Wellbeing isn’t tokenistic gestures or acts of ‘being nice’ to people. All those acts *contribute* to wellbeing, and can help people feel valued and appreciated. I’m NOT saying don’t do them. But they are not wellbeing.
Wellbeing is a state of comfort, health and happiness.
We need to address how staff can reach a state of ease, rather than dis-ease, by addressing workload, use of time, expectation of communication and feedback streams.
We need to step back and look at all the things we do and ask:
Why do we do this?
Who is it for?
When I’ve done it, who looks at it after?
What do they do with it?
Is it essential or optional?
With schools trying to develop a ‘recovery’ curriculum, there are a few people outside of education who I would be keen to work with to develop wellbeing in schools.
I don’t run a podcast yet - but if it meant I could speak with these few - I’d make it happen.
Failure doesn’t mean it is the end. Failure means it is the start of a new journey.
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When we fail or get something wrong and tell ourselves we are not good enough, smart enough or strong enough, we chip away at our level of self-esteem and self-worth through negative self-talk.