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Educators today are facing challenges and demands like never before. The tensions between an educator's calling and the reality of the profession can create a growing sense of compassion fatigue, burnout, and job dissatisfaction. In light of this context, this book brings firsthand knowledge alongside research to encourage, equip, and empower teachers and other K-12 educators to find relief and hope. Taking a trauma-sensitive approach, this important resource will help you navigate the pressures of being an educator, whether you entered into your profession carrying wounds with you, have felt wounded from your work environment, or you are simply someone trying to support others. Packed with doable strategies and suggestions for personal and professional self-care, this book will help you discover a personal journey toward holistic health, job satisfaction, and most importantly, hope!

\"I have been many things in my life... a daughter, sister, niece, aunt, wife, mother, grandmother, student, poet and photographer,\" wrote Debra Griffen, author of \"A Journey to Wellness: a series of collective thoughts.\"

With his 50th birthday looming at the end of July in 2010, Frederick Curiel knew he had to lose weight. But as with many IT professionals, the demands of his job had put diet and exercise on the back burner. His lab results were frightening, according to his doctor, recalls Curiel, a computer specialist in the Pleasanton, CA, office of health maintenance organization Kaiser Permanente. Fortunately for Curiel, he was about to get a little help from his IT co-workers. Kaiser Permanente had already begun a companywide eight-week physical activity program and cross-country virtual journey called \"Thrive Across America,\" which ran from May to June 2010. Employees and teams were encouraged to track their physical activity via a Web portal. Curiel used the company's online total health assessment tool to set goals and timelines to help him stay on track, in addition to working out every day at the gym.