The Adventures After Teaching Podcast

Sharing inspirational stories from teachers who have chosen to walk away from classroom to successfully transition to a new career. Advice, tips and ideas for exhausted teachers who know there's a difference between "giving up" and "having had enough". Join me to explore all things teacher burnout, career and business coaching and get plenty of ideas for your very own adventure after teaching.

All Episodes

The Adventures After Teaching Podcast

Becoming a Funeral Arranger

November 07, 2023 • Joanne Howard • Season 3 • Episode 3

In this interesting episode, Jo talks to Rachael about how her past life experiences and transferable skills led her to becoming a Funeral Arranger. Rachael shares how she came to realise teaching wasn't the career for her and how she identified her needs and boundaries within work. This is a wonderful story of self-discovery in which Rachael shares how she's crafted a new career aligned with where she is in her life now. Warning - this episode does contain content about death, grief and mental illness.

In this episode, we also explore:

Reaching the decision to leave teaching.
Being able to reflect and discover your core values and beliefs.
The skills needed to be a Funeral Arranger.
The interview process.
What Rachael's working week looks like.

As Rachael says:
"When you are going into a different career, you sometimes need to dip your toe in and see what it is like!"

If you're looking for step-by-step support to recover from burnout, find and secure a new job, or start your own business, check out the Adventures After Teaching Academy which will help you successfully leave the classroom.

Join the next cohort of our CPD Accredited PROJECT MANAGEMENT FUNDAMENTALS training for transitioning teachers - starts September 11th! ✨