Podcasts about title one

Loren Lahav joins us to share her transformative insights on staying true to yourself and owning every single aspect of your life- and staying in balance with it all while radiating brilliantly! Loren is a renowned author, speaker, and coach with over 35 years of experience in personal development. Her latest book, Stay True, is a heartfelt guide to living authentically, and her upcoming event, Own It 2025 in Las Vegas (March 7-9), promises to inspire and empower attendees to embrace their brilliance. In this conversation, Loren reveals how staying true and owning it intertwine to create a life of authenticity and empowerment. From balancing life's facets to overcoming obstacles like comparison and impatience, Loren shares actionable strategies, personal stories, and practical tips for living a fulfilled life. Key Takeaways: The Evolution of "Own It": How Loren's event grew from Own Your Worth to Own It and what it means to truly own every part of your life. Balancing Life's Facets: Loren's diamond analogy for living a brilliant life by paying attention to the facets that matter—health, relationships, career, and contribution. Naming Your Categories: Loren's unique approach to making life's priorities exciting, like "Fit Foxy Endurance Vixen" for health and "Magnificent Mama" for parenting. Patiently Persistent: How to stay committed to your goals with gratitude and resilience, even when things take time. Manifestation Boards vs. Vision Boards: Loren's methodology for long-term manifestation, emphasizing action and persistence. Practical Tools for Stress Management: Breathing techniques, connection with nature, and setting rituals for balance and calm. Contribution in Action: Loren's incredible initiative hosting birthday parties for Title One schools, offering kids joy and a sense of belonging. Mentions and Links: Loren Lahav's website: https://www.lorenlahav.com Stay True by Loren Lahav: https://www.lorenlahav.com/stay-true Own It 2025 event details: https://www.lorenlahav.com/own-it Birthday Party Initiative: Reach out to Loren for details on starting one in your community. Dolly Parton's Imagination Library (for literacy support): https://imaginationlibrary.com Jim Rohn on "The Seasons of Life" Tony Robbins' Wheel of Life: https://www.tonyrobbins.com Action Steps for Listeners: Reflect on your own "facets of life" and consider naming them to bring excitement and focus. Create a manifestation board that aligns with your long-term vision and pair it with actionable steps. Reach out to someone today—a text, call, or small act of kindness—to strengthen your connections. Explore Loren's book and consider attending Own It 2025 for an immersive, life-changing experience. Start your own initiative—big or small—to make a difference in your community. _____________ Please remember to rate, review, and follow the show – and share with a friend! Find Amy's affiliates and discount codes: https://amyedwards.info/affiliatepage All links: ⁠⁠⁠amyedwards.info⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠@realamyedwards⁠⁠⁠ Fight For Her: ⁠⁠⁠fightforher.net⁠⁠⁠ TikTok:⁠⁠⁠ @themagicbabe⁠⁠⁠ YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠YouTube Channel⁠⁠⁠ Podcast: ⁠⁠⁠The Amy Edwards Show Podcast⁠⁠⁠ Free Course:⁠⁠⁠ The Ageless Mindset⁠⁠⁠ Full Course: ⁠⁠⁠The Youthfulness Hack⁠⁠⁠ Work with Amy:⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Book a Call⁠⁠⁠  Let's get you to your HAPPIEST and most RADIANT! Book a call to apply to work together one-on-one:  ⁠https://amyedwards.as.me/15mincall⁠ Amy's hair by ⁠https://www.thecollectiveatx.com⁠ Get my FREE course "The Ageless Mindset: The Ultimate Guide to Look Younger and Feel Happier!" HERE: ⁠https://best-you-life.teachable.com/p/the-ageless-mindset-the-ultimate-guide-to-look-younger-feel-happier⁠ Get the full course “The Youthfulness Hack: The Secret System to Reverse Aging Fast and Create a New, Radiant You!” Out now! ⁠https://best-you-life.teachable.com/p/the-youthfulness-hack⁠

Guest: Tyg Taylor and Tay Benke Wholly Kicks help people that are experiencing homelessness and economic disparities and have given away thousands of brand new shoes throughout the community.  They work with Title One schools, other non-profits and shelters.  They go into a location and basically set up a location that looks like a shoe store and the person walks away with a brand-new pair of shoes.  They have given away 2,100 pair of shoes so far this year and expecting to give away 7,500 more shoes this year.        https://whollykicks.org/

Title: One man's trash is another man's treasureSpeaker: Grant HugoDate: 28th July 2024Location: Adelaide, Australia Listen to the entire Podcast Revival library by visiting https://podcastrevival.com The Revival Fellowship is a Bible-directed, Spirit-filled Church and we welcome visitors to our meetings at any of our locations worldwide. To find your nearest venue visit https://therevivalfellowship.com © 2024 The Revival Fellowship. All Rights Reserved.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bunny talks to 3 members of the Communities in Schools team about all of the amazing work they are doing in Santa Fe and expanding into New Mexico. "Communities In Schools of New Mexico's 17 Site Coordinators serve approximately 5,500 students and families through 12 Title One  schools in Santa Fe, New Mexico."LinksVisit cisnm.orgLike CIS on FacebookLearn more about SWIFTI Love New Mexico blog pageBunny's websiteI Love New Mexico InstagramI Love New Mexico FacebookOriginal Music by: Kene Terry

The MF crew welcome in Attacking Third's Lisa Carlin to discuss Chelsea's WSL title win after thrashing Man United 6-0. Man City also won their match 2-1 but it was goal difference that put Chelsea over the top in the end giving them their 5th consecutive WSL title sending off Emma Hayes on a high. The group then chat about the results from the NWSL as well as feature Washington Spirit's Croix Bethune and what she's been able to accomplish so far in her rookie season. Morning Footy is available for free on the Audacy app as well as Apple Podcasts, Spotify and wherever else you listen to podcasts.  Follow the Morning Footy podcast on Twitter: @CBSSportsGolazo, @susannahcollins, @nicocantor1, @NotAlexis, @CharlieDavies9 For more soccer coverage from CBS Sports, visit https://www.cbssports.com/soccer/ To hear more from the CBS Sports Podcast Network, visit https://www.cbssports.com/podcasts/ Watch UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, UEFA Europa Conference League, Serie A, Coppa Italia, CONCACAF, NWSL, Scottish Premiership, Argentine Primera División by subscribing Paramount Plus: https://www.paramountplus.com/home/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Don't go down to the comments yet, just hear us out. "What more can Emery achieve for Villa" I hear you cry. Well, a Premier League title? One day perhaps.

There has been a lot of controversy - and lies - this week over the re-authorization of FISA (the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act). Rep. Crenshaw sat down with Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick, a former FBI agent and member of House Intel, to debunk the hand wringing and misconceptions about FISA. They give an overview of FISA's history and its distinction between Title One and Title Three, and delve into the role of Section 702 in enhancing national security measures. Misconceptions surrounding FISA are addressed, including the distinction between evidence collection and querying lawfully obtained data. They scrutinize proposals for a secondary warrant requirement and their potential impact on law enforcement investigations. They also discuss limitations on law enforcement capabilities and proposed reforms to prevent abuses within intelligence agencies. For 14 years prior to representing his hometown of Pennsylvania's First Congressional District, Brian Fitzpatrick served our nation both as an FBI Special Agent and Federal Prosecutor, fighting both domestic and international political corruption, and supporting global counterterrorism and counterintelligence efforts – including being embedded with U.S. Special Forces as part Operation Iraqi Freedom. Follow him on X and Instagram at @repbrianfitz.

Homelessness, food insecurity, exposure to violence, and access to healthcare – all barriers to young people learning in school. Kids living in poverty is behind many of these challenges. These all issues that schools deal with in providing an education to students. Communities in Schools in Pennsylvania provides what are called "wraparound services to students and schools. The organization's Vice President Lyndsey Sturkey was on Thursday who explained what wraparound services are,"They're just a holistic approach to addressing barriers that students may be facing, particularly outside of school, that's hindering or having a negative impact on their ability to come to school, either ready to learn or continue through through the grades." Communities In Schools offers services including mental health counseling, after-school programs, access to nutritious meals, and housing assistance. The organization says that by addressing students' basic needs, they create a more stable foundation for learning, allowing them to focus on their education. Sturkey pointed out that they use an online tool called the  from the Pennsylvania Department of Education to identify schools that could use their services. Often, those are school districts where there is a larger percentage of students living in poverty or Title 1,"It will give you information on every school district, every school in the entire state. So you can look at standardized test scores over a couple of years. You can look at their socioeconomic breakdown, where kids are coming from, how many kids are in each school, for example. So that's typically where we start -- a lot of the schools that we work with our Title One. So we'll kind of look at which districts may have a lot of Title One. We will also look of where they are geographically. Are they nearby another district where we already work?"Support WITF: https://www.witf.org/support/give-now/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our 143rd episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news, now back with the usual hosts! Read out our text newsletter and comment on the podcast at https://lastweekin.ai/ Email us your questions and feedback at contact@lastweekin.ai Check out our sponsor, the SuperDataScience podcast. You can listen to SDS across all major podcasting platforms (e.g., Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts) plus there's a video version on YouTube. Timestamps + links: Applications & Business(02:53) Sam Altman fired as CEO of OpenAI (12:00) Everything announced at OpenAI's first developer event (16:05) GM's Cruise suspends supervised and manual car trips, expands probes (18:30) Under Fire Over Robotaxi Safety, GM Halts Production Of Cruise Driverless Van (20:55) Microsoft unveils first AI chip, Maia 100, and Cobalt CPU (21:35) AV Startup May Mobility Locks Up Another $105M From NTT, Toyota (22:38) Aleph Alpha raises $500m Series B in Europe's third-largest AI round ever (23:22) AI startup Twelve Labs attracts US$10 mln from Nvidia, Intel, others (24:16) Defense Tech Startup Shield AI Raises $200M At $2.7B Valuation Tools & Apps(25:00) Elon Musk debuts 'Grok' AI bot to rival ChatGPT, others (27:38) Brave responds to Bing and ChatGPT with a new ‘anonymous and secure' AI chatbot (30:03) ChatGPT is combining its different abilities into a single ‘Voltron-style' chat (31:01) LinkedIn's new AI chatbot wants to help you get a job (32:07) Meet Samsung's Answer to ChatGPT: A New AI Model Called Gauss (33:33) Humane's AI Pin: all the news about the new AI-powered wearable Projects & Open Source(36:06) Valued at $1B, Kai-Fu Lee's LLM startup unveils open source model Research & Advancements(40:03) Google DeepMind wants to define what counts as artificial general intelligence (42:35) Google DeepMind breaks new ground with ‘Mirasol3B' for advanced video analysis (45:15) MetNet-3: A state-of-the-art neural weather model available in Google products (46:06) Instant3D: Instant Text-to-3D Generation (47:54) Title:One-2-3-45++: Fast Single Image to 3D Objects with Consistent Multi-View Generation and 3D Diffusion (49:12) Holistic Evaluation of Text-To-Image Models Policy & Safety(51:37) Biden Issues Executive Order to Create A.I. Safeguards (56:10) Amy Klobuchar and John Thune introduce legislation for creating generative AI framework (57:55) Midjourney, Stability AI and DeviantArt win a victory in copyright case by artists — but the fight continues (01:00:19) At UK's AI Summit developers and govts agree on testing to help manage risks (01:02:15) White faces generated by AI are more convincing than photos, finds survey Synthetic Media & Art(01:04:12) Striking Actors and Hollywood Studios Agree to a Deal (01:07:46) Google is embedding inaudible watermarks right into its AI generated music (01:10:10) YouTube previews AI tool that clones famous singers — with their permission (01:11:08) Microsoft is bringing AI characters to Xbox (01:11:49) CBS News Launches New Venture To Identify AI Deepfakes And Misinformation

The latest figures for Iowa's new education savings accounts show 18,893 students are approved for state funding to put toward private school tuition. Presidential candidate Ron DeSantis is buying $2 million in advertising in Iowa. Plus, how the program Title One began and where it's at today as federal lawmakers mull a new farm bill.

Farmers say Title One — a farm bill program that sends money when crop prices or harvests get low enough — isn't working as a buffer against tough years. Yet others argue the nearly 100-year-old safety net is costing billions of dollars with few strings attached.

In this episode, I'm excited to share an amazing conversation about the world of teaching and mindfulness practices for teachers with our special guest, Maddie Richardson. Maddie, a seasoned 6th-year science teacher, shares her profound insights and experiences. Discover how teachers can uncover hope in the most unexpected places and explore the profound impact of mindful classroom systems have on building stronger classroom communities. Maddie takes us on a mesmerizing journey through her diverse teaching experiences, spanning rural Title One, suburban charter, and alternative settings such as teaching incarcerated youth. Don't miss this opportunity to gain fresh perspectives on teaching and mindfulness practices.   Resources mentioned in this episode: Check out Maddie's book: Today is a New Day: 111 Daily Mindfulness Lessons and Mantras   Find our guest! Instagram: @themissrproject  Tik Tok: @themissrproject2.0   Guest Bio:  Maddie Richardson is a 6th-year science teacher with a master's in education. She has worked in rural Title One, and suburban charter, and now works with incarcerated youth in an alternative setting. Her teaching styles have been featured on Good Morning America and she recently released a book for teachers on Amazon titled- Today is a New Day: 111 Daily Mindfulness Lessons and Mantras.   Connect with me! Instagram: @BurnedInTeacher Facebook: The Burned-In Teacher Facebook Community Website: www.burnedinteacher.com  YouTube: @BurnedInTeacher    Do you know your Burnout Type?  Click here to find out more about your unique Burnout Type!    Get more BURNED-IN Teacher resources Click here to check out my Teachers Pay Teachers store   Let me know what you think!   Click here to go to Apple Podcasts to leave a rating and review!    Please subscribe and leave a review so that other teachers can find the support they need to grow through their burnout and become BURNED-IN!    

On this episode of On the Clock, Dr. Steve Joel shares his insights and expertise on a wide range of topics, including teacher salaries, the state of education during the pandemic, the importance of collaboration, and the role of politics in our education system.During the conversation, Dr. Joel sheds light on the reality of teacher salaries in Lincoln, Nebraska, and the challenges faced by young graduates burdened with student debt and rising living costs. We then delve into the need for salary incentives to retain excellent teachers, particularly in disadvantaged environments such as Title One schools.Dr. Joel later explores the ongoing debate surrounding how history is taught, hinting at the extreme viewpoints that may arise during the upcoming presidential campaign. He advocates for a balanced approach that acknowledges America's mistakes while also recognizing its progress and positive direction.Timestamps[00:01:23] The pandemic's impact on students' behavior.[00:05:50] Struggling teachers need reverence, support, and compensation.[00:08:27] Challenges in education: low salaries, burnout, and lack of support.[00:14:00] Leadership in politics and how to engage the majority for positive experiences.[00:17:07] America needs a unifier and change.Connect with Dr. Steve JoelLinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/steve-steve-joel-9770b230 Website: https://www.lps.org/ Produced by Old Soul

In this episode of, My Blunt Truth: Candi will be speaking with Denise Harrington (Advocacy Chair of the LWV-VA) and Heather Booth (Organizer of The JANE Movement) about women's reproductive health. Denise Harrington has a BS in Music Education., and began her teaching career in York County, Virginia. In 1993, where she obtained an endorsement in applied linguistics specifically in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages , and began working with English Learners while continuing to teach Music. After teaching in York County for 16 years, she taught in a Title One school for 19 years in Henrico County Virginia. Denise obtained her MA in Administration and Supervision, and implemented an Action Research Project that improved the Social Studies scores for the school a Positive Behavior Intervention Plan. Prior to retiring, she obtained her MS, a second Masters in Diagnostic Reading (with an emphasis on Dyslexia and Diverse Learners), and began her Doctorate specializing in Teacher Leadership at Walden University. Throughout her career, she continued to be an Advocate for children and public education and served the Virginia Education Association (VEA) in the following capacities: Vice-President of the York Education Association, Board member for 2 years of the Henrico Education Association, and the Executive Political Action Committee(15 years). Also served, for 15 years as the State Legislative Liaison for the Virginia Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (VATESOL). Both experiences allowed her to Lobby the Virginia General Assembly and Congress. At present, she is serving as the State Director of Advocacy of the League of Women Voters of Virginia. She is a recent graduate of the Minority Political Institute Leadership Institute (MPLI) from Virginia Commonwealth University's Doug Wilder School of Government ‘s, Grace E. Harris Leadership Institute (GEHLI). Heather Booth is one of the leading strategists about progressive issue and electoral campaigns. She has been an organizer starting in the civil rights, anti-Vietnam War and women's movements of the 1960s and continuing through today. She created JANE, an underground abortion service started before Roe.She was the founding Director and is now President of the Midwest Academy (http://www.midwestacademy.com/), training social change leaders and organizers. She has been involved in political campaigns and was the Training Director of the Democratic National Committee. In 2000, she was the Director of the NAACP National Voter Fund, which helped to increase African American election turnout by nearly 2 million voters. She was the lead consultant, directing the founding of the Campaign for Comprehensive Immigration Reform in 2005.In 2008, Heather was the director of the Health Care Campaign for the AFL-CIO. In 2009, she directed the campaign passing President Obama's first budget. In 2010, she was the founding director of Americans for Financial Reform, fighting to regulate the financial industry. She was the National Coordinator for the coalition around marriage equality and the 2013 Supreme Court decision. She was strategic advisor to the Alliance for Citizenship (the largest coalition of the immigration reform campaign). For More Info On Heather: (http://www.democracypartners.com/).(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heather_Booth) Grab your drinks, and LET'S TALK!! A free documentary screening will be shown on September 12th at the Williamsburg Library. This film is Directed by Oscar-nominee Tia Lessin (HBO's Trouble the Water) and Emmy-nominee Emma Pildes (HBO's Jane Fonda in Five Acts), The Janes gives first-hand accounts from the women, speaking on the record for the first time. To Get Your Ticket For The Viewing of The JANES Click: https://thejanes-williamsburglibrary.eventbrite.com/ To Learn More About The League of Women Voters of Virginia Click: https://lwv-va.org/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/candi20/message

Do you want to revolutionize your classroom and drastically improve student engagement? Look no further than flipped learning. Join me, Ivra Warren, as I share the solution to achieving increased student engagement through this innovative teaching method.In this episode, you will be able to:Cultivate meaningful bonds between educators and learners to enhance educational engagement.Apply direct instruction techniques for breaking down information, ensuring concise and actionable learning steps.Integrate self-paced microlearning videos as an innovative approach to supplement traditional curriculum.Unravel the secrets behind the flipped classroom method within the classroom to maximize educational results.Streamline onboarding and administrative obligations to pave the way for continued success and development.My special guest is Ivra WarrenSay hello to Ivra Warren, a seasoned educator with a knack for teaching in Title One schools. Originally from Florence, Alabama, Ivra has gained valuable experience teaching in both Nashville, Tennessee, and Houston, Texas. It was in Houston that he realized the value of adapting his teaching methods to suit the diverse needs of each school. Ivra's expertise in creating positive and engaging classroom environments led him to write a book on classroom management called "Space." Now, Ivra continues to inspire students atThe key moments in this episode are:00:00:30 - Introduction, 00:01:53 - Teaching at Cashmere High School, 00:05:41 - Becoming Mentors and Friends, 00:09:20 - Classroom Management through Environmental Control, 00:14:23 - Teaching Biology to Freshmen, 00:16:12 - Starting with Confidence, 00:18:18 - Direct Teach, 00:22:29 - Flipping the Classroom Inside the Classroom, 00:24:27 - Building Great Teachers, 00:27:20 - Shoutouts, Support the showPodcast Planner for Teachers and StudentsFlipboard EDU Magazine Flipboard Educators Blog Flipboard EDU Podcast Website Connect with me:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coachjeffery/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FlipboardEDUPodcastYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Coachjeezy/Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheCoachJefferyLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/coachjeffery/Website: https://flipedupodcast.com/

Listen closely and learn from one of the masters of online business and memberships, Corinne Crabtree.  Corinne helps us see the importance of the mindset work that is ahead of all entrepreneurs but especially those who may work full time currently as they grow their business on the side.Corinne shares her current workload as an 8-figure earner, her tips on what items you should have on your to-do list and some incredible questions to ask yourself at the end of the day when all you may think is how much you *didn't* get done.Don't be caught without a plan. Make your Mental & Emotional Health Strategy Plan with me before going back to school! Click on the link to schedule your time.https://calendly.com/coachwithwolfe/30-minute-sessionGet a hold of my Cards Against Educators game to strengthen your community of fun-loving, supportive educators. Start at CardsAgainstEducators.comGo to my LinkTree for more resources:Copy & Paste: https://linktr.ee/teacherstresssolution

Quitting can be laced with shame.  That's why people come up with all sorts of incredible reasons to quit then validate it to themselves or the people in their lives.But what if we allowed ourselves to quit, without resistance, judgement or shame?Then allowed ourselves to listen deeply to the voice within and what still lingers after we say we're through.That's what I'm going to experiment with the next time I want to throw in the towel on my business, my vacation rental company, my career.  I'm just going to allow the thought.  Quit.  Then listen.Maybe quitting is part of our growth.Don't be caught without a plan. Make your Mental & Emotional Health Strategy Plan with me before going back to school! Click on the link to schedule your time.https://calendly.com/coachwithwolfe/30-minute-sessionGet a hold of my Cards Against Educators game to strengthen your community of fun-loving, supportive educators. Start at CardsAgainstEducators.comGo to my LinkTree for more resources:Copy & Paste: https://linktr.ee/teacherstresssolution

Title: One or Two?Series: UnveiledPassage: Mark 8:14-26How's your eye sight? Do you have 20/20 vision or are you as blind as a bat? Have you yet to break out the reading glasses or are you still holding out? Eventually we all need to face the music, and so we schedule an appointment with the eye doctor. We sit in the chair and have our vision checked as the optometrist ask us that famous question: “One or two?”This week the disciples sit down, not with the eye doctor, but with Jesus. And as he checks their eyes the diagnosis is bleak. But hopefully they, and we, will leave this encounter seeing better than they did at the beginning.

Washington Post Answer Sheet on the bill, More Teaching, Less TestingPress release from Rep. Bowman's office on the new bill. Click here to read a summary of the bill and a  section-by-section description.Subscribe to Rep. Bowman's newsletter for updates: https://bowman.house.gov/newsletter-subscribe Daily News on the vote of the Panel for Educational Policy to approve the Mayor's Education BudgetGothamist on how this budget would cuts school funding once again.

A writers conference taught by bestselling authors and created to mentor teen writers will be in-person and online at the Utah Valley Convention Center March 25, 2023. In this episode of Utah Weekly Forum, FM100.3 Host Rebecca Cressman is joined by Teen Author Boot Camp Co-founder Jo Schaffer Layton and Owl Hollow Press CEO Emma Nelson who share the details of the New York Times Bestselling authors who will meet with the young writers at this year's Teen Author Boot Camp, the upcoming Gala and Awards Ceremony, and the opportunities the community has to help support placing more books in the hands of students attending Title One schools. More information is at TeenAuthorBootCamp.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Today we talk about how cleaning up what you've already got instead of impulse shopping or thought-swapping might serve you better in the long run.This whole episode came from a stroll I was taking at the local home improvement store when I noticed how expensive fabric shower curtains were.  Instead of buying a new one like I thought I needed, I just cleaned the one I already had.Comparatively, I can clean up my thoughts around what I've got already and make it more comfortable, more accepting and more loving.Enjoy this episode about cleaning up what we've already got instead of trying to replace it when it doesn't need to go just yet.Don't be caught without a plan. Make your Mental & Emotional Health Strategy Plan with me before going back to school! Click on the link to schedule your time.https://calendly.com/coachwithwolfe/30-minute-sessionGet a hold of my Cards Against Educators game to strengthen your community of fun-loving, supportive educators. Start at CardsAgainstEducators.comGo to my LinkTree for more resources:Copy & Paste: https://linktr.ee/teacherstresssolution

We take the conversation deeper with Becky Blackburn, AKA The Hoss Lady.Straight out of the gate, we are discussing shame as a motivator for cleaning NOT being the sustainable way to organize your classroom and keep it that way.Enjoy Part II of this series with Becky and I.The Hoss Lady website: www.thehosslady.comProviding Home Organization Services to the Huntsville/Madison, Alabama and Murfreesboro/Nashville, Tennessee areas. The Hoss Lady wants to help you get your life organized! Get Becky's Quick Start Guide here.https://www.thehosslady.com/getstartedDon't be caught without a plan. Make your Mental & Emotional Health Strategy Plan with me before going back to school! Click on the link to schedule your time.https://calendly.com/coachwithwolfe/30-minute-sessionGet a hold of my Cards Against Educators game to strengthen your community of fun-loving, supportive educators. Start at CardsAgainstEducators.comGo to my LinkTree for more resources:Copy & Paste: https://linktr.ee/teacherstresssolution

When Brandi Leggett, a passionate principal, takes on the challenge to transform her Title One school in Leytha, Kansas, she sets out to prove that all students can achieve at high levels.  In this episode you will hear: 1. How Principal Leggett builds community and encourages high achievement among her students in a high poverty school.2. How she engages families with a variety of events, such as STEM night, culture night, and family game night.3. How she creates exposure for her students by taking them on college campus tours and introducing them to post-high school opportunities.Brandi Leggett is an elementary principal and she is intentionally changing the stereotypical narrative for high poverty schools. Support the show

What a treat that we get to share a conversation between Ashley Wolfe, the Teacher Mindset Coach, and Becky Blackburn, The Hoss Lady.Becky is a home organizer extraordinaire.She is here to share some valuable tips, systems and sayings that will take your classroom or home from cluttered and confused to organized and optimal.Listen in next week for Episode 63 where we continue the conversation about organizing and the shame associated with cleaning house or classroom.Don't be caught without a plan. Make your Mental & Emotional Health Strategy Plan with me before going back to school! Click on the link to schedule your time.https://calendly.com/coachwithwolfe/30-minute-sessionGet a hold of my Cards Against Educators game to strengthen your community of fun-loving, supportive educators. Start at CardsAgainstEducators.comGo to my LinkTree for more resources:Copy & Paste: https://linktr.ee/teacherstresssolution

Is your new year off to a great start?Have you lost sight of your resolutions already?Is your vision board halfway done and sitting in the corner with a dunce cap on?Well, take a listen to this episode for some realistic and fun ways to celebrate the tiny wins of your day-to-day life that are getting you closer to the life you want to life at the same time as celebrating the life you already have!In my opinion, we need regular practices of saying "WooHoo!" for the small things we accomplish in relation to the big thing we want to create.Learn about my Celebration Board and go make one for yourself at the same time!Don't be caught without a plan. Make your Mental & Emotional Health Strategy Plan with me before going back to school! Click on the link to schedule your time.https://calendly.com/coachwithwolfe/30-minute-sessionGet a hold of my Cards Against Educators game to strengthen your community of fun-loving, supportive educators. Start at CardsAgainstEducators.comGo to my LinkTree for more resources:Copy & Paste: https://linktr.ee/teacherstresssolution

What an amazing conversation I had with Cathleen Beachboard about hope in teachers and students.We spoke about how measuring different areas of hope for students can truly help teachers get down to a deeper level of connection with their students for their personal and academic growth.Cathleen shared how important it is for us to be in company with others who know our plans for our own hope and what gives us hope.This is a must-listen and share-with-friends type of episode as we head into the next half of this school year.Find out where you are on the Hope Index today: https://www.thrively.com/hopeTo find Cathleen's work, start here: https://www.schoolofhope.orgListen to Cathleen's TEDx Warrenton talk here: https://www.ted.com/talks/cathleen_g_beachboard_how_hope_drives_your_potential_resiliency_and_successDon't be caught without a plan. Make your Mental & Emotional Health Strategy Plan with me before going back to school! Click on the link to schedule your time.https://calendly.com/coachwithwolfe/30-minute-sessionGet a hold of my Cards Against Educators game to strengthen your community of fun-loving, supportive educators. Start at CardsAgainstEducators.comGo to my LinkTree for more resources:Copy & Paste: https://linktr.ee/teacherstresssolution

We continue talking about the importance of relationships and Coach Ray shares some amazing tips with teachers who may either be new to this field and needing all the help they can get, or teachers who need a refresher on the importance of being the thermostat and not the thermometer in the classroom.Don't be caught without a plan. Make your Mental & Emotional Health Strategy Plan with me before going back to school! Click on the link to schedule your time.https://calendly.com/coachwithwolfe/30-minute-sessionGet a hold of my Cards Against Educators game to strengthen your community of fun-loving, supportive educators. Start at CardsAgainstEducators.comGo to my LinkTree for more resources:Copy & Paste: https://linktr.ee/teacherstresssolution

We all know that building relationships with students is super important.  Coach Ray Colston talks to us today about HOW.Coach Ray Colston is in the Norfolk, VA area and has worked with middle school and high school youth, particularly in sports and behavior.This is Part I of our conversation as we discuss different classroom scenarios and ways to really show students that we care.Reach out to Coach Ray - coachrayinspires@gmail.comFind Coach on all social media channels - @coachrayinspiresDon't be caught without a plan. Make your Mental & Emotional Health Strategy Plan with me before going back to school! Click on the link to schedule your time.https://calendly.com/coachwithwolfe/30-minute-sessionGet a hold of my Cards Against Educators game to strengthen your community of fun-loving, supportive educators. Start at CardsAgainstEducators.comGo to my LinkTree for more resources:Copy & Paste: https://linktr.ee/teacherstresssolution

One of the ways I think a system can heal itself is from within.Who are the people inside the Education System?Teachers.Teachers are the ones who run this mutha.And if we are equipped with the empowerment to stand up for what's right, do best by our students and ourselves, what can stop us?Awesome part is, we do all this most of the time anyway.So let's not just sit back and comment on how broken the system is.Let's lead ourselves through our own transformations and watch as our students and coworkers stand in awe with how much we enjoy our lives, our career and being examples.Don't be caught without a plan. Make your Mental & Emotional Health Strategy Plan with me before going back to school! Click on the link to schedule your time.https://calendly.com/coachwithwolfe/30-minute-sessionGet a hold of my Cards Against Educators game to strengthen your community of fun-loving, supportive educators. Start at CardsAgainstEducators.comGo to my LinkTree for more resources:Copy & Paste: https://linktr.ee/teacherstresssolution

Dreaming is part of creating the future we most desire.Do you allow yourself to dream or do you stop yourself, shame yourself and tell yourself you *shouldn't* be dreaming at all?This is important to note. There's nothing wrong with dreaming, spending time creating a dream life AND telling yourself that it's possible, no matter how impossible you think it is.When we go to how IMPOSSIBLE our dreams are, it's most likely because we don't know every single step of the process to getting to the end result.But this is no reason NOT to dream.In this episode, I'll be sharing a seed of an idea that I am allowing myself to be fully immersed in while I dream about it.Not only do I dream about the final result, but I dream of how amazing it will be.Yes, my brain likes to come up with ways that this'll fail and won't be worth my time,But that's just my brain doing it's best job to keep me from what I fear the most, humiliation, ridicule and failure.I'm in good company.But I don't want to stay in that stagnant comfortable discomfort of NOT creating.If I had to guess, neither do you.Get on my schedule so we can figure out the life you dream of:  https://calendly.com/coachwithwolfe/30-minute-session Don't be caught without a plan. Make your Mental & Emotional Health Strategy Plan with me before going back to school! Click on the link to schedule your time.https://calendly.com/coachwithwolfe/30-minute-sessionGet a hold of my Cards Against Educators game to strengthen your community of fun-loving, supportive educators. Start at CardsAgainstEducators.comGo to my LinkTree for more resources:Copy & Paste: https://linktr.ee/teacherstresssolution

My gift to all the educators in the world has been quite a hit.I call them my Self-Care Sticky Notes.Teachers love sayings.We love sticky notes.We love putting sayings on sticky notes.And I'm giving out sayings that are meant for both your self-care AND to make you think deeper about your mental health.If you're not receiving my Self-Care Sticky Notes each month to your inbox...Why???Email me at coachwithwolfe@gmail.com to get yours!I don't want to leave anyone out!Enjoy this episode as I teach you a bit more and include some BONUS sticky notes for you, ready to write and stick!Don't be caught without a plan. Make your Mental & Emotional Health Strategy Plan with me before going back to school! Click on the link to schedule your time.https://calendly.com/coachwithwolfe/30-minute-sessionGet a hold of my Cards Against Educators game to strengthen your community of fun-loving, supportive educators. Start at CardsAgainstEducators.comGo to my LinkTree for more resources:Copy & Paste: https://linktr.ee/teacherstresssolution

We all have requirements as professional teachers.  I break them down into three categories in the episode for your consideration:1) State mandates/legal requirements for teaching2) District and campus requirements as communicated by the manuals and plans3) Requirements we place on ourselves to fit in, be "perfect" and to please others on your campus.That last one y'all... that last one.That's what I go on about in the episode.If you're a teacher in Texas and you're curious about the TASB document I referred to in the episode, it is here: https://www.tasb.org/services/legal-services/tasb-school-law-esource/personnel/documents/faq-regarding-teacher-planning-periods.pdf Don't be caught without a plan. Make your Mental & Emotional Health Strategy Plan with me before going back to school! Click on the link to schedule your time.https://calendly.com/coachwithwolfe/30-minute-sessionGet a hold of my Cards Against Educators game to strengthen your community of fun-loving, supportive educators. Start at CardsAgainstEducators.comGo to my LinkTree for more resources:Copy & Paste: https://linktr.ee/teacherstresssolution

Welcome to my Peace of Mind in Under a Minute webinar recording.Click here or copy/paste this link to view the recording so you can get the visual with the slides.https://drive.google.com/file/d/1m29me4Pur0k9lo7RGufu7WqhnBsk_zRs/view?usp=sharingDon't be caught without a plan. Make your Mental & Emotional Health Strategy Plan with me before going back to school! Click on the link to schedule your time.https://calendly.com/coachwithwolfe/30-minute-sessionGet a hold of my Cards Against Educators game to strengthen your community of fun-loving, supportive educators. Start at CardsAgainstEducators.comGo to my LinkTree for more resources:Copy & Paste: https://linktr.ee/teacherstresssolution

Episode: 267 Title: One of the Top Lenders in the World Makes HUGE Announcement! PLUS his Secrets to Being one of the Most Referable Teams in America! Host: Michael J. Maher Guest: Wally Elibiary Description: So, what does it take to be one of the most refered mortgage lending teams in America? That's exactly what you will find out today! Plus he surprises us all with a HUGE announcement! (7L) Referral Strategies and Podcast Topics: Ambassadors, Community Involvement, Connecting with Connectors, Teams, Leadership Special Offer: Are you a member of the Generosity Generation? Join like minded professionals from all over the world at www.JoinGenGen.com today!

Join me today for another interview, this time with a former teacher who left the profession to start her own Life Coach company for Educators.Meet my friend, Lisa Friend from New York.  She shares her story with what made her decide to leave teaching, what mind drama came up around retiring early and the simple thoughts and beliefs that keep her going to this day.Find Lisa at https://www.lisafriendcoaching.com/https://www.instagram.com/lisafriendlifecoach/Don't be caught without a plan. Make your Mental & Emotional Health Strategy Plan with me before going back to school! Click on the link to schedule your time.https://calendly.com/coachwithwolfe/30-minute-sessionGet a hold of my Cards Against Educators game to strengthen your community of fun-loving, supportive educators. Start at CardsAgainstEducators.comGo to my LinkTree for more resources:Copy & Paste: https://linktr.ee/teacherstresssolution

"Worry is like a rocking horse, it'll never get you anywhere." -AnonymousI'm hosting a free 30-minute webinar on Oct 29, 2022 that helps worried teachers find peace of mind in under a minute.Click or copy/paste this link for more info: https://www.subscribepage.com/worryrelief Invite a friend by sending them the link above.  You won't want to miss it.In today's episode, I'm revealing the way I like to describe the process of worrying.I'll give you an approach that you've never heard before, most likely, and ways you can help yourself when you're having a good, old fashioned worry session.Funny enough, I catch myself worrying quite a bit about things that are out of my control.  So don't be fooled when you think to yourself that I've got this whole thing figured out and I never worry anymore ever.Worry is part of our primitive hard-wiring, if you ask me.  We are so well-practiced at it.  Worry is a habit.But like any habit, we can learn how to pause the act of that habit and redirect our brain to something more productive.Because just like a rocking horse, worry feels like we're accomplishing something because our brain is busy.  But that's simply not the case.Don't be caught without a plan. Make your Mental & Emotional Health Strategy Plan with me before going back to school! Click on the link to schedule your time.https://calendly.com/coachwithwolfe/30-minute-sessionGet a hold of my Cards Against Educators game to strengthen your community of fun-loving, supportive educators. Start at CardsAgainstEducators.comGo to my LinkTree for more resources:Copy & Paste: https://linktr.ee/teacherstresssolution

You need someone to listen to you AND help cut your stress in half.Click or copy/paste: https://buy.stripe.com/9AQ9Dtf53eTp9uE9ACLet's get started on helping ease your stress.______________________________________________________________________________________________The 50/50 of life just seems like such an appropriate topic for my 50th podcast episode, right?Like a two-lane road that is divided in half down the middle, so is life.  I like to believe that life gives us equal and opposite positive and negative, in all things.  Pros and cons, yes and no, yin and yang.  So, like that two-lane road, if we drive down the middle, with two tires of our car in the right land and two in the left lane, we will be able to think of life as giving us both good and bad.  Recently I used a personal example of becoming the head coach of my son's baseball team, by default, because the head coach basically ghosted.  My brain really wanted to focus on the negative but the positive, in equal amounts, was blossoming all around me.  Parents and coaches stepped up to help and the kids never quit or stopped enjoying the game or practices.  So let's take this idea of the mirror effect of the 50/50.  In this example, the first head coach of my son's team quit and I stepped in.  One negative, one positive.  Parents stepped in to help but some parents were over-helping and starting to actually impede my progress as a coach for the kids.  What if this mirror effect of positive and negative is coming true in our lives, all around us, but our brains are so focused on the negative through practice that we allow the positive to float right on by?Don't be caught without a plan. Make your Mental & Emotional Health Strategy Plan with me before going back to school! Click on the link to schedule your time.https://calendly.com/coachwithwolfe/30-minute-sessionGet a hold of my Cards Against Educators game to strengthen your community of fun-loving, supportive educators. Start at CardsAgainstEducators.comGo to my LinkTree for more resources:Copy & Paste: https://linktr.ee/teacherstresssolution

I'm super excited to announce that I'm taking on more clients for personalized sessions to help cut your teaching stress in half!  Click or copy/paste this link to start now! https://buy.stripe.com/9AQ9Dtf53eTp9uE9ACToday we're talking about showing up and seeing the positive unfold in front of you.I tell you a story of becoming a Little League Baseball Head Coach by default when the official head coach stopped showing up, after ONE practice!  Ahem!So, being the Assistant Coach and being committed to helping the players still have a season, I stepped up to pick up the slack.But my old victimy habit brain got in the way and I started hearing myself complain about how unfair it was, how much work I was going to have to do, etc. And that kept me from realizing something very important.Take a listen to this episode and don't forget to claim your spot for one-on-one sessions that will help cut your teaching stress in half!https://buy.stripe.com/9AQ9Dtf53eTp9uE9ACDon't be caught without a plan. Make your Mental & Emotional Health Strategy Plan with me before going back to school! Click on the link to schedule your time.https://calendly.com/coachwithwolfe/30-minute-sessionGet a hold of my Cards Against Educators game to strengthen your community of fun-loving, supportive educators. Start at CardsAgainstEducators.comGo to my LinkTree for more resources:Copy & Paste: https://linktr.ee/teacherstresssolution

This is part two of the two part series about the lessons I've learned from my mother's death. Today I'll be talking about relationships and experiencing joy after death.  If you haven't heard Part I of this podcast series, I invite you to start at episode 46, if you are so inclined.  My ultimate goal is to help others during one of the most challenging times of being alive; dealing with death.We left off last episode talking briefly about relationships with those we have lost.My mother's death has taught me that relationships continue as long as I want them to.  I've learned over the years that a relationship is not some outside entity between two people.  It's not a person plus a person equals a relationship and that the three can be separated. To me, it's the thoughts I have about another person that are the foundation of my relationship with them.  I can still have thoughts about my mom.  Therefore, I can still have a relationship with her.  I made it that simple for myself.  And you have the same opportunity.  My relationship has changed because my mom is not physically here with me, but I talk to my mom all the time in my head and in my journaling.  Do you allow yourself to do this with the people who aren't physically in your life anymore, living or dead?In my experience, it has been very healing because I know that my mom is with me. I know my mom knows my mind and my heart.  I know I can still share with her. I can still hear her cheer for me, compliment me and be proud of me.  Yes, there are times when I question whether I'm sane or not but you know, I let that judgment fall away.  I love talking with my mom and I do it now more than ever, because I can and I want to.Even with someone who hasn't passed away, you can still have a relationship with them if you so choose.  It's as simple as a thought.  It's as simple as creating an answer.  Because your thoughts cause you to feel, your relationship with someone will come from your nourished thoughts, whether positive or negative, useful or not useful.  Whichever thoughts and stories you are giving attention to in your headspace about another person, those are the foundation of your relationship with them.  And if you want the relationship to change, what do you think needs to change first? It's not them.  It's your thoughts about them.If you're ready to try this out, think of a person you miss desperately.  Perhaps you don't see them as often as you'd like, perhaps their life has come to a completion.  What would you like to say to them right now? Think it. Think of their face. Then imagine their response back to you.  It's probably more simple and straightforward than you think.Don't be caught without a plan. Make your Mental & Emotional Health Strategy Plan with me before going back to school! Click on the link to schedule your time.https://calendly.com/coachwithwolfe/30-minute-sessionGet a hold of my Cards Against Educators game to strengthen your community of fun-loving, supportive educators. Start at CardsAgainstEducators.comGo to my LinkTree for more resources:Copy & Paste: https://linktr.ee/teacherstresssolution

This is part one of a two part series about the lessons I've learned from losing my mom. Today I'll be talking about grief and the definition of death. Next week, I'll talk about relationships and joy after death.  Please stay tuned and subscribe to my podcast so you don't miss it.  My ultimate goal is to help others during one of the most challenging times of being alive; dealing with death.Over the last year since my mother passed away, I've paid very close attention to my experience.  I tell people all the time that I am so thankful for the coaching skills I had when my mom started to get sick and when she passed on.  Those coaching skills were what guided me through that experience at the time of her death and up to this point a year later.For those of you who are going through hard times, I want to let you know that you are not alone in this, there are people like me who are ready to help and, most importantly, the ultimate truths that are best for you are inside you if you are willing to slow down and listen to yourself with compassion.This episode is going to be a way for me to share some of my practiced thoughts, some of my realizations and some of my routines that I have cultivated over the last year or so.  I know this will help you with grief, loss and the overwhelm of unexpected change or added responsibilities.First, let's talk about what I have learned, so far, about grief over the last year.  For the longest time, I was convinced that there were stages of grief that I would go through, much like a race, with a starting line and a finish line. Grief would start, I'd go through it, and it would end.  Many of you already know that this is probably not the grief experience for most of us.  It was a widely accepted explanation for a while, but everyone will go through it differently.  And allowing myself to be open to grief being whatever it was going to be helped me loosen the reins on myself when I was stuck wondering, “What stage am I going through right now?  Am I denying?  Am I negotiating?”  Me personally, I hate being fit into boxes. So I think I'm just going to rebel against a widely known definition of a life experience, especially when I'm about to go through it and I'm scared.This was the part of my mindset work that started when I realized my mom may have been in decline. I was open to learning from grief coaches on podcasts and audiobooks as I spent hours in the car driving down to visit my parents while my mom was sick.It's important to notice these patterns in your thinking because, if you pause and listen to yourself, you'll be able to shine light on your current thinking and then make decisions on whether you want to continue to think that way or make some changes.One of the most powerful realizations I had about grief came to me through a podcast with Krista St. Germain who is a life coach for widows.  She was explaining that grief will take it's own shape.  Grief will present itself and won't follow a set pattern for each of us.  When you're ready to dive deeper you might want to go looking for current information about grief.  There are tons of free resources out there and I'll link some of my favorites in the show notes.  Don't be caught without a plan. Make your Mental & Emotional Health Strategy Plan with me before going back to school! Click on the link to schedule your time.https://calendly.com/coachwithwolfe/30-minute-sessionGet a hold of my Cards Against Educators game to strengthen your community of fun-loving, supportive educators. Start at CardsAgainstEducators.comGo to my LinkTree for more resources:Copy & Paste: https://linktr.ee/teacherstresssolution

Back to student testing data… what I'm noticing teachers are doing is going through testing times of the school year, looking at student data results and potentially beating the crap out of themselves for the students who aren't meeting the mark.I'm not suggesting that teachers defer to toxic positivity here.  If a student is failing and you have a thought about it that makes you feel terrible, it's time to pause and pay attention.  It could be that the thoughts that come to you on auto-pilot about students in your class who are failing aren't very supportive.  Here are a few examples: “I'm not a good teacher.  They're not able to learn.  I don't know what else to do.  I don't know how to teach this kid.  They're on their own.  If they're not getting it by now, I can't help them.  I'm not cut out for this.  I should have tried harder.”For a person who speaks kindly about themselves first, then about their students, maybe the thoughts are constructive such as “This is part of their growth.  They're starting to catch on.  Look at what they've done already.  I know they're not passing yet but I'm confident they will next time.  I know I'm doing the best I can and I will keep doing the best I can.  I have faith in my students.  It's ok.  This will give me good insight on some new things I can try in the classroom.  I can collaborate with some other teachers to focus in on these areas that need growth.  This'll be fun.  I'm up for it.  That's what I'm here for.”One article I found online uses the term “toxic productivity” where a student, or teacher, mind you, connects their worth as a person or professional to the output, or productivity, they create.  For students, it's not just passing grades but perfect grades.  https://www.idahoednews.org/voices/cycle-of-toxic-productivity-the-problem-with-our-school-culture/_____________________________________________________________________________________________________www.teachermindsetcoach.comIG - www.instagram.com/teachermindsetcoachDon't be caught without a plan. Make your Mental & Emotional Health Strategy Plan with me before going back to school! Click on the link to schedule your time.https://calendly.com/coachwithwolfe/30-minute-sessionGet a hold of my Cards Against Educators game to strengthen your community of fun-loving, supportive educators. Start at CardsAgainstEducators.comGo to my LinkTree for more resources:Copy & Paste: https://linktr.ee/teacherstresssolution

Success Toxicity is the net negative commitment to a definition of success that EXCLUDES the positive by-products that come from failure because of this flawed but systemic notion that failure is bad, will only harm us, and will ruin our futures.  This is also why some teachers go through so much emotional turmoil when things "aren't working out" with student performance.  The teacher's performance is "failing" because the test scores aren't where somebody said they should be.  Then we get the conversation of "developmentally inappropriate" coming from teachers in an attempt to feel validated and better about the job we're doing.  But what if we could feel better about the job we're doing REGARDLESS of the progress monitoring scores our students put up?  Tune in next week for Part II of Success Toxicity where the rubber hits the road for teachers and how we talk to ourselves and our students about their test scores or productivity.___________________________________________________________________________________________________www.teachermindsetcoach.comDon't be caught without a plan. Make your Mental & Emotional Health Strategy Plan with me before going back to school! Click on the link to schedule your time.https://calendly.com/coachwithwolfe/30-minute-sessionGet a hold of my Cards Against Educators game to strengthen your community of fun-loving, supportive educators. Start at CardsAgainstEducators.comGo to my LinkTree for more resources:Copy & Paste: https://linktr.ee/teacherstresssolution

Last week, I hinted at an episode about toxic positivity so that's what I'll be talking about today.  Before I started my research online, I wrote down a few ideas of my own that I had on this topic.  My main theme in this discussion echoes much of my beliefs about self-responsibility, self-creation and self-actualization.  So it may come as no surprise that my ideas, my thoughts regarding toxic positivity is that it's an inside job.  It's an inside job in its creation and in the solutions for fixing it.I'll start with sharing my ideas with you then I'll move to what I found online about toxic positivity .  Then we'll get to the solutions and how to use this information for you instead of against you.Toxic positivity comes from the inside to present outward to the world.  Toxic positivity does not come from outside of you to affect what's on the inside.Toxic positivity is when we feel obligated to be positive when we don't want to be.  But this is always an inside job.  No one can force us to feel anything, positive or negative.If you've got a deer in the headlights look on your face right now, not only are you in the right place but you might want to listen to some of my earlier podcast episodes about thoughts and emotions.Toxic positivity is also an attempt to escape the discomfort of negative emotion but it has a compounding effect because of the lie we try to force ourselves to believe that life should be 100% positive all the time.Psychology Today defines toxic positivity  as, “...the act of avoiding, suppressing, or rejecting negative emotions or experiences. This may take the form of denying your own emotions or someone else denying your emotions, insisting on positive thinking instead.”https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/toxic-positivity To me, what helps us understand if we are experiencing toxic positivity  or not is to ask ourselves how we truly feel when we turn down the external voices and find what resonates within us.  If we can do this, toxic positivity  will fade away and we will hear our inner voice so much more clear.The Psychology Group defines toxic positivity  as, “...the excessive and ineffective overgeneralization of a happy, optimistic state across all situations. The process of toxic positivity results in the denial, minimization, and invalidation of the authentic human emotional experience.”https://thepsychologygroup.com/toxic-positivity/ Don't be caught without a plan. Make your Mental & Emotional Health Strategy Plan with me before going back to school! Click on the link to schedule your time.https://calendly.com/coachwithwolfe/30-minute-sessionGet a hold of my Cards Against Educators game to strengthen your community of fun-loving, supportive educators. Start at CardsAgainstEducators.comGo to my LinkTree for more resources:Copy & Paste: https://linktr.ee/teacherstresssolution

The Sunday Blues can be a mystery for professionals working a typical weekday job.The Sunday Blues can also be an opportunity for us to take something that we think is as inevitable as the order of the days on a calendar and question everything about it.To be clear, the goal of this episode is NOT to train you on how to get rid of the Sunday Blues or turn it into feeling 100% positive and joyful every Sunday at 7pm.  The goal of this episode is to use something that can be universally experienced as an example of how you can take a habitual way of feeling and start using your brain to make conscious decisions to feel it on purpose or to choose to feel a different way.This episode is about empowerment.  This talk is about how you can take something seemingly small and not harmful, like the Sunday Blues, and practice creating different feelings with your thoughts.Don't be caught without a plan. Make your Mental & Emotional Health Strategy Plan with me before going back to school! Click on the link to schedule your time.https://calendly.com/coachwithwolfe/30-minute-sessionGet a hold of my Cards Against Educators game to strengthen your community of fun-loving, supportive educators. Start at CardsAgainstEducators.comGo to my LinkTree for more resources:Copy & Paste: https://linktr.ee/teacherstresssolution

Happy Saturday! SPS board member, Mr. Steve Makoski, fills in for Kyle Wyatt today. Here's what he covers: Superintendent Dr. Grenita Lathan joins Mr. Makoski this morning. She began her tenure at Springfield Public Schools July 1, 2021. SPS serves 24,000 students and employs about 3,500 individuals. What is a Title One status? Different events that SPS offers to help students.

RoseAnn retired from being the Chief of the Technical Assistance Unit at RSA in 2021.   She talks about significant changes that shaped what VR is today, including independent living, informed choice and the impact of technology. RoseAnn elaborates on areas that VR is doing well, and areas VR can improve upon moving forward.  RoseAnn is currently contracting with VRTAC-QM, and you can find her work on Long COVID on the web at https://www.vrtac-qm.org/resources.   Listen Here   Full Transcript   VRTAC-QM Manager Minute: Listen to VR Legend RoseAnn Ashby, with her VR Reflections- Looking Back and Looking Forward   {Music} Speaker1: Manager Minute brought to you by the VRTAC for Quality Management, Conversations powered by VR, one manager at a time, one minute at a time. Here is your host Carol Pankow.   Carol: Welcome to the Manager Minute. Joining me in the studio today is RoseAnn Ashby, former Fed and part of the RSA team for 34 years. RoseAnn, I have to say, you are legendary. Everybody knows and respects RoseAnn. And for those of you newer to VR, RoseAnn started with RSA back in 1987, and she's supervised a number of units during her tenure there, including the Technical Assistance Unit, the Training Programs Unit, RSA Policy Unit, and the basic VR program unit. So RoseAnn, you retired from being the chief of the Technical Assistance Unit at RSA in 2021. And I have to say, wowsers, I think you've done it all at RSA except for maybe the fiscal unit.   RoseAnn: That's right. They keep me away from the fiscal unit, Carol.   Carol: I love it. I love it. So, RoseAnn, how are things going in retirement or should I say semi-retirement as you're helping us out on the VRTAC-QM with some contract work?   RoseAnn: Well, I'm loving my retirement. I will say it's very much less stress than I had when I was working. But I'm looking for ways to be engaged. And of course, I am enjoying my work with the center. I particularly love seeing my work on the website. That for me is really gratifying, that's for sure, and I hope to be doing some additional travel in the fall. You know, COVID has kind of crimped my style a little bit, but I'm looking forward to some opportunities there and some other volunteer opportunities. But I am loving retirement.   Carol: Good for you. Good for you. Well, we're loving seeing your work on the website, too, because there's nothing worse when we have coming soon. You know, we're going to be done with two years here in a minute. So we're like, yeah, we got to get this filled in. You have been just a big, big help to us. So, RoseAnn, I love that you said you're looking forward to fall, too, and getting to do some fun, travel and things, because I have always loved this month of August and this is the goofy part of me. Ever since I've been little. I like the smell in the air. I like how I can tell summer's ending and fall starting. I love that whole getting ready for school. And even when I was working at State Services for the Blind, I loved our planning. We did over summer and coming into fall for the new school year, we would do our Pre-ETS blueprint. And so I was sitting back and thinking about podcast and I thought, you know what? I want to do something where we can do some reflections with you because you have over three decades of experience in VR and you've seen so many changes. I thought it would be a fun opportunity to kind of reflect back and look forward. So RoseAnn, why don't you tell our listeners a little bit more about yourself and your background and how you got into VR in the first place?   RoseAnn: Okay. Thanks, Carol. So before I went to RSA, I was in the Independent Living Center in Miami, Florida. I was the assistant director there. I grew up in Ohio. I grew up in Canton, which is a little it used to be a factory town. My family was working class, but they always valued education. And I am a person with a disability. I am blind. And my mother, I credit my mother with really pushing hard to fight for mainstreamed education for me. Before that was popular before we had the laws that we have today. That's kind of my background in a nutshell. I went to college in Oberlin, Ohio, and I have a master's degree from the University of Miami in Florida.   Carol: Good for you. So what intrigued you about RSA? What do you think about work? Because did you have to move to D.C.?   RoseAnn: I did. I did. You know, I had worked at an independent living center doing direct services, advocacy, that kind of thing. And I just felt like if I could help influence some policies, that would be so terrific. And actually, one of the women who monitored our center told me about job openings there. And so in 1987, they were trying to bring on in RSA more people with disabilities. And that's how I got in.   Carol: very cool. And living in D.C., I just I have a love for DC. I love when the plane lands. I love everything about it.   RoseAnn: I do too.   Carol: Yeah. And that's exciting, being able to influence policy. So RoseAnn, and I know you came from that independent living side of services, how do you feel like that independent living movement has influenced VR?   RoseAnn: So as folks probably know, the independent living movement puts the consumer in control. The consumer is empowered to kind of control their services and their outcomes. Grew out of the civil rights movement and the feminist movement in the sixties and seventies. And we in VR used to have custodial attitudes that had to change because it used to be that counselors knew best what was good for people with disabilities. Well, after independent living came along, that was no longer true. For instance, in 1973, the concept of the IWR P, which is the predecessor to the IPE, came along. Folks with disabilities were partners with counsel. In determining their plan. And then in 92, of course, we had the introduction of informed choice throughout the VR process and in 2014 we had amendments that brought in the concept of maximizing employment, advancing and employment. So I think independent living needs to be given credit for really changing the scope of VR and how VR Counselors relate to people with disabilities.   Carol: I love that I sometimes help Maureen Maguire Kuletz from our team do a session for her grad students around self-advocacy. And I love looking back to those early days. You know, you go in the sixties, there's a lot of cool stuff that came out of that and it has really influenced and shaped what's happening in the world today, and that is amazing. So you've got to see that all.   RoseAnn: Absolutely.   Carol: RoseAnn, what do you think has been a real game changer in VR over the years?   RoseAnn: Well, one of the things I like to talk about as a game changer and there's probably many, but the one thing that occurs to me is technology and the advancement of technology and how that has opened up so many opportunities to people with disabilities that would just never have been there before. I remember typing on a typewriter a long time ago and having someone correct my typos. And now of course, with Jaws Screen Reader, I can do all that work myself. In fact, I edit other people's work and it is just so liberating. And that's just one very, very small example. All of the smartphones and tablets that are accessible right out of the box, that is so exciting for folks with disabilities. Now, of course, I'm most familiar with technology for blind people, but deaf folks now have video interpreting. They can live in the middle of a very rural place, and as long as they have Internet, they can get interpreters to help them facilitate their communication. And folks with physical disabilities, even very significant physical disabilities, have assistive technology to help them with their computers and to be independent at home and at work. I just cannot say enough. I think this has opened up tremendous career opportunities for people.   Carol: Yeah, I agree with that. On that technology, I think about when I was at State Services for the Blind, even just during my tenure there looking at equipment we bought early on. And then in the end you kind of want, hey, the iPhone does almost everything and there are a million awesome apps that are folks were downloading and going, Hey, we just need this. I don't need a bunch of other equipment, I just need a phone and this app and I'm good to go. I think that's cool. And for those young people out there, yes, typewriters. I remember typing master's papers and we had one line that could go back and correct. Otherwise we were using correct tape.   RoseAnn: Yes.   Carole: So, yeah. For those young people who have no idea what we're talking about, it's true. They can be grateful that there's been that advancement. So along with that kind of changes in technology, of course, what do you think is different about the expectations the newer, younger customers have as they access VR?   RoseAnn: Well, I think it's very exciting. So first of all, we've got to realize that young people were raised in a post ADA world. The ADA passed in 1990. So they expect things to be accessible. They expect services, they expect facilities to be accessible. They don't know that they shouldn't have those expectations. I find it's so gratifying to see young people with such pride and self-confidence. They demand services. They want everything right now. You know, we talked about this before, Carol, with Amazon. Amazon has raised people's expectations that they should expect their products to be delivered immediately. And I think young people particularly want the VR to reach out to them and to serve them quickly. And that's just not happening. I know we're doing some work on some modules that will be posting soon on rapid engagement, and that's just very exciting to me.   Carol: Yeah, I'm glad you made that plug for our rapid engagement series. So for our listeners, we are working on a really cool series that should come out and August and into September where we're going to talk about rapid engagement and some of the practices that could help you in VR to really more quickly engage with folks and hopefully then leads to better outcomes. And we're starting to see some really fun results from around the country. Four states that have entered into that. I know I'm working on a bathroom remodel right now and I just laughed because I was trying to order something off of Amazon and I thought, the contractor goes, well, it should be here by overnight tonight. But no, I have to wait four days. I'm like, What's wrong with that?   RoseAnn: That's right.   Carol: Oh, my gosh. So how do you those expectations that folks have now fit in with consumer choice and informed choice?   RoseAnn: Let me just talk a little bit about VR. And their role. I see the counselor as facilitating the dreams of people with disabilities. The counselor and the person with a disability are partners, and this is maybe new for some people or different kind of concept. People with disabilities have a right to try to reach goals that they want to reach. A good counselor can help them look at what's realistic. They can help them look at how different choices will have different consequences. But we can develop in VR interim objectives for somebody. For instance, if they pass a certain course, then they can go on to another course or the fall program. People with disabilities have a right to fail. We often learn more from our failures than from our successes, and I do see this whole concept of informed choice just playing into all of this that counselors need to honor that, respect that and support it.   Carol: I like that you said that learning from failure. I remember back to a parent when we were working with Pre-ETS students and they had that realization. They're like, I was trying so hard to protect my child from ever experiencing that failure, but they had this aha moment and we saw it in them and they went, You know what? We have to let them fail, just like we do our other children. Now, I love that you said that, Rosanne, you've talked to me before about Jo-Ann Wilson. She was the former RSA commissioner, and she had a whole philosophy about raising expectations. Can you tell us about that?   RoseAnn: Yes, absolutely. I love Joanne. I think she is a fantastic person and I really admire her. Honestly, she has never let anything get in the way of her doing what she wants to do. She travels extensively. She raised five kids. She headed up the rehab center in Louisiana before she became a commissioner. And she was a tireless advocate for people with disabilities. But one of the things that she always would talk about is one of our major barriers to success is low expectations. And she meant low expectations that people with disabilities have for themselves, low expectations that their families have for them, and low expectations that service providers have. And she would always talk about how we can just raise expectations. We would do so much to help people advance in their goals.   Carol: Those are wise words for today. They really are. They ring true even now. I think there's that soft bigotry of low expectations that still hangs around. Absolutely.   RoseAnn: Yeah.   Carol: So, RoseAnn, what are your thoughts about disability and poverty and how could we better address this?   RoseAnn: Well, unfortunately, you know, I don't have the exact data, but I do know that the percentage of individuals with disabilities living in poverty is higher than for the general population. I really think that the RSA's emphasis on good paying jobs is the key. It's not enough for someone to be placed in a minimum wage job or a job that just supplements SSI. I mean, obviously folks have choice about this. We need to be finding better jobs for people. Folks with disabilities have the same dreams as everyone else. They want to raise their families. They want to be active in their community. They want to travel, they want to have fun. And you can't do that if you don't have a good income. I think VR needs to work hard with employers to help them understand that someone with a disability can perform a job competently and as well or better than folks without disabilities. Unfortunately, Carol, there is still stigma or attitudinal barriers in our society. Some employers don't understand that folks with disabilities can be productive. And this is changing. But those barriers are still real. And I think VR needs to work on that.   Carol: Oh, you're dead on on that. I'm really hoping actually the one bright lining out of this pandemic is that it's been proven now that people working remotely, it's worked. I mean, it works really well, which can help individuals with disabilities who may have transportation barriers and other things being able to get into some good employment and employers being less critical about are they going to be able to do the job and giving them a shot for doing that and working from home. So I'm at least hoping I'm hopeful that that will prove to be true.   RoseAnn: I am, too. I think we have more flexibility now in our thinking than we did before the pandemic. And that's key because when we talk about accommodating somebody with a disability, sometimes it's just a matter of like restructuring a job a little bit or whatever. But I think that kind of like let's make it work no matter what.   Carol: Absolutely. So, RoseAnn, what do you think are things that VR is doing really well? And where do you think maybe we're missing the mark A little bit?   RoseAnn: I. First want to say that VR is a great program and I think we need to own that. There's hardly anything that cannot be provided to an individual with a disability if it's related to their employment outcome. We've got a great program to work with. I think it's exciting that VR agencies are beginning to really analyze their performance. That's one of the things I do think we're beginning to do well. I think another thing is that we have very dedicated counselors. It sure isn't the money that keeps them in the field. Right. But they're dedicated and that's wonderful. A few challenges or things that I think maybe could be better. I would love to see agencies work on getting more financial compensation for counselors. I think unfortunately, you know, we have a high turnover rate and if we paid people better, that would really help to keep them. In terms of the VR process, we allow the process to control us. We need to look at outcomes. The process in VR is good because it makes sure that people with disabilities are being treated fairly and equitably. It ensures that all the regulatory requirements are met. But that's not the end in itself. That's not what we're really all about. We're about outcomes and we need to focus our work on outcomes. Another thing I just wanted to mention, I don't think our agencies sometimes reward people on the staff who are creative and think outside the box, you know? And then the last thing I would say is we've often heard that VR is the best kept secret, but why the heck are we a best kept secret? We should be out there waiting to tell people what we do, to tell folks with disabilities, employers, other service providers, what we can offer because we are a tremendous resource. And that's an area where I think we can, we can improve.   Carol: I agree on that 100%. I know when I interviewed at State Services for the Blind, the director at the time told me, yeah, we're, you know, we're the best kept secret. I still remember that. And I remember telling staff when I got to the agency, I'm like, I don't want to be the best kept secret. We need to have people come in the door. And I love that we've got some agencies out now doing some cool things. I know David D'Angelo from Mass Commission for the Blind, he did a whole PSA campaign and it really impacted his numbers. He was, I think, one of the few programs during the pandemic, like their numbers stayed up. He wasn't losing tons of people.   RoseAnn: That's great. Yeah.   Carol: He made a big effort. And I know other folks have really been looking into that same kind of thinking, being able to get the word out so people can come in and find us. So do you have any ideas on how VR can shore up those areas where we might be missing the mark?   RoseAnn: Well, okay, so just to kind of continue along the same vein I was just talking about, first of all, I think it's really unfortunate that we lost our in-service training grants because of high staff turnover. We really need those training dollars. And I know, of course, agencies can spend their Title One funds on training. I'm sure they do. But I wish we had that dedicated funding source. if we had, I know there's a lot of training available online for counselors and maybe there'd be a way to provide incentives for people completing the training. Also, maybe some incentives for counselors who develop relationships with service providers. You know, we need our partners, Carol, to provide supports to people with disabilities that VR doesn't provide or can't provide. And so if we had folks going out and making contacts in the community and developing partnerships, I think they should be rewarded for that effort. I also think job development, that is a tough skill. It's a different set of skills than most counselors have, that's for sure. And we need dedicated folks to meet with employers and become liaisons with them and really develop jobs for folks. I mean, it is not sufficient to just give a person with a disability a link to Indeed a couple of job openings or whatever. You know, that's not what I'm talking about. I think we need to do some targeted job development more than we do.   Carol: Yeah, I couldn't agree more on that. That job development, it takes a skill set when you're doing that, and it's not always a skill set that a counselor has. And I know definitely some agencies require the counselors to do that work too. But boy, that's tough if that isn't kind of in your wheelhouse of engaging with employers that way.   RoseAnn: Right.   Carol: So Rosanne, if you had a crystal ball, what would be your predictions for VR in 20 years?   RoseAnn: Oh, my goodness. Okay. If I had a crystal ball. Well, first of all, let me say that I do believe we are at a very critical juncture right now. Unfortunately, our numbers are going down. I worry in this inflationary era whether funding for VR will become tighter. We have to prove. Our work, I think that if we offer diminished services and fewer outcomes. That's just not a good thing right now. We need to reinvent ourselves, as I talked about. We need to provide incentives for creative staff and support their creativity. We need to get our consumer partners, our individuals with disabilities to value us. And that's through working with folks with disabilities openly, honestly and being efficient. That whole rapid engagement thing we talked about earlier, educating employers about VR, what VR can do for folks with disabilities. Again, VR is a great program, but we need to market it. I see the future can be bright, but we need to do some work, I think some substantial work and we need to do it quickly.   Carol: Yeah, I agree on that. I was excited to hear the CSAVR group. I was on the director call yesterday and listening to some things that folks are doing to try to shore up recruitment, retention, and that was really encouraging with a couple of states and successes they've had. But I know the fall conference, they're focusing on some three main categories and one of them really is about outreach in the promotion of the program, which is smart. I think they're spot on and that they're in-tune to what's happening right now. So I'm encouraged about what we'll see this fall and hopefully that will get people energized across the country. So, Rosanne, I know there are a lot of people that are new to VR across the country. What advice would you give to them as they're learning and working in the program?   RoseAnn: Well, this has to be your passion. If you're new in this field, you're going to have to work hard. You're not going to get paid as much as you might if you were in some other field. So this needs to be your passion. If you truly believe that folks with disabilities have rights to full employment and should be treated equitably. You are so valuable to us and I really hope you'll stay in this field. But it's got to be a passion for you. We need you, that's for sure.   Carol: Well said. We need you, that's for sure. That is great. So, Rosanne, I just want to switch gears a minute and talk about the work you've been doing for us at the QM. You have been curating a lot of website content and also working on a project regarding long COVID. Can you tell our listeners a little bit about that work?   RoseAnn: Sure. Long COVID is something that gosh, you know, it's very distressing. When I saw the data, a very conservative estimate is that like 7.5 million individuals have long COVID. And that means that they have limitations that are characterized by having had COVID that may prevent them from working. And that's why VR needs to be involved with some of these people. And so the work that I did, which I believe has been posted, talks about when we determine that someone with long COVID has a disability for VR purposes, but it's an evolving area. Carol. I know I particularly want to be involved in keeping up to date because things are changing. There's some reports coming out of the Department of Health and Human Services just this week about long COVID and what supports people need. It's very exciting and I'm really glad that the center here is working on this.   Carol: Yeah, we really appreciate you doing that work. And for our listeners, you can find what RoseAnn has done on our VRTAC-QM.org website. And if you go to resources, you can either go on the search box or you can go to resources and look for the information on Long-covid. You'll find that right away on the page. And I know she's continuing to work on adding, so that'll be a kind of an evolving document, I believe, and going forward.   RoseAnn: right.   Carol: Yeah. We really appreciate it. So, RoseAnn, do you have any other parting words of wisdom for all of us?   RoseAnn: Carol, I don't know that I have any parting words of wisdom. I think working together, you know, at all levels, we're going to get this job done. And I'm very excited. I think we've got people with disabilities who are demanding their rights and wanting services. I think we've got people of goodwill and dedication in VR. I'm just very excited about what all this can mean. I think we need to work together, be honest with each other, communicate and really get the job done.   Carol: Well said, RoseAnn. Well, thanks for being on our program today. I really appreciate it. And I look forward to talking to you some more.   RoseAnn: Yeah. Thank you so much for having me. I've enjoyed it. I've never done a podcast before, but this has been fun.   Carol: Awesome. Well, have a great day.   RoseAnn: Thank you.   {Music} Speaker1: Conversations powered by VR, one manager at a time, one minute at a time, brought to you by the VR TAC for Quality Management. 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Marc Garcia has been at the helm of Visit Mesa, the City of Mesa's award-winning destination marketing organization, since 2012. He earned the DMO numerous visitor industry accolades and marketing campaign awards during this time. He was the catalyst for helping Mesa earn the first-ever Autism Certified City distinction in late 2019. Marc leads a team of 12 full-time employees focused on selling and marketing Mesa, Arizona, as a must-experience destination in Arizona. On this episode of Destination on the Left, I talk with Marc Garcia about the importance of genuinely understanding the need for Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion (DEI) in every part of the travel industry and the impetus behind Mesa, Arizona, becoming the first autism-certified city in the United States. He also shares some of the creative collaborations the city is building with other organizations and the local community, including the advent of professional surfing in the desert and an amazing farm to fork trail. What You Will Learn in this Episode: How Marc's love of family and his native city led him to a starter job at the Phoenix CVB and how his career in destination marketing has progressed over the last 25 years Initiatives that Marc has been involved in that have helped Mesa stand out from the crowd. Why Marc was so keen to move away from Mesa CVB as a name and how they rebranded as Visit Mesa The Visit Mesa Partnership Programme — why it's so unique and how it delivers an awesome ROI for its members How Mesa's role in Arizona's Fresh Foodie Trail® encourages visitors to the region to enjoy the farm to fork experience Creative ways that Visit Mesa is approaching Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion (DEI) and how they are using the principles to make their destination an even more attractive place to visit How Visit Mesa encouraged their partners, including the Chamber of Commerce, the city's Parks Department, and three of the largest hotels in the area, to undertake the Certified Autism Travel Professional course What Marc and his team are doing to celebrate National Autism Awareness Month in April, including a collaboration with local micro-breweries Marc's words of wisdom for getting community partners involved and engaged Spearheading Collaborative Efforts Marc and I had a fascinating discussion on the podcast about the collaborative efforts of Visit Mesa, the Chamber of Commerce, the Parks Department, and various neighborhood associations that have proved to be the bedrock of the destination's marketing success. 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We also discuss some of the creative collaborations that Visit Mesa is involved with, including the Fresh Foodie Trail®, which is a large part of the destination's brand and a strong differentiator, and the upcoming partnership with two microbreweries in downtown Mesa that celebrates National Autism Awareness Month this April. An Autism-Friendly Destination Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion (DEI) is coming to the forefront of everyone in the travel and tourism industry's mind, and Marc speaks to his personal passion for making Mesa a fun place to visit for all travelers. He shares why almost 5000 people in all parts of the industry have undertaken the Certified Autism Travel Professionals course and how the Mesa Regional Foundation for Accessibility, Diversity, and Inclusion is introducing high school students from Title One schools to career opportunities in the hospitality business. 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