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Knowing yourself: the only way to practice self-care

3/10/2021

I am a very anxious person... I have always been... and I have been in and out of therapy since I can remember... but, I have always been very insightful. I've always known what I wanted to be and what I wanted to accomplish. This has been the greatest gift, because knowing myself has been key to heal and care for my body, mind and spirt.
I truly believe that when we know ourselves we are able to understand our emotions, and our body and mind's needs... and this is what we need to practice self-care that is tailored for us.

When we live in auto-pilot we ignore all of the messages our mind and body send us and we cannot truly heal and grow.
Mindfulness is perhaps the most important tool when it comes to self-care, and it's also the most challenging. Living in mindfulness takes constant practice and it can be exhausting if we don't do it right. Pushing ourselves to follow every message, tip or trick we see on social media about mindfulness is exhausting... and it will never work... It will never work, because if you don't know your body and mind's needs, is like giving cough medicine to someone with a heart problem. You know something is wrong, but because you don't know what is wrong you can't treat it in the right way.... so, I'll say this again... the first step is to KNOW YOURSELF!

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BFFS at work (part 2)

12/17/2020

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It's been a while and I totally forgot to write this second part.. LOL... it's ok.. we all have stuff in our mind and as teachers in the middle of a pandemic, our students are obviously our priority... sometimes I forget that making my students my priority doesn't mean I have to let go of what it's important to me... like writing in this blob!
So here is the second part about my BFF's at work .. and the main reason why I started this blog post in the first place.
My second BFF Ria come to my life a couple of years ago. We had to share a classroom... I was very defensive when she tries to tell me she was going to decorate the room without me (I was at a conference and wasn't going to be in school until the following week)... it was the first time I was getting a classroom too!!! I had been at an office for two years and moving around with a tote bag to all my classes, so this was a big deal for me... I didn't think I was going to like her...

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BFFs at work

12/17/2020

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I have two BFFs at work... and they are amazing friends, both inside and outside the classroom. These two wonderful ladies became my friends because I shared an office or a classroom with them at some point. Basically, we were stuck together for a full year! ... and to my surprise, they didn't drive me nuts!!

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Tips para trabajar desde casa

3/28/2020

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Para nosotros, los maestros, que estamos acostumbrados a estar parados todo el día, correteando de un lado al otro, ver a nuestros alumnos cara a cada, establecer relaciones cercanas con ellos, conversar hasta por los codos, etc. este cambio drástico nos ha caído como baldazo de agua fría.
Estar encerrados en la casa todo el día no es fácil y menos si nuestra situación en casa no es la más óptima para poder trabajar tranquilamente.

Todos tenemos miedo de la pandemia... y si no tienes miedo, por favor dime cómo le haces... es normal estar estresados, frustrados, ansiosos y sobretodo es normal sentirnos angustiados sin saber qué hacer ni por dónde empezar, y es justamente por esto que tenemos que dedicarnos un poco de tiempo para cuidar de nosotros y sentirnos mejor en medio del caos.

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El caos del Coronavirus... ¿cómo nos afecta a los educadores?

3/15/2020

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Desde que estalló esto del Coronavirus en San Francisco, cada vez la situación es más caótica. Como jefa de departamento, siento una necesidad de apoyar a las otras maestras de español, sin embargo me cuesta encontrar maneras de hacerlo estando tan desconectadas a falta de contexto físico. He visto muchas publicaciones donde otros maestros que nos motivan a mantenernos conectados con los alumnos y me encanta pero ¿cómo los educadores podemos trabajar desde casa como equipo?

¿Por qué algunas personas se rehúsan a recibir ayuda? ¿por qué pensamos como educadores que estamos solos?

Estas son preguntas que me hago constantemente porque me fastidia que en el colegio donde trabajo no se trabaje en conjunto para brindarle a las alumnas una educación con los mismos estándares y expectativas para cada clase, sobretodo ahora que las alumnas están estudiando y aprendiendo independientemente. Pero entiendo que no soy la única con estas frustraciones.

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Fin de semana largo = ¿más trabajo?

2/17/2020

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¿Qué pasó con el fin de semana?

Tuvimos un fin de semana largo y da la casualidad que fue después de que me enfermara, lo que significa que de por sí ya estoy atrasada con TODO... pero, como profesora, uno siempre piensa que el fin de semana largo es para ponerse al día en todo y descansar... y una y otra vez, nos damos cuenta de que es por las puras...

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Knowing yourself: the only way to practice self-care

BFFS at work (part 2)

BFFs at work

Tips para trabajar desde casa

El caos del Coronavirus... ¿cómo nos afecta a los educadores?

Fin de semana largo = ¿más trabajo?

ABOUT ME

Categories

Text: 415.273.9214E-mail: jimena@hablallama.com​Mailing Address:2912 Diamond St. #325,San Francisco, CA 94131

Text: 415.273.9214
E-mail: jimena@hablallama.com
Mailing Address:
2912 Diamond St. #325,
San Francisco, CA 94131