Vanessa Vakharia aka The Math Guru

Could NOT be more excited to keynote this one for @iowamathteach.bsky.social & hang w @ddmeyer.bsky.social + John SanGiovanni 🤩 PS this conference colour palette is VIBES✨💖 I’ve never been to Iowa, what do I need to know?!

🙏 to CP24 for inviting me to talk about why we should NOT give kids math worksheets this summer, and do this instead👇

If there was one thing you could change about the way math is taught in schools, what would it be?

LETSGOOOOOO @camttx.bsky.social!!! Catch me + @pgliljedahl.bsky.social on stage AND at QEP Books where we’ll be signing books! Who am I seeing in Texas next week + also HOW am I supposed to pack for this 105 degree situation?!🤠🥵 #edusky

You’re not bad at math💖 #iteachmath

How Math Therapy changed my entire life w/ Charizma Laughton - Math Therapy As long as Charizma Laughton can remember, her entire life was defined by a singular identity: she's bad at math, because she's not smart.  This self-image was rooted in deeply traumatic math cla...

She swore she was bad at math.
She believed she wasn’t smart.

2 weeks of Math Therapy later?

She calls herself a mathematician 💅

This episode will change how you see math and your students:
🎧 shorturl.at/5T6GZ

#edusky

🚨New ep of the Math Therapy Podcast ✨How to trust your intuition✨ is out now! If you’re a teacher, I want to hear from you: how do you empower students to trust their intuition in your classroom?! ✨👇 #edusky

Who said math has to be cold, hard logic? In this week’s ep of Math Therapy, I’m flipping the script with an intuitive healer - because math isn’t just numbers, it’s who you are.
Listen now: shorturl.at/4Y3Kz 💥🧠💫 #edusky

How to trust your intuition w/ Rebecca MacLeod - Math Therapy First of all, big news: as of this fall, Math Therapy will be a weekly podcast!  This has long been a goal, so after 6 glorious 10-episode seasons and a bunch of bonus eps along the way, we'll be...

🚨🎙️The wait is over: ✨Math Therapy✨ is BACK! Math doesn’t have to be cold & calculated. In this week’s podcast episode, we explore how math can actually awaken your intuition - and how your intuition can help you do math. This one’s for your soul ✨ #edusky
🎧 www.maththerapypodcast.com/1734392/epis...

This is a lifechanging goal + I can’t wait to see what the the ⭐️s have to say the next time we meet:)

#litmath25 #litmath2025

What a special time at @ncte.org / @nctm.org. Thank you to all of you who are working so hard to help those around you heal their math trauma & build healthy, happy relationships with math. The world is a better place with you in it🙏💖✌️

It was so nice spending time with the celeb-math-couple tag team:) 👯‍♀️

Ryan and Courtney with Vanessa Vakharia.

Ryan and Courtney with Monique Pollitt.

A photo of friends at the NCTE/NCTM conference in Chicago.

What a fun first day a #LitMath25. Thank you @nctm.org and @ncte.org for hosting! (Post 1 of 2 - Monday morning!) @cfless.bsky.social @themathguru.bsky.social @mnmmath.bsky.social @jlmilleric.bsky.social @drnickinewton.bsky.social @tjmath.bsky.social @nankinator.bsky.social @moniquepollitt

Title slide for Math Therapy, closing keynote

Vanessa on stage presenting- in a shiny pink robe

Quotes of sessions presenters from the FCTM conference

The time has come! First time being quoted by a conference keynote!!!
#FCTM2025
#Math #ITeachMath

An image of a spoon of salt spilling into a glass of water

We can dilute unproductive thoughts with MORE productive thoughts!
@themathguru.bsky.social

TJ, Vanessa, and Laura sitting at the FCTM opening session

Kicking off the #FCTM25 conference in style!

Rumour has it that Matt Vaudrey grows his hair into a mullet JUST to deliver this epic mullet math lesson ( @burgessdave.bsky.social just outed you at FCTM Matt, and now we all want pics 👩‍🎤)

What math propaganda are you not falling for? Throw it in the comments🙅‍♀️👇 #notfallingforit

Getting emotionally ready to pack for FCTM + wondering what all these red lines mean?? 🫣

@iteachthewhy.bsky.social + @mrscousins.bsky.social I’m looking at you two 👀

Current convo w my bestie chatgpt, if you’re going to FCTM feel free to weigh in 😂🎉🚫

Truly an honour 🫡

I’m a guest on @pwharris.bsky.social’s challenge tonight, tune in if you want to see the 🧨💥 fly ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN 👀

What if you could tell the teacher that changed your life … that they did? In a total random plot twist, I got to do that at OAME last week🥹🙏 Here’s what happened:

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L O L

HAHAHAAHAHAHAHHA AHAHAHAHAAH AHAHAHAHAAH THIS IS MY REALTIME REACTION

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Also I just had to look up the word “Souris.” Are we talking English or French here bc if it’s the latter, @natbanting.bsky.social is actually right … 🫣