After leading teaching because of some serious burnout, she vowed to build the community she wished existed when she needed it most.

She went from classroom teacher to an educational consultant, instructional designer, and six-figure business owner.

Now, she's here to help you achieve happiness and work-life balance, whether inside or outside the classroom.

Come join our discussion as we talk

about managing teacher burnout, career transitions outside the classroom, starting a side hustle,

and everything in between. Here's your host of the teacher career coach podcast and your new

personal cheerleader, Daphne Gomez. Hi there, and welcome back.

Join us today as we get to know Gwyn Karaba.

Gwynn is an instructional designer contractor for Microsoft through Oxygen Learning, a

consulting firm, in sales enablement and workplace learning programs.

She was an educator before transitioning, and today we discuss her day-to-day, work-life balance,

and what continuing education looks like now.

Hope you enjoy.

Well, welcome, everyone.

Today we're very excited to have Gwynne Carraba with us. Welcome, Gwen. Hi, welcome, everyone. Today we're very excited to have Gwen Karaba with us. Welcome, Gwen.

Hi, a little bit. Thanks for having me. Well, thank you for joining us, and I can't wait for

everyone to listen, and we're excited to dive into your career as an instructional designer,

but we'd love to kick this off by hearing about your experience in

education. I was in public education as a teacher, which in my resume says instructor. Just a couple

of naming changes on that, but it's the same thing. And I was in public education

for 15 years before transitioning now. And then, so what was that point after 15 years in

education where you decided you weren't going to pursue a lifelong career of teaching?

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