Happier Music Teacher
Real self-care for music educators, not just self-soothing! Are you an overwhelmed music teacher who thinks that self-care and work/life balance is impossible with your responsibilities at home? Are you feeling burnout at home and school, and you’re done with feeling teacher tired and stressed all the time? Do you feel that the cliché advice of candles and bubble baths, not that there’s anything wrong with that, are short term solutions for your tension? Former stressed hot mess Beth Duhon helps you be more content at home and in your career in music education through guided journaling, common sense advice and encouraging you to take consistent micro-actions. Each episode features topics like: vocal health, time management, meal prep, commuting hacks and healthy habits to help you be a “Happier Music Teacher.” New episodes every Tuesday morning.
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Curious about taking a step back from social media? Here are my thoughts on breaking up with Facebook (why can't I be on decent social media?) for a month. From abstinence to posting for validation to addiction, I speak freely about my month.
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Bonus tip for this episode: Your email signature can be a powerful way to celebrate. Don't forget to add things like your grant award button, teaching awards and/or NAFME Best Community in Music Education status. This is a simple way to let everyone you communicate with via email about some of the wonderful work you are doing professionally.
Before social media, a poster, a press release to the local paper and a guest appearance on the announcements were the main methods of promoting your program. The good news and bad news about this digital age is that there are many more methods available. Discover what methods are the best fit for you and your program and how to work them into the natural rhythms of your year.
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When you want all the best music education instruments and supplies for your students, grants can be a wonderful way to stretch your budget. They can be a bigger blessing when you've thoughtfully decided what you have room in your curriculum and storage closet for.
If you are traveling to TMEA, have a wonderful time! Don't forget to visit Kristin Behlmann, F-Flat Books and Musicplay while you are there. Also, Stephanie Leavell ...
Are you and your teaching feeling uninspired and stale lately? Are your lessons fine but you and your students aren't engaged or excited? Here are my best easy, inexpensive and fast ways to energize your lessons again during a season that can feel like one long indoor recess.
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Early in the semester but feeling burnout? You deserve to feel good! Here are some hacks to implement today to help. Cheers to being a happier music teacher at home and at school!
There is a lot of talk about teacher burnout going around social media. How do we fight it so we can teach music with longevity and joy? Tune in next week for part 2 in this series.
Sometimes one of our biggest stressors happens before we even leave our home. Getting ready! Here are some tips and tricks from a pretty decidely low maintenance music teacher to help you get out the door with less stress.
Six days in to the new year and already feeling overwhelmed and behind at home and at school? Let's start with mindset shifts and achievable action steps. Relax, friend, it does not all have to be done at once.
Look soon for a two part interview with Debbie O'Shea of Crescendo Music Education about her new book!
See you at the Musicplay Wednesday Webinar tomorrow!
Do nothing for a week! Clean and organize your home before the start of the new year! Our culture gives us so many conflicting messages during this time we are fortunate to have off. Let's say no to the extremes but yes to journaling and reflection about 2025 so we can enter 2026 with kindness and clarity.
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Need a moment of peace in a December that has felt bonkers? Join me for a few minutes of quiet prayer as we enter break and all that entails. I love you. Thank you for being here.
We are counting down the days to break. Just me? When that break comes, let's get the type of restorative rest we deserve! Let's chooose quality over quantity and treat ourselves like someone we love.
The most wonderful time of the year but you are tired, hungry and over it as a music teacher? Sounds perfectly normal with all you have going on! There are no quick fixes but a few of these tips can help you feel better during this busy time.
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Relaxed holiday seasons for music teachers sounds like an oxymoron and you might be right! A more relaxed season and prioritizing your joy will take some intentionality and possibly some tough decisions. Enjoyed this episode? Text it to a friend or share it on your socials!
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Happy Thanksgiving! You've earned a well-deserved break. If you could use a reframe about our profession and a break from some of the negativity in the online space, here is my list of some things about being an elementary music teacher that I think are great!
Burned out? Disappointed about your productivity at home and at school? I think a lot of happiness is about adjusting expectations. At first that may seem like terrible news but it is great news! I'm here to show you how I structure a typical week and set reasonable expectations for work and home.
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Are you teacher tired on Friday nights? Catching up on laundry on Saturdays? Trying to rest and connect with family on Sunday? We should be friends!
Here is a peek behind the curtain of what a fellow music teacher prioritizes on a typical weekend.
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Does your typical weeknight look like mine? If your weeknights are a blur of carpools, phone calls and an attempt at laundry and dinner, they might! The lesson here? Our time, particularly on weeknights, is finite.
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Wondering what an actual school day in the life of a happier music teacher looks like? Here is a look behind the curtain at my schedule, habits and routines as a busy elementary music teacher for some inspiration as you plan your day.
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As music teachers, there are habits that are good and habits that are scary! I've been guilty of a lot of these lately so no judgment. Today, we'll examine the scary habits so we can replace them with more nourishing habits.
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