The Adventures After Teaching Podcast

Coping, Not Thriving: Falling Out of Love with Teaching


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“It wasn’t a choice anymore … I had to go.”

After 21 years of teaching in Secondary schools, Lucy found herself falling out of love with the job. Throughout her career she’d tried different role and different schools, but no longer felt the same passion for the profession that she once had. “I just didn’t feel like I was myself anymore,” she shares in this episode. 

Now a Teacher Resources Production Manager with OCR, Lucy has no regrets about embarking on her new adventure and is enjoying a life of hybrid working, renewed confidence, increased autonomy, and more quality time to spend with her own family. 

We’re also chatting:

  • Struggling with self-confidence 
  • Making the decision to leave
  • Reflecting on personal skills through a different lens
  • The feedback process of job hunting (refining and reflecting)
  • Dealing with setbacks 
  • Having a “helping hand” through career change
  • Project management skills
  • New professional development opportunities
  • Choice, trust, and autonomy
  • Embracing squiggly careers
  • Getting a life outside of work! 🤩


Links:

1. Cambridge University Press & Assessment Careers 


If you're looking for step-by-step support to find and secure a new job or start your own business, check out the Adventures After Teaching Academy which will help you successfully leave the classroom! 



Thinking about leaving teaching? Sign up for our new free webinar 💛 Leaving teaching in 2026 for your roadmap to leaving the classroom next year - delivered straight to your inbox on 27th December.

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