I love being a teacher, and I am honored that I get to be a teacher. Despite working in a great school with great colleagues, teaching has been hard.

 

At first, I thought it was the workload. Honestly, that hasn't eased up and has only gotten to be more.

 

I came to learn after years and years of teaching, that the "hard" of teaching isn't so much the lesson planning and assessing and constant work, but rather the emotional impacts that teaching leaves on us during our day and after our day.

 

It's taken me a long time to realize that teaching will undoubtedly affect our personal triggers, even if we think it will not. This surprised me as I figured 15-year-old kids couldn't possibly emotionally affect an adult. Well, I was wrong.

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The emotional challenges of our jobs can come from any place and from anyone. 

 

When I questioned if I could keep teaching, despite my love for teaching, is when I started reading and journaling. Through introspection and self-discovery learning, I now have a healthier and wiser approach to teaching that I want to loudly and proudly share with emerging, new, and veteran teachers!

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Teaching has led me on an emotional journey, as it has you.

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Join me and Teaching is Emotional as we share stories and resources to create healthier and stronger teachers .