September Enrollment Is Now Open
Join by August 15 to receive the September experience, shipping September 1.
Created by a former teacher and school leader with 28 years in education who understands what teachers carry every day.
Self-Care and Self-Love Are Not the Same Thing
Self-care is the candle, the body wash, the moment at the end of the day when you finally exhale.
Self-love goes deeper.
It is recognizing that what teachers carry is real and relentless. The pressures. The mandates. The demands. And protecting yourself inside those environments is not selfish. It is how you stay.
The Monthly Signature Experiences bring both together. Thoughtful products create a restorative moment, while each monthly theme helps you notice what you need, protect it, and return to yourself.
What Is After the Bells?
Teachers give so much of themselves every day.
After the Bells was created to give something back.
The Monthly Signature Experiences offer teachers a restorative moment to slow down, breathe, and reconnect with themselves outside the classroom.
Each month brings together thoughtfully chosen products and a meaningful theme designed around what teachers may be carrying in that season. Because teachers deserve to feel seen, supported, and cared for too.
The Light | A themed candle created to set the tone for each month’s restorative experience.
The Lounge | Wearable comfort pieces you’ll reach for again and again.
The Restoration | Body care designed to help you release the stress of the day.
The Reflection | Mindfulness and creative decompression designed to help you slow down and reconnect with yourself.
The Indulgence | A small treat chosen to bring a little pleasure to your month.
Teachers are carrying more than most people realize.
I know that because I spent 28 years in education - ten years in the classroom and eighteen years as a school leader. I have watched teachers give their energy, patience, and care to everyone around them, often without anyone asking what they need in return.
I also know what it costs. Not just the tired. The slow disappearing of the person you were before the role took over.
After the Bells was created because teachers deserve more than encouragement. They deserve a real, repeatable way to come back to themselves - after the bells have rung, after the day is done, after everyone else's needs have been met.
This is that space.
- Kim 🌿
Founder, After the Bells
How the Monthly Signature Experiences Work
Step 1
Choose during the enrollment window
Select the Monthly Signature Experience that feels right for you.
Step 2
Your experience ships on the 1st
Your Monthly Signature Experience is prepared and shipped at the beginning of each month.
Step 3
Your subscription continues monthly
You’re charged when you first join to reserve your next experience. After that, your subscription renews automatically on the 15th of each month. No reordering. No remembering. Just one teacher moment waiting for you every month.
Pause or cancel anytime. Your teacher moment should never feel like pressure.
Teaching Without Losing Yourself | The Podcast
A weekly podcast for teachers who want to stay in the career they love without losing themselves in the process. Honest conversations about the patterns and pressures that make teaching harder to sustain than it should be. No fixing. No pressure. Because awareness is where change starts.
New episodes every Monday.
Your teacher moment starts now.
After the Bells offers two Monthly Signature Experiences created just for teachers. Each one gives you a restorative moment to slow down, breathe, and reconnect with yourself outside the classroom.
Thoughtfully chosen products and a meaningful monthly theme come together to help you rest, reset, and remember that you matter too.
Enrollment is open through August 15. September experiences ship September 1.