I am so happy you are here!
I’m Andrea Harris, former elementary school teacher turned entrepreneur, homeschool mom, QMBT™ Life Coach and loving mama of three.
From my very earliest memories when I was little, I wanted to be a teacher. I’ve always loved children. I came from a family of teachers. I went to Western University for my four year undergraduate degree in London, Ontario, Canada and OISE at the University of Toronto for my Bachelor of Education degree. I was hired immediately after graduating by one of the largest public school boards in Ontario.
I was so excited to enter my dream career at 24 years old! I wanted to make a positive difference in the lives of children.
As a teacher, I quickly realized students were falling through the cracks in the school system. Students with all abilities were packed into crowded classrooms with little to no resources to support them. Year after year, teachers are expected to meet the needs of 20-35 students each day without money, support or resources that actually work.
I quickly became THAT teacher that spent thousands of dollars of my own money on classroom supplies and resources for my students. I coached teams on evenings and weekends. I gave my lunch away regularly to children who were hungry. And I formed long-lasting bonds with families in my genuine interest and love of their kids. I was a fierce advocate for children with special needs, and went on to get my Specialist in Special Education Certification to best support every child.
When I became a mother myself, the exhaustion first hit. Not because I didn’t love being a mom to a new baby, but I had an unsupportive, unhealthy husband at the time. I spent the next ten years in Family Court in litigation to keep my daughter safe. Why did it take so long? On top of being an addict, he was also a teacher.
During this time, I remarried and joyfully welcomed two more children. I went back to teaching full time after each maternity leave ended, and each time I returned to the classroom, there was more added to teachers’ plates.
Then March 2020 hit. The next two years of my career nearly broke me. I was seeing children as young as kindergarten, that I knew and loved, suffer from suicide ideation due to the extensive mandates. I did what I had always done for two decades - I advocated for my students.
Advocating for children at this time was not popular.
I burned out hard as a teacher, mother and caretaker by 2021. Facing harassment at work, a breast cancer scare, a sudden separation and the realization I was not in an aligned career, my anxiety was at a level I had never before experienced.
I had always put my own needs aside for other people. Family, friends, coworkers, my admin at school, other children over my own. I abandoned myself. And during a time where I was faced with a crisis in every area of my life - health, relationship, career, financial - I was also faced with the Truth.
No one is coming to save me.
My chronic self-abandonment left me with two options: continue on the current trajectory or make different choices.
I chose myself.
I knew deep down that my children needed a healthy mother who unconditionally loved them. I willingly took my energy back.
I resigned from my career with no backup.
I sold our home we had lived in and loved for over a decade. I sold or gave away almost everything we owned.
I cashed out my pension and started a business, Bloom at Home Learning LLC. My goal was to offer professional, compassionate support to parents who see the inadequacies of the school system, but need guidance in how to take the leap to homeschool.
I moved myself, three daughters and our cat to Florida without knowing anyone. I trusted my instincts for the first time, Surrendered to God and listened to my body.
For the past three years, I’ve spent hundreds of hours on calls with clients and friends, online, in meetings and groups with parents who are seeking help. The overwhelming majority are burned out mothers and teachers.
Women with the best intentions who see children need help, but are handing everything in their lives and have been running in survival patterns for too long. These mamas have full-blown nervous system dysregulation.
They just need a minute to breathe.
My help in giving advice about individualized learning felt woefully inadequate in my lengthy conversations with each of these women. I completely understood. I was once this woman.
I’ve walked the path of Functional Freeze and reset my nervous system.
In 2024 I was shown a way to help women understand the real reasons they feel stuck with the release of QMBT™ Life Coaching.
I help mothers and educators break free from chronic depletion and emotional burnout by recalibrating their nervous system and identity using quantum coaching tools - so they can finally stop living for everyone else and start thriving in their power.
Let’s get to work in reclaiming your power, peace and purpose NOW, so you can get back to you.
