The Empowered Principal® Podcast

Angela Kelly - Education Podcast Network•angelakellycoaching.com

The Empowered Principal® is designed to offer tools and strategies that no other elementary principal resource provides - exercises that strengthen your emotional fitness as an educational leader. Former teacher, principal, district administrator, and Certified Life Coach Angela Kelly discusses why elementary principals feel complete overwhelm, ways to approach the issue of time, how to build authentic relationships with staff, parents, students, and district officials, and how to enjoy your job and life overall. Together, we tackle the toughest aspects of being a principal by learning how to manage your thinking so that you can handle whatever comes your way. Listeners can download a free workbook from my website at www.angelakellycoaching.com

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Ep #8: How to Make More Time

Join me today as I share some of the strategies that I’ve learned and implemented in my own life that have changed my beliefs on the limiting nature of time. However, let me warn you, your brain is not going to like what I’m saying. Give these ideas a chance, really let them in, and reap the rewards. Get full show notes and more information here: http://angelakellycoaching.com/8

Feb 20, 2018•34 min•Ep. 8

Ep #7: Feeling the Fear and Doing It Anyway

Join me this week as I discuss how I got started with The Empowered Principal Podcast . After holding back for so long, I want to tell you how this creation has made me grow as a person. I took the plunge and did something I’d never done before, and I share with you why it was an amazing decision. Get full show notes and more information here: http://angelakellycoaching.com/7

Feb 13, 2018•17 min•Ep. 7

Ep #6: How Approach Impacts Results

Ever wondered why we react with high emotion to some situations more than others? Some situations kick us into action, and we decide to take action with one thing in mind – but could that thing be achieved without taking action at all? Tune in this week as we move onto the final component of the STEAR Cycle – the component that gets the most attention – results, and how they are impacted by the approach you take. Get full show notes and more information here: http://angelakellycoaching.com/6...

Feb 06, 2018•19 min•Ep. 6

Ep #5: Making Intentional Decisions Despite Negative Emotion

Our emotional state impacts our decisions, how we approach meetings, staff members, students, parents, and our entire day. So many of us let our emotions take the wheel and then we disconnect in an attempt to wash away the pain. We sink into inaction even when we know the repercussions for that lack of movement. But what if we could intentionally choose a different approach to whatever we're facing despite the negative emotions? Tune in today to learn how to use the STEAR Cycle to choose a diffe...

Jan 30, 2018•27 min•Ep. 5

Ep #4: How Your Thoughts Trigger Your Emotions

In this episode, we take a look at the first part of the STEAR Cycle – our thoughts and how they impact your emotions. Listen in as I explain what emotions are, where they come from and how they differ from body sensations, and why it’s so important to understand this mechanic. Join me to find out how the tens of thousands of thoughts we experience daily impact how you feel and what you can do in order to slow this thought barrage and take control over your emotional life at work and at home. Ge...

Jan 23, 2018•27 min•Ep. 4

Ep #3: Introduction to the STEAR Cycle and the Power of Thought

On today’s episode of The Empowered Principal Podcast , we’re talking about the source of all painful emotions. We break down the STEAR Cycle so you can start to see how the situations around us, our thoughts about those situations, what emotions we feel, and how we approach those situations, all lead to the results we have in our lives right now. Get full show notes and more information here: http://angelakellycoaching.com/2

Jan 11, 2018•28 min•Ep. 3

Ep #2: Pain vs. Suffering

As human beings, it is perfectly normal to avoid or delay uncomfortable situations. Our brains have evolved to interpret and protect us from death. The problem is, the body cannot differentiate between real and perceived danger. So how do we manage our cavemen brains in today’s environment of fewer and fewer life-threatening events (ie tiger attacks) in order to do the real work in our careers and home lives? Tune in today to discover how you can use awareness to process your pain rather than pr...

Jan 11, 2018•33 min•Ep. 2

Ep #1: The Difference Between a Cause and a Symptom

Welcome to the very first episode of The Empowered Principal Podcast! I am your host, Angela Kelly Robeck, and I'm a Certified Life Coach, who coaches elementary school principals who want to strengthen their emotional fitness as an educational leader. In this inaugural episode, I share a bit of my background and how I got into life coaching, as well as explain what causal coaching is all about and how it can help you become emotionally fit as a human being in order to have an emotionally fit ca...

Jan 11, 2018•26 min•Ep. 1

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