What happens when a teacher breaks and no one notices?

In this powerful episode, experienced educator Anna Fannon shares the moment she went beyond burnout, and why it changed everything.

From masking in the classroom to hiding in plain sight, Anna describes what it feels like to be physically present at work, but mentally gone.

Together, Anna and Chris confront one of education’s biggest blind spots: why staff wellbeing is still treated as a 'nice to have', while safeguarding and care are reserved almost entirely for students, and what it really costs when adults are expected to keep going, unnoticed.

This conversation digs into:

• Why cake, cards and wellbeing posters aren’t enough

• The real cost of constant masking for staff

• What leaders miss when they don’t ask, “What do you need?”

  
  

If you work in education, leadership, safeguarding or pastoral roles, this one is for you.

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Producers of this episode: Chris East, Leah East

Host of this episode: Chris East