Teacher Wellbeing

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 navigating systemic challenges in 2026. This webinar will focus on support and understanding rather than self-i...

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 clients to help navigate these high-pressure weeks. One of them came up in a sessi...

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 Self-Care for Teachers newsletter here .

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 30 Day Self-Care challenge: https://selfcareforteachers.com.au/challenge - Grab the Resilient Te...

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 industry has matured so much and is now mainstream in schools across Australia. And of course 6 years...

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 www.selfcareforteachers.com.au/seasons Sell Your Skills Online Webinar www.selfcareforteachers.com.au/sell-your-sk...

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 wellbeing that Lisa and I had at the end, and if you’re the wellbeing person in your school, or you wa...

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 .

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 that we understand and accept our shadow sides. Plus, we talk about what gets in the way of showing up a...

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 out the School Wellbeing Champions meetup and workshop here: https://selfcareforteachers.com.au/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 accordingly, not building a flimsy bridge and praying it doesn’t rain. You can find the Resilient Teac...

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. She’s spent a lot of time reflecting on this and unlearning these tendencies and shares some beautiful...

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 free to be themselves. Gail shares with us about something called conation, which the dictionary says i...

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 a little bit of background noise from her kids but we all know the realities of lockdowns these days,...

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 character strengths for wellbeing. Ellie first tells us about her experience with her Employee Advisory P...

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 her early years of teaching that led her to creating the first set of wellbeing cards, and how they hel...

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 podcast of her own called School of Wellbeing, so do a search for that in your favourite podcast app and...

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 in Wellbeing. We talk about her journey balancing teaching, parenting and studying, and the decision p...

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 that underpins my work here at Self-Care for Teachers. My experience of self-care, the kind that I've f...

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 can get done. It's ok if you feel that you have less capacity right now, that's to be expected. You are...

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 2. Plan something to look forward to daily 3. Take a break from social media 4. Get outside/get fresh ai...

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 and it's been 6 or 8 weeks since you payed any attention to your own needs. But there IS a better way!...

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 in me atm. So every few weeks expect a bonus pod ep with the audio of FB or IG live session. Follow the...

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 .

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 I’m sharing your favourite episode, or at least, the most downloaded episode of the last 4 years. It’s ab...