Teacher, Take Care: Available in 3 different formats

"The guide, created by teachers for teachers, includes self-care tips, strategies to spot burnout warning signs and support colleagues, and ideas on implementing “psychologically safe work environments” based on national standards. Each chapter starts with a teacher’s personal story about their well-being challenges."

Maggie Macintosh, The Winnipeg Free Press

"Teacher, Take Care creates a library of healing tools. The diversity and focus on self-care is impressive, and the stories shared are relatable and heartwarming. I am optimistic that mental health is taking an equal footing with other teacher objectives, and I’m thrilled for teachers everywhere to get their hands on this exciting book!"

Colleen O'Neill, Retired RPN and Therapist

"No one can take care of others when they are not taking care of themselves. For this reason, perhaps nothing is more important for teachers than attending to and understanding how to achieve their own wellness.

Jennifer Lawson's Teacher, Take Care is an essential guide for how to fulfill one's potential as an educator while educating others to do so as well. This book is good medicine for those working in one of the hardest professions in the world."

Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair, Professor, Department of Indigenous Studies, University of Manitoba

"With compassion and clarity, this book provides both the insights and tools that will help to meaningfully improve teacher well-being. Always encouraging and grounded in a deep awareness of our connections to one another, this book’s wisdom is valuable and important."

Stephanie Harrison, Well-Being Expert and Founder of The New Happy

"Wow! This book is awesome! Teacher, Take Care is a thoughtful and engaging resource for educators and educational leaders from early years to post-secondary! A rich collection of grounded and vulnerable peer-led content from a wide range of educators and their intersectional perspectives. They share personal experiences: challenges, successes, and the often wandering paths that took them from one to the other.

Cohesively organized through common themes including the Sacred Hoop, readers are encouraged to engage with each chapter independently, guided by their own interests and needs. With this organic and non-prescriptive approach, Teacher Take Care models a cornerstone of mental health support: "Meet people where they're at." I loved the experience of meeting each author, gaining insight from their journeys, and engaging with tools, resources, and exercises that foster the exploration of our own teaching and mental health journeys with their inevitable interconnection.
 
Within this easy-to-read (and hard-to-put down) collection, the authors bring together a diverse cross-section of sources from Martin Seligman's positive psychology and HQCs (high-quality connections) to mindfulness practices and traditional Indigenous teachings, each offering opportunities for enriching our mental health and well-being. In a time when we seem perpetually stressed, we are too often offered one-size-fits-all quick fixes, when what we really need are thoughtful, engaging, diverse, and easy-to-use toolkits, giving us the freedom to choose what works for us with confidence in efficacy and accessibility. Teacher Take Care is just that kind of toolkit, and has quickly become a personal and professional mental health go-to resource!"

Sharon Blady, PhD, CEO of Speak Up: Mental Health & Neurodiversity, Former Minister of Health in Manitoba