Explore every episode of the podcast The Bright Morning Podcast with Elena Aguilar
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| How to Create an Energizing Summer Learning Plan: Episode 245 | 16 Jun 2025 | 00:23:50 | |
In this episode, Elena tackles a challenge you're likely facing right now: the frantic race to complete year-end responsibilities while a crucial growth opportunity passes you by. Through an authentic coaching conversation, she shows you how to create an intentional summer learning plan when you're the one who always develops others. Notable moments: 01:19 Context for coaching conversation 03:59 Start of coaching conversation 07:06 Addressing Confidence and Cultural Competence 11:23 Feedback and Communication Skills 16:43 Creating a Summer Learning Plan 21:04 Conclusion and Resources Keep learning:
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| Turn Your Triggers into Tools: Episode 244 | 09 Jun 2025 | 00:16:42 | |
Elena reveals how those moments when you suddenly lose composure—whether from a colleague's comment or an unexpected email—aren't signs of weakness but powerful opportunities. Discover how understanding your emotional activation points can actually be the unexpected key to greater job satisfaction and professional effectiveness. Notable moments:
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| Expansive Listening in Action: Episode 235 | 07 Apr 2025 | 00:24:37 | |
Coaching the problem, not the person, is the number one trap that coaches fall into. In this episode, Elena demonstrates how you can use expansive listening to unlock possibilities and empower your client. Notable moments:
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| Designing PD: Reflection Before the Event: Episode 170 | 24 Jul 2023 | 00:16:17 | |
In this first episode of a three-part series on designing and facilitating transformational PD, Elena “pulls back the curtain” and shares how she prepares to facilitate. Listen in for a detailed list of reflection questions that will help you feel confident and grounded as you walk into the next PD or team meeting you are facilitating. Mentioned in this episode: Visit https://brightmorningteam.com/podcasts/ for links to everything we mention on the show. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram Receive weekly wisdom and tools from Elena delivered to your inbox! Sign up at https://brightmorningteam.com/newsletter/ | |||
| Designing & Facilitating Team Meetings - Part 2: Episode 169 | 17 Jul 2023 | 00:17:03 | |
Have you ever led a team meeting that got derailed due to emotional flair-ups? Elena shares the specific prompts she uses in these daunting facilitation moments, and what’s led to the Bright Morning Team no longer facing this common team challenge. Mentioned in this episode:
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| Designing & Facilitating Team Meetings: Part 1: Episode 168 | 10 Jul 2023 | 00:11:13 | |
In the first of this two-part series, Elena pulls back the “Bright Morning curtain” to give you an insider’s look into how we use purpose to drive our team meetings. From 1:1 check-ins, to monthly presenter team meetings, you’ll get the inside scoop into what we do and why we do it. Mentioned in this episode:
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| Navigating Contagious Negativity: Episode 167 | 03 Jul 2023 | 00:19:15 | |
In this final episode of our Hot Topics of Coaching for Equity mini-series Elena shares seven things you can do when you are in a toxic culture, one where there is contagious negativity. Mentioned in this episode:
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| Can I Coach Here?: Episode 166 | 26 Jun 2023 | 00:15:22 | |
“What do you do if you’re coaching in a place where your values are misaligned?” In this episode of our Hot Topics in Coaching for Equity mini-series, Elena takes a coaching stance to help unpack this question and support you in thinking through potential options for taking action. Mentioned in this episode: Visit https://brightmorningteam.com/podcasts/ for links to everything we mention on the show. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram Receive weekly wisdom and tools from Elena delivered to your inbox! Sign up at https://brightmorningteam.com/newsletter/ | |||
| When Someone Is “Too Far Gone” for Coaching: Episode 165 | 19 Jun 2023 | 00:26:13 | |
“Is there ever a time when we should consider that someone shouldn't be working with kids…and should we advise supervisors to let them go versus continuing to coach them?” Elena unpacks this question and provides four potential steps to take when you encounter this challenging reality in this episode of our new mini-series: Hot Topics in Coaching for Equity. Mentioned in this episode: Visit https://brightmorningteam.com/podcasts/ for links to everything we mention on the show. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram Receive weekly wisdom and tools from Elena delivered to your inbox! Sign up at https://brightmorningteam.com/newsletter/ | |||
| When “Equity” is Prohibited: Episode 164 | 12 Jun 2023 | 00:35:04 | |
This is the first of a four-episode Hot Topics in Coaching for Equity mini-series. In this episode, Elena is joined by Bright Morning teammate, Nick Cains. The two discuss how you coach for equity, when even using the word “equity” is prohibited. Elena shares six steps you can take today. Mentioned in this episode:
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| Finding Your Power: Coaching Conversation: Episode 163 | 05 Jun 2023 | 00:41:54 | |
How do you support a client who has “lost their mojo?” In this coaching conversation, Elena does so by cultivating self-compassion, engaging with curiosity, and gently challenging assumptions. You will also hear the use of trauma-informed strategies that demonstrate how a coach can support a client through an emotional experience without overstepping into the role of therapist. Listen in for a masterclass on holding space, remaining unattached to outcomes, and trusting the process. Note: This is the second part of the coaching conversation heard in episode 162. If you haven’t already listened to that episode, you’ll want to start there. Mentioned in this episode: Visit https://brightmorningteam.com/podcasts/ for links to everything we mention on the show. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram Receive weekly wisdom and tools from Elena delivered to your inbox! Sign up at https://brightmorningteam.com/newsletter/ | |||
| Coaching Conversation: ACE In Action: Episode 162 | 29 May 2023 | 00:21:48 | |
Coaching emotions is the key to Transformational Coaching. And our ACE tool is the key to coaching emotions. In today’s episode, Elena utilizes ACE in a coaching conversation. Listen in to hear how an exploration of emotions can unlock some profound realizations, and can be accomplished in 12 minutes! Mentioned in this episode:
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| Three Resilience Boosters You Haven’t Heard Before: Episode 161 | 22 May 2023 | 00:15:02 | |
This is the second episode in our four-part mini-series on coaching for resilience and coaching emotions. In this episode, Elena shares three resilience boosters that are sustaining her right now. Listen in to gain ideas for yourself, and approaches you can take when coaching others. Opportunities for continued learning:
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| First 5 Minutes: “Who is a fictional character…” [Replay] | 31 Mar 2025 | 00:17:03 | |
How can we bring some creativity and levity to our coaching conversations? What about helping our clients access their needs? Or connecting them to their power? A replay of our fan-favorite First 5 Minutes series. These short episodes will teach you how to incorporate one resilience-boosting question into your conversations to help your clients get through the spring slump. In addition to providing you with a new question each week, Elena also walks through how to introduce this new type of question, models what that might look like, pulls back the curtain on why this question works and shares some wisdom on how to artfully put this into action. This episode is for you if:
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| The Role of "self-care" for Educators: Episode 160 | 15 May 2023 | 00:15:21 | |
This is the first episode in a four-part mini-series on cultivating emotional resilience and coaching emotions. To kick things off, Elena is sharing the four things you need to know and do if you want to talk about and coach for resilience and discussing the power of “self-care” for educators (spoiler alert: it’s not all bubble baths and trips to the spa). Opportunities for continued learning: Visit https://brightmorningteam.com/podcasts/ for links to everything we mention on the show. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram Receive weekly wisdom and tools from Elena delivered to your inbox! Sign up at https://brightmorningteam.com/newsletter/ | |||
| REPLAY: Disrupting Racism in Coaching Conversations | 08 May 2023 | 00:46:35 | |
“Why don't you disrupt racist behavior more immediately? Our kids needed change yesterday…” We get asked a version of this question frequently, so today we’re replaying a listener favorite episode from last year where Bright Morning teammate, Nick Cains, joins Elena to explore how we center transformation (and our own humanity) when disrupting racism in our coaching conversations. Mentioned in this episode:
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| REPLAY: Why We Need Affinity Spaces | 01 May 2023 | 00:35:09 | |
What are racial affinity spaces? Why are racial affinity spaces necessary? How do you respond when people are concerned about there being racial affinity spaces? What should I consider if I want to bring racial affinity spaces to my school or organization? If these are questions you’re curious about, this episode is for you. Mentioned in this episode:
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| REPLAY: Microaggressions 101 | 24 Apr 2023 | 00:35:57 | |
What is a microaggression? What can you do when you hear, see or experience a microaggression? If these are questions you are curious about, this episode is for you. Mentioned in this episode:
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| 5 Ways to Normalize Emotions in Your Coaching Conversations: Episode 159 | 17 Apr 2023 | 00:24:00 | |
If you want to be a Transformational Coach, you must be able to coach emotions. If you want to coach for equity, you must be able to coach emotions. The first step to coaching emotions is to acknowledge and normalize them. In today’s episode, Elena shares five ways to do so in your coaching conversations. Opportunities for continued learning:
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| What do we mean by "every conversation is an equity conversation?": Episode 158 | 10 Apr 2023 | 00:19:47 | |
Episode Description | At Bright Morning, we believe every conversation is an equity conversation (or at least it should be). But what does that mean? In this episode, Elena shares the three things you can do to make this a reality. | |||
| Coaching When You’re the Boss: Episode 157 | 03 Apr 2023 | 00:16:48 | |
“Can I coach if I’m the boss?” The short answer is yes. But only if you are clear, intentional, and capable. If you are an administrator, a supervisor, or anyone who is responsible for evaluation who also wants to take a coaching stance, this is an episode you don’t want to miss. Mentioned in this episode:
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| Responding When Emotionally Activated: Episode 156 | 27 Mar 2023 | 00:24:19 | |
You’re in the middle of a team meeting or a work conversation and someone says something that sets you off. How do you respond? In today’s episode, Elena provides the background information that you need to be able to understand what’s driving your response in those moments, gives you a three-step method to use to respond with intention, and shares an activity you can start using today to increase your self-awareness. If you’re looking to increase your EQ, this episode is for you! Mentioned in this episode:
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| How to Build Your Team’s EQ: Episode 155 | 20 Mar 2023 | 00:25:04 | |
If you want a team that can engage in healthy conflict, one that experiences high levels of investment and low levels of resistance, you need to focus on emotional intelligence (EQ). The first step to doing so is to grow the awareness of your own emotional landscape. Today’s episode provides you with the knowledge and tools to get started. Mentioned in this episode:
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| How to Close Your Coaching Conversations: Episode 154 | 13 Mar 2023 | 00:15:44 | |
How our conversations end matters. A lot. In this episode, Elena provides 5 tips that will allow you to close your coaching conversations in a way that elicits positive emotions, allows your coachee to tap into their sense of power, and cultivates resilience. Mentioned in this episode:
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| First 5 Minutes: “Tell me about a challenging moment…” [Replay] | 24 Mar 2025 | 00:11:50 | |
How do you kindle a sense of power and agency in your coachee when they are feeling deflated or overwhelmed? A replay of our fan-favorite First 5 Minutes series. These short episodes will teach you how to incorporate one resilience-boosting question into your conversations to help your clients get through the spring slump. In addition to providing you with a new question each week, Elena also walks through how to introduce this new type of question, models what that might look like, pulls back the curtain on why this question works and shares some wisdom on how to artfully put this into action. This episode is for you if:
Keep learning:
Support the show:
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| How to Determine Your Coaching Conversation Area of Focus: Episode 153 | 06 Mar 2023 | 00:22:54 | |
What do you do when a coaching client doesn’t know what to focus on during your time together? If you want to feel confident in answering that question, this is an episode you won’t want to miss! Elena shares four tips for guiding the conversation when your client has many priorities, maybe even competing priorities that will not only help them figure out where to start, but will also build their decision-making capacity in the long term. If you’re a coach, leader, parent, or anyone who wants to take a coaching stance, this episode is for you! Mentioned in this episode:
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| REPLAY: A Framework for Responding to Racism | 27 Feb 2023 | 00:26:01 | |
Today we’re replaying an essential What to Say When You Hear Something Racist episode in which Elena shares her simple framework for responding to racism and demonstrates how she recently put it into action while antiquing (because unfortunately, racism is everywhere). Mentioned on this episode:
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| REPLAY: The Role of Your Identity in Responding to Racism | 20 Feb 2023 | 00:28:42 | |
Today we’re replaying the first episode of our, “What to Say When You Hear Something Racist” series. In this inaugural episode, Elena shares the first step you must take if you want to skillfully respond to racism: deepening your understanding of your own identity. When you know yourself, you'll be able to better understand when you are inclined to step up and take action, or when you might be tempted to step away from something challenging. If you understand your identity experiences, you'll have heightened awareness of your own privilege and responsibility. The concepts and tools referenced in this episode appear throughout this series, so listen in and then keep going! Mentioned on this episode:
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| Transformational PD Part 3: Responding to Resistance: Episode 152 | 13 Feb 2023 | 00:50:52 | |
Have you ever faced resistance while facilitating? Us too! In this final episode of our Transformational PD mini-series, Elena is joined by Bright Morning teammate, Maria Dyslin, to discuss and demonstrate how you can navigate resistance as a facilitator before, during, and after your meetings and PD sessions. Mentioned in this episode:
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| Transformational PD Part 2: Six Transformational Tips: Episode 151 | 06 Feb 2023 | 00:20:43 | |
The answer to these questions and many more are answered in this second episode of our 3-part Transformational PD mini-series. Elena shares 6 Transformational Tips that she’ll pulling on in her practice these days that we bet you haven’t heard before. Mentioned in this episode:
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| Transformational PD Part 1: What It Is and Why You Need It: Episode 150 | 30 Jan 2023 | 00:35:17 | |
Today Elena is joined by Bright Morning teammate, Becky Barstein, to explore these questions and many more in Part 1 of our three-part Transformational PD mini-series. If you design or facilitate adult learning, this is an episode you won’t want to miss! Mentioned in this episode:
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| Coaching Resistance: Part 3 - Coaching Demonstration: Episode 149 | 23 Jan 2023 | 00:33:37 | |
It’s been two months and the teacher you’re coaching still hasn’t implemented the strategies they agreed to. What do you do? In today’s episode, Elena demonstrates her approach to coaching this type of “resistance” and then pulls back the curtain to explain her coaching moves. Mentioned in this episode: Opportunities for continued learning:
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| Coaching Resistance: Part 2 - Preparing OURSELVES: Episode 148 | 16 Jan 2023 | 00:40:06 | |
Did you know a childhood photo or a lunch date can help you coach resistance? On today’s episode, Elena and Bright Morning teammate, Nick Cains, discuss what they do to prepare themselves to coach resistant clients, and how they tend to themselves as coaches of color who often coach across lines of racial difference. Listen in for concrete strategies and several stories that help bring them to life. Mentioned on the podcast:
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| Coaching Resistance: Part 1 - What is Resistance: Episode 147 | 09 Jan 2023 | 00:37:55 | |
Elena hasn’t experienced resistance in her coaching conversations in over a decade. In this episode, she shares her five step process to eliminate resistance in your coaching conversations (...and really, in any conversation). This is the first in a three-part Coaching Resistance mini-series you won’t want to miss! Mentioned in this episode:
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| How to Set Yourself Up For a Great Year: Episode 146 | 02 Jan 2023 | 00:19:02 | |
Resolutions don’t work for the overwhelming number of people, but we know what does! In this episode, Elena shares the simple, research-based, strategy she’s using to support her in making 2023 one of the best years yet. Listen in, grab your free resource, and take the first step in making 2023 a great year. Mentioned in this episode:
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| First 5 Minutes: “Tell me a story…” [Replay] | 17 Mar 2025 | 00:14:28 | |
How can we instill our clients with confidence in their potential to learn and grow? A replay of our fan-favorite First 5 Minutes series. These short episodes will teach you how to incorporate one resilience-boosting question into your conversations to help your clients get through the spring slump. In addition to providing you with a new question each week, Elena also walks through how to introduce this new type of question, models what that might look like, pulls back the curtain on why this question works and shares some wisdom on how to artfully put this into action. This episode is for you if:
Keep learning:
Support the show:
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| An Ask: Episode 146 | 26 Dec 2022 | 00:19:02 | |
We’re hard at work preparing amazing episodes for you in 2023, starting with a series on resistance in early January (get excited!). So today we’re coming to you with an ask to help make all that’s to come possible. Help make the podcast happen: Visit https://brightmorningteam.com/podcasts/ for links to everything we mention on the show. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram Receive weekly wisdom and tools from Elena delivered to your inbox! Sign up at https://subscriber.brightmorningteam.com/resources | |||
| REPLAY: Preparing for Break: Episode 101 | 19 Dec 2022 | 00:12:59 | |
In today’s episode replay, Elena once again becomes the coach in your ear, providing some guidance for how you can think about winter break to ensure it serves you and your needs. Visit https://brightmorningteam.com/podcasts/ for links to everything we mention on the show. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram Receive weekly wisdom and tools from Elena delivered to your inbox! Sign up at https://subscriber.brightmorningteam.com/resources | |||
| REPLAY: First 5 Minutes: “Who is a fictional character…”: Episode 98 | 12 Dec 2022 | 00:16:19 | |
How can we bring some creativity and levity to our coaching conversations? What about helping our clients access their needs? Or connecting them to their power? In this replay of our First 5 Minutes series, Elena will walk you through how to do just that with one question that opens up your next coaching conversation. In addition to providing you with a new question each week, Elena also walks through how to introduce this new type of question, models what that might look like, pulls back the curtain on why this question works and shares some wisdom on how to artfully put this into action. This episode is for you if:
Opportunities for continued learning:
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| REPLAY: First 5 Minutes: Tell Me About a Place…: Episode 92 | 05 Dec 2022 | 00:14:38 | |
Today we’re replaying an episode from our First 5 Minutes series. These short episodes provided you with all you need to know to incorporate one resilience-boosting question in your conversations. Listen in and consider adding these to both your work and home conversations. This episode is for you if:
Opportunities for continued learning:
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| In Conversation with Dr. Dena Simmons: Episode 145 | 28 Nov 2022 | 00:40:18 | |
Dr. Dena Simmons, the founder of LiberatED, a collective focused on developing school-based resources at the intersection of social and emotional learning, racial justice, and healing joins Elena in an uplifting conversation about healing, authenticity, imposter syndrome, hope and play. This is an episode for BIPOC educators who have been made to feel like they don’t belong.
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| Disrupting Racism at the Dinner Table…And Beyond: Episode 144 | 21 Nov 2022 | 00:14:12 | |
The winter holidays can include many things: time with family, a break from work…and maybe some casual racism over dinner. In today’s episode, Elena provides a quick overview of her What to Say When You Hear Something Racist framework. This is the content you need for the most essential holiday prep: preparing to disrupt racism. Mentioned in this episode:
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| Disrupting Racism in Coaching Conversations: Episode 143 | 14 Nov 2022 | 00:46:35 | |
“Why don't you disrupt racist behavior more immediately? Our kids needed change yesterday…” We get asked a version of this question frequently, so today Bright Morning teammate, Nick Cains, joins Elena to explore how we center transformation (and our own humanity) when disrupting racism in our coaching conversations. Mentioned in this episode:
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| Why We Need Affinity Spaces: Episode 142 | 07 Nov 2022 | 00:34:41 | |
What are racial affinity spaces? | |||
| Microaggressions 101: Episode 141 | 31 Oct 2022 | 00:36:55 | |
What is a microaggression? What can you do when you hear, see or experience a microaggression? If these are questions you are curious about, this episode is for you. Mentioned in this episode:
Opportunities for continued learning:
Visit https://brightmorningteam.com/podcasts/ for links to everything we mention on the show. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram Receive weekly wisdom and tools from Elena delivered to your inbox! Sign up at https://brightmorningteam.com/newsletter/ | |||
| The End of Month Routine You Need (Replay) | 24 Oct 2022 | 00:21:48 | |
Here’s the secret to ending the year feeling fulfilled and accomplished: reflect and adjust along the way. Today we’re replaying a listener favorite episode, The End of Month Routine You Need, in which Elena shares what you can do at the end of each month to help you fulfill your goals and vision for the year. Mentioned on this episode:
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| First 5 Minutes: “Tell Me About a Place…” [Replay] | 10 Mar 2025 | 00:15:37 | |
A replay of our fan-favorite First 5 Minutes series. These short episodes will teach you how to incorporate one resilience-boosting question into your conversations to help your clients get through the spring slump. In addition to providing you with a new question each week, Elena also walks through how to introduce this new type of question, models what that might look like, pulls back the curtain on why this question works, and shares some wisdom on how to artfully put this into action. This episode is for you if:
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| REPLAY: Behind the Design: How to Coach Strong Emotions: Episode 140 | 17 Oct 2022 | 00:16:21 | |
In this replay of a 2021 episode, Elena pulls back the curtain to provide expert advice on holding spaces for transformation. Today she’s sharing the strategy you need for coaching clients who are experiencing strong emotions. This episode is for you if:
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| You Want to Coach for Equity? Start Here (REPLAY) | 10 Oct 2022 | 00:16:07 | |
Today we’re replaying an essential podcast episode from last year. In this Coaches’ Corner Elena shows up as your coach and expertly guides you through some exercises and prompts to consider if you are looking to coach for equity. This episode is for you if:
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| REPLAY: How to ACE Your Coaching Conversations | 03 Oct 2022 | 00:33:14 | |
The October slump is a real thing for educators, and a time where there are a lot of big emotions at play. To help you navigate this reality, we’re replaying a very early episode where Elena provides an overview of the ACE framework, one of the core strategies for coaching resilience. The ACE framework is one that has been utilized in many of the coaching conversations episodes, including episode 36: Kathrina Mendez Revisited. If you haven’t already listened to episode 36 we recommend you do so either before or after this episode to support internalizing this approach. This episode is for you if:
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