The Teaching Space

Episode 79 of The Teaching Space Podcast explores ways teachers and trainers can manage worry. Introduction Today it’s personal! When I started this podcast back in 2017 I didn’t have plans to talk about myself a great deal. I knew I wanted to help teachers and trainers try to achieve their version of work/life balance, but of course, there was a personal reason for that. Without talking about myself explicitly, it was still about me. I was in a position to share some useful strategies I had learned due to my own experience. Today I’d like to share a bit more of my story and also show you how I am still learning new strategies and don’t plan to stop. Generalised Anxiety Disorder One of the main reasons I have worked so hard on creating a work/life balance for myself and also being as productive as possible is because I have anxiety. Specifically, I have Generalised Anxiety Disorder (“GAD”) which is described by the NHS as “a long-term condition that causes you to feel anxious about a wide range of situations