EP110 6 ways to stop worrying about problems before they happen

Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers

Angela Watson

Education, Courses

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2017

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

In today's episode, I'll talk about 6 steps to stop worrying about problems before they happen. Teachers are faced with an enormous amount of stressors throughout their days, weeks, and school years. Just the possibility of being moved to another grade level or school (and in some cases having no position at all) will keep the teacher's lounge abuzz with nervous energy and speculation about who's retiring, who's taking leave, and what's going to happen to everyone else.

You see, anxiety, worry, and apprehension are completely useless emotions because they're based on potential problems in the future. Unlike fear, which is a response to problems we're facing in the present moment, anxiety does not produce anything positive. And, anticipating problems is an especially dangerous habit in the field of education, where policies and procedures seem to change on a dime for no apparent reason and against all logic.

Listen in today to discover ways to consciously set our minds on the present reality and remind ourselves that the majority of problems we anticipate never happen.

If you struggle with teacher anxiety and found this episode helpful, I want to let you know about a new resource that you may want to check out. It's the first new product I've made for teachers in three years. I've partnered with Dan Tricarico to create this toolkit which is a collection of audio resources called Finally Free: The teacher toolkit for conquering anxiety, overwhelm, and the pressure to do more.

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 110 of Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers.
0:05.0	I'm your host Angela Watson and I'm here to speak life, encouragement, and truth
0:10.8	into the minds and hearts of educators and get you energized for the week ahead.
0:15.0	Today I'm going to share some strategies that will help you stop worrying about problems
0:19.4	before they happen.
0:21.0	Visit truth for teachers.com to get a transcript of this episode or to share your
0:25.6	thoughts in the comments. So this episode is adapted from a chapter in my book,
0:31.4	Awakened. Change your mindset to transform your teaching.
0:35.7	If you're interested in learning more, just go to the Cornerstone for Teachers.com
0:39.4	slash books.
0:40.7	Or you can look it up on Amazon. Again, it's called Awakened. Change your mindset to
0:45.2	transform your teaching. And in Awakened, I tell a story about what happens when teachers
0:52.4	are sort of get sucked into this cycle of
0:55.1	worrying about problems before they've even surfaced. One of the biggest
0:59.4	stressors for teachers is the possibility of being moved to another grade level or another school.
1:04.0	And in some cases the worry is the possibility of being surplus or pink-slipped
1:09.6	and then having no teaching position at all. I've heard rumors about who might be
1:14.3	surplus the following year as early as November of the current school year. And of
1:19.9	course throughout the spring the Teacher's Lounge is always a buzz with nervous energy and speculation
1:24.7	about who's retiring, who's taking leave, who's going to go out and maternity leave, what's going
1:30.3	to happen to everyone.
1:32.3	And there were several years when it seemed highly probable
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