by Donna Miller Fry (@fryed)
As educators, we are relentless in our pursuit of understanding of how to enable learning to happen for our students. We consider pedagogical research and build a repertoire of approaches to meet the needs of all learners. Before implementing new approaches, we want “evidence” that the approach has proven to be effective. But how often […]
What is the one thing you can do today to make a significant positive impact on your personal wellness? According to Dr. Rhonda Patrick, eliminating refined sugar from our diets can have a significant positive impact in a very short period of time. I listened to the March 18, 2017 episode: Refined Sugar and Its […]
We did it! 37 days of movement – at least a mile a day – from American Thanksgiving on November 26, 2020 to January 1, 2021. Collectively, we ran/walked/skied/snowshoed about 1200 km. That’s the distance from Winnipeg, Manitoba all the way to beautiful Old Woman Bay in Lake Superior Provincial Park! 2020 was a year […]
Educators have taken up the challenge to do their best to get out and move at least a mile every day for the rest of 2020, and for the very first day of 2021. We can do it! Exercise helps prevent depression. It lengthens telomeres. It prevents onset of Parkinson’s symptoms and Alzheimer’s symptoms. It […]
Pandemic fatigue, anxiety, endless uncertainty, grief, exhaustion. We all feel it. We see it in each other. This is hard. So why move? Especially why should we move right now? Because exercise is one of the most important tools to fight stress-induced depression. Habitual, aerobic and preferably strenuous exercise has remarkable physiological benefits to protect […]
Who inspires you? Last year, my friend and super PLNer Heather Theijsmeijer started something big. I didn’t know about run streaks, but give me a cause, a community, and a plan and I am in. She challenged us to run at least a mile a day for 35 days – November 28, 2019 to January […]
Have you had enough of 2020 yet? I often think of where we were last year at this time. I was getting excited to start #RWRunStreak. I had committed to a birthday marathon in Nova Scotia in May 2020 and a summer solstice marathon in Winnipeg (June 2020). #EducatorsONtheRun was such a fun way to […]
December 1 is a great day to talk about educator wellness. We are 15 school days away from the only real relaxation time teachers get in the school year, but there are some incredibly long days between here and there. Last week I sat with other education leaders in Toronto as the #EdCan Network launched […]
