There Is Nothing Normal About the “New Normal”
johndabell After a major health scare or a life-altering diagnosis, you will often hear medical professionals talk about finding your “new normal.” It is a phrase I find infuriating because there…
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Cancer And Anarchy
Cancer brings anarchy to life, lots of it. It disrupts, upends and shakes you like a snow globe. It brings with it disorder, lawlessness and upheaval. It brings about mayhem,…
Cancer And Self-Praise
Self-praise might not be wired into our DNA but there is nothing wrong with giving yourself a pat on the back. In fact, telling yourself just how damn good you…
Are You A Teacher Stress Cadet?
We all experience stress in our lives and varying levels of it fluctuate throughout our days. For teachers, stress is a daily part of the job and not all of…
Miss, I Don’t Feel Very Well
As we all know the vast majority of teachers will have no medical background whatsoever except for their own medical CVs. Most are not trained first-aiders and very few will…
A Lack Of School Nurses Puts Pupils At Risk
Why are our children being short-changed?
Time For A Wellbeing And Learning Nap
Having a nap in the day seems like a luxury but for children in the 1920s this was compulsory. Compulsory? That almost sounds like I have made it up but…
Teacher Well-Being Research
Ofsted are interested in well-being. You might not think it but they are. You might think their interest stinks somewhat given Ofsted is often a driver of stress in teachers.…
We Are An Indoor Generation
How much time do you spend inside?
Be A Teacher With A Smiling Mind
We have seen an explosion of interest in mindfulness over the last decade and it has been used as an intervention for stress, chronic pain, anxiety, depression, borderline personality disorder,…