Wellness for Educators

Wellness for Educators is a teacher-wellness show with a calm, practical center. Lori Maxfield speaks directly to the emotional and physical realities of school work while keeping the format rooted in friendly interviews and useful takeaways. The show returns often to the idea that educators cannot separate their own health from the way they show up for students. That point is made gently, not dramatically. Recent conversations look at the pressures teachers see every day: anxious students, digital overload, difficult parent relationships, fading energy, and the challenge of making healthy habits stick during a packed school year. The guest list gives the show a broad but grounded range. Dr. Dana Sarvey brings a clinical lens to adolescent anxiety, OCD, social media, school supports, and the limits of medication alone. Kelly Donovan adds a wider life perspective through her move from central Pennsylvania to teaching in Switzerland, including a look at social, emotional, and ethical learning. Lane Grosser turns fitness into small, body-aware choices that can fit around teaching, with attention to posture, core support, Pilates, and realistic movement. A health and wellness consultant named Dana talks about school wellness programs, committees, budgets, mindful eating, and staff-wide wellness days. Sam Rogers brings nutrition and family health conversations into the mix through his Dear Dad blog. Angelica Rodriguez's episode centers resilience, hardship, and the long relationship between a former student and teacher. Across these episodes, the show favors patience over polish. Questions are broad, answers have room to breathe, and the conversation usually lands on something concrete: put the phone away for a moment, breathe, move in a more supported way, form a wellness committee, appreciate a child at their current stage, or make one small promise to personal health. The result is less like a performance and more like a supportive staff-room conversation with better guest expertise. It is most useful for educators who want care, perspective, and practical reminders without being talked down to.