Thrive Book

BOOK - "Thrive - Practical Strategies to Nourish Teacher Wellbeing"
By Daniela Falecki

We enter the profession to help young people grow and learn, but find ourselves in a system that values compliance over individuality. Our days are spent supporting others, leaving us little time to rest and reflect. We nurture the wellbeing of our students, but neglect our own. If you want to become the teacher you always dreamed of being, it’s time to put yourself first. Backed by science and the stories of real teachers, Thrive will help you understand your needs, energy and choices. Discover strategic solutions for overcoming burnout and frustration, learn how to meaningfully discuss teacher wellbeing at school, and build the resources that will enable you to stop surviving and start thriving.

Contents
Preface
Introduction

SECTION 1: Sowing the seeds of wellbeing

1 Teacher wellbeing: the basics
2 The good and bad of stress
3 Theories of wellbeing
4 Social and emotional competence
5 Psychological health and safety

SECTION 2: The fertiliser to help us thrive

6 Time
7 Head
8 Relationships
9 Impact
10 Values
11 Emotions

Final thoughts
Acknowledgements
About the author
References

Conversations with Courageous Educators

Thriving in Teaching

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“Teacher wellbeing is the very foundation of whole-school wellbeing, and Daniela Falecki knows this only too well. In her informative and much-needed new book 'Thrive' Daniela offers teachers the opportunity to better understand and nourish their wellbeing at home and at work. She avoids tokenistic solutions and never minimalizes the many demands of teaching. Instead she helps teachers to unpack, address and meaningfully support their wellbeing, as they invest in this, one of the most important professions in the world.”

Dr Helen Street, Internationally Acclaimed Author & Education Consultant

“Daniela’s book is frank, informative, insightful, and practical. She manages to mix a delightful blend of compassion, reality (from her experiences as a teacher) and an understanding of specific strategies that truly will make a difference to well-being. Teaching is a far too important role in society to be associated with burnout. And teachers are some of the most precious role models, guides and mentors of our community. We can’t allow conditions of overwork, constraining attitudes of compliance and never-ending administrative burdens to confuse the roles and realities of teaching. Step by step Daniela creates and shares the evidenced based strategies that clearly point the practical way forward every day — for teachers in all domains to embody wellbeing.”

- Lynne Cazaly, Speaker and Author

“Daniela’s book “Thrive" should be a must read for every educator looking for practical strategies to prioritize well-being in their personal and professional lives. Its jam packed with exercises, reminders, stories and points to support lasting change in a teacher's life. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it and will be referencing it in many of my upcoming presentations around educator resiliency. Thank you Daniela for sharing your work in the world.”

Lisa Baylis, Speaker & Author of Self-Compassion for Educators

“Daniela has created a remarkably practical, accessible and easy to read guide full of simple yet profoundly effective ways for educators – an indeed anyone – to embrace. In a profession where the needs of others often take precedent over our own wellbeing, her reminders of the importance of nourishing ourselves are both useful and essential!”

Shana Bennett, School Principal

Thrive Book

BOOK - "Thrive - Practical Strategies to Nourish Teacher Wellbeing" By Daniela Falecki

Conversations with Courageous Educators

BOOK - "Thrive - Practical Strategies to Nourish Teacher Wellbeing"
By Daniela Falecki