Stress and Burnout Support for Teachers in Naperville
You hold a room full of nervous systems all day. You regulate for your students, your colleagues, and the parents who email at 10 p.m. Then you go home and do it again. At some point, your body starts keeping score.
What educators bring to me
- Shoulders, neck, and low back that ache by Wednesday
- Sleep that doesn't restore you, especially Sunday nights
- A shorter fuse than you want, at school or at home
- Feeling like you care for everyone except yourself
- Waiting until summer to feel human again
Many of my clients are educators in their 40s and 50s who are also in therapy, and want support for the part of stress that lives in the body.
When you settle, your classroom can settle too.
Kids borrow regulation from the adults around them. When you're running on empty, they feel it. When you're grounded, they can find their footing too. Caring for your own nervous system isn't selfish. It's part of how you care for your students.
Options that fit a teacher's schedule
- After-school sessions on Tuesdays and Fridays, with Saturday mornings when available.
- A summer start. Begin The Nervous System Reset in June, when you have daytime hours and room to settle in. By fall, the practices are part of your routine.
- A break-time Reset Intensive. Six sessions over three weeks during summer, winter break, or spring break.
Bring this to your colleagues
Host a private Group Reiki Meditation for up to six teacher friends, $240 total. A real pause, together.
Pebble in the Pond is a workshop for staff wellness days, PTOs, and teacher groups on coming back to center under stress, and how one regulated adult changes the room. See workshop details
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Try the Embodied Mindfulness practice, five simple steps to process the day's stress before it follows you to bed.
You take care of everyone. Let someone take care of you.
Start with one Somatic Session and leave with Your Five Element Map.
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