Teacher Wellbeing & Career Coaching with Self-Care for Teachers

You love being a teacher. Or, at least, you used to.

You find such joy in the light-bulb moments, the times when students achieve and create, and when they finally grasp a concept they’ve been working towards.

Then there are the inevitable hilarious times in the classroom. Kids say and do the darnedest things!

There is that peculiar mix of heart-warming and heart-breaking moments. It’s part and parcel of working with groups of small humans with different needs and from different backgrounds.

Being a teacher is a truly interesting and rewarding job. But you’re tired…

Really, really tired.

You don’t have the energy or the patience or the optimism you once had.

You seem to get sick fairly often. Not majorly ill, just regular coughs and colds. You soldier on.

You feel frustrated about aspects of the education system. Disillusioned. Perhaps even demoralised.

Maybe you’ve found yourself absently searching the internet for alternative careers when you’re procrastinating doing your end-of-term marking.

But then you have a couple of weeks off over the school holidays and return to the new term feeling brighter, sure that it was just a blip on the radar.

This term will be different.

You’re better prepared for the units of work, and you’ve got some pretty new stationery.

All is well.

But by week 5 you’re surviving on coffee and chocolate again.

Exercise and a social life are once again relegated to the next lot of school holidays.

You feel ‘wired but tired’ quite a lot.

It’s hard to switch off at night, even though you know you need to get a good night’s sleep.

The ‘to-do’ list is never-ending and you have a low but constant feeling of not being and not doing enough (whatever enough is).

You’re starting to notice a pattern.

A boom and bust cycle.

You love the job at the start of the term, but by the end of term you are feeling grumpy and resentful.

You really want to be healthy. You have a list of healthy habits that you want to implement, when you have a bit more time and energy.

You make a great start over the school holidays, but the wellbeing practices always seem to fall by the wayside by about week 5.

You’re a person first and a teacher second, and yet it often seems like the balance is bit out of whack.

You don’t want to not be a teacher, you just don’t want it to take over your life quite so much. 

Hi, I’m your Teacher Wellbeing and Career Coach, Ellen Ronalds Keene!

I’m a teacher, coach and self-care advocate.

I help tired teachers reconnect with themselves, create sustainable wellbeing practices, and learn to balance the demands of their work with the desires of their life.

I am the host of the Teacher Wellbeing Podcast and the founder of The Resource Room: an online hub to support teachers with their health, happiness and wellbeing.

I began my career as a high school Japanese, English and Music teacher and went on to become an Advanced Practitioner of Coaching and gain a number of other qualifications in wellbeing, such as Meditation Teaching, Holistic Human Development and Chair Yoga.

I am also a bit of a health and wellbeing nerd, reading and listening to copious amounts of information to apply to my own health, and then sharing that knowledge with my clients and podcast audience.

My mission is to help teachers to find their way to great health, happiness and wellbeing while cultivating fulfilling and sustainable work and life. I would love to support you in doing this too.

I believe it is possible for you to cultivate extraordinary wellbeing and resilience as a teacher and get rid of the overwhelm. 

I would love to be your guide on that journey.

My Coaching Packages are for you if you are one or more of the following:

• You are ready to give up beliefs and behaviours that are blocking your wellbeing, holding you back from happiness and sabotaging your health
• You are willing to invest in yourself to harness the power of gentle accountability and encouragement that a coach can bring
• You want to quit the DIY attitude to everything that results in you spending way too much of your precious time in order to save a few dollars
• You know you need to set some boundaries in your life and you want some guidance and support to do so
• You want to value and honour yourself more, and lead a life that reflects your values and purpose
• You have let go of excuses. You know there are no quick fixes and that there are very real challenges in the profession, but you are ready to take control of the things you can do something about
• You’ve lost the zest you used to have for the job and found yourself becoming more cynical about education and the people you work with
• You believe our education system can and should be more/different, and you know you can’t have a hand in that if you are exhausted, demoralised and have a headache
• You want to love and prioritise the person that you are and you know if you do that first, the teacher will take care of themselves

My Coaching Packages are not for you if:

• You are looking for a friend to back up your moans about the education system
• You are not ready to give up your unhelpful patterns of belief and behaviour that are keeping you stuck
• You want to talk about or whinge about your particular school, a student, a parent, a colleague, a leader
• You are proud of your busy badge and are unwilling to find an identity that isn’t ‘teacher’

*Please note: In these cases I may be able to work with you as part of your health care team, if you provide me a clearance letter from your GP and/or mental health practitioner. I will always recommend seeking professional support from qualified medical and allied health professionals and I will refer you on when necessary.

Wellbeing Coaching Prices

Give Back Policy

I offer a number of pay-what-you-can and scholarship coaching options throughout the year as my schedule allows. 

I am committed to offering these coaching opportunities for teachers for whom my packages and prices are not personally accessible.

If this is you, please complete the form below. We can then let you know about the current status of my waiting list and the process for obtaining one of these opportunities.

Please note that pay-what-you-can and scholarship client opportunities are exclusive to The Self-Care for Teachers Advocate mailing list subscribers. 

If the prices outlined on this page are not personally accessible, but you would love to work with me, please click here to complete this form to apply.