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Heartsmart Healing is committed to helping educators create abundant energy, deep self value, and ways to break free from the burnout cycle.

Teacher Tune-up was designed to help educators make a meaningful impact on their students, gain recognition for their contributions, and achieve a healthy work-life balance. It is a six to eight month mentoring program that provides one-on-one tailored sessions to suit individual needs. While participating in the program, Teacher Tune-up, educators will receive the tools and emotional support to help them not just achieve professional growth but balance and personal satisfaction.

Though the entire education system may be beyond our control, we have the power to evolve ourselves—and by doing so, we become catalysts for change within it.

My Story:

Today, I find myself deeply grateful for the challenging situations and the teaching traumas I’ve encountered over nearly 20 years as a school teacher. These experiences have shaped me into a nationally certified teacher for children with exceptional needs and given me the privilege to teach in schools around the world. I have emerged as an advocate for teachers, successfully negotiating with administrations to introduce vital coaching services for school communities. While I now wake up feeling confident and energized, ready to embrace each day, my journey was not always this way. In my first years of teaching, I suffered from severe anxiety attacks.  It led me to seek guidance from a spiritual mentor, recommended by a friend who had also battled anxiety. This turning point changed everything. 

Realizing I couldn’t overhaul the educational system, I chose to focus inward, understanding that by nurturing the strongest relationship with myself, I could foster connections with my community. Day by Day and Week by Week, I continued to do the inner work. By doing so I gained tools from my spiritual mentor, online workshops, books on different healing modalities, and research. Gradually, the spiritual work—complemented by a life coaching certification and a commitment to personal growth—eliminated my panic attacks. I learned to transform teaching traumas into opportunities, adopting a growth mindset and breaking free from the negative cycles of burnout and now, I want to share it with other teachers.

By setting mini-goals every two weeks, I cultivated momentum that transformed my teaching journey into one filled with fulfillment and happiness. The techniques I applied with myself became the foundation of a system I developed for teachers, empowering them to transform their lives dramatically through their own small, meaningful steps.