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Mental health- for teachers, for our students, and for our humanity in general continues to be a concern. What is our role in the mental health arena?
Can educators be part of the solution? How can we possibly add another thing to our plates?
While debates about how to solve the problems around our mental wellness remain at the forefront of discussions in this country, there are no simple solutions.
Today, we are following up on last week’s discussion of mental fitness. What is our role? Let’s talk about it!
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13 Aug 2025TRANSCRIPT
129. Mental Fitness with Alyson Schaefer
Every day, you pour energy, empathy, and effort into your students—but how often do you check in on yourself?
In recent years, mental health has taken center stage in public conversations, classrooms, and staff meetings. The growing awareness is long overdue: stress, anxiety, and burnout are no longer silent struggles—they're now widely recognized challenges in schools across the globe. And while we focus heavily (and rightly) on student well-being, one critical group is often overlooked: teachers.
The emotional weight of teaching—especially in today’s fast-paced, high-pressure education system—can take a serious toll. That’s why it’s time to talk about mental fitness—not just for our students, but for ourselves. Building mental strength and resilience isn’t a luxury; it’s a necessity for thriving both in and out of the classroom.
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6 Aug 2025TRANSCRIPT
128. Conflict Causes and Resolutions: Our Highlights
We all experience conflict and it generally causes us stress. Pretending conflict doesn’t exist doesn’t make it go away.
Ignoring issues can lead to missed deadlines, festering resentment, unsatisfactory interactions with others, and projects that don’t get finished.
Recent statistics suggest that 70% of us avoid difficult conversations with our boss, colleagues, or others and 53 percent of us handle “toxic” situations by avoiding them.
Clearly, there are a lot of us who could use some help with conflict resolution.
Stick around today, as we follow up on our two episodes on conflict with business and life coach Mariann Kurtz Weber. We’re going to share our key takeaways and if you are one of the 70% who try to avoid conflict, we’ve got some strategies that you can use when you experience conflict in your life.
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130. Intentional Mental Fitness
Published 20 Aug 2025 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And again, if we compare it to physical fitness, you don't say, oh, I think I should get more physically fit. So I'm going to run a marathon next week. You work up to it. You start slow. You do a few reps of something. If you're lifting weights, do a few laps, you work up to it. And she compared that to mental health and people thinking, well, I have to do all the things. And she said, no, no. A minute start with a minute or two a day to start with something small. And if we think of that in terms of physical fitness, that makes sense to us. We know that, right? And then mental fitness, oh, we can just start this in small ways and we can get better at it. […]
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