Being an educator is
fulfilling and really hard
Admin, parents, special education, 504s, testing
Imposter syndrome
Decision making fatigue
Emotional exhaustion
The school year calendar of stress
Compassion fatigue
I’ve spent 25+ years working in schools and continue to do this work full-time. So I understand the pressure, the emotional load, and the expectations. You won’t have to explain your job to me because I get it.
This is a space where you don’t have to have all the answers or be the strong one for everyone else.
How therapy can help
It helps to normalize what you’re feeling
Recover from burnout
You can make the stress feel manageable again
You’ll learn healthy boundary setting
You can reconnect with why you became an educator
Break patterns of overgiving
Figure out what you really want