Teacher Self-Care and Life Balance: Personal Growth to Empower Educators & Avoid Burnout

Teacher Burnout Alert: When Sunk Cost Fallacy Keeps You Stuck


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Breaking Free from the Sunk Cost Fallacy: Why Smart Teachers Stay Stuck 🌱

That voice in your head saying "I've invested too much to quit now"? It's lying to you.

Summer is the perfect time to identify what's keeping you stuck - and it's probably not what you think.


What's Really Keeping You Trapped 🔍


The Perfect Lesson Plan Prison 📖

Why that Gold Rush unit you spent years perfecting might be choking the life out of your classroom


The Toxic School Trap 🏫

How tenure and "years invested" keep teachers miserable in environments that are destroying their wellbeing


The Struggling Student Spiral 💔

The painful truth about overcommitting to students who aren't progressing (and why it's hurting everyone)


The Superhero Teacher Identity Crisis 🦸‍♀️

What happens when your need to be "the teacher who does everything" becomes your prison


The Question That Changes Everything 💡

"Who would you be if you let that story go?"

This isn't just about your classroom - it's about the limiting stories keeping you stuck in relationships, hobbies, and life decisions.


Why This Matters Right Now ⏰

Every hour you spend watering dead plants is time stolen from nurturing what could actually bloom in your life.

Your master's degree isn't a prison sentence. Your years of service don't have to keep you miserable.

Sometimes the bravest thing you can do is walk away.


🎧 Ready to break free? Listen now and discover the 7 ways this trap shows up for teachers - plus the one mindset shift that changes everything.


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