Teaching Without Losing Yourself — The Podcast
Teaching Without Losing Yourself is a restorative podcast for teachers who want to keep doing the work they love without losing who they are in the process. Hosted by Kim Lester, founder of After the Bells — monthly self-care and self-love for teachers, each episode offers honest reflection, real teacher talk, and gentle reminders to slow down, reconnect, and care for yourself beyond the role. No fixing. No pressure. Just space to breathe and keep teaching well.
Teaching Without Losing Yourself — The Podcast
Latest Episodes
Teachers, Your Are Building More Than A Classroom in August
August isn't preparation. It's construction. You walk back into your building and realize something: you inherited this year. The calendar is locked. The initiatives are decided. But here's the thing—you inherited the system....
Teachers, Name What Actually Needs Your Attention (PrePlanning)
Preplanning is here. Students are coming back next week. And everything feels equally urgent. The emails. The meetings. The classroom. The technology. The procedures. The team. The expectations coming from every direction.&nbs...
Teachers, Stop Letting School Creep Back In Unplanned
You made it to July. And if you are honest — school has already found its way back in. Not through an official meeting. Not through a contract date. Through a text. An errand. A guilty thought on a Tuesday morning while you we...
Teachers, July Is Still Yours.
July is here. And if you are honest, school has already entered your mind at least once this week. Not because you planned it. Not because anything official has started. Just a quiet thought. A text. A mental inventory of what your ...
Teacher, You Are More Than Your Usefulness — Summer Is Where You Remember That
You Are More Than Your Usefulness — Summer Is Where You Remember That. Four weeks. And this is where June lands. We named the crash. We named leisure sickness. We named the Calling Trap — the internal voice ...