Teacher Wellbeing Podcast

In this episode we hear from a guest host, Ellie Huth, whose story you heard back in episode 2 of this season. If you haven’t yet listened to that I recommend you do so. Ellie shares with us how teacher wellbeing can be improved through high functioning professional...

In this episode I am sharing with you a clip from the Resilient Teacher Roadmap online course, and it’s really the metaphor that underpins the roadmap, about approaching our resilience and wellbeing the way an engineer builds a bridge: knowing and planning for it to...

Happy New Year teachers! In this episode of the Teacher Wellbeing podcast I have a fantastic chat with one of my past teacher clients, Emma. Emma shares so generously about the challenges she’s experienced with perfectionism, people pleasing and the martyr culture...

In this episode of the Teacher Wellbeing Podcast I have a really interesting conversation with Gail Swift from Plans to Prosper Coaching. Gail is an educational guide and Kolbe Index Consultant who works with schools and teachers in the United States on bringing out...

In this episode of the Teacher Wellbeing Podcast I have a really valuable and vulnerable conversation with Laura, who you may know from Instagram as @educatinglaura or from her podcast, After the Bell. Laura is a high school teacher from Victoria and we recorded this...

In this episode of the Teacher Wellbeing podcast we hear from a guest host, Ellie whose story you heard back in episode 2 of this season. If you haven’t yet listened to that I recommend you do so but Ellie does give a brief overview of her background here too. This...

In this episode of the Teacher Wellbeing Podcast I speak with Lill from The Teacher Collection.   Lill is a primary school teacher in Victoria and she founded the Teacher Collection about 2.5 years ago, which now has a series of wellbeing products for teachers....

This episode of the Teacher Wellbeing podcast is a fantastic interview with Meg Durham from Open Mind Education. Depending how long you’ve been listening, you may remember Meg from way back in Season 3, Episode 7 and I’m so thrilled to have her back on the podcast....

In this episode of the Teacher Wellbeing Podcast I interview Ellie, a high school teacher who decided to take a break from teaching in 2021 after a particularly challenging year health wise in 2020.   Ellie is a parent, a teacher and is also studying a Masters in...

Welcome to Season 9 of the Teacher Wellbeing Podcast! Self-care is so often sold to us by Instagram influencers and companies that want to sell us goop to put on our faces as some lovely indulgence. But that's rarely been my experience.   It's also not the kind...

In this episode of the Teacher Wellbeing podcast I'm sharing gentle reminder for teachers: you are NOT lazy, you are tired. There is a very real difference!     In challenging times, it's normal to have less energy than usual. Our capitalist culture has conditioned us...

In this episode of the Teacher Wellbeing podcast I'm sharing 7 strategies for looking after your wellbeing in lockdown   The challenges of lockdown and remote learning have been a common topic of discussion in my coaching sessions with teachers in recent weeks. Here...

In this episode I'm talking about what to do when the term gets busy and you are tempted to skip the self-care and wellbeing practices in favour of powering through that never-ending to-do list.     It's so tempting to let the habits fall by the wayside completely and...

Announcement: I’m pregnant and taking some maternity leave from mid September 2021! Therefore, there are some changes happening at Self-Care for Teachers.  It means there are only 3 months left to sign up to coaching with me as I will be closing my books a couple...

The final interview for Season 8 is a beautiful conversation with artist and teacher Jane Mant. What's your #teacherwellbeing persona? Take this FREE four-minute quiz to reveal your teacher wellbeing strengths and weaknesses.What we talk about in this episode: Points...

Welcome back to the Teacher Wellbeing Podcast, which is now 4 years old!   In celebration of this milestone, I’m sharing a replay of S04 E10 from 2018, about the Three Thinking Traps that Sabotage Your Wellbeing As a Teacher.   Last week I shared my favourite episode,...

The Teacher Wellbeing Podcast is turning 4! In celebration of this milestone, I’m sharing a replay of S05 E04 from 2019. This is my absolute favourite episode of the last 4 years, and it’s also the episode I’ve had the most feedback from listeners about. This really...

Today I’m excited to bring you my conversation with Steve Francis from HappySchool.com.au and we are of course talking about creating happy schools! Steve tells us about his teaching and leadership background in QLD and Hong Kong, and how his passion for supporting...

So many teachers share with me that they have some goals or dreams they’d like to make real but they feel surrounded by a people or situations (at school or in life) that they feel is a barrier for them.  Oftentimes the reason they feel like that is because of...

At the best of times, teaching is exciting, exhausting, scary and rewarding. First year teachers find it is all of this and more!   There are so many new things to learn and so, so much work to do. Non-teaching friends and family don’t really understand the demands of...

It happens every year BUT I’m seeing more posts about both sides this year as opposed to just the “look at my classroom”. This is positive I think, it shows more people are thinking critically and making up their own mind, evaluating for themselves whether it sits...

Happy New Year! You did it, you made it through 2020, the weirdest, hardest year yet. Wherever you are in the world, I want to acknowledge the huge challenges and upheaval 2020 brought and give you a big pat on the back. Well done, it is no mean feat.   So we find...

In this episode I'm sharing my predictions for the 2021 trends in the teacher health, wellbeing and resilience space in Australia (and beyond).   This is also the last episode of Season 7 and for 2020. I will take a little break and see you in 2021!What we talk...

Who benefits from individual teachers and schools being caught up in and measured by the way things look and appear as opposed to what difference is really being made academically, socially, emotionally?What we talk about in this episode: Points covered in this...

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I speak with my husband, Stuart Keene, Clinical Exercise Physiologist, about movement as medicine and the science of exercise and HRV as fatigue management and mitigation.What we talk about in this episode: Points covered in this episode More points from this episode...

I really love this time of year, because it’s the time I start looking at planners and calendars and thinking about all the possibilities of a new year. It’s exciting!   That being said, the flip side of excitement is often anxiety. And this can be a really...

I’m sharing 3 reasons why your school needs to have a wellbeing champion role that is focused on teacher and staff wellbeing.   Right now I acknowledge this idea of having an official Wellbeing Champion position in schools is aspirational.   We don’t currently have an...

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...

Today I'm sharing with you 29 questions you can ask as part of a process of self-coaching. Coaching is just a conversation where one person takes on the role of asking questions that help the person being coached to uncover the answers for themselves and sometimes to...

This episode is a brilliant 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...

I'm back with the first Episode of Season 7 of the Teacher Wellbeing Podcast! It is good to be back behind the mic and in this episode I'm really excited to share the 11 mistakes that I see teachers and schools making when it comes to teacher health, wellbeing and...

In the first teacher story recorded since coronavirus, Wendy shares her story of health challenges and new wellbeing resolutions, and how that was all impacted by the disruptions to work and life that Covid-19 brought.   Remember there's also a couple of days left to...

This is the audio from Lesson 2 of the free workshop series about Teacher Wellbeing and Resilience. Click here to watch a replay of it this week for free, on Facebook!   Enrolment for the next round of the Resilient Teacher Coaching Program is now open, and early bird...

You are almost at the end of the weirdest, most challenging term ever. Just in case you haven’t paused to acknowledge yourself, take a moment to do so now.   This last term has been the biggest disruption to Australia’s education system in history. Twice. Across...

We have been taught for our whole lives that life, the world, relationships, health, everything, is binary and that it’s linear. And it's not! What we talk about in this episode: Points covered in this episode More points from this episode More points from this...

This is a longer episode, and it’s a really really fantastic teacher story. I also share my ongoing commitment to anti-racism work and unpacking my privilege as a teacher and a coach.   There are just SO many learnings and I’m so grateful that Tina shared her story...

This interview is with Katrina Bourke of Katrina Bourke coaching, who you may remember from way back in Series 2. We talk about schools around Australia returning to on campus learning for all students, and the way that transition is playing out for teachers and...

In this episode, I interview Melissa, a teacher with a powerful story about taking back control and power and responsibility for own health and wellbeing. What we talk about in this episode: Points covered in this episode More points from this episode More points from...

Hello everyone and welcome back to Season 6 of the Teacher Wellbeing Podcast! I’m so excited to be here and back on your airwaves and in your earbuds every week for the next 8 weeks at least.   Today I’m excited to share with you the voicemails that I have received...

As schools across Australia are implementing various alternative learning options, Ellen shares a model of how humans cope with change. What we talk about in this episode: Points covered in this episode More points from this episode More points from this episode Even...

Hi everyone and welcome to this bonus episode of the Teacher Wellbeing podcast. Today I’m talking about teaching in the time of covid-19.   So I am recording this not with my regular mic and it’s just raw, imperfect, in-edited and un-produced, because I want to get it...

The Teacher Wellbeing podcast turned 3 last week! And to celebrate I released a bonus episode of the podcast this week, detailing 4 things I’ve learned from 3 years of hosting the show! I also talk about the things I’ve learned about myself and running Self-Care for...

The new school year is about to begin and I know that means many of you are in the midst of inservice, professional development, student free days and setting up your classrooms.   We're still between seasons of the podcast but in this bonus episode, I am sharing with...

Recently on the Teachers Thriving Lounge Facebook Group, Trudy from TeachersThriving.com and I spent a good 45 minutes discussing the very important but under-researched topic of teacher sleep, and some strategies you can use to help you get a good night's rest.   As...

Lessons from 4 years of Self-Care for Teachers, and my vision for the future (Season 5 finale) is an adaptation and update of of this blog post. Find all the links mentioned there. See you next season! What we talk about in this episode: Points covered in this episode...

I’m deliberately doing this episode directly after Gabbie’s 2 part episodes (listen to part 1 and part 2) because I know they may have stirred up a lot for some of you. The content of Gabbie’s book Teacher and the content of our conversation, while really important,...

This is the last episode of Season 4, and I’m talking about three thinking traps that sabotage your wellbeing as a teacher. I see these all the time and I experience them myself, so don’t feel like you’re alone in it. Of course it’s not an exhaustive list, but these...

We’re back with Season 4 and in this episode I’m talking all about self-care guilt. Teachers tell me all the time that they feel guilty when they practice self-care. It’s extremely common and I have experienced it for myself. The good news is, there’s quite a lot you...

In this episode, Ellen discusses the need for differentiation not only for students in the classroom but also for adults seeking health, happiness and wellbeing. When it comes to self-care, there is not one-size-fits-all, and realising this can help us shift out of...

In this episode, Ellen interviews Julie, a high school English teacher who also runs the educational consulting business Teacher Mindset. She shares her journey towards creating more wellbeing in her life, including the health scare that led to a lightbulb moment...

In this episode, Ellen shares a number of metaphors that can help understand the way priorities work. Following on from the last episode about burnout, she also explains why focusing on solutions is more productive than focusing on the problem. In the goal of burnout...

In this episode, Ellen explains the three main components of burnout and why it is different from straight exhaustion. She also discusses the difference between chronic and acute stress, and how long term stress impacts the body and the contribution that can make to...

In this episode, Ellen interviews Diana Braybrooke. Diana is a teacher, a fellow self-care advocate and an anxiety coach. She has some excellent tips and tricks to share. She discusses her experiences managing her health with teaching and now motherhood, the benefits...

In this episode, Ellen interviews Broden. Broden is an Aussie high school English teacher living and working in London. He shares his experiences of the differences between the education systems in Australia and the U.K. as well as a bit about how he tries to work...

In this episode, Ellen interviews LeeAnne Cordell from The Holistically Healthy Teacher. LeeAnne was a teacher for 19 years and spent most of that time in early childhood and special education in rural public schools in the U.S. Now she’s an Integrative Nutritionist...

In this episode, Ellen interviews a 2nd year teacher. Having started her career as a social worker (another career with high burnout rates) and growing up with a family of teachers, Jane entered the teaching profession with a better understanding than most of the work...

Do you ever think about your thinking? The language that we use, whether thinking or speaking, has a powerful impact on the way we experience the world. One example of this is the word tolerance, which has a lot of positive connotations. People associate it with noble...

This episode is a must for anyone who has struggled with depression or feels like something is missing in their life. Carolyn shares her journey, and it’s a deep and very meaningful conversation. I resonated with this story so much, and I feel that my life is better...

This question comes up a lot, and it is important to address. Yet asking ‘Is self-care selfish?’ also kind of misses the point. It hints at but doesn’t properly acknowledge some of our deepest fears. In this episode, Ellen explores some alternative questions to ask...

In this episode, Ellen speaks to Daniel, an Aussie teaching in an International School. We hear his experiences and insights about teaching in a variety of contexts, maintaining health while balancing not only the pressures of the classroom but also language barriers...

What is Self-Care? What are the barriers to self-care and why do they hold us back? What does teaching and self-care have to do with International Women’s Day?  In this episode, Ellen discusses the five facets of self-care, why guilt is the number one self-care...

In this episode, Ellen interviews Shailee, a high school teacher who took some time away from teaching in order to figure out how to balance her passion for making an impact with having a life of her own.  “It’s realising I can be very good at what I do, I can enjoy...

In this Episode, Ellen shares a children’s story that serves as a helpful reminder when preventing burnout. She also shares a number of useful metaphors to illustrate the point — after all, she never metaphor she didn’t like! Listen on iTunes here.  Don’t forget to...

Oh my goodness, it’s finally here! The Teacher Wellbeing Podcast is LIVE! At this stage there are only 2 ways to listen: via the Whooshkaa player embedded below, or if you’re an Apple user, on iTunes. Hopefully soon I’ll have figured out how to get it into the various...

Oh my goodness, it’s finally here! The Teacher Wellbeing Podcast is LIVE! At this stage there are only 2 ways to listen: via the Whooshkaa player embedded below, or if you’re an Apple user, on iTunes. Hopefully soon I’ll have figured out how to get it into the various...

Oh my goodness, it’s finally here! The Teacher Wellbeing Podcast is LIVE! At this stage there are only 2 ways to listen: via the Whooshkaa player embedded below, or if you’re an Apple user, on iTunes. Hopefully soon I’ll have figured out how to get it into the various...

In this episode I have a brilliant conversation with fellow teacher wellbeing enthusiast, Jessica Terlick from Lead and Inspire Community. Jessica shares her story with us and it’s one I think you’ll relate to. She tells us about her experiences as a preservice and...