Does it take you a while to relax? Does it take you so long to relax that half your vacation is over by the time you've "relaxed" enough to enjoy it? I'm on vacation in Cancun, Mexico right now. I'm making it an intentional point to luxuriate, feel all of the awesomeness of being me right now, even with my mind chatter and mental drama. Even with what's going on in the world. I'm not in the camp of thinking that my mind drama is a problem that needs to be solved anymore. It just is. And I can st...
Jun 27, 2022•35 min•Season 1Ep. 37
Switching gears, mentally, for the summer slow down. https://www.edutopia.org/blog/calming-end-of-year-stress-lori-desautels Dr. Lori Desautels, article Calming End-of-Year Stress “Calming the brain’s stress response is critical to positive emotion, clarity of thought, and emotional regulation. When we use breathing or focused attention exercises to quiet the emotional center of our brains where fight, flight, and fear reside, we are activating neural circuits in the brain that strengthen the fl...
Jun 20, 2022•24 min•Season 1Ep. 36
I know a lot of us also like to go into Entrepreneur Mode or Small Business Mode or Side Gig Mode during the summer because of the magical 40+ hours a week we now have at our disposal. It’s true. When school lets out for the summer, we are gifted 40+ hours per week of free time. So if you’re one of the countless teachers who uses the extra time that we have over the summer to work on your side business, I’ll be speaking to you today. If you don’t have a side hustle, but you know of a few who do,...
Jun 13, 2022•36 min•Season 1Ep. 35
Now for the tactical side of forming the Fun Committee for your campus! It starts with naming yourself as Co-President of The Fun Committee where you work, NOT getting permission from your principal. Having a partner in crime, a Co-President, will not only make the brainstorming and planning sessions more... well... fun, it will help you stay engaged and committed to the task of seeing this through for your entire staff, department or grade level. You will be accountability buddies. Start with t...
Jun 06, 2022•24 min•Season 1Ep. 34
There are all different shapes and forms of a crisis that could happen in our world. In the wake of a school shooting, school teachers everywhere can feel a collective anxiety as we listen to the details of the latest event. Then all the information, opinions and facts come flooding in. This is when mind management REALLY helps. In this episode, I'll take you through a few simple ideas that could have an impact for the better. Especially when your brain wants you to be convinced that the world i...
May 30, 2022•22 min•Season 1Ep. 33
This episode will go into the foundation of why I want a Fun Committee on my campus and why I think fun is so important for people, especially educators. Next week, Part II will be more about how you can establish a Fun Committee on your own campus for the benefit of your staff. In short, the Fun Committee is a group of teachers who plans fun stuff for the entire staff throughout the year. I think every school should have one because I believe in the importance of consistent opportunities for bo...
May 23, 2022•26 min•Season 1Ep. 32
We could all use a good laugh these days, especially during high stakes testing time in the month of May. So sit back, relax, and have a few laughs at my expense! _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Follow Teacher Mindset Coach on TpT! https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Teacher-Mindset-Coach www.teachermindsetcoach.com Funny as hell newsletter and free PDF to cut your teaching stress in half by tomorrow: subscribepage.com/t...
May 16, 2022•23 min•Season 1Ep. 31
Each of us will have heavy days. We will allow ourselves to feel the weight of what's going on in our lives without judgement or trying to fix it. But when do we allow this on "special" days like Mother's Day, Christmas, New Years, our birthdays, Thanksgiving, or any other time when we are expected to enjoy and just be happy? This past Mother's Day, I had several reasons for feeling heavy, feeling low, and simply not wanting to be in a good mood for the sake of others around me. Listen in on how...
May 09, 2022•17 min•Season 1Ep. 30
Welcome to today's episode where we get the steps we need to build a life in alignment with what we desire. If it was as easy as thinking about what you want then going out and making it happen, you would have done it by now. That's why you're here. You want to know HOW HOW HOW! Here goes! Step 0 - Believe that you are 100% Worthy right now, with or with out any goals met or dreams realized. 100% Worthy. Step 1 - Acknowledge your Desires Step 2 - Solidify & Get Clear within the categories of...
May 01, 2022•31 min•Season 1Ep. 29
This week, I take a closer look at the phrase I've heard some of my most revered and highly successful Life Coach mentors say... "It's not better here than there." You see, my dad is now living in the tiny house in my backyard. I sure as hell think he's better here than where he was, for so many reasons. And so does he. So how can this phrase be stuck in my mind so much? Probably because life is still 50/50. It's a somewhat equal mix of good and bad. In reference to changes you may have on the h...
Apr 25, 2022•21 min•Season 1Ep. 28
I'm so proud to announce the completion of the first section of the Six Weeks to Summer Program and I'm giving it out for free! The link is right here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AUDZkcj-tp9xL1SgHCiqzCEVfqzRThRW/view?usp=sharing I can't wait to hear what you think and how this has helped you as the summer gets closer and closer. There's no better time than the present to manage our minds since we know this is the key to feeling how and what we want to feel in our lives. In this episode, I ...
Apr 17, 2022•29 min•Season 1Ep. 27
We all have those seminars, conferences and workshops that we can't wait to tell everyone about after they are done. We get so much value. So much content. So much info that we want to shout it from the rooftops and share it with the world. I don't want to share this with the world. I want to share this with YOU. My teachers. My people. So, even though this was a conference for Life Coach School Certified Coaches, I'm relaying and relating this information back to my teachers. Because I know it ...
Apr 10, 2022•31 min•Season 1Ep. 26
Legacy is more than the sum of money a person leaves to their loved ones after they pass on. In this episode, I'll offer some thoughts, some questions that might help you think differently about the legacy you leave as way MORE that just material possessions or inheritance. The legacy you leave may also be so much MORE than what your heirs will think or say about you, what they'll remember and what they'll sort through when you're gone. Perhaps our legacy is only and exactly what we define it as...
Apr 03, 2022•33 min•Season 1Ep. 25
Even when life seems to go by us in a flash, leaving us in the dust with a deer in the headlights look, we can learn how to come back to reality and really take everything in for our benefit. When we pause to appreciate actively, time can slow down, we can smile to ourselves and life will be that much more rich. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Go to www.teachermindsetcoach.com for your Freebie on how to Give Burnout the BOOT ...
Mar 21, 2022•32 min•Season 1Ep. 24
For our episode today about lessons I learned this past week from backyard baseball with my seven year old son, Miles. There were three profound moments that I’ll be describing to you today. 1) Try again, 2) One small adjustment creates amazing results, and 3) The point is to just believe in yourself. Children need adults in their lives who create a safe environment for them to mess up repeatedly while the adult is there, observing, confirming and supporting without judgment. How can we cut the ...
Mar 13, 2022•28 min•Season 1Ep. 23
Instead of hitting goals or reaching milestones, which almost insinuates that the work is over when it's reached, let's instead make what stretches us into something that is now a new standard for us. In this episode, we'll have a new tool and strategy for this very thing. I'll also include a free Stretch to Standard Tracker in my latest email newsletter and my FB Group so be sure to include yourself! www.facebook.com/groups/teachermindsetcoach www.teachermindsetcoach.com Don't be caught without...
Mar 06, 2022•22 min•Season 1Ep. 22
Last week, I didn't publish my weekly podcast episode. I chose my top two priorities at the same time: -care for myself -care for my family When was the last time you chose yourself and your well-being so intentionally that you had zero guilt after making that decision and things worked out perfectly anyway? Today, I'll let you in on the process for making these types of decisions; to put yourself first. I'll reveal how dramatic my brain was about skipping just one little episode. I'll teach you...
Feb 27, 2022•23 min•Season 1Ep. 21
For anyone, anywhere, who is struggling with sleeplessness, being a light sleeper, having a song stuck in your head or just not being able to fall asleep, today's episode is for you! I go through the processes and practices that I've found help me most when I'd rather be asleep than awake when I'm horizontal. The info in my free PDF - Give Burnout the BOOT will also help with this struggle. Get yours at www.teachermindsetcoach.com Don't be caught without a plan. Make your Mental & Emotional ...
Feb 13, 2022•30 min•Season 1Ep. 20
I want teachers to feel better. I want teachers to learn the concepts that helped me grow up and into the person I am today. A person who believes that burnout has nothing on me. I laugh in the face of burnout. Burnout has no face. Burnout is only a figment of my imagination. I can obliterate burnout with a firehose or blow it out in a single breath. That’s the story I tell myself, which helps me feel empowered. But I’m getting ahead of myself. You see, I have a very specific view on teacher bur...
Feb 06, 2022•32 min•Season 1Ep. 19
Y’all. All week, I’ve been telling myself that I’m doing epic shit. And the evidence is all around me to prove myself true, to prove my trajectory true, to prove that I’m fulfilling my promise and reaching my most important goals that I’ve chosen for my biggest life. You might be surprised how simple these goals are. And if you’ve been listening for a bit, you may even know what my top priority is. If this is your first time listening, welcome to the podcast! I’d also love to see you in the free...
Jan 30, 2022•27 min•Season 1Ep. 18
This is the Teacher Mindset Coach podcast, episode #17! Hello there! Welcome back to part 3 of the series on disrupting stagnant energy! Today we’ll be talking about the energy in our relationships with others and how there could be some stagnating going on that is worth it to pay attention to and clean up. Today we are going to start uncovering some potentially stagnant and stinking thinking we may have in relation to the people who are in our lives. As teachers, we have sooooo many people in o...
Jan 23, 2022•31 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Welcome to Part II of my three part series on disrupting stagnant energy! Today we talk about stagnant thoughts and how they can make a big stink in our lives without us even realizing it. You see, stagnant thoughts are sneaky because they've been there for a while. They sit around, being all innocent, and they keep us stuck in places we have likely been for years. The work starts when we realize we may not want to think particular thoughts anymore or believe something we've held onto all our li...
Jan 16, 2022•31 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Where can stagnant energy be in our lives? This is Part I of a three part series where I discuss three important areas of the energy in life: physical, self-relational and relational with others. We will explore the notion that energy can be free flowing and clean or stagnant and toxic. And these areas where we envision this energy as it moves or doesn’t move can be associated with a belief or thought, or absence of thought. Today, we talk about the physical spaces around us like our home. I ref...
Jan 09, 2022•29 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Today we are going to focus on how people make meaning in their lives, and because of that, their lives are made. We are basically living the results of what our brain is offering us in relation to the stimuli we encounter. Our brain is the filter and the interpreter of outside information for us. And, if we allow our brains to operate the way they always have and the way they are defaulted to work, we may never see ourselves reaching our highest potential on the peak of that mountain. What I wa...
Jan 02, 2022•23 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Ever experience a bit of frustration or jealousy that you don’t have that end result that they have or you don’t have as much of something that you assume they have such as happiness, patience, freedom, time or wealth? Today we’re going to talk about this intriguing phenomenon I have witnessed myself go through and now I’m witnessing and coaching my clients through. One of my most influential coaches, Brooke Castillo, calls this How Greed. Its the idea that most adult humans want to figure out a...
Dec 26, 2021•29 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Today we are going to talk about how dreaming for a bigger, more full life is great and all but we have to accept and allow for the discomfort of that growth. So many awesome metaphors come to mind when I think of the discomfort of growth. A caterpillar creating a chrysalis, transforming into an unrecognizable goo then miraculously emerging as an entirely different creature. A baby falling down countless times, bumping their knees, elbows, backs, noggins and chins all in the name of strengthenin...
Dec 19, 2021•22 min•Season 1Ep. 12
" Now is your time to dream bigger than you’ve ever allowed yourself to dream. Experience the joy of having that be your life now. Examine your thoughts that come up when your brain goes to work on up-leveling yourself and your life. And also notice how the simple things in your life can bring you the most pure love and joy." This episode focuses on what we've learned in the previous two shows and we list out 25 things that we want in our lives, most of which we are already so joyous to have! Wh...
Dec 12, 2021•24 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Its Week 2 of The Joy Jumpstart here in the Teacher Mindset Coach world! This means, our episode today will focus on bringing joy into the present moment. I'd like to offer you one powerful way of doing this. Its the simple act of brining the desire for the things or people that we have in our lives into the present moment. Remember when you wanted someone or something so badly when you didn't have it? Maybe it was all you could think about. And you spent a lot of brain energy figuring out HOW y...
Dec 05, 2021•16 min•Season 1Ep. 10
I’m so excited to be starting this three-part series of my free Joy Jumpstart program. This is Part I and its called The Ghost of Christmas Past. The Joy Jumpstart is a free program for teachers for those pesky three weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas break that seem so unfair! Its unfair that we have to show up for three weeks between the two breaks! Couldn’t they just give us all of December off? Does this sound like you? This used to be me before I started doing work that went deeper th...
Nov 28, 2021•28 min•Season 1Ep. 9
This episode is jam packed with ways to create emotions for your future. Specifically, I uncover some of my personal experiences with the Sunday blues and how depressing my thoughts used to be about returning to school after a long break. Do you ever experience this? The longing for just one more day, one more weekend or one more week off before we have to go back? You're not alone. And I will guide you through an exercise in this episode to uncover some of these thoughts and beliefs that are cr...
Nov 28, 2021•26 min•Season 1Ep. 8
