Teaching is an extreme sport, it’s certainly not for the faint hearted. We do it because we love it, it’s our passion and the intrinsic rewards of watching a child delight in their learning and discovery makes it all worth it. But it’s also A LOT.

Did you know that more than 50% of new teachers leave within the first five years on the job?

If that doesn’t show you how much strength and resilience it takes to teach, I don’t know what will.

Teaching is one of the top five professions most likely to experience burnout. Most people think that stress is what causes burnout, but in actual fact, it’s the combination of stress and inadequate support and coping resources that causes it.

Burnout can cause a crisis in a person’s sense of professional competency. It can destroy your sense of worth, your ambition and cause you to want to abandon your career instead of seeking help and support.

It affects the body and the brain.

I had pushed my needs so far down the list and I worked myself to the point of exhaustion and overwhelm. I thought that’s what I had to do in order to be the best teacher I could be. The reality is, I was doing myself and everyone around me a disservice and hitting breaking point over and over again was making me miserable to the point I questioned if I could carry on my teaching career.

I am not that person anymore, and now I am using my journey to help others. Helping others achieve the balance they so desperately crave and find joy in their work again is truly something that lights my fire.

I didn’t set out to write a book, but my book is the result of using writing as a therapeutic outlet. I am so proud this raw and vulnerable account of my life is helping others.