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You Can’t Make Everyone Happy (And You Don’t Have To)
Teachers in Transition: Career Change and Real Talk for Burned-Out Teachers
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Episode Summary
Ever feel like no matter what you do—someone’s unhappy?
As a teacher, it can feel like your job is to keep kids, parents, admin, and coworkers content... all while your own needs take a back seat.
In this week’s episode of Teachers in Transition, Vanessa Jackson shares a powerful parable, a pop-culture reminder, and a personal story about a cup holder (yes, really) to walk you through three powerful gifts that every teacher deserves to claim:
- 🎁 The Gift of Joy: Why choosing joy doesn’t require permission—and how a Joy Bingo card can bring play back into your day.
- 🎁 The Gift of Learning: How to reclaim learning for yourself, not just for your students or your school.
- 🎁 The Gift of Adaptability: How every fire drill, tech glitch, and schedule change proves you're more career-ready than you think.
From Aesop’s fable of the man, the boy, and the donkey...
To Monica Geller’s meltdown over mashed potatoes...
To a water bottle rolling across a 4Runner floor...
This episode reminds you that you’ve already adapted, you’re allowed to laugh, and you deserve to build a future that gives back.
🔗 Links to the Free Gifts Mentioned:
🔗 Links to other things mentioned
Teachers In Transition - Episode 179: The Four Rules
Teachers in Transition – Episode 250: Interview with Jenny Long
Happier in Hollywood – Episode 395 Hunting for Disproportionate Joy
🧠 Keywords: teacher burnout, teacher transition, jobs for former teachers, emotional labor, transferable skills, classroom exit plan, teacher identity shift, joy in education, job search for teachers
👋 CONNECT WITH VANESSA
- 💌 Email: [email protected]
- 📱 Call or Text: 512-640-9099
- 📅 Book a Free Discovery Call: teachersintransition.com/calendar
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- 📸 Instagram & Threads: @teachers.in.transition
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- 🐦 X (Twitter): @EduExitStrategy
The transcript to this podcast is found on the episode’s homepage at Buzzsprout
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