Moving Forward Flourishing Series: Stress

ACSI: Moving Forward with Lynn Swaner

Today’s podcast features Ginger Hill, Founder of Good Health for Good Works. Ginger talks with Lynn Swaner about the Flourishing Schools construct of Stress, where “constant feelings of stress and being overwhelmed accompany a lack of time to prepare for instruction (Teachers) or to focus on physical health (Leaders).” Ginger shares practical strategy for staff and schoolwide well-being during this time of increased stress and burnout in education.

To go further in learning about this construct, check out these resources:

• Blog post From Fatigue to Flourishing by Ginger
• Ginger’s resource for school leaders who want to design an employee wellness strategy to support teacher well-being in their school
• Ginger’s resource for individual teachers and staff who want to create an attainable and sustainable personal well-being plan

To learn more about Flourishing Schools Research, check out the Flourishing Together book by Lynn Swaner and Andy Wolfe (Eerdmans 2021) and this video overview of the research. You can also find out about the related institute for leaders and instrument for schools here.