some stories from my world and some lovely lessons from a new children's book that have helped me. I hope they help you find some relief as...

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Prioritizing Well-being Support for Educators during the Pandemic: 6 Practices and Powerful Ripple Effects educator well-being feelings relationships self-care whole system Apr 20, 2020

By Katie Raher, PhD

Nurturing teams of educators with well-being practices is an important part of the puzzle as we work to support children and families. This is always true, and with the COVID-19 pandemic, it is more important than ever. In this blog, I share 6 practices I used with my own...

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Moving through the Feelings of a Meltdown, with KimochisĀ©! feelings kimochis parenting self-regulation social emotional learning teaching Oct 09, 2019

An Educator Mama's Story of Helping with Big Feelings

by Katie Raher, PhD, PPS

This is a piece I wrote almost three years ago. An oldie but a goodie to share now that I've got the Constant Love and Learning blog...

As a parent or professional who works with children, there is so much...

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