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Fill Your Cup First: Self-Care Strategies for Teachers and Parents to Thrive Guilt-Free

In this episode of The Balanced Educator Podcast, we dive into the “fill your cup first” experiment and explore why self-care for teachers and parents is essential—not selfish!

We open up about the guilt we felt when prioritizing self-care and share how, with time, we learned to release those feelings. Using the metaphor of an apple tree, we show how nurturing ourselves allows us to give more—producing "delicious apples" for students, kids, and others around us.

Join us to learn about the positive changes we’ve experienced by putting self-care first and how to start your own self-care journey, guilt-free.

Perfect for educators, parents, and caregivers looking to create a balanced, joyful life!

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