About this episode

Iain shares his journey of overcoming burnout after 13 years in primary education and finding a new path.

"Once I'd made that decision, I just felt like a weight had been lifted." After 13 years in primary education - taking on the roles of phase leader, assistant head, and eventually acting head - Iain hit a wall. The workload became unmanageable, and he was signed off with work-related stress before handing in his notice in May without anything else lined up. Returning to a lovely new school in September, Iain quickly realised that the education system just wasn’t for him anymore and joined the...

People in this episode

Host: Joanne Howard

Guest: Iain

Topics covered

• burnout
• career change
• education
• mental health
• purpose

Keywords

• burnout
• education
• career change
• mental health
• purpose
• work-related stress

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: primary education, education system

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