Ep. 045 What a Single Mom Special Ed Teacher Wants You to Know About Going Back to Work after Maternity Leave

Heart and Health Wellness · Jul 7, 2026 · 52m

This is episode six of The Return, and it might be my favorite conversation in the whole series.

Shauntia is a special education teacher who has spent the last six years working with K through 12 students, and for the past several months she has been doing it entirely virtually, logging into classrooms across the country from her home.She went to a fine arts school and majored in drama. She has a sister twenty years younger than her. She is full of surprises, and they kept coming throughout this conversation.

But what surprised me the most was something she did not share right away. About a…