Inspiration and resources for balance before burnout

About

Melissa Kitchen is an experienced counselor and life coach, who helps teachers who are stressed and overwhelmed find balance before burnout.  A teacher, school guidance counselor, and presenter with over 18 years in education in some of the largest urban school districts in the country, Melissa knows first hand the many demands placed on teachers each day and the difficulty that comes from trying to manage it all. Melissa received her M.S. in Elementary Education with a minor in Spanish and her M.Ed. in School Guidance.  She is a Core Essentials Graduate of Coach U and a member of the International Coach Federation (including the New England Chapter), American School Counselors Association, Massachusetts School Counselors Association, and South Shore Guidance Association.   

Her expertise in work life balance and teacher stress relief was developed through years of personal experience and coaching other educators.  She truly believes that no matter how difficult life gets, we can make choices to create the quality of life we desire. Melissa is married and lives with her husband and two sons in Southeastern Massachusetts.