010. How to Feel Like a Good Teacher Without Feeling Overwhelmed

Teaching to the TOP

Teaching on the Double

Parenting, Education, Self-improvement, Kids & Family

4.8 • 667 Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2020

⏱️ 19 minutes

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We have all felt it. You know. That feeling of success and that feeling of complete and utter defeat. When you feel really good in one area, another area suffers, and this leads you to feel self-doubt and anxiety that you are not performing the way that you should be. The answer is not to be good at everything or get all the things checked off your to-do but more about finding the balance that works for you and those individuals that are in your life. This is the one thing that so many people ask us: “How do you do it all?” People see us and the videos we put out, but they don’t realize that we had to sacrifice a date night or got into an argument for working too hard in order to make it happen. All you see in our social media presence are happy moments. Now while you may not be on social media, you still have a lot of parts that you play in your own life. All those parts require your attention and in order to ensure that you slow it down and pay attention to your mental and physical health, we have some tips on how to feel like a good teacher without feeling overwhelmed. [4:46] Tips for Feeling Like a good Teacher, Mom, Wife, etc… Without Feeling Overwhelmed [5:20] Tip #1: Stop comparing yourself to other teachers [8:07] Tip #2: Let go of perfectionism [10:38] Tip #3: Say no to some things so you can say yes to other things [13:55] Tip#4: Stop moving the goal post [15:38] Tip #5: Return the focus to your students Above all, remember that what you give every day in and outside of the classroom is appreciated by so many. You are making a difference and giving back. Stop being like everyone else and instead be you. There is, after all, only one you. SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW Are you subscribed to our podcast? If you’re not, I want to encourage you to do that today. I don’t want you to miss an episode. Click here to subscribe to iTunes! Now if you’re feeling extra loving, We would be really grateful if you left us a review over on iTunes, too. Those reviews help other people find our podcast and they’re also fun for us to go in and read. Just click here to review, select “Ratings and Reviews” and “Write a Review” and let us know what your favorite part of the podcast is. Thank you!

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0:00.0	Well, hello there, top teachers. We are your host, Michelle Farray and Bridget Spackman,
0:05.1	and we are here to make your life easier by helping you master your time, organization,
0:10.4	and productivity as a teacher. Today's episode is going to be a little bit different. We're not
0:15.7	giving specific strategies to help your time management, organization, and productivity. Instead, we're going to kind of
0:23.0	channel our inner warm and fuzzies and we're going to talk about how to feel like a good teacher
0:28.2	without feeling overwhelmed. Oh, I love the warm and fuzzies. This is something Bridget and I have
0:34.3	both struggled with and we would be willing to bet that you have struggled
0:38.3	with us as well. So we're going to really dive into it today. Oh, absolutely. But before we get
0:43.6	started, I wanted to remind all of you that we are asking for your time-sucking hurdles.
0:50.7	That is right. Michelle and I have been sharing our time-sucking hurdles for our several
0:56.7	podcasts in the very beginning. And now we want to hear from you. What are your time-sucking hurdles?
1:03.4	So if you head on over to teaching on the double.com on that homepage, you're going to find a link
1:09.9	to be able to share your time-sucking hurdle with
1:12.1	us. And we'll also leave that down in the show notes. So today we're going to hear from Kristen,
1:16.4	who says, my drive to and from work is her time-sucking hurdle. I spend at least three to three
1:24.6	and a half hours a day in the car. By the time I get home, I am drained and can't seem
1:31.0	to get myself together so I can get everything I want to get done. Kristen, girl, I cannot believe
1:38.6	you are in the car for that long. Yeah, Kristen, that's brutal, but I will say that sounds like a great chunk of time to be
1:45.9	able to listen to some podcasts. I don't know, like teaching to the top. That's a really, really good
1:50.8	suggestion right there. But I also feel like you need to be stocking up on some really good audio books,
1:55.0	girl. Yeah, for sure. And Kristen, if you're spending that much time in the car, I can only imagine how that's affecting
2:02.1	your feelings as a teacher. Because when you are drained at the end of the day, coming home from
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