Post-Performance Self-Care

Post-Performance Self-Care

If you’re reading this blog post, it’s likely you have a job that requires some level of performance, whether it be leading kids (teachers), facilitating big meetings (district peeps), or making it happen in high-stakes situations (you nonprofit folks). I know I spend...
Small Things that Help Me Feel Ready for the Week

Small Things that Help Me Feel Ready for the Week

Friends, I didn’t mean to go away. It has only happened a few times (here and here)! May was a WHIRLWIND of Teacher Appreciation Week, travel to Camden, New York City, Madison, and Oakland, my daughter’s seventh birthday, and a host of other events! And after all...
Personal Post: Recovering From That Kind of Monday

Personal Post: Recovering From That Kind of Monday

I didn’t plan to write this post. I didn’t mean to have that kind of Monday. You know. The kind of Monday that begins with 25 MPH winds, pounding rain, and a cancelled 5 AM run with your BFF.  The kind of Monday of feeling tired and dehydrated from a weekend of this,...
The Together Household: Julie’s Menu Board

The Together Household: Julie’s Menu Board

If my first annual Together Reader Survey told me anything, health and wellness seem to be huge Togetherness goals for many people – especially those of us who work in schools with fixed schedules, where running out to lunch is not an option. Planning, procuring, and...
First, I Cried – And Then I Made a Spreadsheet

First, I Cried – And Then I Made a Spreadsheet

Yes, you heard that right. First I cried and then I made a spreadsheet. Friends, I will not bore with you with the details of my recent childcare debacles, but let’s leave it at this: We are unexpectedly between full-time babysitters for a not insignificant period of...