This week I’m chatting to an ex colleague of mine, Helen Hill.

Helen is the founder of UnlikelyGenius™️ and co-founder of Be The Future. She is an all-around creative, providing writing, design & illustration, and learning tech. She left teaching after being diagnosed with MS and feeling pushed out as a result of a toxic environment.

She now wants to shake up our outdated education system from the outside and support our overstretched teachers to teach about tough topics like climate change, world events, and mental health.

Helen and I talk about many things, including:

• toxic work environments
• being pushed out of jobs
• neurodiversity and invisible disabilities
• and getting into learning design as an ex teacher.

You can find Helen on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/helenhill/) and Instagram (@unlikelygenius & @bethfuture.earth. Check out her websites for Unlikely Genius (https://www.unlikelygenius.com/) and Be the Future (https://www.bethefuture.earth/). And, I highly recommend her book, Falling off the Ladder.

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This week I catch up with Kerry Quinn. Kerry is a social media strategist and content creator who left a 14-year teaching career to start her own business, The Teacher Marketer.

Listen in to find out how Kerry said goodbye to teacher stress and burn out in search of a better work-life balance.

Say hi to Kerry on Instagram @the_teacher_marketer, join her Facebook group Teachers in Business, or download her free 90 day content planner.

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This week I talk to Inés Ivorra Harrison. Inés is a content writer for education and EdTech.

She left a 11 year career in teaching ESL and FLE in January 2024. She now works mainly with educational and EdTech companies across the globe from the comfort of her home near Barcelona.

Listen up to find out how Inés made the transition from teaching to content writing. We discuss:

- How she deliberated over her decision to leave teaching

- Taking a course in UX writing

- The different types of writing you can do as a freelancer

- Becoming an EdTech content writer

- Difficulties in finding full time employed roles outside teaching

- Identifying transferrable skills that teachers have

- The benefits and challenges associated with running your own business

Visit Inés’s website: https://www.inesivorra.com/

Connect with her on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/inés-ivorra

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It’s series two of the Bye Teaching Podcast and today I talk with ex primary teacher Molly Scanlan.

Molly left teaching in 2020 and now creates sustainable websites for social enterprises and other non-evil businesses. She’s also a co-founder of a social enterprise herself, a writer and a parent.

Listen in for Molly’s take on our broken education system, teacher overwhelm and frustration, and the toll it can take on your mental health.

We also talk about some of the strong transferable skills teachers have and how their work ethic can set them up to be really successful business owners.

Visit Molly’s website: https://www.mollygetsitdone.com/

Sign up for her newsletter: https://www.mollygetsitdone.com/signup/

Connect with her on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scanlanmolly/

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Just a quick update on what's coming up for series two of the Bye Teaching podcast.

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Today I talk to Peta O’Brien-Day. Peta is a brand messaging strategist and conversion copywriter who works with socially conscious brands, helping them weave their values into their messaging – without getting cancelled.

She’s the host of The Soap Box Podcast, and runs The Soap Box membership – both of which aim to help smaller socially conscious businesses feel more confident talking about causes they care about.

Peta spent 15 years as a youth worker and teacher, honing her empathy and communication skills before moving into marketing.

Listen up to hear Peta talk about how the education system can hinder progress, struggling to find a work-life balance, and the challenges of juggling a teaching career when you’re a newly widowed parent of a small child.

She also discusses the copywriting course she’d recommend for beginners and how to find what you’re good at. We also dig into handling finances, networking, having difficult conversations and overcoming imposter syndrome.

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Sign up for Peta’s free workshop ‘How to have better conversations – in real life AND in your business’ on 30th May 2024 at 7.30pm. Register here: https://dogged-composer-9633.ck.page/7ab453c80d

Visit Peta’s website here: https://wordsbypeta.com

Find her on Instagram

Connect with Peta on LinkedIn

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Copywriting courses mentioned in today’s podcast

Alex Cattoni’s Copy Posse

Comprehensive Copywriting Academy

The Copywriter Club

Copy School (Copyhackers)

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Amber knew that she wanted to leave teaching really early on. In fact, she was still training when she had the realisation that this career just wasn’t for her.

People told her that she’d regret it if she left. But she knew she wouldn’t. And she hasn’t!

Amber is now an ICF-accredited business coach and mentor whose mission is to help ambitious teachers build their own brilliant coaching businesses. So, they can leave the classroom for good and create a life that brings them the joy, freedom and income that they deserve.

Listen to the episode to discover how Amber left teaching when she was still an ECT (after having taught English as a second language for some years) and built up her coaching business.

Visit Amber’s website: www.amberjay.co.uk

Connect with her on Instagram @amberjaycoaching

Follow her on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/amberjaycoaching

Join her free Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/classroomtofullybookedcoachclub

Download her free Coaching Biz Essentials Checklist

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This week I caught up with travel consultant and part-time primary school teacher, Alison Rose. She started her business, Alsion Loves Travel in 2023 as a side project. And she has a five year plan to build up her business to the point where she can leave teaching altogether.

Alison talks about how she initially started out as a travel consultant as a way to save money on her own holidays. After a while her business grew, and she’s at a point now where she has a plan to gradually build it up so she can leave her teaching job.

You can find Alison on Instagram @alison_loves_travel or on Facebook, or head over to Alison’s website if you’d like to book your own travel.

If you’d like to find out more about earning money from travel, drop Alison a DM on Instagram, or head over to travellikeaninsider.com and enter ‘Alison Rose’ in the referral box. If you’d like to join the private Instagram group, follow @virtualtravelfranchise and DM Alison @alison_loves_travel and she’ll get you accepted.

Thanks for listening!

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