Coffee Break with Miss Debbie

As we finish up our season with a recital themed by Dr. Seuss quotes, my mind seems to work in comical rhythmic words. Rather than Left Foot, Right Foot, Foot, Foot, Foot, today we are talking about outcomes of some of our right brain, left brain functions. Walk along now and listen in.

Studio Owners, it is not much longer. Soon, we party with great gratitude.

The fact that you don't read any written communication or listen to announcements but you are now upset that you, air quotes, " didn't know something and was never told?" Yes, that is kind of a problem. Let's talk about it, shall we?

When it comes to studio ownership and customer service in this busy season, don't let yourself feel bullied. Happy recital season.

Come ride along while this dance studio owner takes care of studio business here, there and everywhere while almost hanging onto her sanity.

I know you are polite. I know you are professional. I know you have a good reputation. But Sometimes, you have to get ugly.

Together, let's learn to spit out the bad and chew up the good stuff of abundance as we walk.

Take in the sights and enjoy you time outdoors today. Anything holding you back? Let's talk about it, on Coffee Break With Miss Debbie, Walking Style!

Walking with gratitude makes all the difference on today's outing and on every day. See you on the pathway.

Raise your hand if you have EVER gone to work wearing jeans shorts, backward, unintentionally. Or have you ever wondered why some of those homecoming dresses don't come with pants to cover the important parts?

Pease and rest? Is that even a thing in 2023? You better believe it. Come walk with me and let's explore together.

It's time to leave your laptop and get outside for some fresh air. I will see you there!

First impressions are very powerful. Some folks have a greater ability to make that first impression more uncomfortable than other folks do. Let's talk about it.

Here is a story from Miss Debbie to help you sort out a few deceptions from truth in the health and fitness realm.

It has been 2 years and 97 episodes and it is time for Miss Debbie to wrap it up. Please enjoy listening and we bring "Coffee Break With Miss Debbie" to a close. Like the season of this podcast project, todays theme reminds us that "This Too Shall Pass". Love to you and thank you for joining in this journey.

Life lessons to improve my waiting skills while running my holiday errands.

As we prepare for the holidays, we can all use a little support to get it done graciously and sanely. Tune in to find out how Miss Debbie is getting along.  

Setting appropriate guidelines for yourself from the moment you wake up puts you into correct line up, leading to SUCCESS.

Not every business owner has a week exactly like this one but we do all have those weeks. Happy Halloween.

Looking for ways to be younger, healthier, stronger and more energized? Laugh more.

Save your emotional energy and free yourself from the unnecessary concern of what people may or may not be saying. Live your life and honor God.

As an add on to Friendships Post Covid, I'd like to offer a few simple tips to get good conversations started. Best wishes!

As we continue to emerge from our socially traumatic season of Covid we might need a little brush up on our relationship skills. Tune in.

As a dance teacher who works with many adorable Pre-Schoolers, I have simplified our steps to recovery by making them rhyme for you. If the  3 and 4 year old children can get it then so can we. Here's to a better week!

Thank you for joining me as I travel the next few steps in the journey I have recently been podcasting about. It's not truly perfect but it's truly human. 

To prune or not to prune, that is the question. I dare to say, more often than not, prune away!

We all know that the world is pretty upside down, but still there are days when I am completely caught off guard and I am left thinking, "Wow, That IS CRAZY!" Listen along and please tell me if I am wrong.

When we are completely spent, we don't need any heady, heavy material to study. We need rest and relief. Here's to 14 minutes of recovery encouragement.

Taken from a recent blog, I am simply sharing my honest and open experience with burn out.

It's picture week, recital week and celebration week but let's make sure we know who is supposed to be in charge at the end of the day.

It's that time of year when our dancers start getting "antsy" and instead of expressing appropriate gratitude for a year well spent they start looking at the green, green grass on the lawn of the dance school up the street.

Act Justly, Love Mercy, Walk Humbly with your God, in business.

I can learn lessons from any human beings, fiction or non fiction. Three Life lessons from inside the thimble.

With  labor shortages nation wide, dance studios are also effected. Join me for a little chat about what my short staffing looks like.

Introducing the newest character from bedtime stories with Miss Debbie. As she sat in her tiny thimble of a life, she cried. Why, why didn't the rest of the world pause and clap for her?

As a writer who is a little too young for Baby Boomer perspective, a little too old for Gen X perspective and definitely too old for Millennial perspective, I have some thoughts on the self care generation and the work ethic within.

Everyday! Can I get an Amen?

I suppose this is my version of "Choose your battles" but I find that these days, everything in dance and at the studio is negotiable. Often, it is much easier to just change.

As we enter 2022 with bright optimism, here are a few tips to make the your world a better place,

I have settled on the character from the 100 Acre Wood that I will most identify with in the Christmas season. Won't you join me, and choose joy?

Where is the edge and who told you it was there? Let's not let Eorye decide what we can and cannot do.

With this blustery change of seasons and moods, here's to a simple yet profound time of gatherings with a few insights from Winnie the Pooh and Piglet too. Blessings!

Just a few moments in the life of a dance teacher. With all that sass and all that cuteness packed into one space, we have to call on our dance super power to make it through the day. Join me for 11 minutes as I give you a little snapshot of how it's done.

We artists express out of who we are and where our identity lies. Let's encourage each other to create and live from a true, solid and healthy place. Art speaks and what we say, matters!

Getting back to the basics for the greatest results in your class and the greatest success in your day. So glad to be back with you all and so glad for the great engagements. God bless! 

In part 2 we welcome Olivia, Mishaela and Elena to the podcast. These dancers love to giggle out loud while they punch you right in the gut with the truth. So get ready to laugh and learn.

Sit back, listen in and enjoy as we welcome Emerge Dance Company members Addy, Eleanor and Noelle to the show. What an inspiration these 3 are! This is a dose of insight from some remarkable teens we can all benefit from for sure.

When opportunities for unpleasant encounters arise, what will you do? Here's a great tip to apply every time!

Before we go, here are a few tips in keeping your artistic inspiration fresh as you continue to create, innovate and change the world around you.

The way we speak and think directly effects the level of freedom at which we live. Let's get out of the mud and stay out permanently.

It may sound old fashioned, but studio ownership or any business ownership takes loyalty, hard work, honesty and down right grit.