If it has to do with teacher wellness and finding time for self-care amid a super busy teacher schedule, I CAN HELP.
If you’re interested in learning how to reduce stress and burnout while increasing health and well-being both inside and outside the classroom, YOU’RE IN THE RIGHT PLACE.
For the teachers who are time-crunched and tired.
For the teachers who are stressed and on the brink of burnout.
For the teachers who want to thrive inside and outside the classroom, not just survive.
For the teachers who want real self-care solutions, not just more bandaids on broken bones.
I’m here to show you that there is another way to be a teacher while creating the life you love.
You don’t need to sacrifice one for the other.
Hi I’m Danielle Nuhfer.
I’m a teacher wellness coach {and a fellow teacher!} and I help time-crunched teachers find time for self-care.
I work with teachers who love what they do (most of the time) but don’t love how they feel (some of the time): teachers who want to find balance in all areas of their lives without leaving a profession that they love.
I do this without focusing on what’s wrong and instead focus on what is, building on your unique lived experience, school situation, and personal needs.
Instead, I show you how to fill your own self-care and teacher wellness buckets through a variety of different tools and techniques and I do that by offering teacher wellness coaching while also holding space for the real conversations and considerations that arise when we begin integrating these tools into our lives.
That way you don’t blame yourself for “failing” or not doing something right. Our teaching well community is about learning how to prioritize and nourish ourselves first and {un}learning the messaging that says self-care is selfish.
We are all at different stages of this teaching well journey, but together I know we can teach well together because #weareteachingwell.
And that’s the work I do
If you are ready to join the #weareteachingwell community, then we are ready to meet you where you are!
I have 18 years (and counting) in the classroom as a public educator in the United States.
I have an M Ed (plus lots more credits) and teach graduate courses to teachers about mindfulness and teacher self-care.
I have a graduate certificate in Mindfulness for Experienced Educators where I learned how to integrate mindfulness as a pedagogical tool for the classroom.
I earned a Positive Psychology graduate certificate which influences my intense focus on strength-building instead of only improving weaknesses. Mindfulness and positive psychology are the lens through which I built the teacher wellness coaching framework.
I am a Certified Mindful Schools Instructor which allows me to specialize in the broad field of mindfulness to the classroom and has taught me how to teach these tools to students but even more importantly how teachers can develop their own practice.
In Spring 2021, I will be an ICF certified executive and leadership coach which will inform the way I lead both individuals and groups through my teacher wellness coaching program.
I am also Permaculture Design Certified, extensively studied Herbalism, Aromatherapy, and earned a yoga certification from Power Yoga Works. These trainings have helped to inform my approach to the interconnectedness of all parts of ourselves by using our natural body and observation of natural systems as guides for solution-finding and regenerative living.
I have been sober for 14 years (and counting) and that process of building myself back up from the bottom up through a framework and with community has informed my entire teacher wellness journey.
In addition, I am a self-coached long distance runner and former triathlete along with an intense student of whole foods and nutrition. The intersection of these focus areas informs the wellness lens I can bring to the “plate” of the wellness journey.
I am self-taught in the fields of minimalism, habit building, financial freedom, urban homesteading, and self-compassion which has allowed me to go through my own process of letting go of that which no longer serves me and building that which does in both my personal and professional life.
You won’t need to spend your precious time wading through mountains of generalized self-care information only to have to orient it yourself to the special job and life considerations of being a teacher.
I bring all of my areas of expertise together while having the unique experience of being in the classroom for almost two decades. Using a teacher’s lens, I understand that the kinds of people who choose to work with children as a profession are a very special group with unique job considerations.
What this means is that I’ve got the deep training and experience in the education field coupled with a multitude of other experiences in health and wellness (both formal and informal). This combination allows me to provide you with well-rounded information based on who you are and who you want to be.
I want to save you time in finding and adapting the resources to actually applying the tools to your unique set of circumstances.
Yes the journey is one that will take time, but you will learn a lot about yourself in the process if you choose to work with me and go all in.
But when #weareteachingwell together, then we can lift each other up when one of us is feeling down. This world of teaching is rewarding but also incredibly tough and what we need now is a place to go to refill our self-care buckets with others who really get it.
