"This book is the perfect companion for the busy educator. Its easy self-care steps and well-thought-out plan allow educators the ability to reflect on their self-care practice and implement a plan to be the best version of themselves. This guide is easy to follow, practical, and full of tips that teachers can use each day to bring their best selves to the classroom and be their best for students." ----Kayla Dessert, third-grade teacher, curriculum developer

"Multiple teaching award-winner Tina H. Boogren cites the research on the high level of teacher stress as a call to arms against it. She offers intense encouragement to find the eye in the storm of teacher stress and gives readers multiple tips, strategies, ideas, and paradigms. The pages of this book jump with Boogren's smorgasbord of offerings for wellness. Teacher stress will lose its mighty grip on readers of this book!" ----Tom Skovholt, author, The Resilient Practitioner, Third Edition, licensed psychologist, Morse-Alumni Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of Minnesota

"Tina H. Boogren's latest book is a blessing for busy educators. Rich in practical suggestions, the book allows readers to explore new ways of tackling their difficult profession while choosing what works best for them. The book is comprehensive in that it covers mental, emotional, and physical tactics, but also ways to make the job more sustainable (such as using strategies for saying no and finding order). Whether you are new to self-care or a veteran, Boogren will give you new ways to combat burnout and find joy in your professional life." ----Jenny Grant Rankin, author, First Aid for Teacher Burnout and Psychology Today

Tina H. Boogren, PhD, is a former classroom teacher, English department chair, teacher mentor, instructional coach, professional developer, athletic coach, and build­ing-level leader. She has presented at the school, district, state, and national levels and was a featured speaker at the International Literacy Association annual conference and Barnes & Noble's educators' nights.

Dr. Boogren was a 2007 finalist for Colorado Teacher of the Year and received the Douglas County School District Outstanding Teacher Award eight years in a row, from 2002 to 2009. In additional to writing articles for the National Writing Project's The Voice and The Quarterly, she is the author of In the First Few Years: Reflections of a Beginning Teacher, Supporting Beginning Teachers, The Beginning Teacher's Field Guide: Embarking on Your First Years, and Take Time for You: Self-Care Action Plans for Educators, which was the Independent Publisher's Gold award winner in the Education category. She is a co-author of Strategies to Motivate and Inspire Students along with Robert Marzano, Darrell Scott, and Ming Lee Newcomb, and is a contributing author to Richard Kellough's Middle School Teaching: A Guide to Methods and Resources and Robert J. Marzano's Becoming a Reflective Teacher.

Tina holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Iowa, a master's degree with an administrative endorsement from the University of Colorado Denver, and a doctorate from the University of Denver in educational administration and policy studies.

To learn more about Tina's work, visit facebook.com/selfcareforeducators or follow @THBoogren on Twitter and Instagram.