18 min
We Are The Ones We've Been Waiting For Teacher Wellbeing
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- Education
In this episode I share a snipper from the book I'm writing about teacher wellbeing. I also announce some updates to the Self-Care for Teachers Patreon Page. To be eligible the Christmas prize draw, go to www.patreon.com/selfcareforteachers
"What got you here, won’t get you there. This is fitting for this conversation about teacher self-care on both an individual and collective level. What got us and our education system to this point of mass teacher burnout and attrition will not get us to mass teacher wellbeing and retention. If we keep doing what we’re doing, we’ll keep getting the results we’re getting. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We cannot wait any longer for the powers that be to fix our education system.
The only person I have control over in my life is me. The only person you have control over is you. It would be great if we all felt confident and worthy enough to be practising radical, differentiated self-care already, but the fact is that our culture doesn’t encourage it. Apart from the school culture in which you work, which is likely permeated by a soldier-on mentality, the culture of the wider community also views self-care as selfish.
The only person who can make a real change to this in your life is you. Nobody else has as vested an interest in your health and wellbeing. If you’re waiting for or need somebody to give you permission to make you and your health, happiness and wellbeing the absolute priority in your life, here it is!"
This episode is sponsored by Katrina Bourke Coaching, helping caring professions create a life of balance and flow. Find out more at www.katrinabourkecoaching.com.au and evolve, transform, thrive.
In this episode I share a snipper from the book I'm writing about teacher wellbeing. I also announce some updates to the Self-Care for Teachers Patreon Page. To be eligible the Christmas prize draw, go to www.patreon.com/selfcareforteachers
"What got you here, won’t get you there. This is fitting for this conversation about teacher self-care on both an individual and collective level. What got us and our education system to this point of mass teacher burnout and attrition will not get us to mass teacher wellbeing and retention. If we keep doing what we’re doing, we’ll keep getting the results we’re getting. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We cannot wait any longer for the powers that be to fix our education system.
The only person I have control over in my life is me. The only person you have control over is you. It would be great if we all felt confident and worthy enough to be practising radical, differentiated self-care already, but the fact is that our culture doesn’t encourage it. Apart from the school culture in which you work, which is likely permeated by a soldier-on mentality, the culture of the wider community also views self-care as selfish.
The only person who can make a real change to this in your life is you. Nobody else has as vested an interest in your health and wellbeing. If you’re waiting for or need somebody to give you permission to make you and your health, happiness and wellbeing the absolute priority in your life, here it is!"
This episode is sponsored by Katrina Bourke Coaching, helping caring professions create a life of balance and flow. Find out more at www.katrinabourkecoaching.com.au and evolve, transform, thrive.
18 min