Don't Burn Out

Being a Healthier Teacher: 3 Ways To Disrupt Your Status Quo

In this article we’ll look at why we allow ourselves to stay in unhealthy situations for years. Why don’t we make changes to better ourselves? The status quo bias has an answer…

Being A Healthier Teacher: 3 Ways To Set Limits

Almost every teacher I asked said they regularly leave school still feeling they have a lot of work to do. And almost everyone agrees to do things they don’t really want to do. This leads to burnout and cynicism! Let’s look at 3 ways to set limits

Being A Healthier Teacher: Focus On Your Strengths

Teaching is a job that never ends, and as a result, it starts to take over every aspect of a teacher’s life. This is bad. You get stressed, which leads to unhealthy behavior, which leads to more stress, and so on! But healthy, happy students need a healthy, happy teacher.

One Tip to Ease An Overwhelmed Brain

I gave one kid the job of being Mr. Byrd’s Brain.

The Don’t Do List

“Yes” is so easy to say, and it makes people happy, but soon you’ve built up the expectation that you’ll help with everything. If we say “yes” to every request, then we’re not differentiating between what’s important and what’s not.