What Your Life Has Been Trying to Tell You: The Warning Signs Teachers Ignore
From Teachers in Transition: Career Change and Real Talk for Burned-Out Teachers by Vanessa Jackson
May 13, 2026 · 21 min · Episode 300
About this episode
Vanessa Jackson discusses the warning signs of burnout and chronic stress that teachers often ignore.
Send us Fan Mail This week on Teachers in Transition, Vanessa Jackson explores the warning signs teachers learn to ignore — in our bodies, our stress levels, and our careers. What started as a routine dental cleaning turned into an unexpected root canal… and a much bigger realization about burnout, chronic stress, and how educators become experts at functioning while damaged. Vanessa shares the surprising moment her Garmin stress watch revealed that her body had been “keeping score” long befo...
People in this episode
Host: Vanessa Jackson
Topics covered
- burnout
- stress management
- teacher wellness
- career change
- mental health
Keywords
- burnout
- stress
- teachers
- mental health
- career change
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