What happens when you spend your days supporting everyone else and have little left for yourself or your family? School social worker Emily Earnest shares how eight years in an elementary school shaped her love for the work—and how constant crisis response, growing responsibilities, and repeated exposure to student trauma eventually became unsustainable.
In this episode of Real Talk About Educator Burnout, Emily reflects on emotional exhaustion, the relationships that made leaving difficult, and her decision to move to a new school and set different boundaries. We also explore why educator wellness requires more than reminders about self-care, and how adequate staffing, meaningful staff input, and school systems that prioritize emotional safety can better support both adults and students.
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The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk, M.D.
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