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The Burned Out B: Dear Teachers
The podcast for educators who are done being gaslit by a system that runs on guilt, glitter, and unpaid labor.
Hosted by Nicole—a former classroom teacher, curriculum designer, healer, and lifelong loudmouth with a soft spot for the overworked—Burned Out B is your weekly permission slip to tell the truth, feel the rage, and start healing.
This is not professional development.
This is personal resurrection.
We talk burnout, nervous system collapse, institutional gaslighting, “toxic positivity,” and the spiritual cost of being the one who always shows up. You’ll laugh. You might cry. You’ll definitely stop blaming yourself.
Because you were never supposed to burn out.
And it’s time we stopped pretending otherwise.
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The Burned Out B: Dear Teachers
Why Your Nervous System Is On Fire (And Why You Can't Just Calm Down)
The system is dysregulating—and it’s not you, it’s your vagus nerve.
Have you ever gotten an email and your heart rate spiked before you even opened it? Ever frozen in a staff meeting or snapped at your own kid after holding it together all day?
Yeah. That’s not you being dramatic. That’s your nervous system sounding the alarm.
In this episode of Burned Out B: Dear Teachers, we go way beyond stress management and into the science of survival mode. I share a legendary 4th-period classroom story (yes, it includes a chair and glycerin), and we break down the real reason why “just breathe” doesn’t work when you’re operating from fight, flight, freeze, or fawn.
We’re decoding what dysregulation looks like in real time, why it’s not your fault, and how to start regulating with your body instead of against it.
You’ll learn body-based tools that actually help—like EFT, vagus nerve resets, and naming your state—and discover how your nervous system can become your compass instead of your saboteur.
This one is a deep exhale in podcast form. You’re not too sensitive. You’re not failing. You’re just human—and your body knows when something’s off.
Let’s talk about it.
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I'd love for you to message me what you thought, what it made you think about, your reflections, and of course I want to know what's been coming up for you in the classroom! I will never name names...unless you ask me to!