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Teacher Wellbeing
by Ellen Ronalds Keene
Happy, healthy people are more effective teachers and more productive members of society. Yet, an increasing number of teachers are suffering stress-related illness and burnout. Some of these educators struggle through at a reduced capacity, but quite a lot just leave the profession altogether. Many educators put everyone else's health and happiness before their own, because they just want to make a difference. However, it backfires because the external expectations and demands of the job keep increasing regardless of the dwindling reserves of teachers. This podcast aims to facilitate and contribute to the conversation about teacher wellbeing, positive schools and burnout prevention, to inspire and empower educators of all kinds to take back control of their health and happiness by being proactive about their wellbeing, and to give teachers permission to put themselves first, so that they can go on making a difference long into the future.
Episodes
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Beyond Teacher Wellbeing + Season 10 coming soon
In this episode of The Teacher Wellbeing Podcast, host Ellen Ronalds Keene returns after a hiatus to wish teachers a Happy New Year and to discuss her focus word for 2026: 'tend.' Ellen shares an invitation to a free, 90-minute webinar titled 'Beyond Teacher Wellbeing,' aimed at teachers…
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Three Tools to Support You at the Pointy End of Term
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...
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2024 updates and an invitation
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...
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A shift in schools + I need your vote
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...
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6th Podcast Birthday + Season 10 Coming Soon
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...
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Bonus Episode: A Personal Update & Returning To My Self-Care Roots
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...
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Lisa's teacher wellbeing journey from burnout to being a School Wellbeing Champion
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...
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Happy 5th Birthday to the Teacher Wellbeing Podcast!
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.
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Finding Sacred Ground in your Leadership, with Katrina Bourke
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...
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Improving Teacher Wellbeing through Professional Learning Communities, with guest host Ellie Huth
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…
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Your Bridge To Resilience and Wellbeing
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...
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Letting go of perfectionism and people pleasing for greater wellbeing: Emma's teacher story
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....
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How self-awareness can improve our work, life and wellbeing, with Gail Swift
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...
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Overcoming the Martyr Syndrome in Education, with @EducatingLaura
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…
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Character Strengths for Teacher Wellbeing, with Ellie Huth
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...
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The power of small steps to improve teacher wellbeing (Lill's Teacher Story)
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...
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Integrating Wellbeing Practices Into Real Life, with Meg Durham
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...
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From teaching with panic attacks to a Masters in Wellbeing: Ellie's teacher story
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...
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Self-Care is a Chore + Welcome to Season 9
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...
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You Are Not Lazy, You Are Tired
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…
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Strategies for Wellbeing in Lockdown
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 routine…
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Stick to the schedule reduce the scope
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...
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Self-Care for Teachers 2021 Announcements
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…
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Teacher Stories | Jane M
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.
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Your favourite episode: Three thinking traps that sabotage your wellbeing as a teacher (Replay)
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…
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My favourite episode: The Invisible Work of Teaching (Replay)
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...
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Creating Happy Schools, with Steve Francis
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…
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4 Steps to Shift Your Personal Wellbeing Culture
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…
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Self-care for First Year Teachers
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...
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Glorification of Overwork vs Proper Preparation and Planning
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…
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A New Year Message For Teachers
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...
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My Predictions for Teacher Health and Wellbeing in 2021 (Season 7 Finale)
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! My predictions are: 1. Schools are taking on…
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Who benefits when we focus only on the visible and easily measured parts of teaching?
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? Links mentioned: Instagram @selfcareforteachers Resilient Teacher Program Wait List…
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Movement as Medicine and Fatigue Resilience (part 2), with Stuart Keene
Part 2 of my conversation with Stuart Keene, Clinical Exercise Physiologist. If you haven't yet listened to last week, please do so first. Early bird Prices until 11th December: 2021 Self-Care System 2021 Self-Care System https://selfcareforteachers.thinkific.com/courses/selfcaresystem2021…
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Movement as Medicine and Fatigue Resilience (part 1), with Stuart Keene
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. Sign up for the Self-Care for Teachers newsletter here.
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Managing Anxiety: What we can learn from Hagrid
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 anxiety-filled time of year for many! I...
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3 Reasons We Need Wellbeing Champion Positions in Schools
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...
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How teachers can use writing to support wellbeing, with Beth Cregan
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...
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Self-Coaching Questions for Teachers
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 break out of the thinking...
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Managing Motherhood, Maternity Leave and Major Career Progression (Teacher Story: Bek)
A 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…
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11 Mistakes Teachers and Schools Make With Health, Wellbeing and Resilience
It's good to be back behind the mic and I'm excited to talk to you today about 11 mistakes I see teachers and schools making when it comes to their health, wellbeing and resilience. These are things I see quite commonly in my clients and I've also made a lot of them myself, so I absolutely get it...
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What Wendy has learned about teacher wellbeing through 2020 disruptions and resolutions (Teacher Story)
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 join is round of the Resilient...
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The Depleted Teacher: Why Soldiering On Is Slowly Killing Us
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! Or find it in the Freebies Library at www.selfcareforteachers.com.au/library Enrolment for the next round of the Resilient…
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A love note for teachers at the end of the weirdest, hardest term ever
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 Australia, teachers have never…
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Two myths that might be sabotaging your health and wellbeing as a teacher
In this episode I want to explore two myths that are sabotaging your health and wellbeing, and those are the ideas that health and wellbeing is binary and linear. Now, when I say myths, I’m not necessarily talking about mythology, as in The Greek Gods and Goddesses, Hercules and Zeus and Athena…
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An early career teacher's story of health challenges and workplace bullying + my ongoing commitment to anti-racism
Support the podcast today via Pozible: https://www.pozible.com/project/teacher-wellbeing-podcast-season-6 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…
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Staff wellbeing as we transition back to on campus learning, with Katrina Bourke
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 leaders and school staff, and what...
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A powerful story about one teacher's year of health & wellbeing reflections (Teacher Story | Melissa)
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. Contribute to the Crowdfunder for Season 6 here: https://www.pozible.com/project/teacher-wellbeing-podcast-season-6 I’d love to hear your...
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Six educators share their teacher wellbeing wisdom and notes to first-year teacher selves
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 10 weeks at least. Today I’m excited to share with you the voicemails that I have received since I asked for listeners to...
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BONUS: Coping with change + Podcast updates
Support the podcast today via Pozible: https://www.pozible.com/project/teacher-wellbeing-podcast-season-6 Other podcasts I've been featured on recently: The Reflective Teacher Podcast The Youth Mentor Podcast Ideas into Reality Podcast What She Did Next Podcast (coming soon) Links mentioned in…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Happy, healthy people are more effective teachers and more productive members of society. Yet, an increasing number of teachers are suffering stress-related illness and burnout. Some of these educators struggle through at a reduced capacity, but quite a lot just leave the profession altogether. Many educators put everyone else's health and happiness before their own, because they just want to make a difference. However, it backfires because the external expectations and demands of the job keep increasing regardless of the dwindling reserves of teachers. This podcast aims to facilitate and contribute to the conversation about teacher wellbeing, positive schools and burnout prevention, to inspire and empower educators of all kinds to take back control of their health and happiness by being proactive about their wellbeing, and to give teachers permission to put themselves first, so that they can go on making a difference long into the future.
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Ellen Ronalds Keene
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