Seeing Everyone's Story through Mindfulness with Danielle Nuhfer Transformative Principal 353

Danielle Nuhfer is a teacher and you can find more information about her at TeachingWell.Life

• Bringing Awareness to the present moment without judgment.
• Taking a step back and trying to think about how to proceed.
• The benefits of mindfulness in self-care and resilient person in our students’ lives.
• How to be mindful in talking about the coronavirus situation.
• Take a breath, think, and respond.
• Mindfulness allows us to see that everyone has their own story.
• Would you rather be right or happy?
• Take time for yourself to just breathe!
• Create moments where you do those checkins.
• It’s not about more, it is about changing how you do what you’re already doing.
• How to prepare for each day.
• Some kind of morning routine - quiet time.
• It can be more than five minutes, or it can be much shorter.
• How to be a transformative principal? Try to do something in regard to mindfulness.

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