Welcome Warner Faculty & Staff!!

First, I want to say welcome! Thank you for taking the time & making the effort to take a look at this blog! Hopefully, you will feel so inclined to keep looking at it and maybe even participate in one of my crazy attempts to bring us all together in the spirit of Warner Love & Community! I have created this blog to make it easier for us to communicate & engage in each other's lives not only in school, but outside of school. The truth is that our jobs are hard...really hard. The nature of our job is stressful, but one thing that research shows is that when morale among a group of people is high, it makes our jobs a little easier to handle. And-hopefully a little more fun! As you know, my speciality is health and wellness. Of course, my main focus is always the kids, but I want to extend my expertise to include you all as well. We all know that being healthy is not just about exercising & eating better. I tend to think that it should be viewed in a more holistic way. And that includes our mental, spiritual, psychological, social, and emotional health. Point being--I want to start something really cool (well, I think it's really cool anyway :) here at Warner. This is strictly voluntary, but if you are interested, I would love for you to join this Warner Love Group! You can commit to it as much or as little as you would like, no judgements whichever way you choose.  The group will consist of some of the following things: reading weekly posts about holistic health & wellness, posting encouraging words or quotes, being involved in weekly activities such as Meditation Mondays, Wacky Wednesdays, setting weekly intentions for our attitudes & reactions to students and ourselves, monthly "healthy snack taste tests, periodic faculty outings (Bowling, canoe trips,etc), Zumba Fitness Parties, and much more! Of course, you can participate or not participate in anything you choose. This could totally flop, BUT I'm willing to take the risk in hopes that this will provide you with a positive experience here at Warner that brings us closer together and maybe even helps relieve some of the daily stress we all tend to get wrapped up in. I will start posting some things to this blog and will send reminders by email periodically about it. Feel free to post away yourselves! But-keep in mind that this isn't a blog for whiners or complainers--this is a positive space! Thanks for your interest & hopefully your participation! I can't wait to see how this experiment works for us! Much love and peace.