10 Steps to Rebuilding after Teacher Burnout

So you survived this year? Now what?

Many many teachers have ‘survived’ the most difficult year yet, but at what cost? 

Do you feel like a fragment of your former self? 

Do you feel like only an ember of your teaching fire still glows? 

Now what?

 

Most teachers I speak to are showing several signs and symptoms of teacher burnout. 

 

Teacher Burnout: A syndrome resulting from prolonged stress due to increasing demands over time. A teacher's capacity...

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Achieving the Elusive ‘Balance’ in Teacher Life

Our goal in life is not to become perfect, our goal in life is to become whole.  - Bernie Clark 

 

What does it feel like to be in balance?

What does it feel like to be out of balance?

 

A common experience for teachers is the overwhelm, anxiety, and stress that comes from being out of balance, when the expectations placed upon the role of the teacher are too much. When the nervous system reacts with a stress response. While this has been like this for a long time, ...

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Your Burnout is Not Your Fault

While I am a huge advocate of personal empowerment and self-healing, let me be the first to tell you; you are not to blame for your burnout. Read that again. 

 

Burnout among teachers is the new epidemic. The systemic changes in the education system are leaving educators, with the best hearts and intentions, feeling emotionally, physically and mentally exhausted. The things that once brought so much joy to the hearts of teachers like those beautiful ‘A-ha’ moments, or...

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The Truth About Teacher Burnout

Do you ever feel like you want to…

  • Numb with Overeating, drink to excess or supplement with sugar? 
  • Hide away and isolate? 
  • Cry or scream?
  • Sleep for days?

 

I am no stranger to being ‘not okay’. I didn’t realize it then but I didn’t like myself very much when I was deep in the throes of teacher burnout. I dreaded going into work every day. I was new to a community and didn’t fit in. I had to go along with a system that I didn’t...

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Want to feel better? Accept the Unacceptable.

How do I accept the unacceptable?

How do I deal with what I can not change?

How do I feel better when everything feels so hard? 

 

There has been a common thread when I speak with teachers lately, most teachers, in one way or another, are highly frustrated, stressed and in resistance to the current state of education.

There are too many circumstances that feel unfair or just plain wrong in education today. Some of those issues are systematic (think: class sizes, paying out...

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Anxious about school this year?...The answer isn't what you think!

Anxious about school this year? 

 

Most educators are. 

 

In a survey I recently conducted with my community of educators around the world - almost all of them said they were present to feelings of anxiety, apprehension, concern, nervousness, scared, uneasiness, worry and dread. 

 

Whether you fear for your personal safety, are not feeling recharged after the summer, or are unsure how you will cope for the long term pouring from an empty cup, most teachers are...

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