f you’re feeling stretched thin, emotionally fried, or like everything is just a bit much right now—you are not alone. This time of term can be intense, and it’s easy to fall into overwhelm. In this short and supportive bonus episode, I’m sharing three powerful tools I often use with coaching clients to help navigate these high-pressure weeks. One of them came up in a session just this morning and landed so strongly, I knew I needed to bring it to the podcast too. 🎓 Mid-Year Reset for Tired Tea...
Jun 21, 2025•23 min
This episode is a personal update, an update on what Self-Care for Teachers has going on at the moment, and an invitation to the Teaching Career Crossroads free class this Saturday. Sign up for the Teaching Career Crossroads webinar here . Join the waitlist to coach with me here. Sign up for the Self-Care for Teachers newsletter here ....
Nov 17, 2024•12 min
Vote for me in the Spark Women in Business Grant here https://selfcareforteachers.com.au/spark Links mentioned: - Grab an intro coaching call with me: https://selfcareforteachers.com.au/coaching - Get the free 30 Day Self-Care calendar: https://selfcareforteachers.com.au/calendar - Upgrade to the 30 Day Self-Care challenge: https://selfcareforteachers.com.au/challenge - Grab the Resilient Teacher Roadmap course: https://selfcareforteachers.com.au/roadmap Sign up for the Self-Care for Teachers ne...
Sep 11, 2023•12 min
Happy 6th Birthday to the Teacher Wellbeing Podcast! It sure has been an amazing ride since I began the podcast in 2017. I could not have predicted where things would end up but I’m so proud of the 9 seasons that have been produced so far. In the time since I began the show, the teacher wellbeing industry has matured so much and is now mainstream in schools across Australia. And of course 6 years in and my personal and professional life look extremely different than when I started the show. In t...
Feb 26, 2023•12 min
In this episode I share a personal update and some resources and links that are coming up for me in the next few weeks. Freebies Library http://selfcareforteachers.com.au/library 30 Days of Self-Care Audio Course http://selfcareforteachers.com.au/challenge Seasons of Wellbeing Webinar www.selfcareforteachers.com.au/seasons Sell Your Skills Online Webinar www.selfcareforteachers.com.au/sell-your-skills My other business perkdigital.com.au Strategic Self-Care Club instagram.com/strategicselfcarecl...
Sep 20, 2022•27 min
This is the last episode in Season 9 but we will be back for Season 10 sometime later in the year. In the meantime make sure you’re following me on Instagram @selfcareforteachers and get on the newsletter list so you stay up to date. And if you really resonated with this conversation about school wellbeing that Lisa and I had at the end, and if you’re the wellbeing person in your school, or you want to be, come and join me and other wellbeing champions at a virtual networking event on the 22nd M...
Mar 09, 2022•59 min
The Teacher Wellbeing Podcast is 5 years old today! If you have enjoyed the show, please leave us a rating and review in your podcast app as a little birthday present! Sign up for the Self-Care for Teachers newsletter here .
Feb 25, 2022•3 min
This is a brilliant conversation with Katrina Bourke, a good friend to the podcast who has been on the show several times before. We discuss leadership sacred ground, what it is, why you need it and how we find it. Katrina also shares the power of deep self-awareness and why it’s also important that we understand and accept our shadow sides. Plus, we talk about what gets in the way of showing up as the best leaders we can be and advice for new and emerging leaders too. The Authentic LeaderDeputy...
Feb 16, 2022•39 min
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 learning communities. Check out the School Wellbeing Champions meetup and workshop here: https://selfcareforteachers.com.au/wellbeingchampion/ Sign up for the Self-Care for Teachers newsletter here ....
Feb 02, 2022•19 min
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 flood and designing the bridge accordingly, not building a flimsy bridge and praying it doesn’t rain. You can find the Resilient Teacher Roadmap course in my online shop at anytime https://selfcareforteachers.thinkific.com/courses/ro...
Jan 18, 2022•17 min
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 getting in the way of wellbeing. She’s spent a lot of time reflecting on this and unlearning these tendencies and shares some beautiful insights in this episode, including letting go of the need to be ‘super teacher’, recognising the d...
Jan 04, 2022•51 min
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 their best when everybody is free to be themselves. Gail shares with us about something called conation, which the dictionary says is ‘the mental faculty of purpose, desire, or will to perform an action’. Gail explains how conation ...
Dec 21, 2021•36 min
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 while in lockdown so there is a little bit of background noise from her kids but we all know the realities of lockdowns these days, don’t we? Laura tells us about her journey overcoming the martyr syndrome that exists in our educat...
Dec 07, 2021•44 min
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 but Ellie does give a brief overview of her background here too. This episode is all about the power of knowing and using our character strengths for wellbeing. Ellie first tells us about her experience with her Employee Advisory Program, or EAP, which is where she was first introduced to the concept of Character Strengths, and t...
Nov 23, 2021•17 min
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. Lill tells us about her struggles in her early years of teaching that led her to creating the first set of wellbeing cards, and how they helped her just take small steps regularly to make some changes in her life. We talk about the importan...
Nov 09, 2021•31 min
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. Meg also has just launched a podcast of her own called School of Wellbeing, so do a search for that in your favourite podcast app and get listening to it too. In this episode Meg tells us about her journey over the last few years inte...
Oct 26, 2021•1 hr 5 min
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 Educational Leadership specialising in Wellbeing. We talk about her journey balancing teaching, parenting and studying, and the decision point that led her to taking a break from teaching after experiencing panic attacks and reaching the ...
Oct 12, 2021•31 min
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 of self-care that I advocate for, or that underpins my work here at Self-Care for Teachers. My experience of self-care, the kind that I've found most revolutionary in my life, that I teach my clients and that I see making a difference for t...
Sep 28, 2021•17 min
Gentle reminder, dear teacher: 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 to connect our worth to our productivity, but your worth is NOT determined by how much you can get done. It's ok if you feel that you have less capacity right now, that's to be expected. You are NOT lazy, you are tired, and there is a very real difference. You are doing a good job in really tou...
Aug 18, 2021•12 min
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 are some of the things they've shared that have been helpful for them: 1. Keep to a routine2. Plan something to look forward to daily3. Take a break from social media4. Get outside/get fresh air5. Express the mix of feelings that come up6. Help others7. Give yourself self-compassion Have you tri...
Jul 28, 2021•19 min
Today 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 then the next thing you know it's holidays and it's been 6 or 8 weeks since you payed any attention to your own needs. But there IS a better way! Sign up for the Resilient Teacher Roadmap course waitlist: www.selfcareforteachers.com.au/roadmap S...
Jun 11, 2021•11 min
Announcement: I’m pregnant and taking some maternity leave from mid September 2021! Therefore, not sure if I’m doing another regular season of the podcast this year. For now I’m going to do an occasional bonus livestream series and rebroadcast it on the pod. It’s not ideal but it’s all I’ve got in me atm. So every few weeks expect a bonus pod ep with the audio of FB or IG live session. Follow the podcast in your favourite pod app: https://pod.link/teacherwellbeing It also means there are only 3 ...
Apr 16, 2021•12 min
The final episode for Season 8 is a beautiful conversation with artist and teacher Jane Mant. Take the Teacher Wellbeing Persona Quiz at www.selfcareforteachers.com.au/quiz Sign up for the Self-Care for Teachers newsletter here .
Mar 17, 2021•28 min
Hi everyone and 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, but this week I’m sharing your favourite episode, or at least, the most downloaded episode of the last 4 years. It’s about the three thinking traps that sabotage your wellbeing as a teacher and what to do instead. I see t...
Feb 26, 2021•34 min
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 resonated with you then, and I think it will resonate with you now too. The School Wellbeing Champions meetup is on again, on the 10th and 13th of March 2021. Head to selfcareforteachers.com.au/wellbeingchampion to find out more! Des...
Feb 18, 2021•42 min
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 the teachers that he worked with turned into a Masters researching teacher stress, and then eventually that turned into the Happy School business. We talk about the findings from Steve’s research, including the 3 key factors for staff...
Feb 11, 2021•35 min
What is culture? Two definitions I like are: ‘people like us do things like this’ and ‘ideas, customs, and social behaviours of a particular people or society.’ Many teachers tell me they feel at odds with the culture in their workplace. Or worse than at odds, completely undermined by it. Well, if that’s you, I hear you. I know how challenging it can be. I also want you to know that you don’t have to let it be a foregone conclusion. If your school culture is one of Depleted Teachers and you want...
Feb 05, 2021•29 min
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 the job, you are still feeling like a bit of an imposter (are they really letting me in the classroom by myself?) and the students can and will test you because you’re new. There are so many expectations to meet, a lot of new names to...
Jan 28, 2021•41 min
This episode is the audio replay from an Instagram Live I did on the 15th January 2021. Come hang out with me on Insta, I'm having fun with Reels and things! https://instagram.com/selfcareforteachers Sign up for the Free webinar: https://selfcareforteachers.com.au/webinar And enrol in the Resilient Teacher Group Coaching Program here https://selfcareforteachers.com.au/resilientteacher Sign up for the Self-Care for Teachers newsletter here ....
Jan 21, 2021•32 min
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 ourselves in 2021 and I wonder if perhaps your social media newsfeed and email inbox is filled with messages about how unworthy you are, how you need to punish yourself for any pleasures or indulgences over Christmas and the holidays, an...
Jan 03, 2021•3 min
