In the podcast series of Beat Teacher Burnout, Viv Grant joins Rowena Hicks for the episode – Are You Leading As A Whole Human Or Just Surviving.
Viv brings deep emotional honesty, lived experience, and decades of leadership insight to a conversation about something many educators silently struggle with: what happens when we stop being whole humans in the profession?
Rowena explores Viv’s journey from newly appointed head teacher (while pregnant!) to navigating burnout, emotional overwhelm, and the heavy expectations of school leadership. Viv shares openly about how the pressure to “be strong,” “please everyone,” and keep going no matter what led her to a breaking point and how this became the catalyst for the compassionate coaching work she now leads.
This conversation is both grounding and empowering, a reminder that you are more than your role, your results, or your resilience.