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- Meet Your Mentor
In this kickoff episode of Bulletproof, get to know your host, Nicole Smith-Miller—a geochemist-turned-master teacher with a passion for helping students transform how they approach learning. From hiking the rim of Kīlauea Iki to working in nuclear waste cleanup, Nicole brings real-world STEM experience and over 17 years of advanced classroom teaching to the mic.
She’s not here to play by the old rules of education—she’s here to rewrite them. Learn how Nicole’s unique blend of science, strategy, and soul has helped thousands of students build a radically different relationship with learning. If you’re ready to study smarter, unlock your potential, and finally feel in control of your academic success—this is where it begins.
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About The Student Success Lab
From the publisher's feed
Why do capable students procrastinate? Why do teenagers who once loved learning suddenly seem disengaged? Why do some students work incredibly hard yet struggle to see results?
And…
how do we help young people become confident, capable, self-directed humans—not just successful students?
Welcome to The Student Success Lab Podcast, where we explore the psychology, science, and real-life challenges behind student success.
Hosted by Nicole Smith, M.Ed., former AP Chemistry teacher, curriculum writer, positive psychology practitioner and student success coach, this podcast draws on more than 15 years in education to challenge the way we think about learning, motivation, achievement, and adolescence.
Through stories from the classroom, research-backed insights, and practical strategies, we'll explore what's happening beneath the behaviors we see: procrastination, perfectionism, anxiety, comparison, disengagement, and the pressure to succeed.
We'll talk about identity, curiosity, critical thinking, resilience, self-awareness, and the skills young people need to navigate a rapidly changing world.
For parents trying to understand their teenagers, educators looking beyond the gradebook, and students learning to find their own way.
Because better grades may be part of the journey, but they're not the destination.
The goal isn't simply a motivated student. It's a self-directed human.
Student Success Lab: Build the person behind the performance.