I Love My Job But It’s Killing Me: The Teacher’s Guide to Conquering Chronic Stress and Sickness

by Lesley Moffat

I Love My Job But It’s Killing Me is the step-by-step guide teachers need to get back to the career they love without compromising their health any longer. I Love My Job But It’s Killing Me is a no-nonsense and practical guide to help get teachers started today on the path to improved health and more energy, so they can get back their career – and their life. Within I Love My Job But It’s Killing Me , teachers learn techniques that

164 pages, Paperback

Published April 7, 2020

Reviews

[Craig Carignan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not really aimed at me but interesting nevertheless.

[Alexandra Franco · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'll have to try implementing her steps before I can give it a higher review. I enjoyed the book and while I sometimes wish it was better written, it seemed to contain a lot of useful stuff. I think most of her method is stuff I already knew; however, she organized it into do-able steps and action plans that are helpful. I really loved her snowglobe metaphor (this is exactly how I feel with ADHD!!). Anyway, I want to give the book more stars, but I literally just finished it and will need to take some time to try making some of her suggested changes before I can give it a higher rating. As is, it's good and I highlighted a lot of stuff. Definitely had some "aha" moments.

[Colleen Marler · Rating 1 out of 5]

I was disappointed in this book. I was hoping for some insight, as a reader who is also a band director like the author, Lesley Moffat. Unfortunately, every time I felt like she was building to an eye-opening thread of advice, she made it an advertisement to go to her website for a personal call. I felt like the entire book was a sails pitch.

[Holly · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5 Stars
I WANTED to love this. This has the potential to be all kinds of relateable for teachers, particularly music teachers. There are some nuggets of wisdom here, and some action steps that can be very useful. Just reading the book is an acknowledgement that our profession is impossibly hard and requires more than we should have to sacrifice to be successful.
However, she lost me on a couple of things:
1) Diet. She strongly implies that gluten and/or grains are the cause of most of your health issues. She is not a doctor or nutritionist, and suggesting eliminating an entire food group just really put me off. (Just because it works for you, doesn't make it right for everyone.)
2.) The selling. She frequently references her coaching services and in the end provides an email link for said services. I'm always put off by the advice of anyone directly selling me something.
3.) Even after going through all of her Mojo steps, she admits that she ultimately had to cut back her teaching schedule to be healthy. I mean, If I could cut two of my classes I'd have time to be healthier too. It just felt disingenuous in the end.

[Sarah · Rating 2 out of 5]

(FYI: me reading this is not a cry for help 😂 I got a copy for free and I’m having a lovely time teaching songs to children.) This was such a self-celebrating humble-brag of a self-help book. The author’s unshakable air of “GO ME!!!” is exhausting to read after a few pages, and the melodrama of her story does not move me to make any changes to my life… just inspires me to laugh out loud and roll my eyes. I guess I appreciate the attempt, and I’m sure people in more dire situations than me will get more out of this.

[Caitlin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some good things for me to think about, but...generally wasn't what I was expecting.