14 Stress-Busting Strategies to Help You Avoid Burnout

DON’T OBSESS ABOUT PAST SLIGHTS

FLING AWAY TENSIONS

1. SYMBOLICALLY

USE GUIDED IMAGERY

3. (Picture yourself tossing stress in the trash!)

EXPERIENCE FLASHES OF BEAUTY

APPRECIATE THE KINDNESSES OF THE CHILDREN YOU TEACH

KEEP A JOURNAL

CARRY OUT AN ACTIVITY THAT MAKES YOU FEEL COMPETENT

LET GO OF PERFECTIONISM

CALL A FRIEND

PUT ON SOME MUSIC

CONSIDER THE MOTIVES BEHIND OTHERS’ BEHAVIOR

NURTURE ANOTHER PERSON

Adapted from Little Kids, Big Worries, by Alice Sterling Honig