If you are a teacher struggling with the specific stressors school can involve, take a look at the articles below which offer strategies to help:
Teaching asks for so much of you: patience, empathy, adaptability, and energy. It can often feel like there’s little left over for yourself. Emotional resilience is not about being endlessly strong; it’s about recovering when things feel tough, learning from experience, and meeting yourself with kindness instead of criticism. Self-compassion helps you stay grounded and connected, especially when the job feels relentless. It is not self-indulgence, it is maintenance. The reflections below can help you build small, daily habits that protect your energy and strengthen your confidence both inside and outside the classroom. Click on the image to find out more.
Teaching is one of those jobs that doesn’t end when the bell rings. Lessons need planning, marking piles up, and emails multiply overnight. Add the emotional load of caring for your students, and it’s easy to see why teachers often feel they’re ‘always on.’ From a counselling perspective, finding balance isn’t about perfection – it’s about compassion, structure, and recognising that you are part of your classroom’s wellbeing too.
Click the image for six key areas that can help you protect your time, energy and sense of self.
As both a counsellor and a former teacher, I know how easily stress can creep into every corner of your day. Teaching pulls at every part of you: your mind, emotions, patience, and empathy. It’s deeply meaningful work, but also deeply demanding. In this third part of our wellbeing series, we’ll explore how to recognise when your body and mind are waving the red flag, and how to ground yourself gently before things spiral into burnout.
In the first part of this series, we explored how to recognise the early signs of burnout and use simple grounding and mindfulness strategies during the school day. In this second part, we’ll build on that foundation by looking at how small, consistent habits can strengthen your emotional resilience, and how caring for your body supports your mental health.
As both a counsellor and a former teacher, I know it’s often the tiny things that make the biggest difference. Real wellbeing isn’t about radical overhauls; it’s about small, gentle adjustments that fit into your real life.