Dear Reader,

Last week, I talked about the teacher habits that linger long after we leave the classroom.

But here’s something I didn’t realize at first:
​I brought those same patterns into my private practice. 😬

I didn’t mean to.
I wasn’t trying to recreate back-to-back IEP meetings and hours of grading.
But guess what I did instead?

✅ Said yes to every student, even when my schedule was full.
✅ Skipped lunch or worked through it.
✅ Felt guilty resting, even though I left the classroom to breathe and find balance.

Sound familiar?

☀️ The Slow Morning That Changed Everything

This morning, I posted a reel about one of the simplest, most healing shifts in my life: slow mornings.

My youngest loves what we call “cuddle awake.”
We ease into the day.
We talk about what’s for breakfast and what the weather’s like.
There’s no rushing. No raised voices. No fight-or-flight energy before 8 a.m.

And you know what? That calm sticks with me and my kids all day.

But that kind of peace didn’t come from a perfect planner or time management hack - or even from being self-employed.
It came from healing.​
From noticing the stress patterns I didn’t realize were still driving the bus.

👀 What We Don’t Know We’re Carrying

Years of teaching condition us to normalize urgency, exhaustion, and over-functioning.

So even when we leave the system, we often recreate it in our businesses—unless we pause to ask:

That question changed everything for me.

✨ Blog: The Habits That Follow Us

I wrote more about this in this week’s blog:
👉 The Teacher Habits That Follow Us​

It’s a mix of funny, frustrating, and eye-opening teacher quirks that follow us… and how we begin to heal them.

At the end, I ask two questions I’d love for you to answer:

1. What “teacher traits” have stuck with you?
2. If a community of teacher-entrepreneurs existed, what would you want it to look like?

Reply and let me know. I’d love to hear your perspective.

We may not control which habits follow us.
But we do get to decide what we keep—and what we release.

Here’s to rewriting the rules,
💕 Rachel

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