Educators, Let's Get Real

How can you apply everything we've talked about this season to make a positive change in the world? Listen to our last episode of the season and we'll talk about how emotions are contagious.

Today is all about how we can build better connections with each other. We discuss the difference between “fitting in” and “belonging”.

What do most of us do when life or work gets stressful? We retreat. We move away from our friends, families, and social lives. Today we discuss why this might not be the best move and why you should actually turn outward to make more connections.

Today we talk about the power of habits and why you need to work on building better habits.

Today is all about habits. Why we do the things we do and how we can recognize our habits in order to choose a better path.

Today we talk about the second half of the Zorro Effect. We talk about how you can start to take control of small areas of your life.

It's easy to get caught up in the "if only" parts of life or to make excuses for why something can't be done. Today we talk about the Zorro Circle and how to become a master of a small circle first.

Failure in life is inevitable, we all experience failure in different ways. Reframing failure is a great way to work through the struggles we experience in life. Today we discuss how we can Fall Up and make the most of those situations that become a struggle in our lives. And as educators we make sure to talk about the ABCDs of Falling Up!

Life is full of aversions and challenges. Today we talk about challenges that we face in life and how the Happiness Advantage can help us through these struggles. Teaching has always been a hard profession, and this pandemic has made it even harder. Today we talk about those implications and how we can start to work through some of the struggle.

Today we talk about the the positive and negative Tetris Effect and how we can find the place where we are more positive more often. The Positive Tetris Effect is all about happiness, gratitude, and optimism. Listen today to see how the positive Tetris Effect can positively impact our lives.

Remember Tetris from when you were younger, finding a way to make the pieces fit. Our brains work the same way. They force us to make pieces fit even when they don't. Today we discuss how the Tetris Effect works and how many of us can get caught in the negative thought patterns in life

This episode makes me (Danielle) a little stress. It's about how we can find joy in the place we are. The lesson this week is about finding your gifts and being able to share them with the world.

Today we take on Principle 2, which focuses on the mindset that will get you to where you want to be. We will talk about what the fulcrum and lever are in reference to happiness and our mindset.

Priming the brain for happiness is a huge part of what makes the Happiness Advantage the Happiness Advantage. Today we talk about how the brain works and how you can choose happiness. Listen in and do the homework. It's worth it.

Today we talked about the start of the first principle to happiness. It's what has been coined the Happiness Advantage. Listen in as we talk about the brain science of happiness.

Today we give an overview of the 7 principles that we will be discussing this season. Listen in for the homework.

Today we talk a bit about the power of happiness at work. We talk briefly about the most unhappy professions and how we can make changes at school and personally to ensure that we are putting our best foot forward this new year.

This week we talk all about our new season which is focused on the book The Happiness Advantage by Shawn Anchor. This book is such a profound book that transformed the way we looked at the world. We are going to be walking through this book giving our highlights this season while filtering it through the lens of education. We hope you walk along with us and CHOOSE HAPPINESS!

Hattie is a huge part of education. We often hear people talk about what the highest effect size is in the classroom. And hands down.....it's YOU! We have the ability to have such a big impact on the life of so many people. As we wrap up season 1, we want you to know that you MATTER! We set out on this podcast journey to help teachers see the power of themselves. To realize they matter. To help them understand that self care isn't selfish, but rather a valuable asset in our toolbox that will impact everyone around us!

Your impact on your school and classroom can't be denied. As we are entering into a tough time of the school year with behaviors and emotions running high for students and teachers, it's important to take a moment to reflect and ensure that we are leading the way we want to show up. What kind of residue are you leaving with your students and colleagues?

Compassion is key. We have to make sure that we are leading with compassion, not just for others but for ourselves too! Caring about others in ever realm of life is essential to happiness. Are you showing enough compassion?

We learn best from people who have heart and passion for what they are doing. Today we talk about some of our favorite teachers from when we were kids. How these teachers impacted us as kids and continue to impact us as educators. Positive Mental Attitude is something we talk about today as well. The best educators we know are positive in their mindset. Join us as we take this journey through developing heart in our practice.

Hard times will come, whether in education or not. The tough days and school years are hard to bounce back from. But we have to do the hard work to ensure that we bounce back to become the best educators we can for our students. We talk today about building resilience in ourselves, our students, our teams, and our schools.

Having passion for education is what will keep us coming back year after year. When the years get difficult, and let's all agree that it is a tough year, passion is what will keep us coming back for more. We have to be able to find our passion for learning and play to our strengths. What is your passion in this career?

Happiness is a choice. You get to decide if you want to be happy. If you are not actively choosing to be happy, then you are choosing to be unhappy. When you realize that happiness is a choice, you can choose to be happy more often. Listen today as we talk all about finding a happiness alliance.

Do you see asking for help as a weakness? Do you think when people ask you for help they are weak? We talk this week about how and why we need to ask for help.

Vulnerability has been a tough word in our building from time to time. But professional vulnerability is HUGE. That is how we grow. We have to be able to share honestly our beliefs and challenge us to keep growing.

There are so many times we disagree, whether it is big or small. Disagreements happen often. We have to learn to understand conflict and how it can impact our lives, families, teams, and school community. How we handle conflict shows our community and culture. Listen how we prices through conflict

We all process information differently. We have to understand that each situation is viewed by everyone involved. Our situations are an example of how we see the world. We have to understand how our past experiences affect how we see the world.

Today's episode is great. Personal development and understanding yourself has many great things about it. But it can also have some pitfalls. Today we talk about the major pitfalls and how you can use the pitfalls to keep moving forward in your journey. The path isn't always easy, but it will always be worth it.

In today's episode we talk about the idea of abundance and scarcity mindset. Abundance is all about thinking that other people's success doesn't mean you have failed. Scarcity is all about the idea that there isn't enough to go around.

Today we expand on last week's conversation about gratitude. We talk a bit more about the brain science and why happiness is our choice. Then we talk about the power of silver linings.

Last week we encouraged you to look at your schedule and decide if it matched your priorities. While we have made strides in doing this, we are far from perfect. When we realize that something didn't go the way we planned, it's easy to get caught up in the negative self talk. Join us today as we explore the destructive nature of this self talk and how you can combat it in your own life.

We are all busy, but making a plan for our day ensures that we get done the things that are the biggest on our to do and priority list. Today we talk about how we can match our roles and values and align it with our schedule. Listen in for today's challenge! We're doing this right along with you.

Listen in to how we break down goals. Goals give us guidance in our lives. We need to have different types of goals to ensure we are living up to our fullest potential. Listen in as we continue on the journey of self discovery.

That question from Episode 1 "Who are you outside spouse, parent, and educator?" we dig deeper into today. Understanding who you are helps you understand your values. Then take a minute to reflect on your weekly schedule, do your values match your schedule?

Today we talk all about the Enneagram. This is just a brief introduction to the Enneagram and how it helps us better understand ourselves. You can certainly dig deeper. Here are some resources that we have used in our journey. We are not affiliated with any of these resources and we get no sponsorship from them. They are tools that we have used and enjoyed. Free Assessment: https://assessment.yourenneagramcoach.com/ Paid Assessment (not paid to us): https://www.truity.com/test/enneagram-personality-test-vvshort Book: https://www.amazon.com/Road-Back-You-Enneagram-Self-Discovery/dp/0830846190

Join us today as we talk about how our journey of self discovery started and why we think that educators need self care. We discuss our journeys and what's coming next in this podcast.

This is the introduction to our podcast about self discovery in education. We hope you stick with us on this journey to understanding yourself in order to better serve your students and school.