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Things to try at work

lblack105 — 2023-01-04 18:17:21 UTC

* Meditation Mondays

* Standing desks

Things to read/listen to/watch:

lblack105 — 2023-01-04 18:23:38 UTC

The Body Keeps the Score (Bessel Van der Kolk)

Atlas of the Heart (Brene Brown)

Burnout (Emily and Amelia Nagoski)

Rest is Resistance (Tricia Hersey)

Trauma Stewardship (Laura van Dernoot Lipsky

Community resources to check out

lblack105 — 2023-01-04 18:24:59 UTC

JourneyDance (and so much more!) at the Spiral Goddess Collective! (in Bangor--free, need-based classes! Tell your students!)

Yoga with Adrienne (YouTube channel)

What else??? :) Feel free to write other ideas here or start a new tab!

lblack105 — 2023-01-04 18:30:48 UTC

2023-04-06 15:13:47 UTC

Mindsight by Daniel Siegel, M.D.

2023-04-06 15:16:30 UTC

Create zen gardens with students, calling it “First Gen Zen” or something along those lines

2023-04-06 15:16:58 UTC

Schedule walk and talk meetings with other people

Fidget!

2023-04-06 15:17:41 UTC

Provide and/or utilize fidget devices and artwork (coloring pages) or sand trays to allow some de-stressing during a meeting. Oftentimes deeper conversations and more honesty/authenticity will arise!

2023-04-06 15:17:51 UTC

The Four Tendencies by Gretchen Rubin

Calm App*

2023-04-06 15:19:55 UTC

Do the Daily Calm at lunch or at another rest point during the day.
*Cost associated with membership for all features

Productivity Tool

2023-04-08 10:06:56 UTC

I use a ReMarkable (2nd generation) writing tablet to take notes in meetings or to jot things down during the day. It's pricy but I feel it's worth it. I find it to be better than keeping track of post-it notes or paper notebook pages. You write notes on the Remarkable in your own handwriting with the stylus and you can organize your thoughts into notebooks, and you can organize your notebooks into folders. You can also load PDF files and read them and write on the pages. There is a paid Connect subscription that provides more features, but it's not required to use the basic features of the tablet.

Reducing smartphone interruptions

2023-04-08 10:18:27 UTC

- I use the Do Not Disturb or Bedtime Mode features on my phone to completely disable all notifications between certain hours (such as 8pm to 7am). Calls from family members will go through (so they can reach me in an emergency), but otherwise the phone is silent.

- I also do not generally check or answer work emails after my workday has ended, though I realize not everyone has this option.

- I disable all notifications from social media apps (and most other apps, in fact). I manually check for updates if I want to see if there's anything new. The only notifications I get are text messages and personal emails.

Productivity Tool

2023-04-08 10:20:13 UTC

You can use ToDoist or any other similar checklist app to keep track of your to do list, organize it into categories, and put due dates and reminders on specific tasks.

Productivity Tool

2023-04-08 10:20:57 UTC

Pocket is a cross-platform multi-device bookmark service. Regardless of what browser or device I'm on, when I find an interesting page I want to save for later, I add it to Pocket (the free version is fine but there is a paid version as well).

Rest Deck

lblack105 — 2023-12-06 20:08:11 UTC

50 Practices to Resist Grind Culture

Trauma Stewardship

2023-12-08 17:48:05 UTC