Episodes

Welcome to the Inspired Teacher podcast! Words are important--and if you're like me, sometimes you are a little to careless with the words you use. Today's episode includes some thoughts and insights from Jake Thompson and his book Lead Better...

Welcome to the Inspired Teacher podcast. As the school year draws to a close I tend to get a little sentimental--and I think this episode reflects that. Inspired by recent events in my life, Marcus Aurelius and Dave Burgess, this …

Welcome to the Inspired Teacher podcast! Today's episode was inspired by author and professor, Adam Grant from his book and Lewis Howes from his The message is a simple one, but it's important and bares repeating--you simply cannot do your …

Welcome to the Inspired Teacher podast! If you're anything like me you find planning to be a little extra challenging this time of year. The weather is getting nicer, the students are experiencing spring fever and so are we! Today's …

Welcome to the Inspired Teacher podcast! On today's episode we discuss the importance of living a meaningful life. The thoughts on today's episode were inspired by the guest Michael Gervais had on episode 441 of his podcast Finding Mastery. This...

Welcome to the 200th episode of the Inspired Teacher podcast! Thank you so much for taking the time to listen, whether this if your first time or you've been here for them all. Today's message is a fitting one for …

Welcome to the Inspired Teacher podcast! Today's episode was inspired by a from Brian Cain. Brian is a consultant, speaker, and creator of The Mental Performance Mastery Coaches Certification program. The post, which was oringally made on August 4,...

Welcome to the Inspired Teacher podcast! I recently found myself on the treadmill listening to 311 when their song "Dodging Raindrops" came on and hit me like a ton of bricks. It made me realize that so much of the …

Welcome to the Inspired Teacher podcast! Sometimes we find inspiration in the places we least expect it. The thoughts on today's episode were inspired by conversations I have with my son from time to time and Matthew McConaughey's book . …

Welcome to the Inspired Teacher podcast! I'm very excited about the message in today's episode because I believe it's so important to hear. If you're anything like me, you may find yourself chasing growth a little too often and forgetting …

Welcome to the Inspired Teacher podcast! Today's a great reminder to not take yourself too seriously. The thoughts on today's episode were inspired by Marcus Aurelius in Meditations.

Welcome to the Inspired Teacher podcast! Today's episode was inspired by the book n by Jocko Willnick & Leif Babin. The authors remind us of the importance of accountability and controlling the only thing we can really control--ourselves

Welcome to the Inspired Teacher podcast! The thoughts on today's episode come from and I also mentioned one of my favorite tools for tracking productivity and gratitude--the (not a sponsor) so check them out!

Welcome to the Inspired Teacher podcast! Today's episode brings great insights from In his book, Lewis reminds us that you cannot purchase your way to peace in life--and it's so important for us to remember as educators.

Welcome to the Inspired Teacher podcast! It's been about a month since I've put out a podcast episode for a number of reasons, but it was time to get behind the mic again and "just hit record" has Chris Nesi …

Welcome to the Inspired Teacher podcast! I'm going to be honest, today was a tough day for me in the classroom. I had a few things happen that made me pretty upset and questioning whether or not I was doing …

Welcome to the Inspired Teacher podcast! The episode today is a quick one--but done is better perfect. Earlier this week I was listening to and she mentioned a great line about goals being like kitchen remodels so I had to …

Welcome to the Inspired Teacher podcast! Time is one of our most precious commodities, yet too often we waste it. We turn back to the Stoics in today's episode and listen to the words of Seneca the Younger in one …

Welcome to the Inspired Teacher podcast! In his book , Jedediah Jenkins reminds us that we can be our own pioneers and that we don't always have to follow the paths of others. Today's episode combines the thoughts of Jenkis …

Welcome to the Inspired Teacher podcast! The thoughts on today's episode were inspired by a passage in Rick Alexander's book Rick reminds us to take small imcremental steps towards our goals and I love his message.

Welcome to the Inspired Teacher podcast! Like many teachers, I've been thinking a lot about balance lately--especially finding an appropriate balance between being a kind and caring teacher and maintaining high expectations in my classroom. The...

Welcome to the Inspired Teacher podcast! I was struggling with feeling a lack of motivation this past week and I came across a great book that helped to remind me what's really important--how we respond. I hope you enjoy this …

Welcome to the Inspired Teacher podcast! We've all fallen victim to our emotions from time to time and could certainly use a reminder of the fickle nature of them. Today's episode was inspired by an episode of the and Tony …

Welcome to the Inspired Teacher podcast! We throw around the term "potential" so callously it seems--but what does it truly mean? Today's episode was inspired by Grant is an author and professor and gives a fantastic explanation of what potential...