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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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Feb 26, 2026 ∙ 3 min
5 MIN RESET
Leadership stress often hides behind the words “I’m fine”. Beneath competence and commitment, many educators and leaders are operating on a dysregulated nervous system. This piece explores how stress accumulates in the body and introduces a simple 5 min reset to interrupt burnout before it deepens.
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Feb 12, 2026 ∙ 2 min
What If Leadership Started With Being Honest With Yourself?
Leadership doesn’t start with doing more, it starts with seeing differently. Through honest reflection and journalling, leaders can recognise their impact, challenge self-doubt, and uncover creativity that has been there all along. Small intentional shifts create healthier cultures and sustainable leadership.
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Jan 29, 2026 ∙ 2 min
Why school leaders are burning out?
A reflective account of school leadership, stress and burnout, exploring why 86% of school leaders feel overwhelmed and how sustainable leadership practices can protect wellbeing, clarity and effectiveness without lowering standards.
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