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Join date: Apr 4, 2025
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Rowena Hicks is an educator with over 30 years of experience across the UK, Poland, and East Africa. She has served as a classroom teacher, SENCo, and Deputy Headteacher, with a strong focus on supporting vulnerable children and those with additional needs. Drawing on her own lived experience of burnout, Rowena is passionate about equipping others with the tools to thrive in education and beyond.
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Dec 27, 2025 ∙ 3 min
When Did You Last Notice Your Own Strength?
Burnout often begins when compassionate people stop recognising their own value. In this reflective piece, Rowena explores how educators lose sight of their strengths, why worth becomes tied to overwork and how reclaiming self-belief is essential to thriving, not just surviving.
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Nov 15, 2025 ∙ 2 min
What’s the truth?
So many teachers and leaders are asking the same quiet question: “Am I good enough?”
This week, a highly successful school leader told me she feels she can never do enough and never be enough. And she’s not alone. Across education, self-doubt, overworking and pressure to constantly prove our worth are driving a burnout and stress crisis.
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Nov 8, 2025 ∙ 3 min
What does a thriving school look like?
Discover what the ideal school day might look like balanced, inclusive, and supportive. Explore how teacher wellbeing, school community and realistic expectations can create calm and joy in education.
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