New Book

Bring home to yourself the same deliberate care and thoughtful planning you give to your students.

Thrive Alongside Teaching is a practical guide for educators to sustain the work they love while leading whole lives of their own—by protecting their time, creating steady daily rhythms, and maintaining personal priorities for health, balance, and fun.

Inside, you will find:

• Settled Worth: Walk into your classroom with calm confidence, knowing your value is permanent and never on the line.
• The 21 Facets Framework: A simple, unhurried calendar rotation across three areas of self-investment: Body, Exploration, and Contribution to make regular time for physical health, creative projects, and outdoor rest.
• The Fine Fifteen: A daily 15-minute journaling check-in to clear mental noise, choose your top tasks, and start the day on your own terms.
• The Graceline: A practical rule of “miss once, never twice” that breaks the all-or-nothing trap and keeps you moving forward without guilt.
• Backward Design for Life: A clear way to plan where you want your life and teaching career to end up, so you arrive at retirement healthy, connected, and fulfilled.

You were never meant to be a one-dimensional workhorse. Step into your days with authority, build rhythms that fit real life, and thrive alongside teaching—because your best work comes from living as the whole version of the valuable person you already are.