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Simple Acts of Service
How often have we slowed down the pace of our lives enough to notice the small acts of service we can perform for others?Those small acts for us often have a larger im...
The Life Skills handbook with Shari Pierce
Shari Pierce was born and raised in Yonkers, New York and was a special educator for the Yonkers Public Schools for thirty-three years. For twenty-three of those years...
Around, Over, or Through
Nobody is perfect. Situations, even less often.We will always run across stumbling blocks or barriers to our success. When we do we have three choices we can make inst...
Emotional Freedom Techniques With Kathleen Weber
Kathleen Weber is a former school counselor of 25 years and is a Certified, Accredited Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) Practitioner. She is passionate about bringi...
Giving Thanks, Gratitude, and Mental Health
Three things that unfortunately, are sometimes overlooked when they can be helped with small steps.Have a listen for a "3 for 1" strategy, repeated 5 times for maximum...
Creating Sustainable Change With Dan Kelley
Daniel Kelley is an Associate Teaching Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy at the University of Rhode Island. He previously served as the principal of Smith...
You First With Chris Jones
We often get caught up in our schedules as we move through the day. Before we know it, days turn into weeks and weeks turn into months. Suddenly we realize that there ...
Taking Responsibility For Your Success with Mike James
Meet Mike, a passionate coach, mentor, and leader dedicated to fostering positive change through the principles of MIRA: Mindset, Intention, Right Action. With 17 year...
Paraverbal Communication with Chris Jones
We often forget about one of the most important types of communication when interacting with people. You ever hear of the old saying, "It's not what you say, but how y...
Be a Guest, Not a Visitor with Mike James
Meet Mike, a passionate coach, mentor, and leader dedicated to fostering positive change through the principles of MIRA: Mindset, Intention, Right Action. With 17 year...
Fighting Procrastination With Chris Jones
Procrastination creeps into a persons life in ways that make it a habit before being noticed. That makes it all the more difficult to combat so we can all more efficie...
IQ + EQ = Success with Mike James
Meet Mike, a passionate coach, mentor, and leader dedicated to fostering positive change through the principles of MIRA: Mindset, Intention, Right Action. With 17 year...
Artillery Fungus and Goals With Chris Jones
Habit driven behaviors create habit driven results!I had a recent run in with some artillery fungus and considered how it relates to smoothing over habits that may be ...
Finding the Lever for Positive Change with Mike James
Meet Mike, a passionate coach, mentor, and leader dedicated to fostering positive change through the principles of MIRA: Mindset, Intention, Right Action. With 17 year...
Play That Game With Chris Jones
We don't stop playing games because we grow old. We grow old because we stop playing games!We are all busy. Often with pretty serious things. Unfortunately, it eats up...
Your Community is You with Mike James
Meet Mike, a passionate coach, mentor, and leader dedicated to fostering positive change through the principles of MIRA: Mindset, Intention, Right Action. With 17 year...
Use That Excuse With Chris Jones
Excuses are bad, but incredibly powerful!We often use excuses to get out of things we don't really want to do. We also use them to make ourselves feel better for havin...
Actions Speak Louder Than Words With Chris Jones
This is an old phrase, but still relevant every day.How can we keep from not matching what we value with the time we spend doing it? I offer a strategy to find out wha...
Minimize, Prioritize, Say No With Chris Jones
Reaching our goals is about more than just setting them and then making a plan. It is often about how we approach the small steps that present themselves every day.Fol...
Focus First With Chris Jones
Key Points:Focus is not the product of our environment. Instead our environment is the result of our ability to and level of focus.Things like anxiety , poor relations...
Two Affirmations and One Question
Key Points:Walking the line between empathy and problem solving is difficult.Try this strategy to help support those facing difficulties and the trap of the negative s...
STEM Punks
Through 23 years in Education, Jonathan has been at the bleeding edge of learning how digital tools (STEM, AR/VR, AI, environment sensors) and a focus on our humanity ...
The Principal's Journey
Dr. Rachel Edoho-Eket (Ed-oh-eck-it) is a wife, mother, principal, public speaker, and author. With decades as a teacher and leader in public education, she has earned...
Silencing the Inner Critic
Sam Tarell is a serial entrepreneur and TEDx speaker. He's the founder of Divergent U, a one year alternative to college in Orlando, Florida to help students discover ...
Identifying Limitations
Sam Tarell is a serial entrepreneur and TEDx speaker. He's the founder of Divergent U, a one year alternative to college in Orlando, Florida to help students discover ...
Accomplishing Goals Without Sacrificing Values
Sam Tarell is a serial entrepreneur and TEDx speaker. He's the founder of Divergent U, a one year alternative to college in Orlando, Florida to help students discover ...
Finding Your True Interest
Sam Tarell is a serial entrepreneur and TEDx speaker. He's the founder of Divergent U, a one year alternative to college in Orlando, Florida to help students discover ...
The Importance of Involving Parents
Harvey Hazen was a public school educator for 37 years. He was a teacher, counselor, high school principal and vice principal, middle school principal and district sup...
Changing Professional Development to Professional Learning
Dr. Melinda Vandevort is a dynamic educator, career transition coach, and podcast host. With a passion for professional development, she guides educators on their jour...
SEEing to Lead on Thriving Educator
I had the opportunity to speak with Charle Peck from the Thriving Educator Podcast about the mental health issues we are seeing in schools and possible ways to assist ...
