The Define YOUniversity Podcast with Lindsay Titus

I absolutely LOVE training behavior and all things related to staff and colleagues! And along the way, I've learned the power that language has on my ability to connect with participants, followers, teachers, students, you name it! To me, connection comes from the powerhouse combination of mindset + language + actions! In today's episode I am sharing 5 phrases I use in training on behavior to increase connection with ourselves, our students, and our colleagues!In this episode I mention about door triggers, which come from Brendon Burchard's book: High Performance Habits

As so many of us educators are finding ourselves working from home right now, I wanted to share 10 simple steps I've taken to ensure I am productive with these environmental changes! In this week's episode, you will learn 10 steps to take to help continue to increase your momentum throughout the day and to continue to get things accomplished! Best part, the list is created with parents in mind, and specific strategies are specific to helping you keep up your productivity with little's at home!

In all honesty, this week's episode was not initially what I was going to record about. However, in the midst of all that is happening in the world, I felt called to share this message with each of you today.Today I'm sharing my 5 tips to remaining calm in the face of uncertainty. I'm sharing 5 steps you can take to trust in who you are, even when things around you are different or unknown. We have the power as a community to work together through these challenges times, and community is strengthened when we can all live into our true authentic selves so that we can come together as we are, with what we have. Listen along as I share these tips that will help to guide you to find clarity and calm even during the unknowns of the world around us!

It's time for another Q & A with questions from you! In this week's episode we are covering the following questions: How do you deal with a colleague when they are continuously trying to get into a confrontation? How I stay personally connected without taking things personally? How do I confidently lead in my classroom? I'm sharing all my thoughts, tips, wonders, on these questions! Come and listen along and build your own confidence in the classroom! Remember, confidence is a skill, just like learning to tie your shoes or ride a bike...with practice, awareness, and reflection, you too can become a confident leader in your classroom and school setting!

In this week's episode I am talking all about Power Struggles! If you've seen the movie, the Breakfast Club, you hopefully get the reference in the title to this week's episode! If you don't, no worries. I explain it all in the episode! Power Struggles can be tough when working with challenging students in the classroom, and by tough I also mean exhausting, frustrating, and defeating. But they don't have to be! In this week's episode, I'm sharing all about how I learn to proactively set up myself to reduce power struggles, and how to react when I realize I'm in one!

In this week's episode I am talking all about the FIVE easy steps I took to overcoming teacher burn out. This episode highlights the changes I made in my life to take back control of who I was and wanted to become as an educator. Once I stopped learning how to define who I was by the roles I served, and instead learned how to define myself from who I am inside, my life did a complete 180! I hope you love this episode as much as I did recording it for you!

In this week's episode I am continuing to share my journey to becoming the educator I am today. This time, I am sharing about my experiences during my first 5 years of teaching, and how asking for support ultimately led to my resignation from the classroom, and what I have learned since! I'm sharing my reflection on what I've learned, and how I've become stronger for having gone through this experience!

In this week's episode I am sharing my journey to becoming the educator I am today. I am sharing two crucial interactions I had with teachers during middle school that helped to shape me into who I am as a behavior specialist today. I'm also sharing on the importance on owing your journey as an educator and trusting that you are always on the right path! Being an educator can be scary. It can be difficult for sure. And when those moments come, I rely on trust in who I am, and trust on the journey I am on to keep me moving forward every single day!

This week's episode one I am super excited about! It's a Question and Answer session where I am answering three common questions I receive from listeners and followers specific to mindset! I love talking about mindset, and over the past two years it's quickly become something I not only believe in, but trust in 100%!In this week's episode, I am talking all about how I re-framed guilt with trust, how I keep my energy high and how I maintain a work-life blend! I can't wait for you to listen and hear what you think! And the best part? Every 5th episode of this podcast is going to be designated for Q and A sessions! So submit your questions at defineyouniversity.com/podcast and I'll be sure to answer them on an upcoming podcast episode!

Welcome back! This week's episode is all about productivity! Repeat after me, being busy is not a badge of honor! Being busy, to me, means starting a lot of things, but not actually finishing any of them. Productivity on the other hand? Now that's something I'm all in favor of! And let's face it, as teachers, educators, admin, parents, goodness, as humans, the more I get can done in less time, SIGN ME UP! On today's episode, I am sharing my top 10 tips of living a productive lifestyle as well as I'm giving some tricks and tips on what to do if and when some challenges arise!