Dear Educator: You Deserve a Joyful, Vibrant, Abundant Life (Yes, Even During Parent-Teacher Conference Week)

Hello, fellow educator.

Let’s be real for a second. Between lesson planning, grading, staff meetings that could’ve been emails, and the emotional acrobatics of caring for 30+ little (or big) humans every day — joy, vibrancy, and abundance might sound like concepts from a long-lost alternate universe.

But here’s the thing: this blog is your gentle reminder that they’re not.

This space isn’t about pretending teaching isn’t hard. It is. You’re not imagining that. But it is about realizing that even in the chaos, the pressure, and the ever-changing curriculum, there’s still a version of life where you get to feel grounded, energized, and even (dare I say it?) joyful.

And that version? It starts with reclaiming something many of us in education unintentionally hand over to the job: our power.

Not the power over the copier (which breaks weekly), or the calendar (which fills itself). But the power over how we respond, how we think, how we choose to show up — for ourselves.

This blog is for educators who are tired of blaming the system but even more tired of feeling stuck in it. It’s for the ones who want their spark back — the one that got them into teaching in the first place, before the policies, the politics, and the paperwork.

We’ll talk about:

• How to stop outsourcing your happiness to student test scores and admin observations

• Ways to shift your mindset without slipping into toxic positivity

• The radical, rebellious act of choosing joy — especially when it feels like the system isn’t built for it

  
  

If you’ve ever found yourself thinking, “There has to be a better way to do this whole life thing — and still stay in this profession,” you're in the right place.

You deserve a life that doesn’t just survive the school year, but actually feels good inside it. Yes, even in October. Yes, even during testing week.

So grab a cup of (probably lukewarm) coffee, and let’s begin.

More soon, Jessica