We explore the vital role of self-care and wellbeing in teaching. These episodes share honest stories, strategies and insights from educators and experts on managing stress, finding balance and sustaining energy. Perfect for teachers and leaders who want to thrive personally and professionally while making a lasting impact.

1. Amy Green – Teacher wellbeing, creating margin and how to protect what matters most.
A powerful conversation about building “margin” into our lives and redefining what sustainable teaching really looks like.

2. Amy Green – Helping individuals and workplaces define, create and implement their own version of wellbeing.
Amy explores how schools can move beyond surface-level wellness to design genuine, context-specific wellbeing frameworks.

3. Melinda Phillips – Honest conversations about burnout, boundaries and emotional literacy.
A candid discussion about teacher burnout, emotional honesty, and creating healthy professional boundaries.

4. Andrea Downie – Redesigning education through wellbeing and systems thinking.
Andrea shares how reimagining school systems through wellbeing and human-centred leadership can transform learning communities.

5. Professor Andy Hargreaves – Wellbeing, legacy and how having grandchildren changed his life.
Andy reflects on the deeper purpose of education, wellbeing across a career, and what legacy really means for teachers.

6. Dr Jane Burn – Creating psychologically safe workplaces and supporting mental wellbeing.
Jane unpacks the science of psychological safety and how leaders can build emotionally healthy school cultures.

7. Melissa Kennedy – The sustainable teacher in a digital age.
Melissa offers practical ways for teachers to thrive—not just survive—in a tech-saturated world.

8. Claudia Owad – Solution-focused schools, adaptive leadership and coaching in complex times.
Claudia explores how coaching and positive psychology can build resilience and wellbeing in school teams.

9. Professor Craig Hassed OAM – Smiling Mind and how mindfulness helps us be more present.
Craig discusses mindfulness as a natural state and how presence supports the wellbeing of both teachers and students.