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Teacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols108. What's your Shablam?!What's your SHABLAM?
What does that even mean?
What makes you tick? What are your special gifts? What helps you feel at home inside yourself?
In this epsiode, Chrissy shares her own personal shablam.
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2023-07-2209 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols102. How to BelongDo you belong? To what? To whom? For years, I was a pleaser. I flexed and bent myself to "FIT" into what I thought others wanted of me. But I was a liar. No one got the authentic me. I was so caught up in what I thought others wanted from me, I forgot to belong to myself. In this episode, we do a deep dive into how to belong to YOURSELF. Resources: Follow Chrissy on Instagram @chrissyconcept. Sign up for a FREE 30 minute coaching call. More About Teacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols: Teacher Talk is the podcast for...
2023-06-0308 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols101. "Lazy" Students, "Awful" Parents & "Toxic" ColleaguesIn Episode 101, I dive into why our language (and LABELS!) matter when we think about all the stakeholders in education. This look at why words matter will help you see your labels, leverage different labels, and ultimately, come up with different thoughts that serve you and your students. In this episode, I also give you tools that help you get NEUTRAL and FACTUAL when you find yourself in a tough conversation. You won't want to miss this episode! Resources: Follow Chrissy on Instagram @chrissyconcept. Sign up for a FREE 30 minute coaching call. More About Teacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols...
2023-05-2611 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols100. How to End the Year Strong & Future AppreciationIn Episode 100 we look to make our future even better than our present. Remember: the future is yours & summer is coming. So what do you want to create? How about creating a better end-of-the-year?
In this episode, you will learn to:
1. Imagine a challenge that you have for the end of the year. Is it grading, comments, packing up your classroom, or moving to another grade level?
2. Imagine that task and think of it as your property as in: "I create my very best end of the year grading." / "I love my grading."/ "...
2023-05-1011 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols99. How Deep is Your (Self) Love?As teachers, we take care of everyone (students, colleagues, parents, our own families) FIRST before we take care of ourselves. Episode 99 invites you to ask "How deep is MY love for...ME?" I share a personal story of my own brain's shenanigans of emotional depths and shallows. I also give you an exercise that will help you get clear for yourself when your brain wants to keep you shallow and when it lets you go deep, deep, deep. Resources: Follow Chrissy on Instagram @chrissyconcept. Sign up for a FREE 30 minute coaching call. More About Teacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols...
2023-05-0310 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols98. Got Leadership? Why Sarah Hanawald Loves School Leaders“The era of leveraging someone’s commitment to your mission as a way of demanding endless work and overwork ...needs to be over. And I think schools are grappling with that." -Sarah Hanawald
In this episode, Sarah Hanawald, Senior Director of One Schoolhouse’s Association for Academic Leaders, talks about how her community meets the needs of School Leaders.
In this conversation, we also talk about:
• teacher overwhelm + time management
• the need for daily reflective time to evaluate the craft of teaching.
• why teaching is more difficult in this current medi...
2023-04-2525 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols97. Got Burnout? How to Create 48% More Capacity!Episode 97: Feeling 'meh'? Low or no energy? Like you're dragging yourself to school each day? That' s normal: as teachers, we all feel it. In this episode, I teach you to have 48% MORE capacity in your life to trust yourself and find the motivation you need. All you need to learn is how to have the ability to have more ability. Don't torture yourself or beat yourself up anymore. I teach you to teach yourself to have the ability you need.
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2023-04-1809 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols96. Want better Professional Development? Here's how!Teachers tell me all the time: "My plate is so full. I don’t want a PD that wastes my time." In this episode, teachers and administrators will learn the ESSENTIALS of better PD. It should be teacher-led, job-embedded, solutions focused, and consider the mental and emotional health of everyone. Enjoy this episode! Resources: Follow Chrissy on Instagram @chrissyconcept. Sign up for a FREE 30 minute coaching call. More About Teacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols: Teacher Talk is the podcast for educators like you who are on the brink of burnout, or are already there. It’s your guide to feel...
2023-04-0707 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols95. Why It's So Hard for Teachers to be SickAs teachers, we are rarely sick. Or maybe we don't "let" ourselves be sick? In this episode I discuss the thoughts and mindset around seeing sickness as weakness. What if we could think in a different way around sickness? I also dive into the favors culture or transactional payback system that happens when colleagues depend on other colleagues when absent. Resources: Follow Chrissy on Instagram @chrissyconcept. Sign up for a FREE 30 minute coaching call. More About Teacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols: Teacher Talk is the podcast for educators like you who are on the brink of burnout, or are...
2023-03-2809 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols94. What's an Ed Consultant? Meet Gabriela Deambrosio.Gabriela Deambrosio is an Education Consultant who links families with the right educational and therapeutic options for their children. Gabriela holds two Bachelor's Degrees a Master’s of Education from the University of Connecticut. She was a dedicated educator and school leader for over a decade in both independent and public schools in two continents before becoming an educational consultant.
She believes that every student deserves to find “their people,” to feel a sense of belonging, support, authentic trust, and to become part of something bigger than themselves.
For an inquiry call, please contact Gabriela at gdeambro...
2023-03-1517 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols93. Sweaty Teaching & Am I doing this right?In Episode 93, I teach you 3 important steps to befriending your inner critic, especially as you make big moves at school. From contract negotiations and standing up for yourself to saying "no" when someone asks you to do just a little bit more, I show you how to stay with yourself. In this episode you'll learn the importance of naming that fearful feeling and why being clear on your "why" can help you to do it sweaty. Because you are doing it exactly right. Resources: Follow Chrissy on Instagram @chrissyconcept. Sign up for a FREE 30 minute coaching call. More About...
2023-03-0707 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols92. How to Make ANY DECISION in 4 StepsEpisode 92 gives you FOUR steps to help you with any decision.
School decisions like:
Am I staying? Am I leaving? What books should I order next year? Do I like the team that I am teaching with? Would I prefer another grade level?
Learn how to make a decision and how to support yourself throughout the process. You won't want to miss this episode.
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2023-02-2809 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols91. The Value of a Coach for TeachersWhat do you value in life and at school? As teachers, we spend A LOT of our lives at school. In Episode 91, "The Value of a Coach for Teachers," I tell you more about what I do and what I don't do. In this episode I talk about: -the difference between therapy and coaching; -the VALUE of looking inside your mind; -how coaching helps with challenges at school and at home; -how coaching is the opportunity for a brain reset; -why everyone needs a coach; -why I invest in my own coaching;
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2023-02-2209 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols90. School Counselors: I see you!Calling all School Counselors!
In Episode 90, I talk to Rachel Davis, owner and founder of Bright Futures Counseling, an online membership community designed just for school counselors with resources to help school counselors in public and private schools.
In this fascinating conversation, Rachel and I talk about the challenges of student case loads, the feeling of isolation, and the struggle that led her to create Bright futures counseling.
You can find her https://brightfutures-counseling.com and on Instagram at Bright Futures. Enjoy this conversation with Rachel Davis.
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2023-02-1712 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols89. How to Self-Love in 5 Simple StepsWant 5 ways to improve your relationship with yourself and everyone around you? Just in time for Valentine's Day, these steps will help you give yourself a break while still creating discipline and creating the life you want at school. Just the act of noticing your feelings and realizing why and how this feeling makes sense will change you in the classroom. Resources: Follow Chrissy on Instagram @chrissyconcept. Sign up for a FREE 30 minute coaching call. More About Teacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols: Teacher Talk is the podcast for educators like you who are on the brink of burnout, or...
2023-02-0808 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols88. Hate Yourself In & Out of the Classroom? Try this.I used to be VERY mean to myself but I called it self-discipline.
Discipline does not mean speaking to yourself meanly or giving yourself the beat down.
There is another way to get your grading done, stay on time, and thrive at school without beating yourself up.
In this episode you will learn how to:
1. Chunk and chew your goal down into bite-size chunks;
2. Decide the smallest amount of time you can do on your WORST day: 4 minutes is enough. Plan it.
3. Show up and do it. Yo...
2023-02-0109 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols87. How to Forgive at SchoolWant to forgive someone at school?
(This podcast will also help you with any person in your life.)
If you're like me, your idea of what it means to forgive may need a little clarifying.
In Episode 87, I turn to Oprah for her definition of forgiveness.
It turns out, forgiving is not forgetting. It's actually ALL about freedom.
Forgiveness is letting go of the past so that it does not have power over you.
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2023-01-2407 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols86. How to Let It GoWhat is the "it" for you that you would love to let go?
Is it an emotion?
Is it an aspect of teaching or family life that you wish would simply melt away?
Is it letting go about releasing control in some area in your life?
In Episode 86, I share my own personal journey of how letting go can be incredibly helpful and has made me feel more free.
What can you let go of in your life right now?
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2023-01-1808 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols85. Three Ways to Better Classroom ManagementWant to improve your classroom management ?
In Episode 85, we rewire, innovate and manage our brains in order to connect before we correct. In this episode, you'll learn how these three statements will change engagement, focus, and student attitudes: "I belong here." "I matter." "This is fun."
How would you be as a teacher if you repeated these three statements each day? How would it be for your students if they practiced these ideas for themselves? Mind management is the key to classroom management and I give you real tips and strategies to have a more...
2023-01-1111 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols84. It's OK to Want What You WantAre you in a toxic relationship with your school?
Are you getting the message that you're not a team player or you should really LOVE doing more without getting paid?
No! No! No!
In this Episode, I do a deep dive into all the ways toxic schools can be like bad relationships and show you that IT IS 100% OK TO WANT WHAT YOU WANT!
No, you are not crazy for wanting to have a decent wage and retirement benefits. You are not asking for "too much" or pushing "too hard."
2022-12-1409 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols83. How Skiing is like TeachingIn Episode 83, I share my two passions: teaching and skiing.
How is skiing like teaching?
Skiing, like teaching, is incredibly difficult. Even if you use a lift, skiing can make you so sore that you feel muscles you didn’t even know you had the next day.
Teaching challenges us to use all sorts of emotional and pedagogical muscles that you never knew we had. We may not even know we needed to flex those muscles until the situation arises, like in skiing, until we have to turn a certain way, until we need...
2022-12-0707 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols82. Toxic Teachers Part 2: How to Deal with Challenging ColleaguesIn Episode 81, I gave you the first part of how to self-coach yourself in any challenging relationship and that first part is to take responsibility for your thoughts and feelings about this person.
(Do not underestimate this step, my friends! Responsibility means getting out of victim mentality and it is HUGE!)
Step 2 is to INTENTIONALLY decide to be in a relationship with this person. You heard me. You need to deliberately decide to be in relationship with them.
To decide to be in a relationship, ask yourself:1. Who do I want to be...
2022-11-3008 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy NicholsBonus! Chrissy Celebrates You!Teachers, are you celebrating YOU?
This bonus episode is not your typical gratitude episode.
In this episode, I remind all teachers to celebrate what is going right-what can you celebrate about you?
What makes you, well, YOU?
I am so grateful for this mind thought work and I celebrate YOU. I celebrate your wins and losses, the tough moments, and yep, the fails.
But please be sure you are celebrating yourselves!
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2022-11-2505 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols81. Toxic Teachers: How to Deal with Challenging ColleaguesIn this episode, we are going to look at WHY a relationship at school is tough and how you can identify if you have certain thoughts about a person at your school or in your life that no longer serve you.
You'll learn:
• How to identify your thoughts;
• The one action we all do to help identify if you have thoughts about a colleague;
• What taking responsibility for your thoughts really looks like;
• Why thought responsibility is essential to staying in your power;
By owning our own thinking, we...
2022-11-1707 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols80. Teachers, Do You Have a Thought Plan?In Episode 80, I describe some real life scenarios that I have experienced or seen in classes and ask you, "Do you have a Thought Plan for this?" Scenario: A student pulls out his/her phone without permission. Scenario: A student refuses to sit in his seat and says "This f****ing class is BS," and leaves class without permission. Sound familiar? The point is you can prepare for that. You can create a thought plan for yourself. Thought preparation, like all of our preps, involves preparation and practice. Have you practiced your thoughts? Here's one: I have a plan...
2022-11-1107 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols79. How to Date YourselfEpisode 79 starts with one simple question: Would you date yourself right now?
Would you?
If you are a teacher who is looking for a partner who is kind, are you speaking to yourself with kindness?
If you want a partner who is FUN, ask yourself, "Am I fun? How do I know that I am fun? Do I have fun with myself?"
If the answer is "yes," great. But if the answer is "no," keep listening to this episode for ways to date yourself, ways of seeing yourself with new eyes...
2022-11-0906 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols78. Why Teddy Left TeachingWhy did Teddy Anderson leave teaching?
In this episode, you'll find out how this inspired teacher of math and physics felt the kind of fatigue that left her, well, exhausted.
But, the silver lining?
Teddy reminds us we all have power. We are not powerless.
Enjoy this conversation about burnout, fatigue, and why teachers need to use our power.
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2022-11-0613 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols77. How to Slow Down & Shut UpIn Episode 77 "How to Slow Down & Shut Up" I show you why it is ESSENTIAL to listen to the words you are using.
The easiest way to do this?
The trick is PAYING ATTENTION TO our thoughts and changing our words to SERVE us is to notice them.
This episode reminds you that your thoughts are the super-highways to anything you want.
And language, our WORDS, make up our thoughts.
Remember, if you want to teach your mind, you are always your own first student so show up and pa...
2022-11-0307 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols76. Chrissy's Rejection TherapyRejection Therapy? What is that?
In this episode, I talk about my own journey to fall more in love with my own sense of rejection and fear as I apply the tools I am learning from actively seeking rejection in my own life and in my business.
My inspiration comes from Jason Comely and Jia Jiang who shared his own powerful journey with rejection in a TedX that you can watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vZXgApsPCQ.
Impressed by Jia, in this episode, I share how I have started to create a closer...
2022-11-0107 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols75. What do Principals Really Think?Every wonder what our principals are actually thinking about? In Episode 75, I am in conversation with high school principal Ingrid Gustavson.
In this episode we discuss the highs and lows of her job, the way she models and cultivates balance in her work, and the pitfalls of trying to "do it all" as either administration or faculty.
Ingrid describes the importance of teacher time and "working around the edges" of our daily time and reminds us claim time for ourselves because, "there will always be one more paper to grade."
Ingrid also describes h...
2022-10-3014 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols74. Why Vulnerability is Teachable and Worth it!Want more trust, a greater class culture and a better vibe? It is possible to create it NOW, even when the year is underway. In this episode, I lean on the amazing Brene Brown and her work on vulnerability for teachers.
I describe my "a-ha" moments from two of Brene's talks: her keynote address at South by Southwest for Educators (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVD8YRgA-ck) and in an interview on her Daring Classrooms Hub (https://brenebrown.com/dc-interview-series/).
In this episode, you'll see that it is never too late to create vulnerability a...
2022-10-2707 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols73. No Hard Days at School: How to get to NeutralHard days at school actually do not exist without your mind. It's true! The hard or bad is not made by the day. The hard or bad is made by our thoughts about the day.
A day at school is neither hard nor easy without your thoughts making it so!
In episode 73 you will learn:
-how coaching your mind helps you to get to the cause
-how to have a more neutral stance about your day
-how to make a thought choice about the kind of day you want to...
2022-10-2507 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols72. My Becoming as Viewed by my HusbandGary Mackelprang is a writer, seeker, reader and my favorite traveling partner. Gary is not only the love of my life but my favorite bibliophile as he added 5,000 books to our home when we merged households. Gary is the proud father of four amazing daughters and loves ideas, cozy naps, and a good cigar.
In this episode, my husband and I discuss how coaching has changed me and his experience watching my journey as a coach. Gary talks about both my struggles and celebrations and describes how he sees the practical application of coaching in education. Gary a...
2022-10-2311 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols71. How to Use Your Future Now!Want a better relationship with yourself? Want to set your future self up for success? In Episode 71, I teach you a tool that I use to help my teacher clients (and myself!) grow into the future that they want for themselves.
In this episode, you'll learn:
* Questions to ask your future self so that you can live a more rich present moment
* How to create the future that you want for yourself
* Why writing and thinking about your future comes naturally to teachers already
* How thinking about yourself in t...
2022-10-2007 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols70. 3 Ways to Beat the Sunday ScariesWant to make Sundays calmer, more peaceful and less stressful? This episode will help you feel more in charge of your week as I share:
* Three ways to make your thoughts less scary on Sundays
* Mindset shifts to help you look forward to your week
* Ways to think about "finishing" at school
* A strategy you can do on Friday to make Monday feel MUCH more peaceful
Tune into Episode 71 to take these future tools to the next level!
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2022-10-1807 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols69. "Coaching Can Feel Raw" - My Client Kate Tells AllDo you ever wonder what happens on a coaching call? Or how is life coaching different than therapy? Tune to Episode 69 where my client Kate Murphy explains what her experience is like.
In this call, Kate, who had never done any kind of coaching:
* describes her experience as a client
* explains some of the tools she has learned
* describes how coaching has already transformed her life.
* explains why every teacher needs a coach.
Kate Murphy teaches first grade in Helotes, Texas and has been a teacher 16 years. He...
2022-10-1613 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols68. Part 2 Hot Tips for Smooth Parent-Teacher ConferencesIn Part 2, I give teachers my best, most helpful tips about how to handle Parent-Teacher Conferences.
In this episode, you'll learn:
* Why having a plan and being proactive will SAVE you time and energy
* How communicating with parents can actually help you in the long run;
* How not to create welcoming energy that will also serve you;
Announcing "Weight Loss for Busy Teachers," my 5-week coaching course for teachers beginning on OCTOBER 17. If you want to lose weight for the last time, this group is for you where you’ll be...
2022-10-1306 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols67. Part 1 Hot Tips for Smooth Parent-Teacher ConferencesIn this episode, I give teachers practical tips about how to handle Parent-Teacher Conferences and to calm the brain's automatic fears when faced with parents like,
"Will my students' parents put the blame on me for poor grades? Will they question my instructional methods? Will anyone even show up?"
In the 22 years I've been teaching, I've seen just about everything and I want you to feel calm and at ease as you conference with parents now or at any time.
In this episode, you'll learn:
* Why having a plan and being p...
2022-10-1107 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols66. Trauma + Teaching with Mary GranickIn Episode 66, I am in conversation with Mary Granick about what happens when teachers are faced with trauma.
Mary and I recorded this interview soon after the the May 2022, school shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas and while we don't go into detail about school shootings, Mary does help us understand as teachers what happens in our bodies when we, as teachers are faced with trauma.
In this episode, we discuss:
• why it is important for teachers to seek help themselves when faced with a traumatic event;
• how trauma makes...
2022-10-0912 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols65. Successing in TeachingI made up the word "Successing" for Episode 65 to help us remember that that success in teaching is messy. Successing means trying, failing, adjusting, trying, failing and learning. Successing also means asking for help when you need it and receiving that help. Successing means giving yourself a break and letting go of perfectionism.
Announcing Weight Loss for Busy Teachers, my 5-week coaching course for teachers beginning on OCTOBER 17.
If you want to lose weight for the last time, this group is for you where you’ll be with no more than 4 others like-minded te...
2022-10-0606 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols64. Rising into Love with TeachingEver noticed that the way our society describes that incredible feeling of new love as "falling in love" and never "rising into love"?
It's funny when you think about it.
In Episode 64, we discuss how the concept of rising into love with teaching can help you think about your classroom in a different way.
I also give you tips and strategies for thoughts to think and actions to take to help you rise into love for teaching.
Want to rise into and create more love for yourself? Announcing my 5-week coaching gro...
2022-10-0407 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols63. Differentiation, Math + YOU: An interview with Laura CheneyEpisode 63 is a great conversation with Laura Cheney, an a secondary academic math coach in public school in Utah. Laura and I spoke last spring before teachers left for the summer as she notes the exhaustion and fatigue that teachers in her district were feeling post Covid.
Laura also describes the challenges of going from working with students to working with adults and how each are unique. Laura brings heart and passion to her work in Math and she is also the proud mother of two boys
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2022-10-0213 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols62. What is Your Teaching WHY? Do You Know Your Purpose?In this episode, I tell the story of one of my teaching clients called into the principal's office and her thoughts about the situation.
This event actually helped her:
• Crystallize her WHY: why she was a teacher
• Made her realize that she was not at school for the adults but to server her students
• Empowered her to keep calm and carry on with decisiveness and power.
So what is your teaching WHY? Who are you in the classroom to serve? Why do you do what you do? The answers could c...
2022-09-2906 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols61. Teacher Self-Pressure & Why It BackfiresThink self-pressure is working for you in the classroom and raising your game? Think again.
In this episode you'll learn:
• Why putting the pressure on yourself increases stress;
• Why pressure keeps you in a spin cycle of "not enough"
• How if you feel pressure at school, most likely you are creating it for yourself at home;
• How self-pressuring leads to you beating yourself up, not teaching better;
Compassion is actually the key to feeling better at school and in life. Can you give yourself just a bit of a break...
2022-09-2706 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols60. Kids Speak: What Makes A Great Teacher?Think students can't tell what's going on with us and the challenges we face day in and day out in the classroom? Think again.
In this episode, 11th grade student Isabelle, and 8th grader James, describe what qualities create a truly great teacher and describe some bad teaching moments they have experienced in their education.
James Anthony is an 8th grader in Cincinnati, Ohio. James loves planes (and can tell you the plane you are traveling on just by looking at it), travel, and soccer. Born in Chertsy, England, James began his international travel career...
2022-09-2514 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols59. 3 Tools to Lose Weight NOW at SchoolIn this episode I give you 3 free tools that you can start now to start losing weight. I also share a BONUS tool (also free) that will help you see exactly where you are in your relationship with your body.
This episode connects to my FREE course called Weight Loss Live where we go in-depth into these concepts in a way that is specific to teachers. To sign up, simply text the word "Teacher" to 66866.
You can also sign up simply by sending me an email to thechrissyconcept@gmail.com.
Since one of m...
2022-09-2208 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols58. How Does Writing Create Weight Loss?How can writing words on a piece of paper create weight loss?
In this episode, I show you how writing down your thoughts can help you achieve weight loss. I also give you details about how to sign up for my FREE Course Weight Loss Live. Simply text the word "TEACHER" to 66866 or send me an email at thechrissyconcept@gmail.com.
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2022-09-2006 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols57. An Irish Educator Tells It Like It Is!Irish lovers in Teacherland, you are in for a treat! Today I am in conversation with Aoife Crowne who teaches traditional Irish Gaelic in Bantry in southern Ireland.
Aoife and I discuss the mindset she uses each day to motivate her 16 year-olds to learn Gaelic and how she battles time in the go-go-go Back to School pace alive and well even in a small town.
Aoife also describes what she would do if she was Minister of Education in Ireland for a day and could fix some of the problems that Irish teachers face.
2022-09-1816 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols56. How to Create a Comfy Corner in your MindMaybe you have that special space that a teacher can create, maybe it’s your reading rug, maybe it’s a corner with plants that serves as a place of mindfulness and mediation, quiet time, or a class circle.
But I urge you to use this podcast to create a Comfy Corner for your mind.
This is A SPACE to wash your thoughts, to connect deeply with yourself (even if it’s only for a few seconds or a few minutes.) This is a space that is JUST FOR YOU. I help you create that space...
2022-09-1507 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols55. Teachers & The Power of SleepWhat if I told you that there is an amazing thing that exists, especially for teachers that:
• Creates more efficiency, especially as you grade
• Helps you lesson plan in half the time
• Will save you hours of coming up with test or quiz questions
• Helps you stay at healthy weight
• Helps you get along better with people, your partner, loved ones
• AND YES...elevates your mood...
It’s SLEEP!
Listen in as I show you why sleep is a teacher's very best friend, particularly du...
2022-09-1306 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols54. How to Feel Better Part 3Part 3 of How to Feel Better and Create a New Belief is not-to-be-missed. How do you believe something you don't yet believe? How do you grow into a new thought goal? I describe all of this and more as I help you move through the steps that you learned in the previous episodes.
I am also reference the work of the great Brené Brown. Like this podcast, I love how she keeps it "awkward, brave, and kind." You can connect with her research here: https://brenebrown.com/
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2022-09-1112 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols53. How to Feel Better Part 2In Part 2 of How to Feel Better, I explain the next steps after seeing your Problem Reveal or Thought Download before you.
I explain the power of being with your emotions and why it is vital to understand that our emotions are 50% positive and 50% negative: it's all wisdom.
This podcast also explains the pitfalls of pushing down, ignoring, reacting to or resisting your emotions. Here, I also give you the tip that you need to neutralize any thought.
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2022-09-0807 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols52. How to Feel Better Part 1In this episode, I explain the very first step of feeling better is to eavesdrop on your mind in an exercise called a Problem Reveal or Thought Download. This episode is an interactive one so please do this work using a pen and paper.
Giving you powerful questions to ask yourself, I guide you through this exercise in thought hygiene so that you are clear on where you are --today.
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2022-09-0606 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols51. French Teaching with Claire RouquetteJoin us in this episode as I speak with French teacher Claire Rouquette as we discuss the challenges that French teachers face such as salary, resources, and materials. Sound familiar?
Claire shows us that many of the teaching challenges we face are the same for all of us around the world.
Listen for Claire and Chrissy's discussion of how a TWO HOUR lunch and no school on Wednesdays feels both dreamy and scarce. Turns out, our thoughts about time are optional!
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2022-09-0410 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols50. How to Change your Life with Jen SinceroToday I share the great words of Jen SIncero, one of my favorite thought leaders and teachers on the power of words and how they can change your life at school. You won't want to miss this empowering episode.
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2022-09-0106 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols49. Hating school? Be the Sky.
Welcome.
You are VERY important. You are the first responders of our culture. I believe in you.
You are a professional..
You are changing lives.
If Back to school is rough right now, I want to teach you this fast but mighty tool that I use in meditation and that I learned from my meditation teacher and you can use it many times throughout the day at quick intervals.
Imagine yourself zooming out of your school day. Zoom back.
You’re hanging out with the sky rat...
2022-08-3006 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols48. What's New at Wife Teacher Mommy?In Episode 48 Teacher Talk is BACK in conversation with Kelsey Sorensen, owner and founder of Wife Teacher Mommy. Kelsey tells us what is new for her company and describes all the ways that teachers benefit as club members. Kelsey also describes how toxic positivity can be more harmful than helpful in the teaching world and how teachers are still leaving the profession.
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2022-08-2812 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols47. Stress-Freeze & Can I Just?In this episode, you'll learn how to melt the stress-freeze that comes when your brain believes it has SO much to do that it can't start on anything. I share the one question that cuts through the manic spin cycle and how to use this powerful question to get started on B- work.
Resources:
Episode 46 of Teacher Talk, Overwhelm + The Grand Canyon
Life coach Corinne Crabtree
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2022-08-2506 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols46. Overwhelm + The Grand CanyonIn this episode, I share three lessons that I learned in the Grand Canyon to help you solve for overwhelm. Really? The Grand Canyon can help me in my classroom? Yes. Tune in as I show you how to apply the three thought tools that I came up with on my recent trip to this amazing place.
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2022-08-2308 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols45. In Conversation with Mary GranickMary Toth Granick is a former teacher and licensed marriage and family therapist who lives in New Mexico and specializes in somatic experience and complex trauma work.
Mary talks about her role when she worked with teachers to help engage students who seemed hard to reach or "tough" learners. Mary is kind, compassionate, and clear. She reminds us all to step back to notice different learning styles and brain types in our student populations.
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2022-08-2116 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols44. Hating Back to School?Hating Back to School? The solution is value. What do I mean by value? This means more support, ease, and nurturing for you so that your brain may want to return into the classroom.
In this episode I explain:*how to create MORE value (not more To Do's) for YOU;*how to make your classroom more valuable and supportive for you;*the one question you must ask yourself to create easy value NOW so that you feel more ease about going back.
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2022-08-1806 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols43. How We Lie to OurselvesIn this minisode, we talk about all the lies we tell ourselves and how these lies erode trust with ourselves. The good news is that it is a habit that you can break.
In this episode I give you:* examples of the lies I tell myself* how to uncover the lies you tell yourself* the thought tool that will help you see your lies
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2022-08-1607 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols42. Hey Teachers, You Are Fierce!Mary Powers has been teaching for over two decades but started her professional journey as a child therapist before becoming a powerful English teacher.
Mary, who graduated from Harvard University, says her goal is to create safety as she cultivates that kind of intellectual play with her students where no idea is off limits.
In this conversation, Mary explains how teaching has been politicized with often confusing and threatening messages for teachers. Mary also gives advice for teachers about how to bring the love and energy they first brought to the job.
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2022-08-1412 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols41. The Power of Ritual Part 2In Episode 41 The Power of Ritual Part 2, you'll learn how to stick to your daily ritual using compassion, not perfectionism. I share my concept of B-/C+ work to show you that you don't need to be perfect to create small and powerful habits. This ritual work is about connecting you to you: it's about learning to trust yourself again.
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Episode 41, The Power of Ritual Part 1
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2022-08-1107 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols40. The Power of Ritual Part 1In The Power of Ritual Part 1, I share the daily ritual that keeps me sane each day. I also share why having a realistic ritual helps me trust myself. In this episode, you'll hear how the power of having a non-negotiable ritual serves you to create more connection with yourself.
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2022-08-0907 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols39. How Ethical Education Can Kickstart Your ClassroomWhat is ethical education anyway? And are schools educating the whole child or simply turning out "highly educated useless people"? Ryan Hoglund returns to the podcast to talk about the nuts and bolts of social emotional learning as he uses mindfulness.
Ryan's approach is integrative as he helps students tackle big questions like "As a teenager, how do I show up authentically? How do I feel deeply uncomfortable and not let it define my day?"
You will hear strategies you can use in your classroom from the Collaborative for Academic Social and Emotional Learning at...
2022-08-0716 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols38. Ask a Coach Part 2In Episode 38, I share the second part of my series called "Ask A Coach" in which I share real issues that clients bring inside the membership group at Wife Teacher Mommy.
You'll hear how a teacher is doubting her decision to change schools as well as how another teacher wants to feel her feelings more deeply. I share the coaching wisdom here that I give to all of my clients.
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2022-08-0408 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols37. Ask a Coach Part 1This episode and next episode highlight my collaboration with Wife Teacher Mommy. Wife Teacher Mommy can be found at www.wifeteachermommy.com and offers elementary teachers not only resources but also life coaching...so if you’re a teacher and you’ve been interested in seeing what I do as I coach and how I do it, it’s a very affordable way to check me out.
In these next two episodes I bring real problems and issues from a feature we have called Ask A Coach. Listen into the brains of teachers as they navigate challenges like f...
2022-08-0208 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols36. Jill Colaw and Time Management PowerI am back in conversation with veteran teacher Jill Colaw who shares her best tips about time abundant thinking and some tools about how to get some balance in your life as you head back to school.
Jill is a master elementary school teacher from Cincinnati, Ohio and loves to talk about teaching with other teachers. This is a great episode if you are starting to dread going back to the classroom!
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2022-07-3112 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols35. Time: Why You Should Never Use These Two Words About Time!Many of you are thinking about back to school season. Some of you may already be in your classrooms. You might be excited for the year ahead, or you might be feeling completely burnt out and panicking that your summer has already come and gone. However you’re feeling, this episode will help you feel in control of your thoughts as you think about time. Tune in to hear the two words you should never use about time.
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2022-07-2807 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols34. What is Your Flow?What is your flow? Where are you truly present with yourself? Where or what helps you connect yourself back to you? In this episode I share how spending time in nature helps connect me back into my flow. Flow for me is about presence as time slows down and bends. It is the place of creativity and innovation. Where is it for you?
In This Episode I share:
Why it’s important to find your flow and connect deeply with yourself
How asking the simple question, “What is your flow?” helps you find your flow, even if you...
2022-07-2607 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols33. What Happens in Coaching? A Client Tell-AllTanya Morsell grew up in Washington DC. She currently teaches kindergarten in Maryland and her superpower is creating a fun and enjoyable kindergarten experience for her students. She loves learning and laughing, all things Peloton, and cherishes spending time alone and with friends. She is married and has a 20 year old daughter at college. In this episode we discuss all of the benefits that Tanya has gotten from coaching as she learns how to trust herself, let go of perfectionistic thinking, and achieve her weight loss goals, one thought at a time. Tanya says that she has really learned...
2022-07-2414 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols32. Why Hire a Coach?Why hire a coach? Hiring a coach is the fastest way to achieve anything that you want for yourself. Hiring a coach is the most effective way to look inside your brain and ask, ‘Are these thoughts helping me or not?” A coach helps you reconnect with yourself to remind you that you have everything inside of you that you need. Hiring a coach is the best way to see blind spots that are difficult to see otherwise. Finally, why hire a coach? Because it’s fun!
In This Episode I share:
How a coach can help y...
2022-07-2107 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols31. Wedding Dress ShenanigansIn this episode, I share how my own personal thoughts about weight, body image, and fitting into a dress can create drama in my own brain. Listen to see why everyone needs a coach (yep, even the coach!) and why it’s so valuable to question our thoughts and ask, “Thought/Brain, is that true?” This episode is for all of us to remember that our brains are simply trying to keep us safe and the old adage: “We don’t live our lives, we live our patterns.”
In This Episode I share:
How our brains create drama...
2022-07-1907 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols30. French Chickens with Perrine VoisinPerrine Voisin grew up near Chamonix, in France. She has lived in the US since 2008 and has taught Dual French Immersion at the elementary level for 5 years in Park City, Utah. She was a professional skier, competed internationally and has an academic background in international business and education. Perrine's superpower is connecting with her students by sharing her French background and her culture. She also has amazing work/life balance and in her spare time, she tends to her chickens, her bees, makes her own bread, and pursues her passions for all things mountains.
In This Episode I...
2022-07-1714 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols29. Results NOWIn Episode 29, we look at the final component of the Model: Results. Results are the effects of our actions. We may think results are circumstances that have been handed to us and they are beyond our control. The truth is, we are entirely responsible for our results because they come from our actions and are the result of our thoughts. In this episode, I tell you why this is the best news of all and why acceptance is the key to change! Let’s slow down, pause, accept our models and let wisdom come in.
In This Epis...
2022-07-1407 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols28. Actions from Clean FuelEpisode 28 returns to the five components of the Thought Model: Circumstance, Thought, Feelings, Action and Results. In this episode, we look at Actions and uncover why you may be taking action (or not) and what to do about it. I define the difference between clean and dirty fuel and why this matters when you decide to take action.
In This Episode I share:
How actions are most effective if you can identify a the thought and feeling first
What happens when you take action with a mismanaged mind
The definition of “clean” and “dirty” fuel
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2022-07-1207 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols27. Padmashree Rida: Woman of SciencePadmashree grew up in India, and then moved to Singapore where she earned a PhD in molecular biology. After a 15 year career in cancer research, Rida just spent first year teaching at a high school. In this wide-ranging conversation, we will talk about her experiences, what brought her to teaching, what challenges she (and other educators like her) are facing, and Rida’s view of the importance of seeing a woman of color in science.
In This Episode I share:
What it feels like to be new at school
What it feels like to give yourself gra...
2022-07-1015 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols26. How to Invite Feeling Guests InI love pausing for poetry and we do it today in episode 26 as we think about our feelings as guests that can come into our lives and stay a while. This episode features 13th century Persian poet Rumi’s “The Guest House” as I tell you why it’s wise to greet and allow our emotions and feelings into our body houses. If you have a hard time feeling your feelings, this is a must-listen episode.
In This Episode I share:
Why feelings matter and why we must invite them into our lives
What happens when you tell...
2022-07-0707 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols25. Feelings, Why?In this episode of Teacher Talk, I tell you why I believe feelings are SO important. As someone who tried to avoid her feelings for years, I’ve seen the negative impact of not feeling and have found so much more usefulness in listening to and processing my feelings. As we continue to look at the five components of the thought model, I show you why feelings are so important.
In This Episode I share:
Why feelings matter and the danger of avoiding negative emotion
How Feelings are so important if you want to grow...
2022-07-0506 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols24. The Power of Struggle with Tanya HaleTanya Hale is a middle school teacher who loves working to help her 8th grade students become better readers. After being a stay-at-home mom for over 15 years, she began her teaching career. Tanya is also a certified life coach who specializes in coaching middle-aged women on relationships and is the host of the podcast Intentional Living with Tanya Hale. In this episode,Tanya and I talk about the importance of struggle and how blame and victimization erode education and how taking responsibility for ourselves as teachers is essential.
In This Episode we discuss:
The mindset shifts Ta...
2022-07-0319 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols23. Thoughts on ThoughtsIn “Thoughts on Thoughts” I describe an idea I call “thought layering.” Thought layering is very common with those who are new to the Coaching Model and may use the Model against themselves. In this episode, I describe how one thought can overlay another thought until it’s hard to figure out the original thought.
In This Episode I share:
How Thought layering can hold you back
How curiosity and wonder can keep us from falling into a thought layer
Why it’s important to notice when you are layering a thought on top of another and how to g...
2022-06-3007 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols22. Circumstances or Thoughts?Episode 22 dives more thoroughly into the Coaching Model as I describe the difference between a Circumstance and a Thought. You won’t want to miss the nuance of this episode where I show you that all problems are simply thought problems. When we practice becoming aware of our thoughts and “catching them,” finding our thoughts becomes easier.
In This Episode I share:
How to see what you are thinking by doing a thought download
How a thought drives a feeling
Why it’s important to simply notice without even needing to change
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2022-06-2807 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols21. The Thought ModelEpisode 21 “My Coaching Model” is a must-listen. In this episode I describe how I learned the Model from my coach, Brooke Castillo, and how I use it in my own life. I describe how the 5 components work together. I describe how curiosity and compassion are the keys to becoming the watcher of your own mind.
In This Episode I share:
How I learned the coaching model and how I apply it;
How the 5 components of the Model work
A real example from one of my clients of how he has used thought work
How to bec...
2022-06-2611 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols20. Planning Power: KABOOM!Episode 20 “Planning Power Kaboom” is all about putting your plan in place to make your future self proud. When you decide to do something BIG, a goal that stretches you, doubt and fear will come up. In this episode, I show you how to soothe those emotions, how to create a list of actions and obstacles to get it done. I’ll also talk about my steps of how to follow through so that my future self is already living in that place of success and it feels easier.
In This Episode I share:
How to s...
2022-06-2308 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols19. Future Teacher FocusIn this episode, we continue our series about how to create the summer that is just right for you. In this episode, I give you three easy steps to use to create whatever goal you have in mind and I show you that you are always your own best guide. By using your future self as a mentor, a teacher, and guide, you can always seek his/her advice. This episode is a great reminder to stop looking “out there” and trust what is inside.
In This Episode I share:
3 easy steps to create what y...
2022-06-2107 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols18. Advice for New Teachers with Jill ColawDo not miss this episode as veteran elementary teacher Jill Colaw gives us all of her best advice for new teachers or anyone changing schools. Jill Colaw, a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, is a master teacher with over 35 years of elementary teaching experience. Jill’s superpower is creating a classroom of safety, structure, and connection. In this conversation, Jill offers thoughts on the importance of the first six weeks of school, connecting with powerful faculty allies, and finding your person in the building with whom you can be vulnerable.
In This Episode I share:
How...
2022-06-1913 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols17. Summer in the Present TenseIn this episode, we continue our series about how to create the summer that is just right for you. So many of us think that summer “just happens” to us. But, did you know that even if you are already booked solid, you can still create the intentional summer of your dreams? It’s all about the kinds of thoughts you are thinking. In this episode I describe how setting goals is in the present tense and why writing your goal down will give you a greater chance of meeting it.
In This Episode I share:
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2022-06-1608 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols16. Summer CreationYes, summer is here and so is this podcast as we begin this series called “Summer Creation”. You can have everything you want this summer so why not get intentional about it? In this episode I describe how setting goals does not have to feel like pressure and how abundance can help you get clear on what you want to create.
In This Episode I share:
How to create exactly the kind of summer that you want
The power of deciding NOW what you want to create this summer
How abundance is the gateway to cre...
2022-06-1407 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols15. A “New” Old Teaching Year with Dylan EssonThis episode features a conversation with high school history teacher Dylan Esson. Dylan earned his PhD from University of California at Berkeley and loves to ski, read, race after his two daughters. In this conversation, Dylan and I discuss the challenges that students face with technology, apathy, and self-identity.
Dylan shares what he loves about teaching as well as the challenges he sees in the teaching profession, particularly after Covid. Dylan shares how he would love to shake up the school day by creating a more flexible model, giving more time to teachers to prep, and rethinking s...
2022-06-1219 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols14. Zoo MomToday we are going to talk about a tool that will help you deal with that person in your life that might be hard to love: zoo animal them! What is that? When faced with this person, transform yourself into a documentary filmmaker or researcher and get so present that you notice the person in front of you as if they were a rare species or specimen.
When done in a respectful present way to see the humanity in someone else, to find the rare treasures in another, using this tool to “zoo animal” is a first step...
2022-06-0907 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols13. Allowing Others to be "On Brand"Today we are going to talk about how to accept others just as they are and find some detachment even in conflict when you believe your colleague or administrator is “going off the rails.”
In this episode, I remind all of our brains that resisting reality and always yearning for other people and our lives to be different creates suffering for us. Using the concept of , “Yep, that’s ‘on brand’ for her/for him” can give you just a bit of space so that you can watch the events in front of you unfold.
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2022-06-0707 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols12. Reflective Masculinity with Ryan HoglundMy guest today is Ryan Hoglund. Ryan is the Director of Ethical Education at Rowland Hall in Salt Lake City, Utah.
This conversation spotlights May for Men in Education as Ryan talks about how teaching was his antidote to the "spirit murder" he experienced in his brief career in finance.
In this conversation, Ryan reminds us why it's so important to model reflective masculinity for his students--masculinity that can be gentle, vulnerable and centered.
He also describes what he loves about education and why he likes to challenge stereotypes as we chat about...
2022-06-0516 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols11. High Quality Questions Part 2Welcome back to part two on my series of how to ask yourself high quality questions. In this episode I give more examples of powerful questions to ask yourself. I also describe why taking responsibility for your thoughts and feeling your feelings is the key to change.
In this episode, I also describe how I use the coaching model to see that thoughts determine feelings which drive our actions that create all of our results. If you want excellent results in your life, take a look at your thoughts. If you want to look at a situation i...
2022-06-0207 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols10. High Quality Questions Part 1Welcome to part 1 of a two part series on how to ask yourself high quality questions. I will explain how to start asking the right questions that will give you the answers to help you steer your school life and personal life in the right direction. Your brain is a powerful piece of machinery that will work for you if you ask it empowering questions.
Whether you are wrapping up the end of your school year or looking ahead to create whatever we want on summer vacation, high quality questions are powerful tools to move us forward...
2022-05-3107 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols9. Love of Teaching with David ColawEpisode 9 features a conversation with David Colaw, a 34 year math teacher in both high school and college. David describes why he started teaching (and it’s not because he loves math!) and the challenges that he faced during Covid, and how connection is the key to teaching. David dives deeply into his hard why for staying in teaching for so long: connection with his students and watching their discovery “aha” moments in math.
In This Episode, We Share:
Why David became a teacher and how his thoughts helped him stay in teaching
How men can be devalu...
2022-05-2913 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols8. Who's In Charge?Who’s in charge? You are! In this episode we talk about how it’s so easy to accept the thoughts that our brain gives us and to see them as the truth. I share a powerful story about a client who dreaded going to work and how, through coaching, I helped him choose a more helpful thought that created more determination and ease about going to work.
In This Episode I Share:
That you are in charge of your thoughts
That choosing your thoughts each day gives you all of your power back
Powerful questions that y...
2022-05-2606 minTeacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols7. Change GriefThis episode, “Change Grief” explores the inevitable changes that happen for teachers, particularly at the end of the year. I describe some of the changes that teachers experience and why it is so important to feel the emotions that come up around changing colleagues, classrooms or just the end of the year.
In This Episode I share:
Why it’s important, as teachers, to feel end-of-the-year change
How to feel change and allow it
How feeling our feelings around change actually creates more energy and expansiveness in our bodies.
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2022-05-2406 min
Teacher Talk with Chrissy NicholsWelcome to Teacher Talk with Chrissy NicholsWelcome to Teacher Talk! I'm your host, Chrissy Nichols. After 22 years as a teacher, the joy and passion I felt for teaching started to fade away. That's when I found coaching and everything changed for the better. Now I'm a life and mindset coach for teachers, and I'm on a mission to help as many educators as possible. If you're feeling burnt out and questioning your ability to continue teaching, this is the show for you. Thank you for being here! For more information, head to https://www.thechrissyconcept.com/
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Teacher Talk with Chrissy NicholsWelcome to Teacher Talk with Chrissy NicholsWelcome to Teacher Talk! I'm your host, Chrissy Nichols. After 22 years as a teacher, the joy and passion I felt for teaching started to fade away. That's when I found coaching and everything changed for the better. Now I'm a life and mindset coach for teachers, and I'm on a mission to help as many educators as possible. If you're feeling burnt out and questioning your ability to continue teaching, this is the show for you. Thank you for being here! For more information, head to https://www.thechrissyconcept.com/
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