Healthy Teacher Happy Teacher
Teaching can be an emotionally and physically stressful career. I've been in the classroom for 14 years and my body has kept score: weight gain, migraines, health conditions, and burnout. This podcast is where I share real stories about trying to feel better in my own skin while figuring out what that means as a teacher. You’ll hear plenty of honesty, a little humor, and maybe a few whimsical detours along the way.
Healthy Teacher Happy Teacher
What Toxic Schools Do to Teachers: Mind, Body and Heart
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What Toxic Schools Do to Teachers: Mind, Body & Heart
In Part 3, we’re shifting the focus to you: your health, your emotions, your identity as a teacher.
Toxic schools don’t just make work hard. They seep into your body, your confidence, and your self-worth.
In this episode, we explore:
- Physical burnout & chronic stress: headaches, insomnia, anxiety, and the Sunday dread
- Self-doubt & feeling unappreciated: how toxic systems make great teachers feel “not enough”
- Emotional fatigue & moral injury: carrying the weight of a broken system while trying to care for kids
This episode is a giant exhale.
If you’ve been feeling tired in ways you can’t explain… this one will make you feel seen.