Many organizations have become very good at talking about employee wellbeing. They host mental health webinars, promote fitness challenges, offer employee assistance programs, provide meditation apps, celebrate wellness weeks, and send reminders encouraging employees to take care of themselves. These efforts can be valuable. But there is an important difference between offering wellbeing initiatives and creating a culture of wellbeing. Consider an organization that encourages

Educators spend their careers supporting the growth, health, and success of others. Yet the people responsible for creating healthy learning environments often work in conditions that make it difficult to protect their own well-being. Teachers manage classrooms, lesson planning, grading, parent communication, administrative requirements, and increasingly complex student needs. School administrators face staffing shortages, budgets, compliance requirements, safety concerns, an