Meet Laura. Following a serious back injury Laura sought medical support using alternative therapies. While many of them helped nothing really reduced the pain that much. Finally while in Thailand Laura found a Rolfing Practitioner and after 3 sessions was amazed at how little pain she had.

As a teacher working long, demanding hours the relief was so palpable Laura went on to pursue a career as a Rolfer. Continuing to teach it tool almost 10 years to save the money required for the course plus living expenses. And, finally she made the transition from teacher to Rolfer!

A married teaching couple Analia and Chris returned to Canada after many years teaching in schools in South Korea and the Middle East. During that time they spent out on upgrading their qualifications gaining teaching credentials and a Masters in Education.

But once back in Canada a future  in teaching no longer seemed such an enticing proposition. With a little money saved and the use of mums home out in Newfoundland they spent several months exploring all the possibilities and guess what - they eventually came up with an idea that could have broken many couples!

In today's episode we are in conversation with Maureen Ceresini and Brenda Martin and we're talking about the importance of safeguarding our health.

It was quite by 'accident' that Maureen discovered that she had suffered what's known as a 'silent heart attack' and learnt the importance of taking care of her health.

Brenda, whom we met in one of our early podcasts, tells about her experience and that of her colleagues as they navigated the emotional quagmire of a negative Ofsted.

Their stories are a reminder of just how important it is that we - as educators - take care of ourselves

Having a love of English and Drama Nicola hadn't really considered a career in teaching but took a BEd as it covered her subjects. Following 2 very successful in school placements she took to teaching and thus began her career from Teacher, to Head to SENCO and back to Head again.

Nicola and her husband decided to retire early but hit their biggest challenge - the Covid-19 pandemic. Undeterred they pursued their dream and as the crossroads shifted after several stop-starts they landed in Spain once and for all.

Welcome to Colin Young!

Colin's story begins with him finishing university but somehow shunning a lucrative Sales & Marketing role in a newly liberalised Telcoms market in Canada. Instead he chose to follow his younger brother and mother and shift over to China and South Korea to teach English. 

During the years that followed Colin has had the good fortune of being able to shift from country to country and continent to continent, often bumping into family along the way.

Colin was bought to an almost standstill as the pandemic hit and the world locked down. Realising how vulnerable 'employees' are to external circumstances, he decided to create something of his own.

It has now been 3 years since Colin began his journey into Storytelling. He works with young kids 8-11 year olds to help them refine their oral and written storytelling skills. He also works with International Professionals training them in The Art of Storytelling.

As part of the development of this new venture Colin is reaching out to teachers who want to train in this very up-to-date and topical area.

We caught up with Virginia Cutching, expert coach, nutritionist and intercultural consultant, who teaches Mandarin and English. We chat about her journey of professional development through the pandemic, into the world of Neurolanguage Coaching ® and her most recent certification as a Teacher Trainer of Neurolanguage Coaching.

Virginia's long career focuses primarily, on Chinese CEOs and Executives although she also helps young learners develop either their English or Mandarin skills.

Neurolanguage Coaching ® is a concept and practise in language learning founded by Rachel Paling.  Since its' beginnings around 2012 more and more language coaches and teachers are combining neuroscience into their practise.

Robert Peacock

 Today we listen to Robert Peacock tell of his  quite incredible journey!

He started his career as a landscape gardener, training as a Special Education Needs teacher, working with juvenile gangs in North London and New Your City. 

Trying to transition out of teaching he re-trained as a saddler but again ended up teaching students on the same course! Later he moved to the beautiful countryside of Southern Ireland and worked with animal rehabilitation.

During this time and just before the pandemic, Robert decided he needed a new challenge, so took off to the continent of Africa and landed in Kenya, where he met his soul mate. Thus began the desire to bring basic literacy to the worst slums where he and his wife now work as a Community Based Organisation (CBO). 

To contact Robert click the link below:
https://www.facebook.com/rob.peacock.524