Episodes

July 3, 2024

Fall in Love with Something

Welcome to the Inspired Teacher Podcast! Today's episode was inspired by a post I saw on X and memories of my older son when he was a toddler at our community pool. I hope you enjoy the message and fall in love with something this summer!

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June 26, 2024

Time to Start Hacking

Welcome to the Inspired Teacher podcast! This summer, I'm committed to delivering a new episode every week to keep you motivated and inspired. In this week's episode, we delve into the art of cutting back. Drawing from the daily emails I receive from...

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June 5, 2024

This is Not Your Life's Work

Welcome to the Inspired Teacher podcast! Today's episode is all about enjoying different seasons of your life. The thoughts on today's episode include references to the following sources:

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June 3, 2024

Maybe You Shouldn't Always Succeed

Welcome to the Inspired Teacher podcast! Sure, we all love to succeed, but is it good if we are always winning? Today's episode discusses the importance of not always succeeding. Here are links to the resources discussed in the episode.

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May 31, 2024

We All Have Bad Days, But are They That Bad?

Welcome to the Inspired Teacher podcast! As we near the end of the year you might find yourself struggling to get past some of the "bad" days you are having. Today's episode is inspired by a and some of the teachings from

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May 22, 2024

It's Not About the Thank You's

Welcome to the Inspired Teacher podcast! In today's episode, we are reminded to focus on the things that truly matter instead of on things that are beyond our control. The thoughts on in this episode come from Ryan Holiday's and Viktor Frankl's .

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May 20, 2024

Stand Straight, Not Straightened

Welcome to the Inspired Teacher podcast! The thoughts on today's episode were inspired by Marcus Aurelius in his book, as well as Matthew McConaughey from his book.

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May 15, 2024

Words are Important

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...

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May 13, 2024

Make the Most of Each Moment

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 episode reminds us to...

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May 10, 2024

Attach Your Bootstraps to Other People's Boots

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 best...

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May 3, 2024

Real Learning is Often Messy

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 message is a...

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May 1, 2024

It's About Meaning

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...

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April 29, 2024

See the Awe Behind the Obvious

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 this milestone episode since it's...

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April 24, 2024

Choose Confidence

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,...

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April 22, 2024

Don't Just Dodge Raindrops

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 lethargy and malaise I've been...

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April 19, 2024

You're Not the Only One

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 . I hope...

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April 16, 2024

Chase Contentedness

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 to stop and...

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April 15, 2024

Don't Take Life Too Seriously

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.

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April 12, 2024

Stop Blaming Others

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

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April 5, 2024

See What Others Don't

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!

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April 3, 2024

You Can't Buy Peace

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.

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April 1, 2024

The Relentless Always Win

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 would say! Today's episode includes some...

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March 1, 2024

We Are Made for This Moment

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 the right thing and it's quite serendipitous...

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Feb. 28, 2024

Be Patient With Your Goals

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 share my thoughts.

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