As a happiness coach, Kim Strobel works with thousands of teachers all across the country. As she’s learned firsthand, many of these educators are suffering—from anxiety, guilt, stress, and feelings of defeat. And small wonder: they serve in an extraordinarily challenging profession.

As a teacher, you may feel invisible as you work each day to help your students become successful. But just like your students, you, too, deserve to live a life that feels good to you a lot of the time. We all deserve to feel happy as teachers, even if the vocation of teaching makes happiness feel hard sometimes. We deserve to have space and ease as we follow our professional path—and as we live out the equally important other parts of our lives.

Being successful in education comes only when we nourish our emotional well-being. Only when we begin to heal and nurture our soul can we start to show up as our best selves for our students. Incorporating science, strategies, and powerful tools, this book will help you learn how to reach and capture more happiness in your work and life journey.

“WHEN WE CAN CREATE HAPPINESS HABITS THAT INCREASE OUR OVERALL HAPPINESS LEVELS AND EXPERIENCE MORE WELL-BEING, THEN WE’RE ABLE TO BREAK OUT OF SOME OF THE HARDNESS OF THIS JOB AND CREATE A BETTER LIFE FOR OURSELVES WITHIN THIS PROFESSION AND OUTSIDE OF IT.” – KIM STROBEL