Strength & Grace

01/06/2023

01/05/2023

An article written last February by Insider interviewed 3 teachers about their experiences with teaching during and after the pandemic. The consensus? Teachers are tired, stressed, anxious, overworked, and unable to hold an equal work/life balance. On top of that, they talk about how the students have drastically changed, socially, emotionally, and academically.

Read the article here: https://conta.cc/3ZrchAH

If schools invested more in the mental health and well-being of their teachers, they would be better equipped to handle this new wave of students post-pandemic, better handle their own stress and anxieties, and overall enjoy the job like the day they began teaching again. Mental fitness and Positive Intelligence are proven to rewire the neuropathways in the brain and teach individuals to shift their mindsets from a negative one, motivated by shame and guilt, to a positive mindset. This is the turning point that teachers need to not only serve their students the best they can but also find relief in this high-stress job.

Learn more about Mental Fitness for Educators here: https://conta.cc/3Rsa8jO

01/03/2023

We hope you all were able to enjoy ringing in the new year! This year, we encourage you to live life more intently and focus on your growth journey day by day.

Our mental fitness for educators program guides teachers and educators to rework how their minds handle obstacles and negative situations. As a MA Department of Education certified professional development course, this program can transform your mindset, allow you to better handle the stress associated with the job, and better pass on this positivity to your students. Teaching may be singlehandedly the most important job in the world. It's important that as a teacher, you maintain the same passion that you had the day you began, regardless of pandemics and any obstacles that may come your way.

Visit https://www.strength-grace.com/mental-fitness-educators for more information. The time for creating change in your life and profession is now!

01/01/2023

Happy New Year! We hope everyone has a blessed, successful, and joyous new year as we enter this new chapter in our lives.

Strength and Grace is rooted in the vision to spread mental fitness and Positive Intelligence so that many can live their lives without being tormented by their negative emotions. 2023 is bringing us exciting new chapters and we cannot wait to share them with you!

12/29/2022

The culture around creating New Year's resolutions may be large and may never fade, but what are they for if you don't take the leap to actually create the change you desire?

Making resolutions and not actually following through with them is overwhelming and oftentimes defeating. Instead of doing this, next year, create a vision of what you want your next year to look like. A singular word or mantra that you keep reminding yourself of, no matter the circumstance. This can change as you reach new milestones throughout the year!

Reflect on that word or mantra whenever you can remember to: on your drive to work, during dinner, or tape it to your fridge door so that you may always see it and be reminded of it. This way, you can live each day intently, without the stress of resolutions.

Our mantra for the new year? We will overcome negative mindsets and expand Positive Intelligence to reach even more audiences so that everyone can live their lives more mindfully, positively, and resiliently.

Cheers to a new year!

#2023

12/27/2022

As we bid farewell to the year, how are you prioritizing your mental health and well-being to enter the new year?
We invite you to take the PQ Score assessment to discover your mental fitness level and give you insight into what elements of your mind are hurting you and your success.

Your mental fitness impacts your ability to overcome challenges and grow from them. It also impacts your ability to be the best you can be at the roles you assume, both personally and professionally. Learn through this assessment where you stand, and where you can grow.

Take the assessment here: https://conta.cc/3PX7L8z

12/19/2022

Post-pandemic, students have become more passive, have a lesser sense of belonging, and feel disengaged from their learning after months of remote work. Teachers will need to find new ways to motivate and engage their students, but, how can they do this when they are unmotivated themselves?

We need to address teachers in order to help our students. When teachers learn to manage their stressful, high-stakes jobs, and learn how to operate from a positive mindset, they are better able to engage with their students and foster a positive learning environment for them. When teachers are more mentally fit and strengthen their Positive Intelligence, they better handle life, both personally and professionally. When they are better equipped to hand;e the stressors of the job, they are better suited to taking care of their students.

Learn more about Strength and Grace's Mental Fitness for Educators program here: https://conta.cc/3Rsa8jO

12/15/2022

Not only are teachers suffering from what the pandemic has caused, but students are as well. Class sizes are doubling with the teacher shortage, meaning students are losing the necessary connections with their teachers that they had before 2020. The pandemic has had devastating impacts on learning, but if it taught us one thing, it's the importance of social-emotional learning and a growth mindset.

More than ever, feelings of guilt, shame, and low self-esteem are fogging the way both students learn and teachers teach. Mental fitness and Positive Intelligence teach teachers how to switch and operate from a negative to a positive mindset so that they can better handle the stressors of the job. From this program, they also learn how to teach their students to do the same. Now more than ever, investing in the mental health and well-being of teachers may just be the key to retention.

Learn more about the professional development course for MA educators here: https://conta.cc/3YpbDmt

12/13/2022

: Is PQ the right program for me?

If you constantly find yourself in a negative mindset from stressful events in your life and don't seem to be able to find a way to get out of it, this program is for you. When you are constantly operating from a negative mindset, it affects your personal AND professional life and relationships. For teachers, amidst the pandemic and the increased pressure and stress in their environments, this program can be the light at the end of your tunnel.

When you learn to operate with a positive mindset, you are better able to handle life's challenges with great rigor and strength, without feelings of guilt and shame. In such a high-stakes, high-stress profession, this skill is crucial to have.

Visit https://www.strength-grace.com/ to learn more about our MA DOE-certified Mental Fitness for Educators Program.

12/09/2022

There is no limit to what mental fitness can bring you! Building your PQ, or Positive Intelligence can boost your performance, both in your professional and personal roles. For teachers and educators, this can be the light at the end of the tunnel in such a high-stress, high-stakes job.

Our MA DOE-certified Mental Fitness professional development course brings educators through a 6-week program, where they will build their mental fitness and will be able to handle the stressors of their work environment with greater ease while also being able to manage and handle all negative emotions that may affect their work. It is a course worth taking, and can massively benefit the students they teach as well.

Visit https://www.doe.mass.edu/pd/search/details.aspx?id=4016 for more information on the course.

12/07/2022

When teachers are this highly stressed, it not only affects them but also affects their students' academic performance and social adjustment. The culture and approach to teaching have shifted dramatically away from the mental health and well-being of teachers and that needs to change before we lose more to this stressful profession.

This research brief details the burnout felt by educators and outlines the programs and interventions needed to address this issue. (Note: Positive Intelligence and Mental Fitness programs for educators check these boxes).

Read the research brief here: https://conta.cc/3FcYuUX
Learn more about Strength and Grace's Mental Fitness Program here: https://conta.cc/3Rsa8jO

12/05/2022

"When the achievement, the award, the grade, the money, and the title become your only reason for putting in effort, that’s when the pain starts to settle in."

When you equate your self-worth solely to the things you have or haven't accomplished, you begin to lose touch with all the other aspects of life that matter and that are worth being happy about. In such high-stakes/high-stress jobs, like teaching, it becomes fairly easy to be discouraged when you aren't meeting your professional goals or seeing results that are supposed to define your performance.

Suddenly, you're lost in a job that causes immense stress already, and you can't seem to dig yourself out of this worthless feeling. You can't do well until you stop defining your worth only by the things you've accomplished in your life. Happiness goes far beyond just your accomplishments. Positive Intelligence can help you change this mindset.

Interested? Read our blog post for more insight: https://www.strength-grace.com/fuelyourwill/2021/7/10/your-achievements-do-not-define-you