The Next Level Teacher Podcast

Testing. Field Trips. Assemblies. Plays. Performances. Carnivals. Sports. Graduations. Assessments. 

The end of the school year brings with it so many additional activities and responsibilities for teachers and students!

If teachers are not actively and intentionally managing their minds, the last few months of the school year can start to feel completely out of their control! 

However, through life coaching tools and strategies, we can manage our minds and reclaim our power over our own lives. We can--even in the whirlwind of the end-of-year activities and events--create the feelings and results that we want! Tune in to this episode to start to learn how!

Does your teaching career sometimes feel like you're simply moving from one problem to the next? Solving one problem only to have five more pop up in its place?

If you can relate to this at all, tune in to learn how to solve any problem that you encounter as a teacher--or any problem you encounter in your personal life.

I want to introduce you to the Self-Coaching Model. This is the main coaching tool that Life Coaches like me use to help teachers like you understand and solve any problem.

The Model is an awareness tool that shows us what we are creating in our lives. Learning how to use it and practicing it with problems big and small will help you recognize your brain's unhelpful thinking patterns and start to build more useful ones!

From that emotional space, we can access our own creativity and wisdom to help us discover solutions for any classroom struggle.

So whether you have lost your job or you think one of your students is a little irritating, check out this episode to learn how to use the Self-Coaching Model!

Related Episodes:
2. The Stories We Tell
4. Your Infinite Worth 
26. When Your Teacher Contract Isn't Renewed


Free Problem-Solving Coaching SessionDo you have a teacher problem that you can't seem to tackle on your own? No worries! I've got you! Sign up today for a Free Problem-Solving Coaching Session! Together, we can apply the principles of coaching to help you feel better and find creative solutions! 
Your first mini-session with Certified Life Coach Brenna Nelson is FREE! Click HERE to sign up today! 

Got Anxiety?Hey Teacher Friend!

Do you ever feel crippled by anxiety when trying to perform basic teacher tasks? If so, you'll want to sign up to be the first to hear about my soon-to-be-released course just for teachers. It's called, Calm in the Classroom: Anxiety Solutions for the Modern-Day Teacher.

In this self-paced course, we dive deep into understanding the causes of anxiety and explore lasting anxiety symptom solutions! You won't want to miss this! Click here to get all the details when we are ready to launch! 
 Feeling Overwhelmed in the Classroom?Anxiety is all too common for teachers--especially this time of year! Grab your free guide to feeling better while still teaching here!

Wait... Teaching can be FUN?!

Have you found yourself struggling with your career choice recently? Does teaching feel overwhelming and burdensome? You're not alone!

The absolute best news I can offer all teachers is that YOU create your own teaching experience! Therefore, you can create more fun and enjoyment in your classroom and life!

Tune in to learn 6 ways to bring enjoyment back into your classroom and your teaching career!

Feeling Overwhelmed in the Classroom?Anxiety is all too common for teachers--especially this time of year! Grab your free guide to feeling better while still teaching here!
Is Coaching for You?Most people prefer to try on a new pair of jeans before they buy! Coaching can feel the same way: you want to know what you're getting before signing up!
Your first mini-session with Certified Life Coach Brenna Nelson is FREE! Click HERE to sign up today! 
___Attention: Teachers Who Feel Anxiety!Do you ever feel crippled by anxiety when trying to perform basic teacher tasks? If so, you'll want to sign up to be the first to hear about my soon-to-be-released course just for teachers. It's called, Calm in the Classroom: Anxiety Solutions for the Modern-Day Teacher. In this self-paced course, we dive deep into understanding the causes of anxiety and explore lasting anxiety symptom solutions! You won't want to miss this! Click here to get all the details when we are ready to launch!  

SPRING BREAK!! WAHOO! 

Most teachers look forward (and maybe even count down) to the days leading up to Spring Break! This makes perfect sense! After a long, cold winter, the idea of sunshine and time off sounds lovely!

But what happens after you return from the break? Is your job suddenly better? Has everything changed? Are all your problems solved? 

Most likely, no.

You'll return to school and will likely have the same or a similar experience to what you had before the break. 

If you had a negative experience before,  while the break may provide you with some temporary relief, it is only temporary. 

To find long-lasting relief to teacher stress, anxiety, and overwhelm, we must address the cause of the problem: our thinking. Tune in to learn how our thinking impacts our experience and how changing our thoughts can completely transform our experience in the classroom! 
 Feeling Overwhelmed in the Classroom?Anxiety is all too common for teachers--especially this time of year! Grab your free guide to feeling better while still teaching here!
Is Coaching for You?Most people prefer to try on a new pair of jeans before they buy! Coaching can feel the same way: you want to know what you're getting before signing up!
Your first mini-session with Certified Life Coach Brenna Nelson is FREE! Click HERE to sign up today! 

Episodes Mentioned:
Episode 4: Your Infinite Worth
Episode 7: Why Emotions are Important

Every year it happens. Hard-working, exhausted teachers face the unfortunate circumstance of their contracts not being renewed for the following school year.

Circumstances like this--situations over which we have no control--are usually not fun. In fact, they are terrible. These circumstances provide us with the opportunity to make things better or worse depending on the way we choose to think about them.

Tune in to learn two ways teachers (or anyone) facing an unwanted unfortunate situation can approach these hard events without making it worse!

Feeling Overwhelmed in the Classroom?Anxiety is all too common for teachers--especially this time of year! Grab your free guide to feeling better while still teaching here!
Is Coaching for You?Most people prefer to try on a new pair of jeans before they buy! Coaching can feel the same way: you want to know what you're getting before signing up!
Your first mini-session with Certified Life Coach Brenna Nelson is FREE! Click HERE to sign up today! 
___Attention: Teachers Who Feel Anxiety!Do you ever feel crippled by anxiety when trying to perform basic teacher tasks? If so, you'll want to sign up to be the first to hear about my soon-to-be-released course just for teachers. It's called, Calm in the Classroom: Anxiety Solutions for the Modern-Day Teacher. In this self-paced course, we dive deep into understanding the causes of anxiety and explore lasting anxiety symptom solutions! You won't want to miss this! Click here to get all the details when we are ready to launch! 

Have you ever noticed thoughts popping unexpectedly into your head as you move throughout your day in the classroom? Thoughts that your brain tends to offer you that are unhelpful? Thoughts, though unintentional, tend to disrupt your day or distract you from your work?

You're not alone! Nearly all humans sometimes have these unwanted thoughts!

The natural human response is to resist those thoughts--to push them away. Ironically, doing so only makes them stronger!

So what do we do when we have unwanted thoughts clouding up our mind space and zapping our energy?

Tune in to learn strategies on how to lessen the impact of such thoughts and how to help them pass through our consciousness a little quicker!

Mentioned in this Episode:

The Strength of Teachers - Episode 2: The Stories We Tell

Kung Fu Panda 4

Jack Black "Baby One More Time" 

For most of my teaching career, engaging in tough conversations with parents and students (or coworkers or administrators) has been something I have always tried to avoid! The thought of discussing a student's poor behavior or academic performance filled me with crippling anxiety! Can you relate to this??

However, I am learning that, although uncomfortable, I can handle those difficult conversations if I manage my mind and my emotions throughout the process. Braving those tough conversations can be incredibly beneficial to all parties involved if handled in the right way!

Tune in to this week's episode of The Strength of Teachers to learn what actually makes a conversation difficult and how to approach them before, during, and after in a way that will most likely set everyone up for success---AND learn how to have your own back when the conversation goes awry.


Attention: Teachers Who Feel Anxiety!
Do you ever feel crippled by anxiety when trying to perform basic teacher tasks? If so, you'll want to sign up to be the first to hear about my soon-to-be-released course just for teachers. It's called, Calm in the Classroom: Anxiety Solutions for the Modern-Day Teacher. In this self-paced course, we dive deep into understanding the causes of anxiety and explore lasting anxiety symptom solutions! You won't want to miss this! Click here to get all the details when we are ready to launch! 

 Feeling Overwhelmed in the Classroom?Anxiety is all too common for teachers--especially this time of year! Grab your free guide to feeling better while still teaching here!
Is Coaching for You?Most people prefer to try on a new pair of jeans before they buy! Coaching can feel the same way: you want to know what you're getting before signing up!
Your first mini-session with Certified Life Coach Brenna Nelson is FREE! Click HERE to sign up today! 

What annoys you as a teacher? Being interrupted? Students walking in late to class? Persistent pencil tapping? Disrupting TikTok trends?

If you've been in education for any length of time, you may notice that students often behave in ways that teachers find annoying.

In those situations, are you able to manage yourself, your emotions, your behavior? Or do you find yourself lashing out, overreacting, or ruminating throughout the day on the unpleasant student behavior?

Tune in to learn how to interrupt unhelpful behavioral patterns that teachers find themselves in when they think students are being annoying and what to do instead! 

 Feeling Overwhelmed in the Classroom?Anxiety is all too common for teachers--especially this time of year! Grab your free guide to feeling better while still teaching here!
Is Coaching for You?Most people prefer to try on a new pair of jeans before they buy! Coaching can feel the same way: you want to know what you're getting before signing up!
Your first mini-session with Certified Life Coach Brenna Nelson is FREE! Click HERE to sign up today! 

Episodes Mentioned:
Why Emotions Are Important

How do you talk to yourself?

Whether a teacher (or any human, for that matter) is aware of it or not, we are constantly having an internal dialogue with ourselves. That dialogue--the story--we are choosing to tell ourselves about our circumstances has an enormous impact on the way we feel, the actions we choose to take, and ultimately the results we create in our classrooms (and everywhere else). 

Because the brain tends to default toward the negative, most of us have a pretty mean inner voice that criticizes what we do and how we do it. What would happen if we flipped that inner dialogue to a more positive and encouraging message? 

Tune in to learn how the way we speak to ourselves and others can dramatically change your experience and results in your life as well as a few tips to shift your brain from critical to kind.

 Feeling Overwhelmed?Anxiety is all too common for teachers--especially this time of year! Grab your free guide to feeling better while still teaching here!
Is Coaching for You?Most people prefer to try on a new pair of jeans before they buy! Coaching can feel the same way: you want to know what you're getting before signing up!
Your first mini-session with Certified Life Coach Brenna Nelson is FREE! Click HERE to sign up today! 

Mentioned in this Episode:
Mel Robbin's The High Five Habit

Many teachers--especially this time of the year--begin to have thoughts that they are somehow failing: they aren't good enough, and they don't have answers for the challenges before them or are in some way leaving something to be desired when it comes to their efforts in the classroom.

Thoughts like these are usually not true, not necessary, and not useful in any way in our quest to improve our teaching abilities. 

Tune in today to discover how to redirect your brain when it offers you thoughts like these! 

In this episode, we learn that extreme changes are not necessary, just consistent small shifts in our thoughts that can dramatically change the trajectory of our lives!