10 Tips For Reducing Stress

How to Stay Sane in an Insane World

Ten tips for reducing stress during troubled times - These are some great tips and an awesome website if you are looking for sign language apps.
Recharge with my Self-care Top Ten 👍 1. Massage 😊 2. Yoga 🙏 3. Essential Oils 👃 4. Music 🎶 5. Hugs 🤗 4. Positive People 💑 6. Laughter 🤣 7. Walking 🌞 8. Gardening 🌻 9. Nap 😴10. Walk the beach and look for shells. 🌊The ocean is my "Happy Place". I live in the "Land of 10,000 Lakes" so every chance I get to go to the lake... I go!!
What's on your Top Ten?

Mental Health Knowledge

Professional Development

I have taken online courses on mental health, positive mindset, and wellness through Learners Edge. I'm going to share those courses with you so you can check them out.

1. Refocus & Recharge: Strategies for Finding Balance in Teaching - I am currently taking this online course and it has inspired me to start this blog. I read the book The Well-Balanced Teacher: How to Work Smarter and Stay Sane Inside the Classroom and Out, by Mike Anderson.

2. Living Your Happiest Life, Inside & Outside the Classroom - The text used for this course is The Positive Shift:Mastering Mindset to Improve Happiness, Health, and Longevity, by Catherine A. Sanderson, PhD.

3. The Practice and Power of Vulnerability in the Classroom - If you are a fan of Brene Brown you will enjoy this class. The required text is her book Daring Greatly. I've also read her books The Gifts of Imperfection and Braving the Wilderness, both are very enlightening with many "aha" moments!  

You do make a difference...