Beat Teacher Burnout!

Beat Teacher Burnout!

Hosted by: Rowena Hicks

Burnout is NOT OK! Every episode of The Beat Teacher Burnout Podcast is filled with the motivation and strategies you need plus deeply personal stories, relatable topics and research-backed advice to help you become...

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EP: 31 Creating Calm: Practical Tips for Reducing Teacher Burnout

In this episode, we dive deep into the challenges educators face in managing stress and building resilience in high-pressure school environments. Our guest, Rachael Kobylecki, a former teacher and leader with 15 years...
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EP: 30 The Role of Leadership in Teacher Well-Being

In this episode, Will Monk, a head teacher at New School, shares insightful strategies for achieving work-life balance in education. Will emphasizes the importance of communication and empathy at all levels of...
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EP: 29 When Success Isn't Enough: A Leaderā€™s Battle with Burnout

In this episode, I welcome Claire Platt, a leadership coach and education consultant, who shares her personal experience with burnout after decades of leadership in education. Claire opens up about how the pressures...
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EP: 28 Even leaders can burn out!

We are joined this week by Mike Leaman, a teacher and leader for many years who discovered he wasnā€™t feeling himself, he was hiding in his office, snappy and negative. Heā€™d reached burnout as a deputy headteacher! He...
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EP: 27 How to Recharge and Thrive During the Holidays

In this podcast, we take a moment to reflect on where we are on the scale of thriving versus surviving. Whether you're feeling overwhelmed, drained, or struggling to find balance, we explore the signs of burnout and...
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EP: 26 From Burnout to Balance: Shifting School Culture

In this episode, we dive into the importance of shifting the organizational culture in schools to prioritize teacher well-being. Rather than focusing solely on reactive coaching, we discuss how schools can take a...
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EP: 25 I didnā€™t realise I was burnt out when I was burnt out!

This week Billy Clark, a teacher of over 10 years, explains how burnout can appear so subtly, it creeps up on many of us and we become a shell of ourselves. This is not about blame, itā€™s about YOU.Ā YOUR decisions.Ā You...
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EP: 24 Is burnout due to too much scrutiny and too little trust?

This week Catherine, a teacher of about fifteen years, shares how she felt so scrutinized, not trusted and overwhelmed in her role that she had to leave.Ā  She realises she didnā€™t stop to consider how she could have...
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EP: 23 Impact of a growth mindset to beat burnout.

Join me this week as I speak to Christin who was in the Airforce, then became a teacher and has just completed her doctorate, all by 30 years of age! Christin has used her skills learnt in the military to become very...
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EP: 22 Do you have a cycle of burnout?

Join me as I talk with Jane Reason a teacher then headteacher of 25 years, as she shares her insights into how to beat burnout. She challenges us to look at our patterns of behaviour. Are you able to say no? She...
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EP: 21 Canā€™t Say No? How to Set Boundaries and Beat Burnout

I loved teaching but still burnt out! Are you a perfectionist? A people pleaser? A workaholic? Are you constantly on your laptop in the evenings and weekend? Eva Caroll, a teacher of 25 years reflects back as to why...
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EP: 20 Do you need permission to realise itā€™s OK NOT to be OK?

Jeremiah Teo, the Charissma business coach, joins us this week to look into what is draining your energy. We discuss triggers, permission, loosing your passion for your role and what restores your energy. Are you...
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