BIG Ideas in small Windows

My guest, Mike Kuczala, presented a Tedx Talk, seen by over 1000,000 people about the benefits of teaching and learning in a “kinesthetic” classroom. He has been in high demand ever since, presenting, writing, and getting the word out on the mind-body connection. Author of the Kinesthetic Classroom and recently The Peak Performing Teacher; you have to tune into this episode to hear about the tremendous benefits of movement in class, and how a teacher can do this while meeting their curricular demands. It's not just a classroom tip, it's a lifelong skill! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike's TedX Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41gtxgDfY4s http://www.mikekuczala.com/ https://www.amazon.com/Kinesthetic-Classroom-Teaching-Learning-Movement/dp/1412979544 https://www.thepeakperformingteacher.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Topics in my podcast based on my BIG ideas about Leading Schools Through Trauma: https://www.amazon.com/Leading-Schools-Through-Trauma-Data-Driven/dp/0367755629

Please welcome my amazing guest, Lise Deguire, who is the award-winning author of "Flashback Girl," and a clinical psychologist in private practice. At just 4 years old, she was severely burned in a fire over two thirds of her body, spending most of her childhood undergoing countless surgical procedures. She has been on NPR, NBC, ABC, FOX and Sirius XM, and publishes a bi-monthly blog, about psychological resilience. She is a national keynote speaker, with over 12,000 social media followers on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn. Dr. Deguire has a remarkable story of resilience, overcoming the odds and you will not want to miss this special episode about her story of survival. Flashback Girl, the Book: https://www.amazon.com/Flashback-Girl-Lessons-Resilience-Survivor-ebook/dp/B08D7YLKGT ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Topics in my podcast based on my BIG ideas about Leading Schools Through Trauma: https://www.amazon.com/Leading-Schools-Through-Trauma-Data-Driven/dp/0367755629

Please welcome my guest today, Dr. Caren Baruch-Feldman. When you have sold over 40,000 books, people pay attention! As a Clinical-Child Psychologist, she Wrote The Grit Guide for Teens. This book helps teens build perseverance, resilience, self-control, and stamina. Dr. Baruch-Feldman has a new book launching just days away, on March 31! The Resilience Workbook for Kids. She is hosting a Virtual Book Launch event for her new book that will be like its very own professional development for adults who care about resilience in youth. The book launch can be found linked here: https://www.drbaruchfeldman.com/ She has an all-star line up joining the launch, including the amazing Renee Jain, creator of GoZen: Anxiety Relief for Children. Also Dr. Robert Brooks, a renowned expert on themes of resilience, motivation, school climate, a positive work environment, and family relationships, will be joining the launch. AND-many more special guests! Dr. Baruch-Feldman is a leader in cognitive behavioral therapy techniques, helping children and adults cope with stress and worry, managing change, developing grit, resilience, and self-control. Visit her online at www.drbaruchBaruch-Feldman.com. She has trained hundreds of teachers, parents, children and health care professionals giving workshops and lectures and you are going to get an inside look at her expertise on this episode. Please welcome Dr. Baruch-Feldman! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Topics in my podcast based on my BIG ideas about Leading Schools Through Trauma: https://www.amazon.com/Leading-Schools-Through-Trauma-Data-Driven/dp/0367755629

I got to meet our latest guest at a national Edtech conference called FETC in Orlando this year. He had a posse hanging around him. I sat down and listened in. I could tell right away why, and knew I had to have him on my podcast. Tom Murray is an author of numerous best selling ASCD books, serves as Director of Innovation for Future Ready Schools, has won multiple distinguished awards, included 20 to watch, National/Global Edtech Leader of the Year, EDUCATION POLICY PERSON OF THE YEAR and even testified before congress. You won't want to put his book, Personal and Authentic down, it's filled with engaging stories and tips. Don't miss this episode with one of the greats in educational leadership and innovation, Tom Murray! https://www.thomascmurray.com/ Twitter: @thomascmurray At ASCD: https://www1.ascd.org/people/thomas-murray -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Topics in my podcast based on my BIG ideas about Leading Schools Through Trauma: https://www.amazon.com/Leading-Schools-Through-Trauma-Data-Driven/dp/0367755629

Welcome back to the podcast, BIG Ideas in small windows. I am delighted to have Dr. Todd Whitaker back on! In this episode, he talks about what distinguishes Great Teachers, and how to help teachers become great. Jump in to listen to Dr. Whitaker in this engaging interview, where we cover everything from managing difficult people, to changing school culture, parenting daughters, and how teachers showed the world to thrive, in spite of the pandemic. What Great Teachers Do Differently: https://www.amazon.com/What-Great-Teachers-Do-Differently/dp/1596671998?ref_=ast_slp_dp Check out his other dozens of books here: http://www.toddwhitaker.com/publications.php -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Topics in my podcast based on my BIG ideas about Leading Schools Through Trauma: https://www.amazon.com/Leading-Schools-Through-Trauma-Data-Driven/dp/0367755629

Welcome back to the podcast, BIG Ideas in small windows. I am delighted to have Dr. Todd Whitaker on this episode. He has sold over 1.5 million books and is most well known for his book, What Great Teachers Do Differently, offering a refreshingly digestible account of what separates the great ones from the rest. He has a giant twitter following of 146,000 and growing. Jump in to listen to Dr. Whitaker in this wide ranging interview, where we cover everything from imposter syndrome, to shifting the monkey back to where it belongs, on the shoulders of difficult people! https://twitter.com/toddwhitaker What Great Teachers Do Differently: https://www.amazon.com/What-Great-Teachers-Do-Differently/dp/1596671998?ref_=ast_slp_dp Check out his other dozens of books here: http://www.toddwhitaker.com/publications.php -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Topics in my podcast based on my BIG ideas about Leading Schools Through Trauma: https://www.amazon.com/Leading-Schools-Through-Trauma-Data-Driven/dp/0367755629

Please welcome my guest here on the podcast, BIG ideas in small windows, I am so excited to have influencer Erika Garcia, who has gained another thousand followers since we recorded just a couple weeks ago! If you're one of 22,000 followers, then you have been captured by Erika's one phrase tweet perspectives…now it's time to hear more in our deeper dive with Principal Niles, in a 30 minute podcast learning about the woman, the leader behind the huge and growing following! Erika was a teacher literacy coach and math specialist, instructional coordinator and is now a building principal at Green Trails Elementary. Erika holds 2 master's degrees and is a doctoral student at the University of Missouri-St. Louis where her focus is on what else but character education and servant leadership. She has written articles, has been highlighted in Education Week and Edutopia, won awards, and is most proud of her relationships with staff and students and her school community. Erika is an influencer, because she has gotten the attention of her 22,000 dedicated followers on twitter! People like me pay attention because of how she speaks in real, simplistic, perspective challenging tweets. She poses comments and questions in a way that provokes our hearts and our minds. You definitely want to follow her @flyingmonkey13! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BIG Ideas based on my book Leading Schools Through Trauma

Join me with my latest guest, Frederick Lane, who is an expert in Cybertraps, having appeared on major networks, served as an expert witness, and written 10 books! Mr. Lane started as a lawyer, has been writing for over a decade and provides much needed educational consulting on the topic. His most notable work is being author of several books on Cybertraps and he collaborates on his Cybetraps podcast with Jethro Jones. He has a new much needed book coming out, The Rise of the Digital Mob. Fred has co-founded the Center for Cyberethics, and writes a cybertraps newsletter. He is an international speaker- having appeared on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart"; ABC's "Nightline" and "Good Morning America Weekend"; CBS's "60 Minutes" and "Sunday Morning with Charles Osgood"; NBC's "Today Show", "Weekend Today" BBC and CNN documentaries You have to listen to my next guest, as he reveals a wealth of knowledge to help families, educators and students not only survive, but thrive in the social media stratosphere that exists today! https://www.cybertraps.com/ https://www.fredericklane.com/ http://linkedin.com/in/fredericklane --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- And check out my new book, Leading Schools Through Trauma!

One of the giants in the education podcasting world, Jethro Jones joins my podcast! Welcome back to episode 5 of the podcast, BIG ideas in small windows. Today, we are in for a real treat. Jethro Jones, behemoth podcaster in the education world, with over 1 million downloads, He was the 2017 NASSP Digital Principal of the Year, is a former principal and host of the Transformative Principal podcast. Like many of us, Jethro struggled to turn around his school, under constant pressure, overwhelmed, and stretched too thin. After researching leadership, productivity, and goal setting, he developed a method of transformative leadership and turned his learnings into books, his award winning podcast, and a mastermind group. Jethro is cofounder of The Center for Cyberethics, which-Empowers everyone to make ethical decisions online to cure the digital cancer of unethical online behavior for the entire school community. Author of the book, SchoolX: How principals can design a transformative school experience for students, teachers, parents – and themselves, Jethro currently consults schools and districts on redesign efforts How can you become the transformational leader you want to be when all you feel is overwhelmed and alone? The answer is... not by yourself, He has a Mastermind Group-The Transformative Mastermind with other growth-minded principals who provide support and accountability to each other I had the pleasure of being on Jethro's podcast episode 466-There is so much tremendous advice he shares in this episode, ideas he developed over nearly 500 podcasts with educational experts that you won't want to miss this episode, with Jethro Jones! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out my book, Leading Schools Through Trauma, a refreshing, solution oriented resource that is needed now more than ever! https://mikegaskell.gumroad.com/l/gqxdz Happy Valentines Day everyone.

Welcome back to the podcast, BIG ideas in small windows. I am your host, Mike Gaskell and am delighted to welcome my next guest, who is a podcaster in the world of learning and the brain. Andrea Samadi, started as a teacher in Toronto, Canada, and has spent 26 years working on social/emotional learning, to help students. Andrea knows first-hand about stress in the classroom as her first job from The University of Toronto's Faculty of Education, was a behavioral class. She felt overwhelmed by the lack of resources to help her manage and teach her students, so she set out on a mission to find ways to support students and educators in the classroom. Andrea is the author of the book Level Up,  which offers dozens of online lessons and resources, and helps students access those big AHA moments!. Now a resident of Arizona,  the state's department of Education provided her with a Character and Leadership Grant. She discovered that educators were in dire need of programs that taught the basics of neuroscience. Andrea consulted Mark Robert Waldman, one of the leading neuroscience researchers, and used her time with Mark to show how the brain impacts learning, achievement, well-being and results. Officially a neuroscience expert, she just finished her Advanced Certification in Mindfulness-based Neuro-coaching, which is a rigorous program showing how brain-based, evidence-based, and mindfulness-based coaching strategies work in education and life. Andrea's podcast has a 4.9 rating, is called “Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning” and provides resources, tools and strategies that can be used by anyone. She has interviewed leaders in educational neuroscience, psychology, and the brain, from Dr. Daniel Siegel, (Brainstorm) Dr. John Medina (Brain Rules) and Dr. Lori Desautels, (Connections Over Compliance) She has reached 150,000 listeners across 155 countries! Andrea is currently working on her third book, packing all of the research she has gathered in one place, to consolidate the best minds sharing on “Stress, Learning and the Brain” “Brain-Aligned Strategies to Skyrocket Literacy Achievement” and “Emotions, Learning and the Brain.” Enjoy this deep dive in how learning and the brain can help children and families, who need this set of strategies, more than ever! ...And don't forget to go back and listen to my interview with Diamond Dallas Page, former wrestler, turned yoga master! Diamond Dallas Page- Part 1 Diamond Dallas Page- Part 2 Learn more about Andrea's podcast here: https://www.achieveit360.com/episodes/ Follow Andrea on Twitter: @andreasamadi Signed copy of my book, Leading Schools Through Trauma 20% off! https://mikegaskell.gumroad.com/l/gqxdz

Show Notes: Micro wins build cumulatively to internalize belief Power of story- check out DDPs 2017 speech Everyone fights negatives, and chooses positive affirmations Relentless on Amazon Prime "It took me 8 years to be an overnight success!" The difference between successful and unsuccessful people is that successful people fall down 3 times but gets back up 4 times. Every star falls, experience struggle, allows the pain to be felt but they don't stay down, they move on. What looks like the worst thing can be the best thing to happen to you. DDP Yoga rose from literal backbreaking obstacles. Health and wellness practices happen because of a well balanced set of practices- anyone can improve from where they are. Success takes time, dedication, commitment and resilience Faith in challenge creates a turning point Adaptability = success We can control our mindset, not external forces; value your mindset. Control the way you react, how you adapt, how you take action, and the way you BREATH. Own your breath and you'll own your life. Breathing right effects body and mind, connected together. 4-7-8 breathing The power of the network- those who became part of a program started needing help, ended up helping others! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DDP has a podcast DDP Snakepit DDPyoga.com 25% off DVDs or the app 25% discount code BIGideasinsmallwindows DDP gamifies his resources to increase engagement Facebook DDPyoga https://www.facebook.com/DDPYOGA/ members site- network of people helping each other network of 50,000 network, much of what his competitions are about is mindset first, physiology second

Welcome back to the podcast, Big Ideas in Small Windows-where we offer great solutions in simple ways. It is my pleasure to invite someone who needs no introduction, but I'm going to brag a little bit about him anyway: Today's featured guest is Diamond Dallas Page, who is well known for his wrestling career and has built a thriving business organized around yoga Yoga, Calisthenics & Dynamic Resistance to Improve Overall Health & Wellbeing. DDPY is a Revolutionary Fitness Program that Anyone Can Do Anywhere, Anytime, called "DDP Yoga." He has helped individuals rise from the ashes of struggle, climb to their own new heights because of his inspiring, supportive approach to everything he teaches. He has touched the lives of children, been on podcasts including Joe Rogan's, has his own DDP radio show, had his fourth book published in 2019, Positively Unstoppable, and saved people's lives. And, did you know that he accomplished ALL OF THIS with dyslexia? That's right, DDP started as an underdog himself, fighting against the odds, with a 3rd grade reading level! DDP is the classic individual building on his small wins to cumulatively achieve remarkable success. He models the solution for overcoming the odds. Please welcome Diamond Dallas Page. I want to know and teach how people can overcome their odds, what a great story you have to share! The repetition of affirmations leads to belief- and once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen. -Muhammad Ali 25% discount Code at DDPyoga: BIGideasinsmallwindows Concepts based on my book: Leading Schools Through Trauma

In this episode, Mike refers to studies, stories and strategies, to help kids, teachers and families support children in reaching for success. Specific strategies include using "coffeehouse chatter" to increase student focus, therapeutic breathing techniques to reduce anxiety, and story therapy to get kids to believe in themselves! Mike refers to a longitudinal study that is little known yet has remarkable implications, conducted by researcher Emmy Werner on 3 protective factors we can give kids. He shares how small wins can help children and references an article. Mike includes a resource for using both coffee talk and therapeutic breathing. He concludes with the power of story therapy, and ideas on how to implement it right in the classroom. These and many other ideas are in Mike's latest book, a very timely guide for educators, students and families called Leading Schools Through Trauma. Finally, Mike has a very special guest coming up, "Diamond Dallas Page," (DDP), who talks with Mike about how he used strategies to overcome his dyslexia and achieve remarkable success, something to inspire all of us when we need it most! Twitter: GaskellMGaskell Instagram: mgaskell0 Website: mikesmicrominute.com