73. How to Prevent Teacher Burnout: A 5-Step Framework for Teachers
Update: 2025-09-19
Description
Teacher burnout isn’t just about long hours, heavy workloads, or a never-ending to-do list. At its root, burnout is an emotional response to the thoughts we carry every day—and it’s leaving many teachers drained and disheartened.
In this episode of The Next Level Teacher Podcast, Brenna Nelson shares a 5-step framework that shows you how to prevent teacher burnout by working with your brain, emotions, and nervous system. You’ll walk away with practical tools you can use right away—not more “self-care tips” that don’t actually solve the problem.
If you’ve ever wondered why bubble baths and coffee runs aren’t enough to restore your energy, this episode will help you understand what’s really going on beneath the surface—and how to change it.
What You’ll Learn in This Episode:
✅ What teacher burnout really is (and what it isn’t)
✅ Why self-care alone doesn’t work to prevent burnout
✅ How your brain’s survival mode may be keeping you stuck
✅ 5 practical steps to build resilience and restore calm in your classroom
✅ How to start rewiring your thought patterns with simple shifts
✅ Why self-care alone doesn’t work to prevent burnout
✅ How your brain’s survival mode may be keeping you stuck
✅ 5 practical steps to build resilience and restore calm in your classroom
✅ How to start rewiring your thought patterns with simple shifts
Resources & Links Mentioned
🎧 Listen to my episode on Toxic Positivity for a deeper dive--Click HERE.
💻 Want to go deeper? Check out my course, Calm in the Classroom, where I guide you step-by-step through this framework. Learn more here.
🆓 Looking for personalized help with YOUR situation? Sign up for a free one-on-one coaching session with Brenna! Click HERE to schedule.
📲 Connect with me on Instagram: @next.level.teacher
👉 Read more on The Next Level Teacher blog! Click HERE!
Next Steps
If this episode on how to prevent teacher burnout resonated with you, please:
❇️ Share it with a teacher friend who needs this message.
❇️ Follow the podcast so you never miss an episode.
❇️ Leave a review to help more teachers discover these tools for resilience and calm.
❇️ Follow the podcast so you never miss an episode.
❇️ Leave a review to help more teachers discover these tools for resilience and calm.
✨ Burnout doesn’t have to define your teaching journey. With the right framework, you can feel calmer, clearer, and more in control every day in your classroom.
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