As most of you gathered from my last post— and newsletter subscribers have been getting even more content on this– I’m been having a tough winter. I’m burned out, occasionally anxious, often depressed. I’m still functioning, but struggling. Why? Well, because I’m a public school teacher and a mother of two young children, both of […]
Self Improvement
My Dumb Anxious Brain
My dumb anxious brain wakes me at 4AM worrying about the schedule for a school event that will take place three weeks from now. I tell my brain to go back to sleep. Instead, it drafts an email to the person in charge of the event, wanting details. I tell my brain that I do […]
One Week In
“Did I do all of those things because I really wanted to, or because setting and achieving little goals got me through the stress?”
The Word of 2022
Happy New Year, everyone! I think any time of year can be a good time to set intentions, goals and habits, but I do love the ultimate fresh start of a new year. It’s become my tradition to set a word for each year to guide my sense of purpose. Results have been mixed over […]
A Hundred Days of Mitzvahs
As many of you know, my grandfather, Edwin Dannen, passed away a few weeks ago. Although he was 98, he was so healthy that his death was unexpected, and the shock waves of grief are still pummeling me. In the aftermath of a death, I find it helps to assign yourself a specific action that […]
Meditation and Me
The one habit I can’t seem to make stick for myself is meditation, and it’s the one habit I think I really need. I’ve been on spring break this week, but even though I’m not thinking much about work, my mind is still going all the time. Learning how to calm my mind is vitally […]