In this episode, I get down to the nitty gritty of my personal struggle with burnout over the last few months and how I've used my own BURNED-IN Process to get out of it. I will also walk you through what it means to Nurture Your Strengths as Step 4 of the process.

In this episode, classroom teacher and author Michelle Gano shares her experiences with teacher burnout and how one day she realized that in order to rise above the burnout, she would need to change her perspective from focusing on the negative to looking beyond the clouds to find the positive in each day.

In this episode Erin Roberts, a Special Education teacher from Florida, takes us through her journey from crying at her dinner table to asking for what she needed to help her through her daily challenges in her career.

In this episode, Vicki lets us in on challenges she's faced in her career from being overextended, dealing with cell phones in the classroom and deciding not to measure her value against what she sees on Social Media or what people believe to be true about how public speakers should look in order to be on stage plus much, much more. 

This episode is all about reflection and then action. Your journey out of burnout starts with deciding that you refuse to sit inside of your challenges and that you are capable and worthy of finding solutions, so you can move on to a happier and more fulfilled life. However, in order to act, you first have to get clear one what's truly challenging you and why. That's what today's episode is all about. Reflecting on your challenges.

Alexis Shepherd is an 8th-year teacher who has experience in both the elementary and middle-level setting. Experience with burn out early in her career led to the creation of The AfroEducator, where she arrives to empower teachers to challenge the good teacher narrative.

Alexis attributes a lot of her transformation to reading Angela Watson's Unshakeable: 20 Ways to Enjoy Teaching Every Day...No Matter What

Connect:

• Twitter: @theafroeducator
• Instagram: @theafroeducator
• [email protected]

1. Change your narrative.
2. It begins and ends with you.
3. Put yourself first. 

If you’re interested in exploring the idea of working with me 1:1 to help you live your truth to www.burnedinteacher.com/coaching to learn more and to apply (it’s not a registration - I’m not going to hit you with a bill) This is to simply get what you’re struggling with out of your head and into a place where we can actually DO something about your current reality. We’ll schedule a FREE 15 min call and see if you’re a good candidate for 1:1 Teacher Coaching with me.

Elizabeth MacDonald is an author and communication skills advisor. Her company is The Verbal Edge.

Lisa, a 1:1 client of mine, shares her story.

Episode takeaways:

1. Pay attention to what you’re spending your money on - is it something that is going to help YOU to help your students better, and not only that, but it it going to cost you hours of preparation when you’re already feeling behind and unorganized.
2. Are you telling yourself the lies that you’re not good enough, that you SHOULD be better or doing more? Are you finding yourself saying “Time to make the donuts…” like Lisa was? Take a second to write down all of the things that you 
3. There are no bad teachers. We are humans who have fallen into bad luck, bad habits, fallen under bad leadership, but when your brain is in all of these places and saying all of these negative things it causes a cycle of patterns of negativity.
4. Get a coach - whether it’s me or someone else who can help you create a plan and actually keep you accountable.

How do people describe you? What do they think of when they think of you? That's your brand.

So today’s episode is actually ALL ABOUT YOU, ALL ABOUT YOUR BRAND. You might say, “Amber… a brand is a shoe or a bag of cereal.”

In this episode, Gretchen Bridgers shares five strategies to take some control of your profession and really make it as an educator in today's world.

Gretchen is an elementary educator turned teacher coach and trainer. She specializes in instructional strategy implementation for all levels of educators and has a soft spot in her heart for new teachers. Gretchen is the host of the Always A Lesson Empowering Educators podcast. Between her blog, podcast, classroom resources, PD webinars, and published books, Gretchen pours into teachers every day with the content that she curates.

Connect with Gretchen:

• Website: www.alwaysalesson.com
• Twitter: @gschultek
• Instagram: @always.a.lesson
• Facebook: Always A Lesson
• Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1872455209751203/