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February

My Awesome Anthem | Cultivate Compassion

“But the most awesomefied people on the planet are we who embrace our ridiculousness. We live what we love and we love incorrigibly.”

- Sekou Andrews

My Awesome Anthem | Cultivate Compassion

How might you intentionally practice compassion for you this month?

As educators, we typically put others before ourselves most of the time. We exhibit enormous levels of compassion for others. Our question to you this month is: How might you intentionally practice compassion for you this month? Giving ourselves the same love and grace we extend to others goes a long way in helping up to become the best educator we can. Remember, our theme last month? You don't have to know everything to know about teaching in the first year (or the 30th year!) for that matter.

We hope you'll take some time to explore the resources we've included to cultivate compassion and perspective this month. As Sekou Andrews states in his "Awesome Anthem," "But the most awesomefied people on the planet are we who embrace our ridiculousness. We live what we love and we love incorrigibly." Be awesome, friends!

Strategies to Cultivate Compassion

4 ways to boost your self-compassion - Harvard Health ...

I Spent 30 Days Practicing Self-Kindness—Here’s What I Learned | SUCCESSYou might not feel the benefits. That doesn’t mean it’s not working.

CompassionThe adage "be kind to others" is simple enough that even young children can understand it. But that doesn't mean adults always remember the importance of being kind or understand how compassion might affect them. This week, we look at the science of compassion, and why doing good things for others can make a big difference in your own life.

Strategies to Cultivate Perspective

11 Ways To Change Your Perspective & Be More Positive ASAPFeeling like crap is crap, right? Letting negative thoughts consume your mind and feeling stressed on a chronic basis can be tough to handle, and so it's important to know how to instantly change your perspective in order to be more positive and…

Perspective: A Game Changer in the Classroom and in Our LivesTeachers must recognize (and teach) that our perspective shapes our expectations and outcomes. Lori Desautels shares three practices for tuning into and altering perspective.

One Day in the Life of Two PrincipalsTwo principals documented all they did on a single day. They logged details of the scheduled and unscheduled events that make any day of a principal's job a time-management and leadership challenge.

How to Develop Different Perspectives on LifeYour perspective on life defines who you are, but tapping into different perspectives can broaden the way you perceive the opinions, beliefs, and worldviews of those around you.

Sometimes Misbehavior Is Not What It SeemsSometimes the reason for misbehavior is not obvious—it’s not always easy to determine why children do the things they do.

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