Classroom teacher turned teacher entrepreneur. I help classroom teachers learn how to create, market, and run their own, unique private practice teaching & tutoring businesses. Learn how to Teach YOUR way! ~ WHO, WHAT, HOW, WHEN, & WHERE you want!
Private practice gave me what I lost in the Classroom 🥹
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Dear Reader, At the end of my last year in the classroom, I was completely spent. But the thing that snapped me awake? - Realizing that my mask had failed and I wasn't successfully hiding anything from anyone. I knew my mask was failing at home when I was too tired from the day, but when students started to notice ... 😓 I'm embarrassed to admit it, but some of my students started checking on me. Not all of them, but my seniors, some of whom I'd taught for 5 years, noticed that I was struggling. They could see it: I wasn’t okay. And when teenagers start tiptoeing around your burnout, you know it’s time to get honest. That moment forced a question I’d been avoiding: “Is this who I want to be — for my students, for my family, for myself?” My full answer and what happened next are in this week’s blog. 👉 Read the full post: Finding Myself Again Through Teaching Freedom A takeaway you can use right now Here’s one small but mighty reframe that helped me start building a more sustainable path: 🌀 Burnout doesn’t mean you’re broken. It means something’s broken around you.You’re not too old, too tired, or too late. If you’re feeling stuck, here are a few gentle places to begin:
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Classroom teacher turned teacher entrepreneur. I help classroom teachers learn how to create, market, and run their own, unique private practice teaching & tutoring businesses. Learn how to Teach YOUR way! ~ WHO, WHAT, HOW, WHEN, & WHERE you want!
Dear Reader, Before we talk about marketing or pricing or posting to Instagram, we need to talk about something way less shiny but MUCH more important: burnout-proofing your business. When I first started my business, I was still recovering from the mental and emotional pressure and unrealistic expectations of classroom teaching.I thought self-employment would feel like sipping chai (or, in my case, a green tea latte) in yoga pants.Instead, I found myself copying classroom hustle energy and...
Hi Reader, Ever feel like you’re scrolling Instagram and everyone else seems to have it figured out… while you’re over here thinking, “Am I behind? Am I even doing this right?” That thought came up again and again in my recent voice-of-customer work — and I realized something big: Most of the teachers in this community actually fall into one of three distinct archetypes. 👉 The Burnt Out Teacher — exhausted but not done. 👉 The New-ish Biz Owner — figuring it out. 👉 The Visionary — ready to...
Dear Reader, The other day, I was talking with a new business owner who sheepishly told me, “I’m not ready to post yet — I still need my logo and my website.” I almost choked on my coffee. Here’s the thing: almost every New-ish Biz Owner I meet does this. They work behind the scenes for weeks (or months), building the website, perfecting the service menu, agonizing over a logo… and they wait until the entire business feels “customer-ready” before they start marketing or telling people about...