The Mindful Educators Podcast

This week on the podcast we are fortunate enough to be sitting down with Amber Harper to talk about teacher burnout, a very timely topic. Amber is an educator, author, speaker, Google Certified Trainer, and Teacher Burnout Coach. She's the founder of www.burnedinteacher.com, author of Hacking Teacher Burnout and is dedicated to empowering burned-out teachers to believe that they deserve and can achieve a happier and more fulfilled career and life with her 8-step BURNED-IN process. She also hosts a weekly podcast dedicated to action, inspiration, and support for teachers dealing with teacher burnout called The Burned-In Teacher Podcast. So as you are in the midst of probably the hardest year of your career, we hope this conversation leaves you feeling supported and seen.

Show and Tell:

Erin: The Target Challenge

Amber: 21 Day Abundance Challenge

Dave: Snapfish - Arctic Fleece Photo Blanket

And don't forget to connect with Amber at www.burnedinteacher.com and get her books and check out her podcast The Burned-In Teacher Podcast on iTunes or wherever you listen.

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After taking a bit of a break, this week on the podcast we reflect on the events of the last year looking for clarity. We share our gentle reminder that the experiences that are happening to us are really happening for us and if we can just lean into that pain, that discomfort of whatever we are feeling, we can really be transformed by it. We can also uncover what we want more of, what we will no longer allow, and what we will no longer tolerate in both our lives and in our professions. It's an opportunity to refocus on what values and hold true.

Show and Tell:

Dave: Student and/or Staff Check-ins (Google Slides)

Erin: Found in Transition

So hopefully this episode felt supportive and helpful. We would love to hear about some of the clarity you have gleaned from these challenging times. We continue to wish you all the space and grace you need to remain in good health, body, mind and spirit. Friends, we've got this!

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And lastly, If you are looking to build resilience this year and are interested in our Bite Sized PD offerings discussed on our podcast, please register at https://www.themindfuleducators.com or shoot over to our website @themindfuleducators.com to find the details and sign up.

We will gladly follow up with an email with details for access to the PD as well as the SEL PDF's for use in the classroom.

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Friends, for many of us in education, our job has not only changed and continues to change on a daily basis but it has in fact doubled. The job has broadened and developed into one that is so multi-faceted and multi-layered that it is truly unsustainable. As we move into our much needed winter break, we honor that educators everywhere are not ok.

They are exhausted.

We see you. We feel for you. We are here for you.

Listen in to this week's episode of The Mindful Educators Podcast to hear:

• the implications of teacher burnout that is on the horizon
• how burnout is impacting teachers of all generations
• our ideas of how we can come to grips with the unsustainability of it all

Hopefully this episode felt supportive. We would love to hear how you are doing right now.

Reach out to us and let us know what you think by connecting with us at:

On IG @themindfuleducators

On Twitter @themindfuleds

Or shoot us an email at the mindfuleducators.com

Show and Tell:

Erin: Jenn Sherman from Peloton

D - Virtual Bingo and Trial 4 on Netflix

And lastly, if you are looking to build resilience this year and are interested in our Bite Sized PD offerings discussed on our podcast, please register at https://www.themindfuleducators.com or shoot over to our website @themindfuleducators.com to find the details and sign up.

We will gladly follow up with an email with details for access to the PD as well as the SEL PDF's for use in the classroom.

We are wishing you all the space and grace you need to remain in good health, body, mind and spirit.

Please take some much needed time for yourself this winter break.

We will see you in 2021.

Friends, if you've been following along sequentially and listening to our podcast you know we have gleaned and shared a lot of wisdom from the book Coaching for Equity: Conversations that Change Practice by Elena Aguilar. Elena is a writer, coach, speaker, teacher and leader. She has trained thousands of educators around the world to have conversations that count—conversations that help us create a more just and equitable world. We were lucky enough to sit down and have one of those conversations with her and we are super excited to share it with you.

Listen in to this week's episode of The Mindful Educators Podcast to hear Elena:

* identify the daily habits of emotionally resilient educators.

* share strategies teachers can use to help their students thrive and honor their humanity

* define educational equity

* discuss how teachers should not be taking the brunt of all that is needed in education to achieve equity

* highlight the power of words and the language of oppression as it relates to teachers and classrooms.

Hopefully this episode felt supportive and insightful as you journey on towards mindfully achieving equity in your teaching and classroom. We would love to hear your thoughts on the ideas shared in this episode.

Reach out to us and let us know what you thought by connecting with us at:

On IG @themindfuleducators

On Twitter @themindfuleds

Or shoot us an email at the mindfuleducators.com

Show and Tell:

Dave: This is Us: Season 5

Erin: Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera

Elena: Fat and the Moon Face Oil Braiding Sweetgrass and HBO's Lovecraft Country

And lastly, if you are looking to build resilience this year and are interested in our Bite Sized PD offerings discussed on our podcast, please register at https://www.themindfuleducators.com or shoot over to our website @themindfuleducators.com to find the details and sign up.

We will gladly follow up with an email with details for access to the PD as well as the SEL PDF's for use in the classroom.

And don't forget to connect with Elena at:

https://brightmorningteam.com/

@Elena_aguilar_writer

Bright Morning Podcast

Links and people mentioned in this podcast:

Elena Aguliar

Coaching for Equity: Conversations That Change Practice

Onward:Cultivating Emotional Resilience in Educators

We are wishing you all the space and grace you need to remain in good health, body, mind and spirit. Friends, we've got this!

In this week's episode we talk to author Andrew Jordan Nance about his journey to mindfulness and education. Andrew shares his passion for bringing mindfulness to students through storytelling and the arts. He is the author of three children's books as well as Mindful Arts in the Classroom, a user friendly curriculum written especially for teachers that uses stories, arts and games to share mindfulness and build social emotional awareness tools with their students. Andrew's work and offerings are a gold mine for teachers who are looking to support their students emotionally this year.

Show and Tell:

Dave: The Social Dilemma on Netflix

Erin: Brene Brown's Podcast with Joe Biden

Andrew: Meditation Station by Susan B. Katz

So hopefully this episode felt supportive and helpful. We are wishing you all the space and grace you need to remain in good health, body, mind and spirit. Friends, we've got this!

And lastly, if you are looking to build resilience this year and are interested in our Bite Sized PD offerings discussed on our podcast, please register at https://www.themindfuleducators.com or shoot over to our website @themindfuleducators.com to find the details and sign up.

We will gladly follow up with an email with details for access to the PD as well as the SEL PDF's for use in the classroom.

Don't forget to connect with us:

Instagram @themindfuleducators

Facebook @ The Mindful Educators

Twitter @themindfuleds

Email @ themindfuleducatorspodcast.com

Connect with Andrew Jordan Nance and view his many resources and offerings at www.mindfulartssf.org

This week on the podcast we look at invisible teacher narratives that we have developed over the course of our careers, and we begin to question them.

The subliminal messages from society set impossibly high standards about how teachers should be showing up in the classroom which results in high stress and teacher burnout. Listen in as we walk you through a practice teaching you how to show up this year on your own terms by redefining your guidelines that align with your educational values and belief systems.

When we teach from a place that reflects more of who we are, we can combat the stress of this crazy year and move through it on our own terms.

Show and Tell:

Dave: Mindful Arts in the Classroom by Andrew Jordan Nance

Erin: This Just Speaks to Me by Hoda Kotb

So hopefully this episode felt supportive and helpful. We would love to hear about the guideposts you uncovered to help you move through the year on your own terms.

We continue to wish you all the space and grace you need to remain in good health, body, mind and spirit. Friends, we've got this!

And lastly, If you are looking to build resilience this year and are interested in our Bite Sized PD offerings discussed on our podcast, please register at https://www.themindfuleducators.com or shoot over to our website @themindfuleducators.com to find the details and sign up.

We will gladly follow up with an email with details for access to the PD as well as the SEL PDF's for use in the classroom.

Don't forget to connect with us:

Instagram @themindfuleducators

Facebook @The Mindful Educators

Twitter @themindfuleds

Email @ themindfuleducatorspodcast.com

Last week on the podcast we talked about having what we called "the willingness to begin to look at our own hidden biases" and the willingness to look at how we are contributing to equity in education. We based a lot of what we talked about on the book Coaching for Equity: Conversations that Change Practice by Elena Aguilar. This book started to spark some deep conversations between the two of us and we thought that was the opportunity for us to begin to dive into this very important conversation.

So on this week's episode we dive in a bit deeper and discuss what it means to come to this conversation with an open mind and heart. Approaching a conversation with an open mind allows us to be able to listen to new ideas, concepts, beliefs, or points of view without shutting them down. It also means being curious and asking questions of ourselves and others.

Listen in with the willingness to look at our own hidden biases and with an open mind.

Show and Tell:

Dave: John Biewen's TedTalk "The lie that invented racism."

Erin: @theconsciouskid @theafroeducator (Alexis Shepard )

Hopefully this episode felt supportive and helpful. We would love to hear about what kind of promises you are making to yourself this year. We are wishing you all the space and grace you need to remain in good health, body, mind and spirit. Friends, we've got this!

And lastly, If you are looking to build resilience this year and are interested in our Bite Sized PD offerings discussed on our podcast, please register at https://www.themindfuleducators.com or shoot over to our website @themindfuleducators.com to find the details and sign up.

We will gladly follow up with an email with details for access to the PD as well as the SEL PDF's for use in the classroom.

Don't forget to connect with us:

Instagram @themindfuleducators

Facebook @ The Mindful Educators

Twitter @themindfuleds

Email @ themindfuleducatorspodcast.com

Links and people mentioned in this podcast:

Elena Aguliar

Coaching for Equity: Conversations That Change Practice

Onward:Cultivating Emotional Resilience in Educators

Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People

@theconsciouskid

@theafroeducator (Alexis Shepard )

In this week's episode we are diving into a topic that we feel is very timely both globally and educationally. We hope this is the beginning of many conversations where we bring mindful awareness to the topic of equity in education and more specifically how we are thinking and working towards equity in our schools and classrooms. Listen in as we share our own hidden blind spots showing up as we are developing our own awareness.

Show and Tell:

Dave: Ginger beer margarita

Erin: @teachercarecrate Teachercarecreate.com

A subscription Thematic monthly boxes designed for just teachers that come every month with very intentional hand picked items in each box.

So hopefully this episode felt supportive and helpful. We would love to hear about what kind of promises you are making to yourself this year. We are wishing you all the space and grace you need to remain in good health, body, mind and spirit. Friends, we've got this!

And lastly, If you are looking to build resilience this year and are interested in our Bite Sized PD offerings discussed on our podcast, please register at https://www.themindfuleducators.com or shoot over to our website @themindfuleducators.com to find the details and sign up.

We will gladly follow up with an email with details for access to the PD as well as the SEL PDF's for use in the classroom.

Don't forget to connect with us:

Instagram @themindfuleducators

Facebook @ The Mindful Educators

Twitter @themindfuleds

Email @ themindfuleducatorspodcast.com

Links and people mentioned in this podcast:

Ginger Beer Margarita Recipe:

Ingredients

• 1-2 ounces of Casamigos Blanco Tequila (Dave's choice)
• 1 ounce fresh squeezed lime juice
• 3 ounces Gosling's Ginger Beer (Dave's choice)
• 1/2 ounce simple syrup
• Coarse salt (optional)

Fill a tumbler glass (9 oz.) to the top with ice. Add ingredients. Mix well, garnish (lime wheel and salt rim if desired), and enjoy.

Elena Aguliar

Coaching for Equity: Conversations That Change Practice

Onward:Cultivating Emotional Resilience in Educators

Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People

Last week on the podcast we discussed teacher stamina and whether teachers will be able to sustain the emotional, mental and physical energy that teaching remote, hybrid or in person takes and it seemed to hit home with a lot of people.

So this week, in an effort to support ourselves and our community, we are sharing a small practice, one we are personally working on to help in the stamina and sustainability department.

The practice of making one small promise to yourself, shared by Dr. Nicole LePera, a holistic psychologist is a small and a powerful shift to connecting with ourselves. We think this supportive practice will be very impactful for educators right now as we are all being asked to care for so many people and do so much outside of our own needs.

Show and Tell:

Dave: Cobra Kai on Netflix

Erin: Triloka Maui Rose Incense sticks

So hopefully this episode felt supportive and helpful. We would love to hear about what kind of promises you are making to yourself this year. We are wishing you all the space and grace you need to remain in good health, body, mind and spirit. Friends, we've got this!

And lastly, If you are looking to build resilience this year and are interested in our Bite Sized PD offerings discussed on our podcast, please register at https://www.themindfuleducators.com or shoot over to our website @themindfuleducators.com to find the details and sign up.

We will gladly follow up with an email with details for access to the PD as well as the SEL PDF's for use in the classroom.

Don't forget to connect with us:

Instagram @themindfuleducators

Facebook @ The Mindful Educators

Twitter @themindfuleds

Email @ themindfuleducatorspodcast.com

Links and people mentioned in this podcast:

Mic for classroom use

Dr. Nicole LePera

https://yourholisticpsychologist.com/

Our podcast process is one where we get together to discuss episode ideas that are born from what's going on in education, in our life personally, or showing up globally. But this week we had a lot on our minds. So we thought we would use today's podcast to share and have a conversation about what we are wondering about in this new state of education and the world.

So no teachings in this podcast, just a whole host of musings and wonderings.

There is a lot on our minds and we imagine there might be a lot on your minds too.

We would love to know what you are thinking about. Reach out and share it with us!

Connect with us:

Instagram @themindfuleducators

Facebook @ The Mindful Educators

Twitter @themindfuleds

Email @ themindfuleducatorspodcast.com

Show and Tell:

Dave: WeVideo Exit Ticket Templates and Control K to personalize links in Google Documents

Erin: Ashely Bible @buildingbooklove

Products: Fast and Focused Feedback Grading Essays Faster and Provide Focused Feedback and Dolly Parton's America Bundle

And lastly, If you are looking to build resilience this year and are interested in our Bite Sized PD offerings discussed on our podcast, please register at https://www.themindfuleducators.com or shoot over to our website @themindfuleducators.com to find the details and sign up.

We will gladly follow up with an email with details for access to the PD as well as the SEL PDF's for use in the classroom.

We are wishing you all the space and grace you need to remain in good health, body, mind and spirit. Friends, we've got this!