Throughout the month of March here on the podcast, we are discussing the profound and lasting impact of connection. And in this week’s episode, were going to hear from a former teacher and instructional coach, and current life coach, on how we can cultivate the kind of connection with our staff and students that will bring an amazing energy to your school and have it performing in ways you never imagined possible.

Natalie Wilson is back on the podcast and what she has to share with us today is going to change the way you think about connection forever. It’s so natural as educators and leaders for our brains to look toward data, schedules, and discipline to yield results. But through some personal experiences and stories, Natalie is giving us a different perspective and one I believe the whole educational world needs to hear.

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For this episode, I conducted an impromptu interview with former teacher and Life Coach School graduate Jewelle Bejjavarapu. Jewelle is here to share her insights into how we as school leaders can emotionally support our teachers, helping them to love their jobs and have the biggest impact possible on the kids and our communities.

Jewelle is a life coach for young women struggling with fertility issues. Prior to starting this work, she was a teacher, but after years of putting other people first and letting her perfectionist tendencies get in the way of doing her job, and seeing other teachers doing the same, she knew it was time for a change. She’s looking back on her time in education and giving us her insights into what we can do differently in our schools.

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We’re focusing on mental and emotional wellbeing here on the podcast over the month of February, and this week, I have the perfect guest to talk us through this topic. Ben Pugh is a certified life coach through The Life Coach School, and his specialty lies in parent and teen coaching. He’s passionate about helping parents reconnect with their teens, to help them build rock-solid relationships so they can turn their struggles into strengths.

Ben is a shining example of someone who has used coaching tools to first manage his own mental and emotional health, to then be of service at the highest level to his staff and students. From being labeled a teenage arsonist to becoming a principal, you’ll hear how his story is the foundation of his passion for empowering teenagers, and I can’t wait for you to listen in and be inspired by his drive to help his clients turn their lives around.

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Over the last few years of working with clients and school leaders, I’ve created a lot of personal development tools and mulled over how to bring them into the professional setting. As 2020 exemplified, we all need some kind of plan and systematic way of approaching our jobs as school leaders, and I’ve got just the solution and I can’t wait to share it with you today.

This week, I’m introducing you to the Empowered Principal process and what it entails. When we make the leap in our careers to school leadership, it never goes exactly as expected. The realities of it often miss the mark of what we envisioned, and navigating all the pressures that come along with the job can sometimes be too much.

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After winter break, I hope all you school leaders are refreshed and ready to take on 2021. This time last year, we were talking about our “2020 visions,” and I don’t think anyone could have predicted the havoc that the past 12 months would bring to our schools. So, I want to make sure that we don’t get caught up this time around.

This month on the podcast, we’re talking about creating a future vision for 2021 of the kind of principal that you want to be, the energy you want to bring to the job, how you can be a visionary, and how you want to experience your own life this year. So at least, if we’re in for another year of chaos, you will be grounded in your own reality.

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