Put Teaching Down For A Minute, Teachers 299

Put Teaching Down For A Minute, Teachers 299

June 15, 2026 · 11 min · Episode 299

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Trina Deboree discusses the importance of taking a break from teaching to reconnect with oneself during summer break.

Summer break can start and somehow you still feel like you’re on duty. If your body is home but your brain is still in the classroom, I made this one for you. I keep it simple on purpose, no new system, no productivity plan, just a pause to breathe and reconnect with yourself outside of teaching. I tell the truth about what it looked like when I let the job become my whole life, starting with a brutal first year in 1997 and years of living in fight or flight. I talk about getting sick,...

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