If your school culture feels beyond repair, you’re not imagining it.
Broken trust, high turnover, and exhausted teams aren’t personal failings. They’re symptoms of a system that has neglected emotional safety for far too long.
You’ve tried the PD days, the wellness webinars, and the teacher appreciation breakfasts. Maybe you’ve rearranged schedules, added SEL blocks, or brought in a motivational speaker.
And yet, the burnout lingers. The gossip continues.
That’s not because you’re doing it wrong.
The truth is, overwhelmed adults can’t keep pretending everything’s fine—not with each other, and not with students. Kids feel it, too. They see the tension between the staff. They feel the fear in classrooms where adults are barely holding on
This is the kind of harm we rarely name out loud, but it’s real. And it’s repairable.
That’s where I come in.
I’m Emily Griswold, founder of 11:11 Wellness. I spent nearly a decade in public schools—leading classrooms, coaching teams, and watching brilliant educators walk away from the work they loved because the system asked too much and offered too little.
I know what it’s like to care deeply and still feel like it’s never enough.
I started 11:11 because I believe we can do better, not by asking teachers to be more resilient, but by helping schools become more human.
My work focuses on rebuilding emotional safety, restoring relational trust, and creating conditions where people want to stay—because when the adults are well, the kids are safer.
Who We Work With
School leaders and staff who believe emotional safety isn’t optional—it’s foundational.
Teams who are tired of quick fixes and ready to name what’s really breaking trust.
Districts that are committed to creating schools where everyone belongs.
If you're ready to get honest, get strategic, and start building something better, we're with you.
Let’s build the kind of school
people want to come back to.
When culture feels broken, it’s easy to wonder if change is even possible. But repair isn’t a fantasy, it’s a process. And it starts with care, not control.
At 11:11 Wellness, we help schools move from burnout and disconnection to trust, emotional safety, and real joy.
Even if things feel deeply broken, it’s not too late. And you don’t have to do it alone.
And it works…
Workshop participants
say things like…
“Emily is very relatable. It’s not as if she is talking at us, but sharing this experience with us. She created a space where people felt safe enough to be honest.”
“Working with Emily is very insightful. She listens and tailors the training around the needs of the group. She also challenges your thoughts on your conventional thinking.”
“This work with 11:11 was much better than my previous self-care PD. I hope we continue to partner because I want to be part of the systemic changes that make this a more sustainable place to work.”
You won’t find shame, surface solutions, or scripted trainings here. What you will find is radical care, relational leadership, and a partner who stays with you through the real work.
Because emotional safety isn’t a “nice to have.” It’s essential infrastructure. It’s what allows teams to trust, students to thrive, and schools to retain the people who make them work.
At 11:11 Wellness, we don’t
blame individuals — we heal systems.
We believe:
Burnout isn’t a personal failure—it’s a systemic issue.
Joy and hope are not luxuries—they’re strategy.
Healing school culture takes time, trust, and someone who won’t walk away when it gets hard.
We don’t come in with a binder and a checklist. We build something better, with you.
Why I still believe in
the power of school.
I grew up feeling like everyone else had the rulebook and I was just guessing. I was a deep-feeler in a world that rewarded compliance. The message was clear: quiet down, toughen up, keep going.
I wanted to do it differently, so I became a teacher. And I gave it everything.
And inside the system, I saw just how broken it was. Brilliant educators were burning out. Kids were carrying the weight of adult dysfunction. And care—the kind I thought would be at the center—was treated like an afterthought, or worse, a liability.
Eventually, I hit a breaking point. Panic attacks. Insomnia. That constant feeling of failure, no matter how hard I tried. When I started therapy, I was ready to be told how to “fix” myself. But what I heard instead was this: It’s not you. It’s the system you’re in.
That changed everything.
I realized I wasn’t the only one. I wasn’t broken. I was responding—exactly as a human would—to a system that asked too much, offered too little, and called it “resilience.”
That’s when I founded 11:11 Wellness: to help schools name the harm, rebuild trust, and create cultures where people feel safe enough to stay, to lead, and to be themselves.
This work is professional. It’s personal. It’s systemic. And it’s possible.
I still work with kids alongside my consulting because I believe in the promise of one loving adult. When adults are well, kids are safer, and schools become places worth coming back to.
Here’s what folks who
work with us say
during our partnerships.
“Emily is very relatable. It’s not as if she is talking at us, but sharing this experience with us. She created a space where people felt safe enough to be honest—and that made all the difference.”
“Working with Emily is very insightful. She listens and tailors the training around the needs of the group. She also challenges your thoughts on your conventional thinking. It’s not just feel-good—it’s real growth.”
This work with 11:11 was much better than my previous self-care PD. I hope we continue to partner because I want to be part of the systemic changes that make this a more sustainable place to work.
You don’t need a 10-point plan to start changing your school culture. Let’s start with a conversation!
Whether you’re clear on what’s broken or still trying to name it, we’ll figure it out together. Because repair doesn’t start with perfection—it starts with connection.
Let’s make school feel better again.