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065 - Pit Pony Revisited: The Summer Series - James Terry
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As part of our Summer 2025 Rewind Series, we are revisiting one of the most heartfelt and compelling conversations we have ever shared.
In this reissue, we are joined by James Terry, a former RE teacher who knew from a young age that teaching was his calling. After six joyful years in the classroom, James took a promotion and relocated to a new school. Within four terms, everything changed.
He describes the slow unravelling that followed. A creeping sense of disconnection. Burnout. Anxiety. Physical symptoms that went unacknowledged. Eventually, the painful decision to walk away from the career he had once loved.
But this is not a story of failure. It is a story of transformation.
From a short-lived plan to become a bus driver, to years of supply teaching, and finally retraining as a civil celebrant, James found a new way to make a lasting impact. Today, he supports hundreds of families through the most important and emotional moments of their lives, bringing presence, compassion and deep humanity to everything he does.
This revisited episode is for anyone seeking clarity, courage or simply the reassurance that purpose can be rediscovered in the most unexpected places.
Originally aired: November 2024 | Reissued: Summer 2025
With thanks to our episode sponsors (Click to visit their websites):
Mark Rickard - Author: Teach, Survive, Repeat
Loving the Pit Pony Podcast? We’d be so grateful for your support! We’ve set up a Buy Me a Coffee page where you can make a small donation to help keep the podcast running.
https://buymeacoffee.com/thepitponyclub
Voice Message Us: https://www.speakpipe.com/pitponypodcast
Contribute to our 'Silenced by Support' Campaign - complete the questionnaire, read the report, sign up to the mailing list.
If you've been affected by any of the issues raised in our podcast there are organisations who can help:
Join Us:
- Subscribe to the Pit Pony Podcast
- Sign up to our mailing list here: http://eepurl.com/i1L5ck
Thanks for listening 🙏
Edited with finesse by our Podcast Super Producer, Mike Roberts of Making Digital R...
68 episodes
Manage episode 497143090 series 3610145
As part of our Summer 2025 Rewind Series, we are revisiting one of the most heartfelt and compelling conversations we have ever shared.
In this reissue, we are joined by James Terry, a former RE teacher who knew from a young age that teaching was his calling. After six joyful years in the classroom, James took a promotion and relocated to a new school. Within four terms, everything changed.
He describes the slow unravelling that followed. A creeping sense of disconnection. Burnout. Anxiety. Physical symptoms that went unacknowledged. Eventually, the painful decision to walk away from the career he had once loved.
But this is not a story of failure. It is a story of transformation.
From a short-lived plan to become a bus driver, to years of supply teaching, and finally retraining as a civil celebrant, James found a new way to make a lasting impact. Today, he supports hundreds of families through the most important and emotional moments of their lives, bringing presence, compassion and deep humanity to everything he does.
This revisited episode is for anyone seeking clarity, courage or simply the reassurance that purpose can be rediscovered in the most unexpected places.
Originally aired: November 2024 | Reissued: Summer 2025
With thanks to our episode sponsors (Click to visit their websites):
Mark Rickard - Author: Teach, Survive, Repeat
Loving the Pit Pony Podcast? We’d be so grateful for your support! We’ve set up a Buy Me a Coffee page where you can make a small donation to help keep the podcast running.
https://buymeacoffee.com/thepitponyclub
Voice Message Us: https://www.speakpipe.com/pitponypodcast
Contribute to our 'Silenced by Support' Campaign - complete the questionnaire, read the report, sign up to the mailing list.
If you've been affected by any of the issues raised in our podcast there are organisations who can help:
Join Us:
- Subscribe to the Pit Pony Podcast
- Sign up to our mailing list here: http://eepurl.com/i1L5ck
Thanks for listening 🙏
Edited with finesse by our Podcast Super Producer, Mike Roberts of Making Digital R...
68 episodes
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