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Letters to a Young Teacher

Wisdom for Those Who Guide Others

Paul O'Neill Francinne Kaye Gacilo

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Lantern & Light Press
30 September 2025
This is not a manual. It's a quiet act of rebellion.

Letters to a Young Teacher is a poetic and piercing exchange between two educators-a seasoned guide and a young teacher navigating burnout, grief, and the quiet longing to feel again.

What begins as an honest back-and-forth becomes something else entirely: a reckoning with perfectionism, a gentle rebellion against performative strength, and a soft return to joy.

This is a book for those who hold others while quietly falling apart. For the ones who wear calm faces while screaming on the inside. For teachers, mentors, coaches-and anyone who leads without always knowing how to hold themselves.

These letters don't preach. They breathe. They carry tools that don't demand. Stories that regulate the body. And language that grants permission-to feel again, to rest, to reclaim wonder.

You'll find somatic practices layered into prose. Nervous system insights woven with wit and clarity. And a companionship that speaks to the heart of every leader who's ever asked: What if I'm not okay?

You don't need fixing to be of value. You just need presence. And the courage to begin again.

Paul O'Neill is the author of Back into Delight and the Neuro-Resilience Skills series. He helps leaders stay clear, calm, and connected-so their teams can move as one.

Francinne Kaye Gacilo is an educator and coach who brings the heart of a teacher to every role-from classroom care to digital transformation.
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Imprint:   Lantern & Light Press
Dimensions:   Height: 229mm,  Width: 152mm,  Spine: 13mm
Weight:   395g
ISBN:   9781764090759
ISBN 10:   1764090756
Pages:   166
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Paul O'Neill is trusted by professionals in business, heavy industry, medical and mental health, and elite sports as a consultant, coach, and guide. For more than twenty-five years, he's been doing exactly that: guiding individuals, teams, and entire organisations through the thickets of change, chaos, and contradiction with a calm intensity that refuses to settle for surface solutions.His leadership and coaching record spans continents and industries, yet his work never follows a formula. That's the point. Real transformation, he insists, can't be imposed or standardised. It must be built, brick by deliberate brick, in the language, rhythm, and logic of those who live it.Clients across Australia, New Zealand, the UK, North America, and South Africa describe him as 'visionary', 'invaluable', 'a lifelong friend'-though the word most often repeated is 'transformational'. Not because Paul performs miracles, but because he hands the tools over. He trains people to recognise patterns, to respond to pressure with composure, to build resilience that sticks-not just in the individual nervous system, but in the culture of entire teams. Francinne Kaye Gacilo brings the heart of a teacher to everything she does - whether in the classroom or behind the scenes of digital transformation. A licensed educator by training, she later transitioned into the dynamic world of digital media and content development. Before stepping into the world of teaching, she gained firsthand experience in the corporate environment where she learned the true value of collaboration, adaptability and showing up even when the script runs out. That transition shaped more than her resume. It shaped her worldview. Working with teams, leading projects and mentoring others revealed not just the challenges young professionals face, but the inner battles of self-doubt, burnout, and the need to belong.Francinne writes and works from lived experience, blending curiosity with compassion, structure with soul. Her contribution to this work is a reflection of her deep belief: that resilience is not a trait we're born with, it is something that we build slowly and practice daily through ordinary moments, difficult choices and persistence to keep showing up.

Reviews for Letters to a Young Teacher: Wisdom for Those Who Guide Others

It's rare that I would use such a word but it's extremely well-earned in Paul's case: he is a visionary. His ability to make the complex simple, to get to the heart of an issue and to recommend an effective solution is outstanding. His vitality and energy is infectious Emma Jensen, Head of Go-To-Market, OPTUS Through the lens of research in neuroscience, Paul can forge interventions that promote resilience. His type of coaching allowed me to be better equipped to cope with stress and adversity, at my level, but also recognising the signs in other people and helped me being a be manager Jessica Scalzo, Variety Improvement Manager at COSTA Paul is one of the energizing and gifted leaders I know. He is also one of the most skilled NLP practitioners I have had the good fortune to meet"" Tim Dalmau, CEO at Dalmau Consulting As a leader, Paul has a unique quality rarely seen in today's leaders and that is: the ability to find and bring out 'the best' in people"" Tony Enache, CFO at Farm Pride Foods. Paul offers a refreshing take on leadership and workplace change strategies. He provides time efficient tailored insights and solutions to support and equip leaders to develop, reframe perspectives and shift the status quo to deliver positive outcomes suited to today's dynamic work environment"" Elizabeth Brockbank, Environmental Manager at ALCOA Paul demonstrated a balanced consultative senior management approach that could quickly interpret and translate detailed plans and how they could consolidate into overall strategies for KPI success"" Peter Sheehan, Director GM, Western Sydney Airport. Paul is an excellent trainer who has transformed my life. His amazing skills, dedicated care and consistent emotional intelligence has opened a new world for me to view"" Philip Hoang, Data Engineer at CBHS Paul has been an invaluable asset to both myself personally and in my business strategies. Paul and his unique skill set have aided constant changes in the business and personal arena that mean I achieved positive rather than negative outcomes personally and financially"" Ben K, Director at Collision & Repair Operations My life was just like 'work-retire-die'. But this has changed dramatically after I had couple of sessions with Paul. With his help, I can recognise myself, again. I learned to love myself and make myself a priority, again. Paul's training has not only changed my life, it changed my whole family's life"" Iris Huangfu, Corporate Accountant, Sydney, Australia


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