S05 - E06 Lucy Easthope

What happens when the crisis passes but the impact doesn't? And why does telling people to "move on" often cause more harm than the original event? This episode covers these themes and more in conversation with Professor Lucy Easthope, a leading authority on disaster recovery. 

Lucy breaks down the disaster recovery curve, explaining the honeymoon phase, the inevitable slump and why recognising that pattern can be a genuine relief for school leaders who think they're failing. She introduces survivance, a concept rooted in courage and defiance and makes a direct case for why "moving on" is the wrong goal.

The conversation covers burnout, vocational awe, the danger of bad help and how to build preparedness in peacetime. As Lucy puts it: "One of the things that too much hope does is it actually strips us of our own agency." Relevant to anyone leading a school, a trust or any team that’s carrying more than it signed up for.

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