Stress and Anxiety

Educator self care

Your self care matters – perhaps now more than ever!

November 30, 2023

    You’re tired. In fact, you’re exhausted. And burnout is within sight. Some of you may be wondering where the joy is. For others, it simply feels like groundhog day.…

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What’s all the fuss about breath?

April 17, 2023

  What’s all the fuss about breath?   Everybody breathes. If we didn’t, we’d die. Even the youngest of our kids know that! But we aren’t taught to breathe. Not…

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Stress in young children. When it’s normal + when it’s not.

March 16, 2023

Stress in young children. When it’s normal and when it’s not.  It’s natural for children to experience anxiety and stress from time to time. In fact, it can be an…

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Do teachers really need professional development?

August 14, 2022

In Australia, different state education boards have varying standards for how many hours and which activities are counted towards ongoing professional development. However, the one thing they all have in…

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13 ways to help students overcome social anxiety

June 7, 2022

It’s estimated that between 6% and 15% of school-aged children suffer from social anxiety disorder (SAD), making it the third most common mental health disorder among young people. That means…

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The Karma Classroom – a calm learning environment

March 22, 2022

There’s no denying it, it’s pretty challenging to be a kid these days. With the onslaught of social media and its distractions, temptations and tendency to overstimulate young brains, as…

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5 ways to ease your child into the new school year

January 15, 2021

The start of a new school year is an exciting time yet it can also be a difficult transition period for all in the family. The school holidays have been…

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6 ways to cultivate calm in your family during corona virus stress  

November 10, 2020

Without exception, this is a strange and scary time in our world. Messages, news and reports change by the minute; there is an air of uncertainty and a lot of…

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daycare little girl with yoga instructor and breathing ball

What’s your go to breath?

July 17, 2020

It’s 6:50pm and Tara is about to step on stage to present a speech to her peers and their parents. She’s 7. Confident and charismatic. She’s got this. But then…

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6 tips for you and your family to cultivate calm in during corona virus stress  

June 11, 2020

You and your family may be feeling the stress of the corona virus in many different ways. Every minute things are changing; there is an air of uncertainty and a…

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Eco-anxiety – what is it and how can you manage it? 

March 15, 2020

Generation Z already have a lot to be proud of. If you were born after 1995 you are quite literally the poster children for protecting our planet. We all watched…

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