🔥 How can today’s teachers eat well and care for their bodies?

🔥 How can we fit movement and fitness into our hours at school?

🔥 What are some simple strategies we can follow to improve our nutrition?

Join me for this conversation with Florida PE teacher Eric Nelson as he responds.

About This Guest

Eric is a K-5 physical education teacher and the Director of Member Success at TeacherFit. TeacherFit provides proactive wellness solutions that focus on physical and mental health for teachers and students.

Connect with Eric

• on LinkedIn,
• on X @teacherfit_
• on Instagram @teacherfit__,
• and through the TeacherFit newsletter https://teacherfitnewsletter.beehiiv.com/subscribe.

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In This Conversation

• 0:31 – Who is Eric Nelson?
• 1:30 – How Eric learned to say no to requests for his time
• 3:00 – Challenges teachers face in 2024
• 4:47 – Ways to fit in quick workouts during the school day
• 7:31 – Advice for the teacher who feels like exercise is torture
• 9:58 – How to cook nutritious meals with little time
• 13:11 – Dig it or ditch it? Eric’s take on popular fitness practices
• 16:31 – The TeacherFit newsletter
• 18:39 – Eric’s mental health hacks: detaching from email
• 20:38 – An edtech tool pick: Canva
• 22:10 – A book recommendation: Are My Kids on Track?
• 23:01 – Someone to follow online: Dr. Don Parker
• 23:58 – Where to connect with Eric’s work online

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• On X @TeachersOnFire (https://X.com/TeachersOnFire)
• On Facebook @TeachersOnFire (https://www.facebook.com/TeachersOnFire/)
• On YouTube @Teachers On Fire (https://www.youtube.com/@teachersonfire)
• On LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/timwcavey/

Song Track Credit

• Tropic Fuse by French Fuse
• GO! by Neffex

*All songs retrieved from the YouTube Audio Library at https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/.