The Empowered Principal® Podcast (Angela Kelly - Education Podcast Network)

Worrying about these occasions when you have to deal with confrontational parents can really stress us out and make us want to just avoid the situation altogether. Tune in this week to discover our brain can really push back against adopting an empowered state and how you can fight through it to give this wonderful job everything it deserves.

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The experience I’m hearing from my clients all over the country is that their teachers stress, worry, and freak out about district walkthroughs. There are several reasons most teachers dread this experience, which I’m diving into on this episode. However, as a site leader, you have the opportunity to leverage district walkthroughs to create empowerment, and I’m here to show you how.

Hear my top tips for leveraging district walkthroughs to create a sense of empowerment and validation among your teachers. I’ll be sharing my thoughts on why district walkthroughs tend to feel intimidating, how confirmation bias might come into play, and what you can do as a principal to turn around the district walkthrough experience for your school.

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Join me on the podcast this week to discover why it’s totally okay that you don’t truly believe in your effectiveness as a leader right now, and how to build that trust in yourself genuinely and gradually, step by step, using the Rungs of Belief. This work isn’t an instant fix and it takes time, but it truly is the only way to build real confidence in yourself and your ability to lead your school.

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Tune in this week as Diana and I discuss the changes that need to happen in our school system, and how the recent pandemic has set the stage perfectly for us to enact radical changes that will benefit the people who matter most: the students. Diana is sharing how she found passion in working with the school system, and the possibility that is available to all of us when we really apply ourselves to the work.

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Tune in and find out how we can identify which aspects of our professional lives are not bringing us joy. When we know what we don’t want, we can build our ideal life by making decisions; not thinking about what we should do, but what we want to do. It may sound radical at first, but sit back and listen because this is going to change your life!

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Join me on the show this week and discover a new perspective on the relationship you have with your boss. The two of you have incredibly important jobs and it’s best for everyone if you work well together, so I’m sharing how to reframe the way you perceive the power dynamic and how to make it work in a way that works for everybody in your school.

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I’ve been spending the summer talking a lot about how to increase your value as a school leader, and questioning is actually one of the simplest and most powerful tools you can use. So this week, I’m sharing why getting curious and asking questions is the most valuable work you can do as a school leader, and I’m also giving you the how, so you can begin this work and start seeing the benefits right now.

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Discover how to start deciding ahead of time what you’re going to create, and how doing so will allow you to achieve some truly remarkable things. I’m sharing where my clients have seen success using this process, and how to get started intentionally creating an amazing year as a school leader.

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Tune in this week as I’m sharing the four pieces of advice I found most useful what it came to taking courageous action in my job as the leader of a school. I’ve got examples from my own career, as well as tips on how to implement the mindset required for acting in courage with every decision you take and every time you try something new.

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This week, I invite you to fear no number when you’re setting goals for this year. I’m showing you why we tend to fear numbers as a measure of progress, and why they’re actually our friends that we want to embrace as we work towards our goals.

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Join me on the podcast this week to discover why, even though the outlook for our schools is uncertain, now is the time to apply yourself and dream big. I’m sharing how to shift your thoughts to the future, without focusing on all the negatives, so you can be ready to face what’s to come with fresh ideas that serve your vision as a school leader.

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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.

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Does it feel like your urges have complete control over your life? Are you eating more than you’d like? Do you find yourself staying up watching Netflix when you said you would go to bed earlier? Are you answering emails, even when you said you wouldn't check them?

Hear why, while we can’t extinguish our urges, we can allow them without responding. I’m sharing how you might be strengthening your urges, why acknowledging and identifying where your urge is coming from is the key to creating change, and what becomes possible when you learn how to hold space for your urges.

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Discover how to lead through the emotional tsunami that is hitting our schools. We are all human beings with thoughts and emotions, and it’s not your job as a leader to control other people. But you can show up as the leader they need during this emotionally turbulent time and lead through the emotional tsunami our schools are getting swept up in.

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Tune in this week as Jewelle and I discuss the mental and emotional challenges she and so many other teachers face and how these can result in really debilitating outcomes. Jewelle is sharing why it’s okay to put yourself and your self-care first as a teacher, and how we as leaders can do a better job of modeling this behavior for our staff.

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This week, I’m joined by Katie Novak and Kristan Rodriguez to have an important conversation about how leveraging systems can help you become a better school leader. Katie is the founder and executive director of Novak Education: an organization renowned for designing and delivering professional development on UDL, MTSS, and leadership practices. Kristan is the founder of Commonwealth Consulting Agency LLC: an organization dedicated to providing professional development, training, and consulting services to educational organizations and agencies.

Hear why systems play a vital role in providing everyone within your school with what they need to be wildly successful. Katie and Kristan are sharing how their work helps school leaders leverage systems that support both students and staff, and how you can begin practicing thoughtful assessments of what systems are working towards your vision and which aren’t. 

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Join me this week as I invite you to embrace the after-break blues, and show you why doing so is crucial. And once you’ve recognized that this phase is completely normal, I’m offering the first steps for creating a system for you and your staff that will have everyone showing up in a more energized, positive way.

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Erin Bowlby has been in the education world for 13 years, but she started her school principalship journey a year ago. She knew she needed help and support as she navigated school leadership for the first time, and she’s rewinding her experience all the way back to the beginning to offer some nuggets of wisdom she’s discovered along the way.

If you’re an aspiring leader like Erin, navigating the waters of school leadership for the first time, listen in. Erin is sharing her journey of embracing being new, the value of modeling vulnerability as a school leader, some of the challenges and wins she’s experienced, and how our coaching together helped bring the spark back to principalship.

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Join me on the podcast this week to discover how a positive personal relationship with yourself will change everything when it comes to your work as a school leader. I’m sharing how to build a deep relationship with yourself so you can start to truly enjoy every aspect of your life as the person you are inside.

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Being a successful leader is less about WHAT you do. It’s about WHO you BECOME. Here's an invitation to the fastest path to becoming the school leader who accomplishes your professional goals without sacrificing your personal life.

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I have a very dear friend and special guest on the podcast this week: Maggie Reyes. Maggie is a magical Master Certified Life Coach who works with women who are wildly successful in their professional lives, so that’s all of you listening, and she’s here to give us some practical education on how to feel better in your relationship, no matter what’s going on at school.

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Join me on the podcast this week and discover a new way to set goals and take the steps required to meet your desired results, all by working on your mind. It’s impossible to achieve new goals with the same old mindset, so we’re going to engage the STEAR Cycle to set the kind of challenges your brain will relish taking on.

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With the coronavirus completely changing the face of education right now, Gina Yonts of the Association of Washington School Principals is joining me today for a discussion about the impact of this pandemic on the future of our school system, as well as the immediate effect that this uncertainty is having on our school leaders right now, and how you can cope during this time.

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Tune in this week as first-year principal Amy and I discuss the things that fueled her success as a first-year principal. We’re discussing how good time management frees you up to focus on making the most of every day you have as a principal, managing your mind around leading a team, and how to let yourself be new during your first year of school leadership.

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Do you ever feel discouraged or distraught by your school's performance score? As a principal, it's easy to take these ratings very personally and let them define your sense of success or failure as a leader. If you find yourself getting caught up in the trap of chasing perfection or letting a low score define your worth as a leader, this episode is for you. 

I provide some perspective on school scores and how they can impact your mental and emotional well-being as a principal. Your school score does not define you, your staff, your students, or your school. In this episode, I invite you to focus on the sufficiency of where your school is at right now and celebrate the progress you're making.

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Join me on this episode and discover why we get stuck in inaction and how to change your thoughts to allow you to take the steps that you’ve been dreaming of. I’m sharing the 5 C’s that you need to start mastering in order to look whatever is paralyzing you in the eye and act anyway.

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Listen in to my conversation with Stacey Smith about cultivating relationships, building a team that supports your vision for your school, and how to show up every day embracing vulnerability, responsibility, and discomfort to get the results you want to see in your life and work. 

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I sit down with Andra Bostic and Sarah Murphy, the founders of The Principal Exchange, to discuss how their platform is revolutionizing the way principals access support and resources. Andra and Sarah bring a wealth of experience to the table, having worked as classroom teachers, reading specialists, instructional coaches, and administrators in public education. Through their work, they’ve traveled the country, building relationships with principals and gaining a deep understanding of the unique challenges they face.

Learn about The Principal Exchange platform and how it provides an online marketplace where principals can find and share resources, connect with colleagues, and access the support they need to thrive in their roles. Andra and Sarah also share their vision for the platform and discuss how it's helping principals overcome isolation, burnout, and the daily struggles of school leadership.

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Your identity is simply what you believe about yourself and what you're capable of learning, doing, experiencing, handling, creating, and having. You can hold firm to your identity if it’s currently serving you well, but if you feel restless or stuck on repeat, it might be time for an identity shift. Today, you will learn how evolving your identity is the key to expanding your impact, productivity, and fulfillment as a principal.

Hear why intentionally redefining how you see yourself, what you believe you're capable of, and who you want to become are essential for achieving your biggest goals and dreams, both professionally and personally. You will also learn a simple but transformative process for upgrading your identity so you can show up as your most empowered self.

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The winter dip is real, and most of you are in testing season and conducting teacher observations right now, looking ahead to the end of the school year when you can finally take a breather. Whether you’re someone who loves planning so much that you get caught up in the details or someone who intends to plan but gets overwhelmed by the busyness of your job as a leader, I’ve got you covered this week.

I show you why end-of-year planning matters and how to begin convincing your brain of the importance of planning. I’m sharing some of the most common obstacles to end-of-year planning that principals face and my top tips for mapping out your vision for your school using The Empowered Principal process.

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Join me on the podcast this week to discover what I believe the solution is to the mental and emotional difficulties the whole school system is facing. I’m sharing the path back to more happy and contented schools, and how you can take positive steps towards this goal right now.

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Discover exactly what’s going on in your brain when somebody is bugging you, and what you can do about it. Your mind might not like hearing what’s responsible for the negative attention you’re paying this person, but I want you to hear me out because understanding this is the key to changing your experience of others at this time of year.

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Join me this week as I discuss how to deal with feeling like a fraud as a leader, and how to conduct yourself in a way that allows you to not have an answer to every question. I even have some tips on how you can get your staff to reflect on their own issues, leaving you free to excel at what you do best.

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Whether this is your first year as a principal or your twentieth, if you are excited to be heading to the office but you find yourself swimming in anxiety or stress about all that is to come in the new year, we can do work through the thoughts that are causing stressful emotions and level out your energy and focus so you’re not revving at such a high vibrational rate. 

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Daman Harris, Ph.D., is a trailblazing expert in educator retention and antiracist leadership. Dr. Harris is an experienced teacher, coach, principal, district administrator, adjunct professor, speaker, writer, and consultant. His first book, The Antiracist School Leader, articulates a big-picture framework and research-based actions for bringing the power of antiracist education to your school, and he’s here to show us how to have courageous conversations around diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Daman and I explore how we, as school leaders, can take note of how we’re engaging with antiracism daily and the work we can do to start orienting our schools toward antiracism. We’re discussing the importance of creating a safe space for conversations, why it takes courage to lead an antiracist school, and how his book can serve as a starting point.

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Have you ever felt like you're drowning in the demands of school leadership?

Like you're constantly choosing between being a good leader and having a life outside of school?

You're not alone.

In this week's episode, I sit down with Jeff Linden of the Education Leadership with Principal JL podcast to share my journey from feeling completely overwhelmed as a first-year principal to discovering how to lead with intention while maintaining work-life balance.

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We’ve been led to believe that we need to have a combative relationship with time. We say things like, “I don’t have time,” or “Time slipped away from me,” and we use time as a scapegoat for why we’re unhappy or for not accomplishing the things we truly want to do. The truth is we’ve been sold on this oppressive framework of time, but we can begin building a beautiful relationship with it instead.

Learn how to make peace with time once and for all. Hear about the false narratives we repeat about our time and energy, how they’re holding you back, why your battle with time isn’t with time itself, and how to stop going to war with time so you can instead learn to understand, love, and show compassion for it.

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Tune into this bonus episode to discover how to move forward with your schoolyear making morale a priority among your staff. I’m sharing the problems my clients are facing around the morale of their staff, and I’m giving you some actionable advice to focus on the energetic engagement of your teachers.

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Discover how to do an amazing job as a principal without being busy. I’m sharing why this is such a common trap that human beings fall into, and instead how to slow yourself down and avoid the trap of perpetuating the overwhelm and mental chaos too many school leaders fall into.

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Join me this week where we will learn how to deal with people who are making you uncomfortable and how you can take back control without relying on the other person to change their behavior. I’m giving you a step-by-step process for creating and maintaining boundaries that you can tailor to you.

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If you're a perfectionist, relentlessly driving yourself to do more and better, and struggling with self-love, this episode is a personal message to you.

I delve into the transformative influence of self-forgiveness on the quality of both your personal life and leadership experiences. Discover what might be hindering your journey towards self-forgiveness, why this could be a form of self-imprisonment, and learn that forgiving yourself does not equate to renouncing responsibility for your mistakes.

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Join me on the podcast this week to discover how to take inventory of your emotions as a new leader and stop them from completely taking over before they affect your decisions in a negative way. I’m sharing my own story of becoming a leader before I truly believed I was ready, and what you can do to move through that doubt and start leading with confidence.

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This week, I want to share some of my personal gratitude and love for Martha Beck, along with some stories of how her teaching has influenced the ups and downs of my life. If it wasn’t for Martha, I honestly don’t know where I’d be today. Her advice has gotten me through the past few years, so this is my way of saying a massive thank you.

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Tune in this week to discover why it’s so important that we switch gears and start acknowledging that when it comes to the challenges of 2020, we are all completely new to this. But this doesn’t have to be as frightening as it sounds because I’m sharing the Empowered Principal process, my three steps to start feeling confident in your decisions no matter the circumstances.

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Join me this week as I share my tips on how to begin the process of evolving your self-concept to close the gap of cognitive dissonance. I’m showing you what is required of you to start doing this work, and I’m laying out some key questions you can ask yourself to start actively shifting your thoughts.

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Tune in this week to discover how to check in with your time scarcity mindset and reframe your thoughts around what you can achieve at work in the hours that you have available to you. I’m sharing what I see in my clients, as well as my own ongoing progress in this area.

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We are a nation going through COVID fatigue, and so many of us are in resistance to our current reality. So, tune into this bonus episode for a little reality check. We don’t know where the finish line is, so I’m sharing how to manage your mind about returning to school, and what you can do to acknowledge your emotions during this difficult time.

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This is just the bare foundation of how we could deal with the aversion people have to discussing mental health, but if we can make a start, that would be incredibly powerful. So tune in this week to discover what you can do to bring mental health into the consciousness of your students, teachers, and the community as a whole.

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Join me on the podcast this week to gain some insight into how you’re making decisions, where this process is holding you back, and how you can make decisions that are less emotionally draining. When you can be decisive without it consuming so much energy, you will be unstoppable.

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Tune in this week to discover how to look at the decisions you’re making and see them for what they are. I’m sharing how to start making empowered decisions from a place of possibility, rather than a desire for certainty or a people-pleasing place. When you can look at your decisions in this way, I guarantee that positive results will follow.

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Tune in this week to discover how to start asking for what you want. I’m sharing why we are so reluctant to just ask for what we want, and I’m giving you my tips for facing the discomfort and asking for exactly what you want.

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Join me on the podcast this week and discover how to reframe the way you look at debt and hopefully see it in a more positive light. When you can view debt for what it is, especially when it is accumulated in the pursuit of something better, you can stop with self-blame and start to make better, more future-focused decisions.

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Join me this week to discover what your role as a leader is during this time of uncertainty, and how you can create certainty internally so that you can continue to serve your school and be the leader everyone needs you to be right now. This is stressful, no doubt. But when you can disregard what you can’t control and focus your energy on what you can, you will make things easier for yourself and everyone around you.

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Okay, so I wrote a book you guys. I finally overcame the fear of not knowing how and wrote my book after loving writing and wanting to write a book for years! Join me today as I share the lessons I learned from writing a book and how Dr. Lauria pushed, motivated, inspired and encouraged me to keep going because she knew that I was capable of achieving this goal... even when I didn't believe in myself yet. 

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We’re taught all our lives that things happen to us, but it doesn’t have to be this way. Discover why predetermined outcomes are 100% available to you right now. I’m sharing where we try to control things that we cannot, and neglect to control the things we can, so you can see how to start working towards predetermined outcomes today.

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Listen in today as Ben and I have a conversation about what kind of mindset he had to cultivate to become a school principal after teaching for three years, what contributed to his success as a leader, and the one thing that will empower the people around you more than anything else. Mental and emotional resiliency starts with you, and I hope Ben’s story motivates you to prioritize doing this work yourself.

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Join me on this episode and discover how to manage situations where your staff require your direct support, and how to use coaching to promote the ability of your teachers to solve their own problems. This is not an easy job, but if your staff feel supported, it can make your life that much easier.

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There’s an important distinction between allowing things to be hard, expecting things to be hard, and taking a break when something is too hard. I’ve been exploring this for myself in both my personal and professional life, and being able to differentiate between these three types of hard has been profound. 

If you’re at max capacity and feel like you’re drowning, you’re in the right place. Join me this week to learn how you might be succumbing to hard work in a way that isn’t serving you, questions to ask yourself when you’re faced with something that’s too hard, and how to get back in the driver’s seat instead of letting hard work run you over.

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We spoke last week about what self-care really is and why it often takes a back seat when it comes to our work as school leaders. Now you have that in your consciousness, I want to discuss how to build up your self-care discipline, so you can incorporate it into your life in a way that serves you.

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Listen in this week to discover the work you have to do to accelerate your accomplishments and become a highly influential and impactful leader. This is especially hard if you’re new to school leadership, but I know that by focusing on these few concepts, you’ll start building up your legacy and transform into the leader you dream of becoming.

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Listen in this week to discover what it looks like to live in 100% belief, regardless of the circumstances around you. I’m sharing how to be convicted in your beliefs and your vison for your school, even if they seem impossible right now, and how to make sure that your conviction rises above all obstacles, challenges, failures, and disappointments that will inevitably come up.

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Discover what I believe are the top four leadership assets that every principal needs to learn how to utilize. I’m sharing how to use these resources as tools that will help you do an amazing job and create an environment where your teachers love to work and one that allows the students to live into their potential.

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Join Natalie Wilson and I on the podcast this week as we discuss how you as a school leader can make a real difference in your community. Natalie is sharing what shaped her experience as a racially ambiguous student, and what she thinks schools have started doing right and where they need to improve.

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In this episode, I'm diving deep into the root causes of the Sunday Scaries and offering practical strategies to shift your mindset and approach the week ahead with confidence and clarity. As a school leader, your mental and emotional well-being is crucial to your success and the success of your school. It's time to break free from the cycle of worry and embrace a more empowered way of leading.

I share insights from my own journey as a principal and a coach, as well as proven techniques to help you overcome the Sunday Scaries and step into your full potential as a school leader. Get ready to transform your Sundays from scary to satisfying and set yourself up for a week of purpose, productivity, and positive impact.

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Discover why focusing on your role as a mentor will always generate bigger and better results than leading from a place of believing, “I’m the boss so you need to do what I say.” I’m sharing why you’re not here to save the day, and how to become the mentor your staff need.

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Find out how to have staffing assignment conversations without worry and overwhelm. I’m sharing some pointers for what you need to consider during your decision-making process, and how to be sold on your decisions, even if you initially get some pushback.

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Why are student behaviors so intense this year? Why does pressure feel like it’s at an all-time high right now? Why are teachers and staff members so discontent? Why does this job feel harder than ever before? Why is this all happening?

This week, learn why believing that things happen to you will keep you stuck feeling disempowered, how to begin shifting the narrative of your questions, and why there’s nothing you can’t accomplish when you begin wondering how everything is happening for you.

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Tune in this week to discover how to accept the circumstances that have been forced upon us and how you can move yourself and your community forward from a place of acceptance, as well as what you can expect to happen if you don’t embrace the reality that you have zero control.

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Our human brains love to live in the world of all-or-none, telling us we simply can’t have it all. This thinking is constantly reinforced throughout our lifetimes, so of course, we come to believe life is an all-or-none game. But I’m here this week to show you that you can have things that seem to contradict each other by leaning into the balance of AND.

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Discover the extended value of coaching for your family and school community. Hear how coaching provides compounding benefits that impact every aspect of your life, and why the rate of return 10X’s what you’ve invested not only for yourself, but for your friends, family, staff, students, and the district.

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This week I show you why it benefits everyone in your community when you build a resourceful team. We would all love to delegate with confidence so we can focus on our role as a leader, and when you’re aware of all the ways in which you might be preventing a culture of resourcefulness, doing this will become so much easier.

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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.

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Join me on the podcast this week to kickstart your 2020 and generate the kind of fun energy that will make this year your most productive and successful yet. I’m sharing how you can believe that your job is amazing, your teaching staff is loving and trustworthy, and that you’re doing the great work that your students deserve, all without taking action to change your circumstances.

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Listen in on our conversation as Jena and I discuss the transition from teacher to principal, how to make time for what’s important to you in your new role, and how coaching has given her a new perspective on how she is performing in her job. It’s a real pleasure to be able to bring you this interview, and if you’re new to the job, or even just considering applying, this is the perfect episode to get you going.

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If you believe you already have the systems in place, you know yourself, and you know your school, but you still feel stuck as to how to move your school forward, listen in. My client Jami has something incredibly valuable to offer you today as she walks us through how she’s worked on moving her mindset from good to great, helping a new school come to life, and doing so while balancing her time with five children at home!

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Do your teachers ever come to you with perceived problems they want your help solving? It's easy to get caught up in trying to solve every issue that comes your way, but what if some of those "problems" aren't really problems at all?

In this episode, I share a powerful coaching conversation I had with a principal who was struggling with a teacher collaboration issue. We uncovered some key insights about how we can sometimes create our own problems by making assumptions and trying to force everyone to fit into the same box. I invite you to consider a different approach to teacher collaboration - one that allows for flexibility, diversity, and acceptance among our staff members. By embracing individual differences and empowering teachers to find creative solutions, we can create a more harmonious and effective school culture.

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Like so many principals, I experienced overwhelm, stress, and confusion, and this led to me putting on weight during my time as a school leader. I know this is the case for many people in high-pressure situations, so I invited weight loss coach Paige Bowman onto the show to talk about gaining a new level of awareness around what you’re eating, why you’re eating it, and how these decisions are showing up in your body.

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Listen in this week to discover how to practice the art of delegation. You’ll hear why delegating is beneficial to you, your teachers, and the greater school community, how you get to contribute so much more when you learn how to delegate, and what to consider as you start planning to delegate with care and intention.

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This week, I’m joined by one of my very special clients, Rebecca. She has been a school leader in a rural district in Ohio for just over a decade now. But it’s only in the past year that Rebecca has taken ownership and control over her time and her calendar.

She’s discussing the specific work we’ve done together, how she’s implemented it in her work, and how she’s changed her dynamic with her entire team so she can have a light and empowered experience as a school leader instead of feeling weighed down and burdened by her day-to-day.

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Tune in this week as I share my tips for promoting self-coaching within your team, as well as bringing your own thoughts about how things should work to the surface, so you can set a precedent for success the way you envision it. You’ll discover how to deal with the common characters we come up against as the leader of a school, and how to squeeze the best out of them without having to be an overbearing principal.

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This week I'm sharing the problems that have been arising for my clients recently when staffing their schools from a distance. You’ll discover the mindset required to make the necessary adjustments, look at these situations through a new lens, and hopefully remove some of the stress from these tasks, some of which were unpleasant before social distancing.

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Over the last couple of episodes, we’ve been talking about time management, specifically about getting your mindset in the right place about what you have to do and how long you have available to do it. This week, we’re bringing that work together with some real actionable tips for making the most out of the time you do have.

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Tune in this week to discover how to be new. I’m sharing why being new is such a challenge for us mentally and emotionally, how we make it worse by trying to resist the emotional experience as a whole, and what you can do to give yourself the time and space to flourish in a new leadership role.

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Join me on the podcast this week and discover how practicing essentialism and minimalism can change your productivity and clarity for the better. We all have lofty goals we are aiming for, but refocusing your efforts is the single most useful thing you can do for your school. I’m giving you one question to ask yourself to work out what’s really important to you and your school. I absolutely cannot wait for you to see the benefits of this work in your school like I did with mine.

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It’s March 2023 and I’ve been working with clients and talking to people all over the country who are experiencing one thing in common: stress, fear, doubt, and panic about hiring for the upcoming school year.

Discover how to attract your ideal teachers and staff as you hire in 2023. You’ll hear why it’s worth questioning what “highly qualified” means to you, how to start thinking differently about the pool of teachers available to you, and what you can do to lead in an empowered way despite your circumstances.

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Next week, we will be working around the idea of creating such an environment that you will never have to fire anyone. However, unfortunately, it is inevitable that you will have to deal with this at some point, so we’re going to work this week on your mindset around dismissing your subordinates, making it less heartbreaking when it is necessary to do so.

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This week, I’m speaking to the life coach for working moms, Rebecca Olson. Rebecca specifically works with women who love working and describe themselves as career-driven women, and as a school leader, I know you’re passionate about excelling in education as well as in your role as a parent. Both are truly possible, and today, we’re diving into eradicating the idea that you can’t be both a great leader and a great working parent.

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This week, I'm sharing how to stay motivated by tracking progress. Focusing on the growth that we are achieving as school leaders in the moment when it’s happening is something I’ve been working on for myself and with all of my clients. And I’m showing you how to stay motivated in those moments when it feels impossible to see why things are going well.

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Discover why being in alignment with your values is so important in your work as a school leader. I’m sharing the ill-effects of being out of alignment, how to identify your values, and how to incorporate them into everything you do as a principal.

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Tune in this week to discover why we can no longer wait for school leaders to be provided with the mental and emotional support that they need. Directives like this often end up becoming a burden on the system, like another box to check, but mentorship and coaching for principals has to be dealt with differently so it can really be a long-term benefit to everyone.

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Join me this week as I offer my insights on starting the year not fully staffed. You’ll discover how to maintain perspective and see that this challenge is just one chapter of the entire school year, the importance of not diminishing how you feel right now, and my favorite thoughts for navigating what I know feels like a huge wave that’s crashing down on you.

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The topic of teacher buy-in comes up a lot in my coaching work, and this week, I have a story that comes directly from one of my clients that I’m using for context so you can apply what I’m sharing to your situation. Whether you’re not yet confident in your decision-making as a principal, or you’re unsure of how to sell your teachers on your vision, we’re covering it all on this episode.

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Discover the difference between pretending to be positive versus actually bringing authentic positivity to the work you do. I’m sharing my own struggles with forcing a positive outlook, how doing this will inevitably play out in your leadership, and what you can do to cultivate the beliefs necessary to lead from authentic positivity.

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This week, I’m sharing an episode I recorded around a year ago all about the value of fun. With summer approaching, this is the perfect time to reflect on the amount of fun you’re creating in your life, why it's important to create fun, and the fun side of our work as school leaders.

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I speak to Dustin after a year of us working together through his first year as a principal. We’re discussing the thoughts and beliefs that he had to work through during our time together, and Dustin is sharing where this work has helped him have a successful start to his life as a school leader.

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Over this month, we’ve discussed building your team and creating the right culture that will empower them to work well together. But what happens when you think your team isn’t working as well as you want them to? Tune in this week and discover what’s going on up there in that brain of yours that might be making managing your dream team quickly turn into a nightmare.

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A conversation with a parent about a classroom assignment change doesn’t have to be contentious, anxiety-ridden, or reflect negatively on you as a principal. It’s not about your expertise, professionalism, or ability to make decisions. It’s about a parent who wants the best for their child, and in this episode, you’ll learn how to respond to these requests with intention rather than reaction.

Learn how to handle even the most challenging class assignment requests with confidence and grace. Hear practical strategies for getting to the root of a parent’s concerns, the importance of validating their emotions without giving in to demands, and my top tips for finding creative solutions that work for everyone.

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There tend to be two camps of principals – the data-driven principals and the data-avoidant principals. Some of us get consumed with data and love it, whilst others of us freak out about it. I was in the avoidant camp for a long time, but this week, I offer you a balanced approach to data.

I show you how to stop giving data more power over you than it deserves, and how to start seeing it as neutral. Find out the reason we don’t like to look at data, and how to start viewing it differently to help you make decisions and take actions that you believe are the next best step for you, your students, and your staff.

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In this episode, I’m diving deep into how you can define what truly matters to you as a leader… but it doesn’t stop there. Consistently acting in accordance with the values you set out is the other half of the equation, and I’m showing you how to do that every step of the way.

I tackle a foundational element of school leadership: aligning yourself with your core values. Learn the power of knowing you’re leading with alignment and authenticity, a framework for identifying the values that guide you as a leader, and practical tips for integrating those values into everything you do as a school leader. 

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This week, you’re hearing a clip from our second session of the Mid-Year Reboot that was centered around creating alignment. Alignment is the lens through which you make all of your decisions, and if your current school leadership experience looks like overexerting, overworking, and over-scheduling yourself, listen in.

Join me today to hear what alignment means, why we tend to operate out of insufficiency, how our emotions fuel the actions we take, and questions that will guide you in creating alignment with the school leadership experience you dream of.

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