The Self-Care Circus

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Once upon a time, the circus was a word that implied only positives: excitement, amazement, and good old-fashioned family fun. Nowadays, though, when someone describes something as a “circus”, it’s not necessarily a compliment. It implies frenzy, sensationalism, or even stilted, theatrical “razzle dazzle”. Sadly, the concept of self care, at this precarious moment in time, has taken a similar turn. How can individuals in a place to impact educators take one of the more necessary concepts on earth and stop it from coming across as “the greatest show on earth”? Stick around and find out!