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How to Shift Your Health and Wellness Mindset by Honoring your Own Well-being Daily breathwork educator well-being self-care social emotional learning Jun 23, 2023

Do you prioritize health as an empowered educator?

Enjoy this transcript of what was covered when our Founder, Dr. Katie Raher, had a chat with Jen Rafferty on the Take Notes Podcast, all about How to Shift Your Health and Wellness Mindset by Honoring your Own Well-being Daily.

If 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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What’s Really on Educators’ Wish Lists This Year educator well-being gratitude self-care Dec 14, 2021

by Katie Raher, PhD

“What would you recommend as gifts for educators?”

…a common question I get asked and a common question I reflect upon myself.

Now down below I’ve got a list of potential gifts or gift certificates that can be wrapped up with a nice package and bow, ...

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Feeling Check-Ins: A Powerful Tool to Foster Awareness and Connection feelings kimochis relationships social emotional learning Nov 02, 2021

Feeling Check-ins as a Tool to Support Social and Emotional Learning and the Building of Positive Relationships.

by Katie Raher, PhD, PPS

I was in a class recently doing a Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) lesson, and I had an upper elementary aged child tell me, “I don’t do...

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Powerful Year-Round Gratitude Tools to Benefit Educators and Children educator well-being feelings gratitude kimochis social emotional learning Nov 01, 2021

7 Activities and 7 Tips to Help Educators and Children Use Gratitude Practices to Better Cope with Stress, Manage Emotions, Find Joy, and Experience Increased Well-being

by Katie Raher, PhD, PPS

As most of us entered a career in education, we felt sheer joy from working with children and...

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Helping Kids Solve Problems at Recess with the Kimochis Keys to Communication feelings kimochis self-regulation social emotional learning teaching Sep 14, 2021

by Katie Raher, PhD, PPS

So I’ve been having yard duty as part of my duties as a School Psychologist this year. And I'm seeing the same issues arise again and again. In a 15-minute span of recess, I get at least 10 kids coming up to me to tell me something that’s bothering them. About...

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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 Self-Care 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 career ...

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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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