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Identifying your transferable skills

Leaving teaching: Career change

Identifying your transferable skills

You're capable of more than you realise.

20 Feb 2025
Reflecting on the why

Leaving teaching: Career change

Reflecting on the why

The first step is always the hardest, but it doesn't have to be.

17 Feb 2025
Being different is your greatest strength

Being different is your greatest strength

“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”

21 Dec 2024
5 secrets to engaging and impactful workplace training

5 secrets to engaging and impactful workplace training

We’ve all been there. Your manager decides it’s time for some mandatory training. Perfect, you think: an opportunity to learn! Only to be…

14 Sep 2024
Reflecting on my skin: growing up with racism in the UK

Reflecting on my skin: growing up with racism in the UK

It never really went away.

10 Aug 2024
Listening to silence: discovering your self-worth without a single word

Listening to silence: discovering your self-worth without a single word

If you happen to find yourself alone among strangers; keep silent.

23 Jun 2024
Missed connections

Missed connections

Or: how a moment from 7 years ago still sticks with me in 2024.

16 Mar 2024
(Dis)connection

(Dis)connection

In a world of constant distraction and dopamine, it’s easy to feel like you’re in a bubble of your own.

22 Oct 2023
The night a sauna enthusiast diagnosed me with autism at a Meetup

The night a sauna enthusiast diagnosed me with autism at a Meetup

Photo by Edgar Chaparro on Unsplash

31 Jul 2023
If primary teaching is a loaded gun, then OFSTED pulls the trigger

If primary teaching is a loaded gun, then OFSTED pulls the trigger

Headteacher Ruth Perry’s death is a warning to teachers across the country: the education system doesn’t care about you and it never will.

30 Apr 2023

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What If Tomorrow Never Comes?

What If Tomorrow Never Comes?

When I was younger (and the internet was this brand new, fascinating wild west of adventure), my friend showed me a website called…

19 Feb 2022
Extraordinary happens today, not tomorrow

Extraordinary happens today, not tomorrow

“How long are you going to wait before you demand the best for yourself?”

08 Jan 2022
6 Signs You Need to Change Careers

6 Signs You Need to Change Careers

Realising that you are in the wrong job, or even career, can feel soul-destroying at first, especially if you have invested time and money…

26 Nov 2021
Bury The Dead and Move On

Bury The Dead and Move On

Losing a friend can be devastating.

15 Nov 2021
Scared to start? Just show up

Scared to start? Just show up

With creating, for many people, the hardest part is getting started.

22 Sep 2021
Why Your Inner Voice Is Holding You Back

Why Your Inner Voice Is Holding You Back

“Being successful is, after all, to a critical degree a matter of confidence: a faith that there is no reason why success should not be…

30 Aug 2021
Leaving Teaching: The Decision and Facts

Leaving Teaching: The Decision and Facts

Sitting on a bench by the beach, staring blankly at the sea and realising it was all over.

10 Aug 2021
Reframing: Turning a negative into a positive

Reframing: Turning a negative into a positive

Turning a negative life event into a positive isn’t easy. There will be moments when, just as you start to believe that everything is…

11 Apr 2021
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Alex Panama

Former primary school teacher turned content creator, learning designer and hobbyist game developer.

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