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A Great Giveaway is Here!

6/28/2011

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I'm so excited to be doing the first giveaway of the summer season.  It's a little pre-4th of July goodness.

I can't even tell you how sweet and inspiring and gorgeous the cards in Affirmative Greetings are!!  Stunning!  I'm going to give away a set on this website and another on my blog.  

Let's cut right to the chase:  So how do you enter?  

For every great way you connect to this website or my blog, leave a comment.  Here are some examples for this website:  Do you read this Inspiration blog?  Give yourself an entry!  Did you sign up for Sweet Summer Treats?  Give yourself another entry!  Did you check out Affirmative Greetings at the BraveTeachers Etsy Shop?  Give yourself another!  Have you downloaded anything or signed up at Contacts?  More entries!  

PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT FOR EACH ENTRY--JUST CUT AND PASTE, IF YOU LIKE!

Some other ways to get even more entries would be to include us on your blog roll or to even blog about us and the love and kindness and authenticity that we share. Or share us on Facebook or Twitter or anywhere your peeps hangout.  Keep entering!

Do you see how easy it is to enter???!  Enter away, brave hearts!

This weekend the Random Generator will choose a lucky winner at each site and those 2 lucky winners will receive the card set of their choice!!
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Courage and Strength

6/27/2011

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Here's an affirmation for you today:

I possess the courage and strength I need for today.


What more could we ask for?  When you doubt this repeat it often.  I made it my intention today at yoga.  Actually I think it was my intention for today--many hours before going to yoga--but that is where I consciously thought about it.  I wanted to share it with you!  Sending you kind thoughts, too!

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Affirmative Greetings Now Available On Etsy

6/25/2011

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I am completely delighted to have a new Brave Teacher product line available at our etsy shop!

Affirmative Greetings is a line of greeting cards with my photos on the front.  Some of the photographs have been featured on this website and my blog.  The cards and envelopes contain some recycled paper, so they have those gorgeous little flecks of color on the background of off white, tan, or gray.  The cards are blank, but they are accompanied by a list of affirmations from which you can choose and then personalize with the most ideal greeting for the recipient or yourself!

These make great cards for any occasion, or they can stand alone as a thoughtful little gift.  Shop now!
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An example of a Wise Words set. Click on the photo to purchase cards right now or browse our online shop!
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An example of our Nurturing Nature card sets. Click on the photo to purchase right now or browse at our online shop.
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Mini Vacation Adventure As Self Care

6/24/2011

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My self care tip for this week is. . .

Take yourself on a mini-vacation adventure!

It can be impromptu or well planned.  It might be free or a little indulgence.  It might be alone or with family or friends.

I have been running like crazy since school ended, but I have 2 good examples of mini vacations.  One took less than an hour, and I was alone.  The other was with my little family and lasted about 4 hours.
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For my first mini-vacation adventure I went to the herb garden at the Seiberling Nature Realm, part of my local metro park system.  I walked around feeling the sun and breeze on my face.  I took photos.  I listened to birds and frogs.  I felt refreshed.  I even made a little move I might post here some day soon.
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On my second mini-vacation my little family joined me for an international adventure in Cleveland, Ohio--45 minutes away from home!  We had pho--Vietnamese noodle soup and gelato--Italian frozen bliss.  It felt decadent and delish and waaaayy cheaper than a plane ticket to Italy or Vietnam.  You can read more about our adventure here.


What are you doing to take care of yourself?
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Anything Worthy of Being Done Takes Time

6/22/2011

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Here's something to think or write about today:

Anything worthy of being done by you takes time.

How does that speak to you today?  What is it saying?  What action is it leading you to do?  What kind of courage does it require of you?

For me I've never been great at estimating the amount of time a job will take to complete.  Add on top of that some perfectionism that can be paralyzing, and you've got a recipe for procrastination and regret and resentment and great works left undone.

I want to have about a bazillion more resources on this sight already.  I want everyone to know about this place.  And of course I want it all done yesterday.  Can you believe it's not working that way??!  I've let it make me tense and discontent.  Today I'm mustering the courage to say, it's going to take some time (probably a lot more than I even think now!)  But it's going to be worthy of my time for you and me, brave teachers.  Be brave for whatever is calling you today.
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Online Inspiration

6/21/2011

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Here are a few of my favorite online BRAVE resources of inspiration:

Clutter Free Classroom

Kind Over Matter

Kindness Girl

Jen Lemen

Superhero Journal

Brave Girls Club

Mary Jane's Farm

Happiness Project

What are some of your favorite online resources? 
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Sweet Summer Treats

6/18/2011

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  • Don't you just LOOOOVE a sweet summer treat?  It's cool and refreshing.  Is there anything better than relaxing with a sweet summer treat?  At the beach.  Or on a porch.  Or in the backyard at dusk when the fireflies are lighting the night.  (Deep sigh!)
  • What if you could get a little treat like that for your heart?  At least once a week from now until Labor Day Brave Teachers will send everyone on the contact list a Sweet Summer Treat!  
  • What kind of treats?  Mostly PDFs of colorful posters that will speak to the heart.  Sometimes words of encouragement or other amazing resources.  And best of all they're absolutely FREE!
  • Sign up here, if you're heart is hungry for a sweet summer treat!
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It's OK To Rest

6/17/2011

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Here's a little self care permission slip:

It's OK to rest.  Nothing fancy or spectacular--just rest.  It doesn't have to be well planned or scheduled--just rest.  Whatever that means for you--just rest.  In order to be real rest it does need to be guilt free.  So unplug or get a babysitter or pull the covers up over your head.  Take a nap.

Today you have permission to rest.

P. S.  This is so for me--hope it's for you, too.
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Art and Soul Amazing Success!

6/15/2011

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I am blown away by how outstanding I feel having just completed the first ever session of Art and Soul of Brave Teachers!  We talked and wrote and created little art projects.  We ate delicious food--thank you Aine!  I think we held a sacred space for each other.  It felt much bigger than me or us--powerful.

I'm so proud of the courage of the brave teachers who came on over to create and write and share.  I'm so proud of myself for feeling fear but moving forward with an open heart anyway.

I'll share some photos and testimonials sometime soon, but here are my initial thoughts:

We are all so alike--we human beings.
Really good teachers have really raw places.
Teachers need time carved out to care for themselves.
I'm not the only person who needs the work I'm doing.
I really must keep moving forward with Brave Teachers.
I am passionate about Brave Teachers.
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Right Where You Are

6/14/2011

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Today may you rest in the assurance that you are right where you are supposed to be.

When we feel stuck or uncertain or fearful, it's easy to view where we are as wrong.  We are with the wrong people.  We are at the wrong job.  We don't have enough of something or too much of something else.  Tomorrow may be different. You might feel different.  You might be someplace different.  But today is unfolding just as it should.  I find assurance in that, even when I'm not living in acceptance or peace.
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