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Healthy Email Boundaries for a More Balanced School Year for Educators and Children back-to-school self-care social emotional learning teaching whole system Sep 04, 2024

by Katie Raher, PhD

As the school year kicks off, it’s important to set boundaries that prevent burnout and protect your well-being and ultimately the well-being of the children you support.

In general, boundaries serve to protect your energy and give you time and space for more of what you...

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Simple Back-to-School Gift Ideas: Sharing Optimism & All Your Favorite Feelings back-to-school feelings kimochis social emotional learning Jul 27, 2022

Simple Back-to-School Gift Ideas: Sharing Optimism & All Your Favorite Feelings

by Katie Raher, PhD, PPS

While last year was rough and I have done and continue to do a lot to feel into all the hard-to-have feelings that have come up, I'm also holding onto my optimism and sharing it with...

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Resisting Problematic Messages for Children and Ourselves and Reclaiming Our Right to Honor Our Needs back-to-school educator well-being self-care teaching Aug 25, 2021

Resisting Problematic Messages for Children and Ourselves and Reclaiming Our Right to Honor Our Needs

by Katie Raher, PhD, PPS

My own kids have been back in school for a little over a week and they both have complained about how little time they have for eating, resting, and playing at...

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Improve Your School Year and Impact by Adding YOU to That New Planner of Yours back-to-school educator well-being self-care teaching Aug 02, 2021

Helping Educators Prioritize Personal Well-being in Their Planning to Create More Calm and Impact this School Year.

by Katie Raher, PhD, PPS

Please raise your hand if you get super excited any time you have a new planner. Yeah, my hand is up too! I get it. I’ve spent much of my...

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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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