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The Conscious ClassroomSummer: Time to Slow DownSend us Fan MailSummer is supposed to feel like space, yet so many families enter the break with the same tight grip they used all school year. I’m Amy Edelstein, and I’m inviting you to consider a different kind of summer for teenagers: less optimization, more presence. When life is overscheduled and overstimulated, the mind loses the room it needs to roam, integrate, and create. When there’s slack in the day, something surprising happens problems quietly solve themselves, imagination returns, and young people get to hear their own inner life again.Join A...
2026-06-2825 min
CPA Exam Success10. Five Signs You’re Truly Ready to Study for the CPA Exam🎧 Episode 10 – Five Signs You’re Truly Ready to Study for the CPA ExamCPA Exam Success Podcast with Dawn Edelstein CPAEpisode Summary:If studying for the CPA Exam feels like pushing a boulder uphill—you're not alone. And you're not broken. More often than not, the frustration and lack of progress aren’t about intelligence, effort, or even your study plan.In this episode, Dawn unpacks five clear signs that you’re truly ready to study—not just on paper, but in real life. W...
2025-07-2928 min
Faithful Friends: Inter-Religious Dialogues on Faith, Tradition, and CommunityFasting as a Spiritual PracticeIn this episode, Anthony Cullen and Rabbi Edelstein discuss the practice of fasting in each of their traditions, inspired by texts from the Bible, the Rule of St. Benedict, and Tanya Iggeret haTeshuva (The Tanya Letter on Repentance).Fasting, it turns out, can be about a lot more than just not eating for a while... Texts quoted in this episode: Matthew 6:16-18: When you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites. They neglect their appearance, so that they may appear to others to be fasting. Amen, I say to you, they...
2025-07-2146 min
Faithful Friends: Inter-Religious Dialogues on Faith, Tradition, and CommunityTwo Mountains, One Spirit: Shavuot and Pentecost in DialogueIn their inaugural episode, Rabbi Edelstein and Anthony Cullen explore the deep biblical, spiritual, and liturgical connections between Shavuot and Pentecost—two feasts separated by tradition but united in spirit.Listeners will journey from Mount Sinai to the Upper Room, examining how revelation, covenant, and the gift of the Spirit form a common thread across Jewish and Christian faith. Welcome to the first episode of Faithful Friends... Texts referenced in this episode: Ex. 19:16-20: (16) On the third day, as morning dawned, there was thunder, and lightning, and a dense cloud upon the mo...
2025-07-0343 minThe Conscious ClassroomMindful Interconnectedness: Seeing Beyond Personal StressSend us Fan MailIn this episode, Amy Edelstein explains why she included the lessons on systems thinking in the Inner Strength Teen Mindfulness Program. Teaching students how to understand their experiences within larger systems, helps them manage stress by seeing interconnections across time and society rather than taking challenges personally.You'll learn why:• Teaching teens to think in context allows them to see how their current stressors connect to broader historical developments• Systems thinking serves as powerful self-care by revealing our interdependence and reducing feelings of isolation• Underst...
2025-06-3024 minThe Conscious ClassroomTrue North: The Key to Navigating Change in EducationSend us Fan MailIn this episode Amy Edelstein explores what it can meet to root in our True North, our deepest values, when we lean into how education needs to transform.The questions surrounding education's future form an intricate web: How do we pause and reflect while simultaneously responding to the immediate needs of our students? Who funds it and why? What outcomes do we desire? How do we serve students with vastly different backgrounds and trajectories? When confronting complexity, Amy looks at how returning to a "true north" of universal hu...
2025-04-2627 minThe Conscious ClassroomBrave New Learning: Sal Khan, AI Tutors, & the Future of Mindfulness EducationSend us Fan MailThe educational landscape is undergoing a profound transformation through artificial intelligence, and mindfulness education stands at this exciting frontier. In this thought-provoking exploration, Amy Edelstein reviews Sal Khan's new book "Brave New Words" and unpacks the potential and challenge of AI tutors to support students' inner development, while maintaining crucial human connections.Amy examines Khan's great success with Khan Academy and the AI Khanmigo, looking specifically at how AI tutors can personalize learning experiences, making first-class education and tools more accessible. AI tutors can deliver mindfulness content in students' n...
2025-03-1734 minThe Conscious ClassroomReturning to AnalogSend us Fan MailIn this episode of The Conscious Classroom, Amy Edelstein questions the use of the popular idiom "returning to analog." While agreeing with the sentiment that we reconnect with the preciousness of our humanity as technology continues to advance rapidly, she questions placing that sentiment within in technical context. Amy discusses the balance between digital experiences and the visceral richness of our awareness and connections and looks at some of the questions surrounding Ed-Tech and the integration of AI into the classroom. Key themes include:• Exploring the concept of returning to anal...
2025-02-0425 minThe Conscious ClassroomInspiration, Illumination & Sacred Intention: A New Year's Day ContemplationSend us Fan MailThis episode of The Conscious Classroom with Amy Edelstein invites us to explore the power of setting meaningful intentions and to learn how to let go of will-based resolutions as the most effective means to create lasting transformation. By uncovering our deepest values and nurturing inspiration from within, we can align our actions with what truly matters to us and engage in positive change, both personally and collectively.Amy will delve into:• Identifying the value of intentions rather than resolutions• Reflecting on our deeper cares as we set o...
2025-01-0541 minThe Conscious ClassroomBeing with What Is During the HolidaysSend us Fan MailHolidays are awe-filled and also can bring about feelings of sadness, grief and loneliness for ourselves and our students. Join Amy Edelstein in this episode of The Conscious Classroom Podcast as we explore how to let go into the present moment and find the posture that allows us to be with what is with grace, strength, and presence. The holiday season can be a challenging time, filled with mixed emotions and societal expectations. As educators, we have the unique opportunity to guide our students through these complexities with grace and awareness. T...
2024-12-1128 minThe Conscious ClassroomDedication, Transformation & the ArtsSend us Fan MailExperience the essence of creativity and dedication with Amy Edelstein as we journey with her to CoSM, the Chapel of Sacred Mirrors in the Catskills. This episode celebrates Alex and Alison Gray, the visionary artists who have devoted decades to the transformative power of art. For their entire adult life, they have been expressing their own adventures in consciousness through their unique for of art, becoming leaders and pillars of the psychedelic art movement. They exemplify how art can be a conduit for personal and collective growth, and their center stands as one...
2024-11-2631 minThe Conscious ClassroomCreating Positive Spaces with a Grateful MindsetSend us Fan MailCreating Positive Spaces with a Grateful MindsetIt's so simple, could it really change our outlook, experience and classrooms? In this episode of the Conscious Classroom, Amy Edelstein looks at ways that gratitude can transform our experience and deepen our understanding of presence, interconnectedness, and awe. You will see how we can shift our perspectives, working with everyday events like traffic irritation, and cultivate a very different mindset. It's not lightweight, it can have a real impact and reveal profound truths about the nature of our world. Dis...
2024-10-3122 minThe Conscious ClassroomContentment in Times of StressSend us Fan MailDiscover the secret to finding profound contentment even in the most stressful times. What if you could cultivate a deeper sense of fulfillment through mindful awareness and systems thinking? On today's Conscious Classroom podcast, Amy Edelstein guides you through transformative insights that will help you create spaces for rejuvenation. You'll learn how to harness the power of meditation to develop an inner sense of wholeness and simplicity, empowering you to maintain a backdrop of contentment no matter the challenges you face.Support the showIf you enjoyed this episode pl...
2024-08-2630 minThe Conscious ClassroomPlato Knew It All Along - Teachers, Transmission & Trustworthy ImpactSend us Fan MailCan shifting the focus for teachers from content to connection be the key to lifting adolescent loneliness? Journey with Amy Edelstein on this episode of the Conscious Classroom podcast as she unpacks the role of teachers as moral exemplars, following the principles laid out by Plato. You'll explore how transmission occurs and why teachers impact not just academic success, but also ethics, values, and personal connection that can make a real difference in students' lives.Amy shares a personal story of how her fifth-grade teacher from Linden E...
2024-06-041h 04The Conscious ClassroomEducation Design that Works: Blending Visionary Ideas with Classroom RealitiesSend us Fan MailIn this episode we pack two levels of insight that are mostly at odds with one another when it comes to improving educational design. We examine the dual landscape of educational innovation, where grand visions and data analysis for systemic change clash with the hands-on challenges of classroom application. Working with systems thinking, the fact that we are all innovating around the same core issue, Amy Edelstein illuminates what can become synergy between high-level design and practical program execution. For true reform to be meaningful and pragmatic, we must work with the tools t...
2024-05-0729 minThe Conscious ClassroomJim Crow's Pink Slip - Dismantling the Education GapSend us Fan MailJim Crow's Pink Slip - Dismantling the Education Gap with Amy EdelsteinIn this episode of The conscious Classroom, Amy Edelstein helps illuminate the little-known history and ongoing influence of resistance to de-segregation within America's education system - and how mindfulness, being conscious and aware of our biases, is an important part of our work to redress inequity. Leslie Fenwick's seminal work, Jim Crow's Pink Slip, serves as a guide and compass, unveiling the long shadow left by the dismissal or demotion of a significant number of black principals and educators a...
2024-04-1832 min
Accountants EXPOSEDWin the War for Talent: the Monetary & Non-Monetary WaysAt this year's Accounting Business Expo in Melbourne, I presented on the ever important topic of talent but with a focus on non-monetary benefits as a retention tool (well, because they’re kind of free and accountants keep asking me, Michael - how can I compete with the big firms that have way more resources to throw around):
Below is a short snippet talking about some of the non-monetary benefits you can incorporate into your firm.
As a recruitment professional and an accountant myself I wanted to present everyone with facts that would aid the rem...
2024-04-0330 minThe Conscious ClassroomAwareness & Innovation: The Wings of Tomorrow's EducationSend us Fan MailUnlock the synergy between mindfulness and innovation as Amy Edelstein explores the relationship between these two orientations in this episode of the Conscious Classroom. Imagine a learning environment where the air is alive with creativity, and students and teachers alike are inspired to view the world through a lens of fresh possibilities. This discussion unearths the possibilities that contemplative practice can reveal, and shows how marrying innovation and inner exploration is working. In Inner Strength Education's pilot project with 10 student interns explore the XPRIZE Connect innovation curriculum and Inner Strength Education's tools of o...
2024-03-2730 minThe Conscious ClassroomMindful Joy: The Secret Sauce in Educational LeadershipSend us Fan MailIn this episode of The Conscious Classroom, Amy Edelstein unpacks the importance of teacher happiness and how to use mindful awareness and perspectives to improve teacher wellbeing and sense of possibility prior to making practical changes, which undoubtedly also need to occur. Amy explores the impact of educators who tap into their passion, setting the classroom tone and invigorating their students with a love for learning. In this insightful episode, she dissects how a teacher's zest for their craft can revolutionize the traditional learning space, fostering innovation and a thriving environment f...
2024-03-0325 minThe Conscious ClassroomA Human Relationship to AISend us Fan MailDiscover how the relationship we forge with AI in our classrooms can go beyond mere functionality to touch the very core of our humanity. Join me, Amy Edelstein, as we unveil the transformative potential of AI when approached with the same reverence we approach the great mysteries and subtleties of sentience and life. It's an invitation to infuse our relationship to educational technologies with wonder, respect, and a co-creative spirit that not only advances our learning tools but also shapes the hearts and minds of learners. By instilling these values, we contribute to...
2024-02-0524 minThe Conscious ClassroomScaling Compassion? AI possibilities & Real Life ExamplesSend us Fan MailIn this episode, Amy Edelstein reflects on a recent trip to India, which raised intriguing and inspiring possibilities as she visiting with the founders of the Happiness Curriculum, that reaches 1.7 million students each day. She also explores AI potential and urgency to train AI on compassion and wisdom and scale that use for the benefit of all. She also shares the value of reflection, retreat, and time to let our minds open up to new ways of seeing as essential to keep our relationship to life and those we teach awake and alive.
2024-01-2131 minAccountants EXPOSEDRobotic Process Automation and Digital Transformation: What the Future of Accounting looks like! (Most Viewed Recap)
In this day and age of technology, what does the future hold for the accounting industry? John Waterworth - the managing director of Valenta Australia sits down with us to help us understand more about what robotics for Accounting Firms especially during a time of critical staff shortage.
Join us as you won’t want to miss this episode where John tells all about the backbone of robotic process automation (RPA), and how you can implement in your practice to save costs, find efficiencies and improve client service! We discussed topics such as:
Getting into robot...
2023-11-291h 01The Conscious ClassroomThe Power of Fostering Friendships in the ClassroomSend us Fan MailThere's a hidden superpower in a regular teen activity that will provide support for teachers as well as students. This inclination, when activated, encouraged, and guided can create a safety net for students, build webbing so classrooms feel warm and encouraging, catch students who are falling behind, and bring out the sensitivity and protectiveness of some of the most unruly students. What is it? Friendships. Yes, simple friendships. In this episode, Amy Edelstein talks about how to structure the friendships and the positive benefits that come when students begin to support each other's...
2023-11-0537 minThe Conscious ClassroomPeace, Reason & Care in the Face of WarSend us Fan MailIn this episode of The Conscious Classroom, Amy Edelstein shares from the heart about the impact of the eruption of war between Israel and Gaza, and that pain that is bringing to so many in the region and beyond. How do we provide steadiness and guidance within our classrooms? How do we rise authentically and demonstrate care that goes beyond divisions? Included is a long guided meditation (not to be practiced while driving), starting with open awareness to access the goodness of the human heart, and moving into insight practice, from that space...
2023-10-1724 minAccountants EXPOSEDSonia Gibson - When Is The Right Time To Start Your Own Accounting Firm & How To Go About It? (Most Viewed Recap)A recap of one of our most viewed episode so far:
What a way to start 2023 with our first guest of the year - Sonia Gibson. She is a visionary accounting professional and the Founder of Accounting Heart - which is proudly an all female firm. We get a sneak peek of her accounting journey, her business acumen and her passion for finances and helping smaller businesses achieve their financial goals.
Listen in and to learn more about Sonia and some of the struggles she faced following her path as an accountant and how...
2023-09-301h 30The Conscious ClassroomThe Future of Education - New Teacher Training GroundsSend us Fan MailIn this episode, The Future of Education, Amy Edelstein explores a visionary approach to teacher training. If we are to truly inspire teachers and students to engage with their own learning in an innovative and even prophetic way, the training grounds that prepare teachers to teach must exemplify that new world and its higher values. Far too many people are concerned about how AI and Augmented Virtual Reality might subvert learning and far too few are imagining the frontiers that can be created in a virtual reality training ground, where the context is...
2023-09-0430 min
Realtors from the GarageSpecial Guest Henry EdelsteinWelcome back to another exciting episode of our podcast! Today, we have the distinct honor of hosting a true luminary in the world of marketing, networking, and client relations – none other than the remarkable Henry Edelstein. With an impressive tenure of 15 years as an agent with our esteemed Team, Henry's journey has been nothing short of inspiring.
Henry's polished demeanor and boundless energy infuse a fresh perspective into everything he undertakes, making him an invaluable asset and a leader for The Team.
Henry takes us on his journey that led to the inception of our ne...
2023-08-0933 min
Techlore TalksHow PrivacyTests Works (Arthur Edelstein Interview)Welcoming Arthur Edelstein, developer of privacytests.org on Techlore Talks to chat about his open source browser testing tool, his history with web browser development, privacy & security of web browsers, the future of web browsers, and a lot more!🔗 SOURCES & LINKSPrivacyTests: https://privacytests.org/⏱️ TIMESTAMPS00:00 Introductions01:04 Arthur's History with PrivacyTests, Tor, Firefox, & Brave06:26 Was privacytests.org always open source? How does he test?07:52 What's the scope of the tests run? Why and how does he run them the way he does?16:42 What browsers surprised Arthur throughout his testing?18:5...
2023-06-1548 minThe Conscious ClassroomAI - Potential or Peril or Both?Send us Fan MailIn this episode of The Conscious Classroom, Amy Edelstein shares insights about the potential and peril of new AI tools and considerations explored in the recent C20 meetings on Technology, Security and Transformation. As a panelist for the convening on Technology & Education, Edelstein was able to share views on the importance of teachers and teaching, and how to meet this brave new world with caution and optimism.Support the showIf you enjoyed this episode please leave a review! Your review supports our podcast to...
2023-05-2131 minThe Conscious ClassroomEmpathy or Compassion? Discovering an Orientation that Brings Energy & JoySend us Fan MailIn this episode, Amy Edelstein looks at the difference between empathy and compassion, exploring the elements of compassion that allow it to become a source of our own joy and upliftment. She also illuminates how detachment, universality, and self-care enable us to orient ourselves around compassion and fuel our own resilience and upliftment. Support the showIf you enjoyed this episode please leave a review! Your review supports our podcast to reach more educators and share the importance of creating more conscious classrooms. We are c...
2023-05-0228 minAccountants EXPOSEDRob Nixon - Growing your firm to $1m profit per Partner while working less than 500 hours (Most Viewed Recap)A recap of our most viewed episode so far!
On this episode, we talk about all the things accountants could be doing better and where they're going wrong. Mistakes that are costing them huge potential increases in revenue, profits and lifestyle.
Now, Rob Nixon is not an accountant. Yet he has forged a niche to be one of the world’s foremost authorities on how accounting firms can achieve peak performance and his clients on average see profit increases of 98.4% from revenue increases of only 20.8% while working fewer hours with simple tweaks in w...
2023-04-3046 minThe Conscious ClassroomUncommon Leadership: The Path for the History Makers of Tomorrow - Villanova Women's History Speaker of the MonthSend us Fan MailIn honor of Women’s History Month, Amy Edelstein was invited by Villanova University's School of Business to unpack what it takes to pursue our own calling, break limits, and strive to for excellence in our work, our personal growth, and our contribution to the world. These days, we are pressured to achieve in so many spheres, from the obligation, as leaders, to the bottom line to our own desire for a positive and holistic value set that takes into account our planet, our community, and our own interior life. As women...
2023-04-0254 minAccountants EXPOSEDAttracting and Retaining Talent - ABE Melbourne 2023Aside from meeting and listening to some of the most amazing speakers, I also had the pleasure to present my own speech at the Accounting Business Expo in Melbourne this year.
Some of the topics that I discussed included:
1) What are the commonalities between those that have too many accountants knocking on their door and those that hear crickets!
2) Why do some firms seem to have Remarkable Retention and others have Atrocious Attrition?
3) What changes can you make in your firm to improve your recruiting a...
2023-03-3028 minAccountants EXPOSEDBrett Kelly - Part 1 - How to get motivated and stay motivated in Business, Life And Family (Most Viewed Recap)
A recap of one of our most viewed episode so far. No matter how many times you listen to these episodes, you will surely learn something new every time- don't forget to watch part 2!
Brett Kelly is the Partner of one of the largest accounting firms in Australia , they are BRW Top 25 largest accounting firms in Australia with over 40 Directors and over 200 staff. Brett Kelly has more than twenty years commercial and professional accountancy experience. He specialises in assisting individuals and families who own private businesses.
Brett founded Kelly+Partners Chartered Accountants in 2006 and over the past 14...
2023-02-2838 minAccountants EXPOSEDSonia Gibson - When Is The Right Time To Start Your Own Accounting Firm & How To Go About It?What a way to start 2023 with our first guest of the year - Sonia Gibson. She is a visionary accounting professional and the Founder of Accounting Heart - which is proudly an all female firm. We get a sneak peek of her accounting journey, her business acumen and her passion for finances and helping smaller businesses achieve their financial goals.
Listen in and to learn more about Sonia and some of the struggles she faced following her path as an accountant and how her commitment to the industry and her clients has helped her build a solid...
2023-01-301h 30Accountants EXPOSEDWhy you can't find good staff and what to do about it - Michael Edelstein at the 2022 ABEAside from having the chance to interview some of the most amazing speakers during the 2-day conference, I also had the opportunity to speak at the Accounting Business Expo.
Here is a little snippet of my session, titled: 𝑾𝒉𝒚 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏'𝒕 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒇𝒇 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒐 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒕.
Some of the topics I touched on include:
1) What are the commonalities between those that have too many accountants knocking on their door and those that hear crickets!
2) Why do some firms seem to have Remarkable Retention and others have Atrocious Attrition?
3) What changes can you make in your firm to improve your recruiting and retention strategies?
4) Future of the accounting industry when...
2022-11-2827 min
Realtors from the GarageSpecial Guest- Tom EdelsteinToday's Episode welcomes Tom Edelstein to the garage. Tom has worked in Real Estate for 49 years and today we got a chance to discuss his beginnings and his bright future in Real Estate. It was a fun chance for Joe and I to stretch our legs on interviewing and also a unique chance to catch the perspective of a man we both respect and admire.
Links
www.teamedelstein.com
Email
scott@teamedelstein.com
Joe@teamedelstein.com
2022-10-1235 minRealtors from the GarageMarket Update- Two Realtors give their take on the Temperature of today's Market!In today's Garage conversation Joe and Scott discuss what they are seeing in the market place today. Your feedback and questions are welcome at Joe@teamedelstein.com or Scott@teamedelstein.com. Next Weeks special guest Tom Edelstein.
2022-10-0534 minThe Conscious ClassroomVirtual Reality Education- It's Coming, Are We Ready?Send us Fan MailVirtual Reality Education is not a future prospect. Higher Education spaces like Morehouse College have already taught full semesters using VR. This Metaverse is rapidly expanding into K-12. In this episode of The Conscious Classroom, Amy Edelstein asks who is thinking about the potentials of this space to train us to be truly mindfully compassionate, awakened humans? And what are the downsides to a world where young people become increasingly more mediated in their relationships and their learning? This episode provides a view into the future that's already happening and asks some important...
2022-10-0229 min
Accountants EXPOSEDRobotic Process Automation and Digital Transformation: What the Future of Accounting looks like!In this day and age of technology, what does the future hold for the accounting industry? John Waterworth - the managing director of Valenta Australia sits down with us to help us understand more about what robotics for Accounting Firms especially during a time of critical staff shortage.
Join us as you won’t want to miss this episode where John tells all about the backbone of robotic process automation (RPA), and how you can implement in your practice to save costs, find efficiencies and improve client service! We discussed topics such as:
Getting into robotics in...
2022-07-191h 01
Rabbi E in 3Feeling VERY ALIVE in Israel...Land of the Living!Rabbi Edelstein (Rabbi E), of MEOR DC here, and join me as I share my excitement at being in the amazing Land of Israel, after three uninterupted Covid-ravaged years outside! Come visit, whoever you are,--whatever your religion, beliefs or politics. You will be inspired, awakened, excited, stuffed (with amazing food), challenged....and exhausted! I LOVE IT! BARUCH HASHEM!
2022-07-0813 minThe Conscious ClassroomA Freedom Worth Striving For - Independence DaySend us Fan MailA Freedom Worth Striving For - Reflections in Independence on the American Holiday 4th of JulyWhat makes freedom exalted? What can our students aspire to when the "freedom" they have been taught to cherish is either - in the case of politics and social orders - profoundly inequitable and even harmful or - as in the case of personal freedoms - exacerbates a sense of existential anxiety with its proliferation of choices and optionality and its dearth of guidance and directives that ennoble. In this short reflection, Amy Edelstein explores...
2022-07-0416 minThe Conscious ClassroomMeditation on Love in the Face of ViolenceSend us Fan MailThese recent weeks have seen the scourge of senseless gun violence tearing through a school, a supermarket, and neighborhoods across America. In this episode, Amy Edelstein reaches deep into the power of meditation to imprint in us the undeniable experience of interconnectedness and love, a love that inspires us to want to dispel ignorance rather than fight (even for a cause) in ways that only create more division and separation. This entire episode is both a guided meditation and a deep reflection. Support the showIf you enjoyed this e...
2022-05-2727 min
Accountants EXPOSEDPart 2: Making Accounting Firms Great Again - A Talk About Leadership And CollaborationBrett Kelly, CEO of one of the fastest growing accounting firms in Australia, is back by popular demand, rated as one of the top podcasts we recorded, we’re glad to have him back for a meaningful conversation that will have you hooked and wanting more.
Sit back and watch as we present our first ever video podcast where Brett opens up about his plans, ideas and worthwhile sentiments about the accounting industry.
His Covid response and what has been happening for the past 2 years in the industry and how Kelly Partners has proven that his bu...
2022-05-251h 26Accountants EXPOSEDSteve Meyn - Leadership & Longevity - Lessons Learned Over 30 YearsWe’ve heard many stories and advice about leadership, but our guest Steve Meyn - a 30+ year partner of PKF Lawler, helps us uncover what it really takes to get to partnership and what it takes to stay there and lead from the front in this ever changing industry.
Listen in as Steve opens up about his passion, loyalty, hardships and many more topics and plenty of invaluable advice for accountants young and old:
Finding accounting work exciting and how it has changed over the years
What it takes to become a partner in a modern fi...
2022-04-192h 00The Conscious ClassroomPurpose Driven Education and the Role Mindfulness Can PlaySend us Fan MailPurpose Driven Education and the Role Mindfulness Can PlayIn this episode, Amy Edelstein talks about the role of purpose in teen flourishing. When people are connected to a purpose greater than themselves, they experience more resilience, ability to persevere through challenges, sense of connection, and happiness. We can work with tools of mindful awareness to help students connect with their own values and imbue their lives with greater meaning. As educators, we can contextualize any subject we are teaching within a framework of higher purpose. This helps shape our student's a...
2022-03-1934 minAccountants EXPOSEDMichelle Knight - The Instagram Accountant - Secrets to Successful Lead Generation!The self proclaimed ‘millennial accountant’ - our guest, Michelle Knight from Little Miss Bookkeeping shares everything there is to know about growing your own business, following your heart and using social media to drive leads and lifestyle!
Get comfortable as Michelle talks about her passion for business, her profession and just life in general:
How she handles more than 100 clients with 3 offshore staff
Dealing with old school clients during this WFH era
Offshoring and her experience working with a BPO company
Useful software, SEO and marketing her way through social media and streaming platforms
Lead generation secr...
2022-03-081h 39The Conscious ClassroomThe Power of PurposeSend us Fan MailIn this episode, Amy Edelstein explores the power of purpose and the value that speaking about purpose with youth has on the rest of their lives. She discusses the great Stanford Educator and Author William Damon and his book The Path to Purpose , which looks at the impact of materialism and our fast-paced technological world on the exploration of greater goals. Going as far back as Aristotle, tapping into Erik Erikson and Piaget, Damon bolsters his argument in favor of purpose as a key foundation for youth happiness, resilience, success, patience, and also...
2022-02-1435 minThe Conscious ClassroomHappy New Year! Establishing Presence, Courage & CenterednessSend us Fan MailIn this episode, Amy Edelstein talks about the need of our times for greater courage, centeredness and connection to presence, or being. This episode and its guided meditation will start the new year off on a positive and directed note. Support the showIf you enjoyed this episode please leave a review! Your review supports our podcast to reach more educators and share the importance of creating more conscious classrooms. We are committed to sharing insights that transform outlooks and inspire with what's possible.
2022-01-1125 minThe Conscious ClassroomTech + Teens: Part 3 in dialogue with XPrize semifinalist Anthony HollandSend us Fan MailCan technology empower rather than divide? Can we train robots to exhibit the empathy of their operators in humanitarian situations? How is Inner Strength looking ahead and the possibilities for supporting youth wellness through technology? Join Amy Edelstein in dialogue with XPrize semi-finalist and Inner Strength Board Member Anthony Holland.In this final installment, Tony and Amy answer audience questions about their own search for meaning and purpose and the potential they see in creating a positive culture for all to benefit from. More at Inner Strength Education
2021-12-0921 minThe Conscious ClassroomTech + Teens: Part 2 in dialogue with XPrize semifinalist Anthony HollandSend us Fan MailCan technology empower rather than divide? Can we train robots to exhibit the empathy of their operators in humanitarian situations? How is Inner Strength looking ahead and the possibilities for supporting youth wellness through technology? Join Amy Edelstein in dialogue with XPrize semi-finalist and Inner Strength Board Member Anthony Holland.In this second part of the dialogue, Tony and Amy go more deeply into issues facing students and how Inner Strength is working to empower and heal. More at Inner Strength EducationSupport the showI...
2021-11-3032 minThe Conscious ClassroomTech & Teens: in dialogue with XPrize Semi-Finalist Anthony Holland Part 1Send us Fan MailCan technology empower rather than divide? Can we train robots to exhibit the empathy of their operators in humanitarian situations? How is Inner Strength looking ahead and the possibilities for supporting youth wellness through technology? Join Amy Edelstein in dialogue with XPrize semi-finalist and Inner Strength Board Member Anthony Holland. More at Inner Strength EducationSupport the showIf you enjoyed this episode please leave a review! Your review supports our podcast to reach more educators and share the importance of creating more...
2021-11-2334 minAccountants EXPOSEDWayne Schmidt - Digital Nomad - Travel, Remote Working & Marketing for AccountantsFrom working for the top accounting software businesses to starting the Australian operation for Xero, with his wife on their kitchen table, our special guest Wayne Schmidt from PracticeEQ tells it how it is.
Join us as he shares the secrets to marketing, leadership, taking risks, building an accounting business, and many more things:
What it's like working at the three largest accounting software companies - Reckon, MYOB, and Xero
His love for travelling and the special lessons he learned through the years of adventure
Working while travelling - especially during Covid
Major changes in the...
2021-11-182h 02The Conscious ClassroomBreakthrough Insights Can Come Quickly - Classroom Highs and LowsSend us Fan MailDo you often relate just to the ways teens present in the classroom and forget that what goes on in their personal reflection may be much deeper? Teens present in all their awkward ways, they are in a growth stage and sometimes it feels like their bodies don't quite fit their minds and emotions or vice versa. Remember, there may be much more going on under the surface that is significant and should be acknowledged. In this episode Amy Edelstein shares some subtle insights into the nature of thought and awareness that a...
2021-11-1431 minAccountants EXPOSEDBaidy Laffan - What it takes to be a Partner at 26!In this episode, we speak with Baidy Laffan, a leader who despite her young age, has been able to achieve so much by following the unconventional path to success.
Sit back and listen to this episode with the amazing Baidy Laffan of Yellow Canary as she shares:
Advice for young accountants trying to decide which path to follow in their career
What it takes to be a Partner - balancing the 3 hats of producer, manager and leader.
Leadership vs management - and developing those skills
Importance of mentorship for career progression and personal growth
Biggest challenges...
2021-11-0158 minThe Conscious ClassroomMindfulness - How Can It Impact Gun Violence?Send us Fan MailRecently I've been asked, "How does your Inner Strength school mindfulness program help prevent gun violence?" When you are being asked that in a city that has one of the fastest rising rates of gun violence per capita in the United States, that's a serious question. In the last 4 weeks, we've seen 4 shootings at schools, with multiple youth killed. This has led to some serious soul searching. How does a focus on conscious awareness impact such a specific soul-wrenching external event?Join Amy Edelstein for this impassioned an...
2021-10-2322 minAccountants EXPOSEDGreg Hayes - Fundamental Challenges for Accounting FirmsThe ever enterprising Greg Hayes of Hayes Knight , a familiar face in the industry, leading one of the top mid-tier accounting firms in Australia, discusses the fundamental challenges facing the baby boomer accounting firms and what they need to do to adapt.
Some of the thing we cover include:
Fundamental changes & challenges for baby boomer practitioners
Impact of technology and automation on junior accountants and selection for different skills
New 'normal' i the post Covid world and remote working
Being strategic - because turning up to work is no longer enough
Why a Partner should never...
2021-10-131h 40The Conscious ClassroomFun: It's Good for Learning - Playing Mindful GamesSend us Fan MailWe all know play is important for little kids. Imagination, working out scenarios, assuming roles. It's how kids develop a wider sense of being in the world. Play is also important for teenagers. They need to have fun while learning. Play can also break up the day, change the rhythm. It teaches important and deep values as well. Games help students see each other in a different light, some students who are less skilled at call and response classroom questions, may excel in game format. It teaches teamwork and leadership. Games support creative...
2021-09-3026 minThe Conscious ClassroomHappiness Is a Subversive PursuitSend us Fan MailIn this episode, Amy Edelstein talks about why pursuing happiness is not selfish. She looks at what happiness is, why caring about our own happiness and the happiness of others is foundational to creating a positive learning environment, and how to shift students' orientation so they care about the well being of the classroom community. In this session, Amy leads a long guided Love & Kindness mindfulness practice on caring for the whole. Support the showIf you enjoyed this episode please leave a review! Your r...
2021-07-1525 minThe Conscious ClassroomWhat We Learned from the PandemicSend us Fan MailIn this episode, Amy Edelstein explores what we learned about students, teaching online, and essentials during this past year. What supports students' well-being? How do we create relationship even when we are not in the classroom? When we are forced to simplify, what rises to the top as the most important learning tools? The pandemic brought out the importance of well-being, for positive health outcomes and for ability to stay steady in a tense and uncertain world. Amy illustrates how to use mindfulness in the classroom and how to continue to apply the...
2021-06-2931 minThe Conscious ClassroomGrief & Loss: Supporting Students in the Post Pandemic ClassroomSend us Fan MailIn this, our third and final episode of this mini-series The Post Pandemic Classroom, we are going to look at how to support students who are returning to school having lost someone during the pandemic. Students often try to hide their grief or don't know how to process emotions, and the school day marches on with little room for the holistic learning and care. Grieving is a tender and an instructive time, creating the space in a classroom for students to take their time to process will serve them their entire lives.
2021-06-1532 minThe Conscious ClassroomWorking with Social Anxiety - The Post Pandemic ClassroomSend us Fan MailThe second episode in this series looks at the phenomenon of teens who are reluctant to go back to the classroom, who are afraid, ashamed, or anxious about their peers' response to them. These students need support to break the ice. They will need to be able to trust the boundaries set up in the class. In this episode, Amy Edelstein will share some tools for the classroom and attitudes that will help you invite reluctant students back to in person learning, while respecting their boundaries and their concerns. To go...
2021-06-0827 minThe Conscious ClassroomWhat to Expect in a Post Pandemic ClassroomSend us Fan MailWe are coming towards the end of the year, Districts are sending out plans, metrics, and expectations for the coming year. Oftentimes, without enough discussion and recognition that this Fall will be one unlike previous years . . . and we don't really know what to expect. Teachers are tired. It's been a trying year. There's hope on the horizon with the coronavirus vaccine and social groupings and businesses coming to life again. But COVID left its mark on us, and has on our students. Many students have fallen behind without the support of in person...
2021-05-2527 minAccountants EXPOSEDMichael Carter - Marketing for Accounting Firms - Part 2 - Strategies & TacticsOn this second part of our podcast with MC Carter, he provides us with a more in-depth understanding of strategies and tactics with regards to marketing and scaling advisory services, his perspective on leadership, and what and how to offer additional help to your clients.
We catch up with Michael Carter, Founder and CEO of Practice Paradox as he shares:
Exploring the reasons for choosing to do advisory vs pure compliance in your practice
Most effective marketing strategies for accounting firms
How Practice Paradox can create and implement your marketing strategy and ROI on that
How...
2021-05-1356 minAccountants EXPOSEDNick Sinclair - Part 1 - The King of Outsourcing talks about his sensational journeyFrom realizing his desire to be an advisor at an early age to successfully running his own accounting and financial planning firm and then working enormous hours to create the sensational growth of TOA Global - a business that emerged from a service he needed himself and scaled it globally to nearly 2000 staff.
We catch up with Nick Sinclair, Founder of TOA Global as he shares:
His journey with his first Financial Planning and Accounting firm 'Wealthfarm' from Zero to one of the largest planning businesses in Qld at the age of 20.
His struggles using an...
2021-03-2445 minAccountants EXPOSEDAndrew Van De Beek - Starting a Firm at a young age and Maintaining Culture through Fast GrowthHe started as a Cadet in a Big 4 firm and within 6 years, he established his own practice at an early age of 26. Andrew has a knack of attracting the right people giving him the opportunity, along with his own skills to create something unlike any other accounting firm we’ve heard of.
We catch up with Andrew Van De Beek, Founder and Head of Purpose of Illumin8 as he speaks about:
Importance of community and collaboration of accountants working together to improve their business
Impetus for getting into accounting and deciding to open your own firm at...
2021-03-101h 22Accountants EXPOSEDJohn Knight - Growing, learning and leading - a how to guide on marketing your practice & managing the people in a fast growing national firmFrom the traditional trajectory of starting cadetship in an Accounting firm close to his hometown to becoming a partner at an early age of 30 then founding and directing his own fast growing national practice with a very unique model.
We catch up with John Knight, Founder and Director of BusinessDepot to discuss:
His Advice for young accountants on the fastest path to partnership
Views on Commerce vs Practice
MBTI profiling of accountants, EQ vs IQ and how to manage different personalities in a firm through self awareness.
Recruitment process that's been refined over 7 years and the...
2021-02-241h 09Accountants EXPOSEDChris Hooper - The Accounting Futurist & Innovator of the Year who has gone through the rise and fall of a fast growing global firmFrom starting his side hustles such as the WWF wrestling business as a 13 year old to becoming an accountant in a reputable Adelaide firm and then starting his own practice with his best friend in his early 20s to creating an innovative platform for sole practitioners in accounting to work for clients across the globe.
We catch up with Chris Hooper, Founder and CEO of Accodex
How his fascination with accounting began and the people behind it.
How he explored and progressed his career and what sparked his interest to establish his own practice
His advice f...
2021-02-0956 minThe Conscious ClassroomTapping Inspiration & Building AccountabilitySend us Fan MailThe New Year is a time when all of us make resolutions to improve, accomplish, and achieve. In this episode of The Conscious Classroom, Amy Edelstein will talk about how to use the tools of mindful awareness and contextual thinking to tap into a student’s passion to learn. When we feed their inspiration and show them how to recognize their own desire to grow, we set the stage for positive classroom culture. As always, we’ll practice mindfulness exercises and other experiential tools.Support the showIf you enjo...
2021-01-0142 minThe Conscious ClassroomAmplifying GenerositySend us Fan MailHolidays are a time of giving and family. For students who are resource-challenged, this time of year can be challenging. In this Conscious Classroom episode, Amy Edelstein shares mindfulness tools and perspectives to bring the spirit of the holidays into your classroom. You will learn how to emphasize human connection, care, and appreciation and transform worry and concern into positivity and joy.Support the showIf you enjoyed this episode please leave a review! Your review supports our podcast to reach more educators and share...
2020-12-2233 minAccountants EXPOSEDSarah Lawrence – CFO of the Year Talks about Starting and Scaling a CFO Advisory FirmFrom humble beginnings in country NSW starting her career as a cadet in Audit to becoming a CFO and Financial Controller at some well know movie production businesses in her early 20’s and now running an award winning and technologically advanced CFO Advisory Firm.
Sarah Lawrence, Founder & Chief Dreamer at Hot Toast joins us to share her:
✔ Journey from cadet in a regional firm to a Financial Controller/CFO in some film production and creative industries to scaling a CFO Advisory Firm in Sydney.
✔ What marketing and lead generation tools have helped her the mo...
2020-12-151h 01The Conscious ClassroomCamera Up?Send us Fan MailTeaching in an online environment due to coronavirus restrictions has required us to deal with new and challenging questions. How can we teach if we can't see our students faces? How do we know if they are comprehending or struggling? Do we demand that they "camera up" or do we allow them to find their way? In this episode, Amy Edelstein talks about online teaching and how to invite but not impose a visual on students. She shares easy to implement techniquest that create relationship and encourage some kind of visual and also...
2020-12-1528 minThe Conscious ClassroomGratitude: Building Community in the ClassroomSend us Fan MailThanksgiving is a time for conscious appreciation, recognizing the gifts in our lives, even during hard times like these days during the pandemic. How to we build gratitude and what is the relationship between gratitude, awareness, and ease? In this episode, Amy Edelstein will share some insights about the deeper dimensions of gratitude, how our culture and self-sense can serve to obstruct our appreciation for connectedness, and how, once we begin to build our muscles of thanks it makes us extraordinarily happy. As always, mindfulness exercises to build conscious cl...
2020-11-2627 minThe Conscious ClassroomExpressing GratitudeSend us Fan MailIn this Conscious Classroom episode, Amy Edelstein will explore different ways to think about gratitude as well as several different mindfulness practices that you can share with your students to cultivate a deeper sense of care in your classroom.Support the showIf you enjoyed this episode please leave a review! Your review supports our podcast to reach more educators and share the importance of creating more conscious classrooms. We are committed to sharing insights that transform outlooks and inspire with what's possible.
2020-11-1731 minThe Conscious ClassroomBuilding a Culture of ThanksSend us Fan MailGratitude feels good. In this episode of The Conscious Classroom, Amy Edelstein will talk about building a culture of thanks. As we lean into the Thanksgiving season, it’s a time where we can begin to bring in awareness of the things that we’re grateful for and start helping our students appreciate so much around them. Specific gratitude practices, questions, and meditations will help you build a culture of thanks in your classroom.Support the showIf you enjoyed this episode please leave a review! ...
2020-11-0339 minThe Conscious ClassroomCultivating AwarenessSend us Fan MailAwareness is the foundation of stability, good relationships, and creative learning. Mindfulness techniques help teens cultivate self-knowledge – the awareness of their habits of thought and behavior, their likes and dislikes, and the way they feel happiness and sadness. In this Conscious Classroom episode, Amy Edelstein will shed light on how we cultivate awareness and lead you through meditation exercises you can do in your classroom.Support the showIf you enjoyed this episode please leave a review! Your review supports our podcast to reach more ed...
2020-10-0644 minThe Conscious ClassroomRaising EnthusiasmSend us Fan MailIn this Conscious Classroom episode, Amy Edelstein will share mindfulness tools and tips to raise the level of enthusiasm for learning. She’ll illuminate why mindful perspective taking can shift students from blasé to interested in simple but profound ways. You’ll learn how to inspire your students to seek that experience of “being in the zone.”Support the showIf you enjoyed this episode please leave a review! Your review supports our podcast to reach more educators and share the importance of creating more conscious...
2020-09-1530 minAccountants EXPOSEDBrad Eisenhuth & Aidan Parsons - How to Successfully Deliver Business Advisory to your Clients and 5x your FeesThey have partnered with the Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand to provide leaders in public practice the opportunity to take part in a hands-on, highly practical program which can successfully transition your practice into a sustainable and impactful Business Advisory practice.
We catch up with Brad Eisenhuth and Aidan Parsons to discuss:
✔ Why they felt accounting firms struggle to offer this much needed service to clients
✔ Powerful insights on how other accounting firms engage and pitch the service to their clients.
✔ What advisory means and how to deliver it and sell i...
2020-09-0954 minThe Conscious ClassroomS.P.A.C.E. - 5 Practices to Start the School Year MindfullySend us Fan MailIt’s the start of the school year. Hey, no smell of new textbooks, no bulletin boards to decorate, no lockers to assign, no bells and the patter of hundreds of pairs of shoes clattering down the hallways. This year is quiet. Buildings at rest. Teachers and students at home, each in our own little spaces, connecting via . . . what seems like magic . . . our bodies and voices broadcast as little bits of numeric data, miraculously appearing on the screen in front of us. How do we humanize this experience? How do we create a sen...
2020-09-0331 minAccountants EXPOSEDAly Garrett – Part 2 – Maximizing Growth through Technology and Outsourcing while Raising a Young FamilyAly Garrett, Founder of All In Advisory joins us to DISCUSS:
Working in a Big 4 vs a small firm
Shares her message of what it’s like to be a female in the accounting industry and challenges she had to overcome
Tech stack that she uses for her firm
Leveraging your time as a business owner AND SETTING BOUNDARIES
Outsourcing work overseas - how to set it up effectively and scale it
Managing growth and using technology to scale
Focusing on profitability vs chasing revenue when growing
How to future proof yourself as an accountant (especially if you're ju...
2020-08-0435 minThe Conscious ClassroomCultivating Curiosity: Mindful Qualities for Teen SuccessSend us Fan MailLove of learning is essential for youth to truly internalize information. Contemplative exercises, contextual seeing, and the practice of re-framing our worldview cultivate a student’s curiosity. In this episode of The Conscious Classroom, Amy Edelstein will talk about how to shift a student’s experience from overwhelm to interest, and how to work with the art and science of observation and reflection. As always, the episode will include information and practice.Support the showIf you enjoyed this episode please leave a review! Your revi...
2020-08-0433 minAccountants EXPOSEDAly Garrett - Part 1 – Secret Recipe to Starting and Scaling a Profitable Accounting FirmAly Garrett, Founder of All In Advisory joins us to share her:
✔ Amazing journey from cadet to Big 4 Director and now Boutique Accounting Firm Owner and
✔What advisory means and commoditise it and pitch it.
✔Challenges of being a female in the accounting industry and gaining credibility as a female business owner.
✔Balancing being a mum and running an accounting firm
✔Steps she took to build and successfully grow a successful accounting firm in less than 2 years.
✔Communicating with clients during COVID
✔Establishing yourself in a particular n...
2020-07-2736 minThe Conscious ClassroomA Mind Like Water, Inspiring Calm in the ClassroomSend us Fan MailBruce Lee, the iconic martial artist, often spoke about the value of a mind like water -- fluid, flexible, soft enough to go around obstacles, persistent enough to carve a hole in rock, and forceful enough to uproot tall trees or buildings. Water can be invisible as steam, transparent in its liquid state, and hard and opaque as ice. Our minds can be as flexible and powerful if we know how to cultivate attentive calm, precise discrimination, and flexible perspectives. In this episode, Amy Edelstein will talk about using the metaphor of a...
2020-07-2242 minAccountants EXPOSEDBrett Kelly - Part 1 - How to get motivated and stay motivated in Business, Life And FamilyBrett Kelly is the Partner of one of the largest accounting firms in Australia , they are BRW Top 25 largest accounting firms in Australia with over 40 Directors and over 200 staff. Brett Kelly has more than twenty years commercial and professional accountancy experience. He specialises in assisting individuals and families who own private businesses.
Brett founded Kelly+Partners Chartered Accountants in 2006 and over the past 14 years has grown the business to become the largest private business specialist accounting network in the Greater Sydney area. In June 2017, Kelly+Partners Group Holdings Limited listed on the ASX.
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2020-07-1438 minThe Conscious ClassroomImproving FriendshipSend us Fan MailGood relationships with adults and peers help teens navigate mental and emotional challenges more effectively than any other intervention. Friendships gone sour can snuff out the light of enthusiasm in an adolescent. How do we help our teens learn the art and science of friendship? In this Conscious Classroom episode, Amy Edelstein will map the cartography of friendship. She will guide you in mindful awareness practices you can use with your students to help them learn how to be better friends to themselves and to others. You will also learn some of the...
2020-07-0733 minThe Conscious ClassroomAmplifying CelebrationSend us Fan MailHard to believe, the end of the school year is upon us! In this Conscious Classroom Webinar, Amy Edelstein will lead you in some reflections and meditations that will celebrate the year’s victories, allow more challenging times to be assimilated and transformed into lessons learned, and consciously close the year so everyone can enjoy the summer break ahead.This episode looks at how to bring in celebration in the time of COVID-19 and protests for equality and the end of racism. Teens are still teens and need to celebrate milestones, ri...
2020-07-0239 minAccountants EXPOSEDAaron Lavell – Creating one of the Largest Regional Firms, Succession Planning and Building a Strong Culture of UnityRunning a firm is hard enough. Being a Managing Partner at a young age and building a firm into the largest tax and advisory practice on the Gold Coast is even harder (and it hasn’t all been smooth sailing)!
Today we catch up with Aaron Lavell to discuss his journey from a young accountant at EY to dominating the accounting space and the challenges that went along with that. Some of the things we discussed were:
Succession planning and what to look for in a new partner
KPI’s for the firm and how he mana...
2020-06-291h 07The Conscious ClassroomSummer Break: Conscious EndingsSend us Fan MailThe end of the school year is a special time. Conscious endings and appreciation for the heartwarming things that happened during the course of the year make all the difference. As educators, we need to learn to let go, nourish ourselves with lessons learned, and release ourselves to enjoy the downtime. In this episode of The Conscious Classroom, Amy Edelstein will help you end the year on a note of positivity and resolution.Support the showIf you enjoyed this episode please leave a review! ...
2020-06-0939 minAccountants EXPOSEDDMY - Best approach to selling and preparing your Accounting Firm for SaleCOVID has had a tremendous impact on accounting firm and practitioners over the last couple of months. Today we talk with the Directors of DMY - Mark Emney and Daniel Jones where we discuss:
Impact of COVID on firms and the level of M&A activity in the Accounting Firm space
How to prepare for a future sale and what you should do now - you'll be surprised how long and when you should start
What buyers are looking for
How to maximise your valuations
What to watch out for and mistakes to avoid
The ideal mix of...
2020-06-091h 07Accountants EXPOSEDRob Nixon - Growing your firm to $1m profit per Partner while working less than 500 hoursOn this episode, we talk about all the things accountants could be doing better and where they're going wrong. Mistakes that are costing them huge potential increases in revenue, profits and lifestyle.
Now, Rob Nixon is not an accountant. Yet he has forged a niche to be one of the world’s foremost authorities on how accounting firms can achieve peak performance and his clients on average see profit increases of 98.4% from revenue increases of only 20.8% while working fewer hours with simple tweaks in workflow and technology.
He is an entrepreneur who has been running succe...
2020-06-0246 minThe Conscious ClassroomPeace or Pressure? Supporting students during testing seasonSend us Fan MailTeens are more stressed than ever before. The cloud of testing looms large over students and anxiety about grades and performance can incapacitate ordinarily happy kids. In this episode of The Conscious Classroom, Amy Edelstein will teach you how to help your students use mindfulness and other systems thinking practices to do their best and to gain confidence from the learning and victories they've had over the entire year.Support the showIf you enjoyed this episode please leave a review! Your review supports our...
2020-05-2635 minThe Conscious ClassroomThe Dynamics of CalmSend us Fan MailKids are naturally full of energy. That energy, when channeled helps learning. And yet, as teachers we crave calm. In this episode of The Conscious Classroom Calm, Amy Edelstein will show you that calm doesn’t always look “quiet.” And quiet isn’t always calm. You’ll learn more about how to create authentic calm, ease of being, and openness in your classroom. As always, we’ll do some mindfulness and perspective taking practices to experience and to promote ease of being in the classroom.Support the showIf you enjoyed...
2020-05-1235 minThe Conscious ClassroomDeveloping PatienceSend us Fan MailPatience is a virtue. In our era of ever-increasing speed and ever-decreasing attention span, cultivating this virtue may be harder than ever. And yet we must. We must both cultivate our own patience and that of our students. In this Conscious Classroom episode we will work with mindful awareness tools to develop patience. Amy Edelstein will shed light on how and why doing something as simple as watching the breath, becoming aware of thoughts, and noticing sensations can improve our tolerance and our care.Support the showIf you...
2020-04-2824 min
The Conscious ClassroomGen C: Learning & Focus in the age of CoronavirusSend us Fan MailIn the age of coronavirus, everything has changed. Usually at this time, students would be focusing on testing skills. Now they are needing to cultivate many new habits, some good, some not so good. How do we support them to learn in a relaxed way? How do we help them to bypass self-consciousness and drop into their authenticity and creativity? Join Amy Edelstein for insight and experiential tools to develop relaxed and alert focus. For more, visit www.InnerStrength.EducationSupport the showIf you enjoyed this episode please
2020-04-2746 minThe Conscious ClassroomPracticing Love & KindnessSend us Fan MailThe foundation of good learning is a good relationship with one’s teacher or mentor. Building Love & Kindness practices into your school day creates a culture of appreciation, respect, kindness, and care. In this episode of The Conscious Classroom, Amy Edelstein shares some simple ways that you can work with compassion building tools, allowing students to embrace goodness. In a culture where students are exposed to violent video games and acrimonious public discourse, building in care into the classroom is a welcome focus for both you and your students.Support the sh...
2020-04-1443 minThe Conscious ClassroomTimes of Challenge, Times of OpportunitySend us Fan MailWe are living through a great cultural change, while we are in the midst of something so big it is hard to see what is changing and where it will leave us. Still, as educators, this is the time to use the best of our historical knowledge and context setting to think in constructive ways about these times and to challenge our students to think in the same way. During the Civil War, Walt Whitman wanted to create a poem so noble, so beautiful that it would end war. "Song of Myself" sadly...
2020-04-1221 minThe Conscious ClassroomCOVID-19 Exercising Choice, Building StabilitySend us Fan MailIn times of challenge, like we are presented with now during the Coronavirus epidemic, when we feel overwhelmed and ill-equipped to handle the situation, small tools and actions can help bring groundedness, stability, and courage into our lives. Join Amy Edelstein in this episode as she shares ways to exercise a degree of choice over our circumstances and in so doing build strength. We'll keep our eyes on the bigger picture and be able to better support our students and ourselves. Support the showIf you enjoyed this episode p...
2020-04-0913 minThe Conscious ClassroomCOVID-19 Conscious ClassroomSend us Fan MailLife has been upended as we know it. Now more than ever, we need tools that will provide our students with calm during the storm, compassion when nerves are fraught, and curiosity about how we can emerge triumphant and proud. In this episode, Amy Edelstein looks at the coronavirus and what that means about priorities for ourselves and our students.Support the showIf you enjoyed this episode please leave a review! Your review supports our podcast to reach more educators and share the importance...
2020-03-3138 minThe Conscious ClassroomWhat Is Racial Literacy? Understanding the dynamics of raceSend us Fan MailRacial stress occurs every day in diverse classrooms. Tensions between students, between teachers, on the news all affect how well we connect and teach our students. In this powerful episode of The Conscious Classroom, Amy Edelstein shows how mindfulness skills can diffuse racial tension and create a classroom of openness, respect, and love.Support the showIf you enjoyed this episode please leave a review! Your review supports our podcast to reach more educators and share the importance of creating more conscious classrooms. We are...
2020-03-1756 minThe Conscious ClassroomTeen Mental Wellness: Promoting positive mental healthSend us Fan MailHoliday season is a time for family, warmth, and peace. For all too many of our students, holiday time is a time of stress, sadness, and distance between media images of gifts and neighborhoods of lack. Many teens, even those who come from stable homes experience depression and loneliness at this time. In this episode of The Conscious Classroom, Amy Edelstein shares mindfulness tools that support teens over the holiday break to stay happy and connected with themselves.Support the showIf you enjoyed this episode please leave...
2020-03-0340 min