Welcome to episode 11 of Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers.

I'm your host Angela Watson and I'm here to be life, encouragement, and truth

into the minds and hearts of educators and get you energized for the week ahead.

Today I'm going to share some thoughts on how to keep teaching when your personal life is falling apart.

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Thank you so much for listening and for leaving your reviews on iTunes.

I always tell you how much I appreciate the reviews that you all have left for the show.

And I thought it would be cool to occasionally choose one of those

reviews to read aloud here. So this one is from an iTunes user called my teacher who wrote,

I love this podcast. Angela is so real and honest. She shares her

experiences and makes you realize that you are 100% normal for how you feel.

Teachers hear enough negativity day in a day out. Now every

Sunday we get a small dose of encouragement to steer us back toward a

positive mindset for the week ahead. Thank you my teacher for sharing that. I really appreciate it. I also want to

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So this week I wanted to talk about how to keep being an effective teacher during periods of deep personal loss or intense stress.

For some reason no one really talks about the fact that all teachers have times in our lives

when we just aren't able to give a hundred percent to the job. If you stick with

this profession for any real length of time, you're going to experience low energy periods,

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