Happier Music Teacher
Real self-care for music educators, not just self-soothing! Are you an overwhelmed music teacher who thinks that self-care and work/life balance is impossible with your responsibilities at home? Are you feeling burnout at home and school, and you’re done with feeling teacher tired and stressed all the time? Do you feel that the cliché advice of candles and bubble baths, not that there’s anything wrong with that, are short term solutions for your tension? Former stressed hot mess Beth Duhon helps you be more content at home and in your career in music education through guided journaling, common sense advice and encouraging you to take consistent micro-actions. Each episode features topics like: vocal health, time management, meal prep, commuting hacks and healthy habits to help you be a “Happier Music Teacher.” New episodes every Tuesday morning.
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Curious about taking a step back from social media? Here are my thoughts on breaking up with Facebook (why can't I be on decent social media?) for a month. From abstinence to posting for validation to addiction, I speak freely about my month.
Tuesday Feb 24, 2026
Tuesday Feb 24, 2026
Bonus tip for this episode: Your email signature can be a powerful way to celebrate. Don't forget to add things like your grant award button, teaching awards and/or NAFME Best Community in Music Education status. This is a simple way to let everyone you communicate with via email about some of the wonderful work you are doing professionally.
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Tuesday Feb 17, 2026
Tuesday Feb 17, 2026
Before social media, a poster, a press release to the local paper and a guest appearance on the announcements were the main methods of promoting your program. The good news and bad news about this digital age is that there are many more methods available. Discover what methods are the best fit for you and your program and how to work them into the natural rhythms of your year.
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Monday Feb 09, 2026
Monday Feb 09, 2026
When you want all the best music education instruments and supplies for your students, grants can be a wonderful way to stretch your budget. They can be a bigger blessing when you've thoughtfully decided what you have room in your curriculum and storage closet for.
If you are traveling to TMEA, have a wonderful time! Don't forget to visit Kristin Behlmann, F-Flat Books and Musicplay while you are there. Also, Stephanie Leavell and David Row are not to be missed. Sounds like a great year!
Tuesday Feb 03, 2026
Tuesday Feb 03, 2026
Are you and your teaching feeling uninspired and stale lately? Are your lessons fine but you and your students aren't engaged or excited? Here are my best easy, inexpensive and fast ways to energize your lessons again during a season that can feel like one long indoor recess.
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Monday Jan 26, 2026
Monday Jan 26, 2026
Early in the semester but feeling burnout? You deserve to feel good! Here are some hacks to implement today to help. Cheers to being a happier music teacher at home and at school!
Tuesday Jan 20, 2026
Tuesday Jan 20, 2026
There is a lot of talk about teacher burnout going around social media. How do we fight it so we can teach music with longevity and joy? Tune in next week for part 2 in this series.
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Monday Jan 12, 2026
Monday Jan 12, 2026
Sometimes one of our biggest stressors happens before we even leave our home. Getting ready! Here are some tips and tricks from a pretty decidely low maintenance music teacher to help you get out the door with less stress.
Tuesday Jan 06, 2026
Tuesday Jan 06, 2026
Six days in to the new year and already feeling overwhelmed and behind at home and at school? Let's start with mindset shifts and achievable action steps. Relax, friend, it does not all have to be done at once.
Look soon for a two part interview with Debbie O'Shea of Crescendo Music Education about her new book!
See you at the Musicplay Wednesday Webinar tomorrow!
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Tuesday Dec 30, 2025
Tuesday Dec 30, 2025
Do nothing for a week! Clean and organize your home before the start of the new year! Our culture gives us so many conflicting messages during this time we are fortunate to have off. Let's say no to the extremes but yes to journaling and reflection about 2025 so we can enter 2026 with kindness and clarity.
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