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I’m Ellen. I look forward to hearing from you.

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Calling all Wellbeing Champions! I’ve had a fair

Calling all Wellbeing Champions! I’ve had a fair bit of feedback on last week’s podcast episode about 3 Reasons We Need Official Wellbeing Champion Roles in Schools. Many of you reaching out to say you love the idea and you want this, a bunch of you have said you have already started doing this with mixed results. If the concept resonates with you (whether or not it’s been successful already) then I would love to see you at the Wellbeing Champions Virtual Meetups this week: Wednesday 18th at 4pm QLD time or Saturday 21st at 10am QLD time. I’d love to support and encourage you on this Wellbeing Champions journey, and connect you with likeminded teachers from around the country! Go to selfcareforteachers.com.au/wellbeingchampion or link in bio x

In today’s episode I’m sharing 3 reasons why y

In today’s episode I’m sharing 3 reasons why your school needs to have a wellbeing champion role that is focused on teacher and staff wellbeing. First, I acknowledge the Gaibul people of the Toowoomba area who are the traditional custodians of the land on which I am recording this today, where I live and work, and where Self-Care for Teachers operates. I acknowledge their elders past present and emerging and that sovereignty was never ceded. So I invite you to take a moment to acknowledge the First Nations people of the land on which you are standing right now too.
So right now I acknowledge this idea of having an official Wellbeing Champion position in schools is aspirational. We don’t currently have an official role of Wellbeing Champion or Wellbeing Coordinator or Head of Wellbeing in most schools. Therefore this episode is really more about my vision of what these roles could be in schools, rather than necessarily what we currently have. I’d love for it to be something to spark your imagination and hopefully some conversation in your staffroom. Even more than that, if you agree with me that we need these positions, I’d love for you to join me next week at the Wellbeing Champions meetups. Link in my bio or DM me and I’ll send you the direct link to book! See you there?

I have a beautiful conversation with Beth Cregan f

I have a beautiful conversation with Beth Cregan from @write.away.with.me Beth is a teacher and a writer and runs professional development on writing and creativity for teachers as well as teaching writing to students. We talk about how teachers can use writing to support their wellbeing, both individually but also collectively in staff groups, as well as how writing can be a powerful self-care practice. We also discuss how self-care practices really come to the forefront when we’re already depleted but that we need to be extra gentle in starting up new practices in challenging times, plus the power of poetry and journalling.
Beth also shares some great tips, one of which is called ‘The Book of Wonderings’, which is really all about how impactful it can be to ask ourselves and ponder on questions.
So if you haven’t yet listened to last week’s episode about Self-coaching Questions for Teachers, I recommend that as a follow up. Also remember you can get the accompanying workbook in the freebies library at selfcareforteachers.com.au/library (link in bio) I recommend doing that soon too because when you sign up for the Freebies Library you also get to then receive ‘The Advocate’ which is the Self-Care for Teachers newsletter. I have some exciting things coming up in the next few months and early 2021 and I’ll be announcing them first to readers of The Advocate 🍎 Find the Teacher Wellbeing Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify 🎧

#teachersfeetupfriday #eyebrowsonfleek

#teachersfeetupfriday #eyebrowsonfleek

Have you ever tried self-coaching?⁠ ⁠ Coaching

Have you ever tried self-coaching?⁠
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Coaching is a special conversation that helps the person being coached to uncover the answers for themselves and sometimes to break out of the thinking patterns, habits and mindsets that they might not have even realised were holding them back or getting in the way.⁠
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Coaching takes many forms but essentially it’s just asking better questions, and the best bit is that you can do this for yourself!⁠
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It’s obviously helpful to have an external person go through this process with you but it is a skill you can practice and improve on. ⁠
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Self-coaching can be a great tool in your wellbeing toolkit that can help you when you feel stuck, when you feel like something has to change, or when you come against a challenge and need to make some decisions.⁠
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On the #teacherwellbeingpodcast this week I take you through 29 questions that you can ask yourself as part of a self-coaching process, or you can also use these with a buddy and coach each other.⁠
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These are questions that I commonly ask my clients but it's not an exhaustive list, and of course you don’t need to ask all of these either—this is NOT an all or nothing activity.⁠
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PLUS! I made an accompanying workbook for this week's episode and have already added it to the Freebies Library, so if you're not already signed up you can do that via selfcareforteachers.com.au/library or the link in my bio. ⁠
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Enrolling in the freebies library also gives you access to the weekly SC4T newsletter, 'The Advocate'. If you're not on the list already, I highly recommend it. I've got some exciting things happening in the coming months and Advocate subscribers will get announcements first + early bird discounts. ⁠
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Grab your free Self-Coaching Workbook in the Freebies Library today!

Don’t mistake the weather for the sky! It’s no

Don’t mistake the weather for the sky! It’s not that obvious in this pic but from my house in Toowoomba I can see the top of the storm clouds currently affecting Brisbane and surrounds. If you are underneath those clouds right now, in the midst of the thunder, lightning, rain and possibly hail then 1) stay safe and 2) remember that this too shall pass. From a different perspective (like my front step) it’s obvious that the blue sky is still there above/behind the storms. When you’re in the midst of them you can’t see that but it’s useful to remember all the same. The weather is not the sky. This is something I remind myself of often, especially re: mental health and relationships. The storms we experience in our mental health and with the people we live or work with are not all there is. Yes, storms can be dangerous and we need to look after ourselves in the midst of them. But we can also remember storms are temporary and the sky endures above/beyond the weather. Xx

Happy World Teachers' Day #aussieteachers 🍎 Yea

Happy World Teachers' Day #aussieteachers 🍎 Yeah, nah, but youse are all bloody champions, ay! ⁠
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P.S. For international teachers, Happy World Teachers' Day to you too: youse are bloody legends as well! We celebrate it in late Oct here because the UN day of 5th Oct is in our school holidays! ⁠
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#worldteachersday #unworldteachersday #teachersday #internationalteacherday #worldteachersday2020 #celebrateteachers #aussieteacher #teachersofaustralia #australianteachers #celebratingteachers #teachersarebloodylegends #thankyouteachers #thankateacher

The view from my front step this afternoon: this a

The view from my front step this afternoon: this amazing rainbow (no filter but the pic still doesn’t do it justice!) and beautiful native blooms spilling all over the driveway. Feeling very grateful to be home safe and ahead of the wild weather this week, after a beautiful little holiday up north last week. Also very grateful to be back in the office tonight coaching beautiful teachers—I love this work! My books are closed to new clients for the next few weeks but I’m still taking Discovery Calls so if you have been feeling like your life, wellbeing & resilience is a little stormy and wondering about #teacherwellbeingcoaching, DM me and we can discuss. Storms don’t last forever, I promise x

This episodes is a lovely follow up chat with Bek,

This episodes is a lovely follow up chat with Bek, who is a teacher you may remember from Episode Three of the very first season of the podcast.
Way back in the beginning of 2017, I spoke to Bek about her journey of finding more personal wellbeing as a teacher and treating herself like a person first and a teacher second.
We caught up with a bit of an update. Bek shares her story of how her journey progressed and how her wellbeing and health habits had to shift and tweak after she became a mum and also got a promotion at work.
It’s a great chat and I’m sure we’ll do more updates down the track. In the meantime, enjoy!
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Self-Care for Teachers and Ellen Ronalds Keene acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we live and work, the Gaibul people of the Toowoomba area in QLD.

We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of country throughout Australia and recognise their continuing connection to land, waters and culture. We pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.

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