The Teacher Mindset Coach
72 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsA podcast for teachers who want to do the hard work to up-level themselves and have fun along the way. Join your host, Ashley Wolfe, each week so you can rock your world through mindset stories, strategies and skills that you've probably never been taught before.Email me at [email protected] Continue the conversation and comradery in The Teacher Mindset Coach Facebook Groupwww.facebook.com/groups/teachermindsetcoach www.teachermindsetcoach.com
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Side Business with Corinne Crabtree
April 17, 2023 10:00 - 42 minutes - 29.2 MBListen closely and learn from one of the masters of online business and memberships, Corinne Crabtree. Corinne helps us see the importance of the mindset work that is ahead of all entrepreneurs but especially those who may work full time currently as they grow their business on the side. Corinne shares her current workload as an 8-figure earner, her tips on what items you should have on your to-do list and some incredible questions to ask yourself at the end of the day when all you may t...
I quit
April 03, 2023 10:00 - 31 minutes - 21.7 MBQuitting can be laced with shame. That's why people come up with all sorts of incredible reasons to quit then validate it to themselves or the people in their lives. But what if we allowed ourselves to quit, without resistance, judgement or shame? Then allowed ourselves to listen deeply to the voice within and what still lingers after we say we're through. That's what I'm going to experiment with the next time I want to throw in the towel on my business, my vacation rental company, my ca...
The Poor Cycle
March 20, 2023 10:00 - 32 minutes - 22.4 MBTeachers might unknowingly be in a cycle of being poor and staying poor, even after retirement. Then we teach our kids the same way of being and the cycle continues. I'm shifting focus to a more pinpointed conversation about how to make more money in real estate investing, even as a teacher. Teachers can be real estate investors, it just might look different than the typical six figure earning corporate workers. So today I'll explain what The Poor Cycle is and, if you feel compelled, kee...
Clean Up What You've Got
February 13, 2023 11:00 - 26 minutes - 18.3 MBToday we talk about how cleaning up what you've already got instead of impulse shopping or thought-swapping might serve you better in the long run. This whole episode came from a stroll I was taking at the local home improvement store when I noticed how expensive fabric shower curtains were. Instead of buying a new one like I thought I needed, I just cleaned the one I already had. Comparatively, I can clean up my thoughts around what I've got already and make it more comfortable, more acc...
Organizing 101 with The Hoss Lady - Part II
February 06, 2023 11:00 - 33 minutes - 23.1 MBWe take the conversation deeper with Becky Blackburn, AKA The Hoss Lady. Straight out of the gate, we are discussing shame as a motivator for cleaning NOT being the sustainable way to organize your classroom and keep it that way. Enjoy Part II of this series with Becky and I. The Hoss Lady website: www.thehosslady.com Providing Home Organization Services to the Huntsville/Madison, Alabama and Murfreesboro/Nashville, Tennessee areas. The Hoss Lady wants to help you get your life organized...
Organizing 101 with The Hoss Lady - Part I
January 24, 2023 02:00 - 31 minutes - 22 MBWhat a treat that we get to share a conversation between Ashley Wolfe, the Teacher Mindset Coach, and Becky Blackburn, The Hoss Lady. Becky is a home organizer extraordinaire. She is here to share some valuable tips, systems and sayings that will take your classroom or home from cluttered and confused to organized and optimal. Listen in next week for Episode 63 where we continue the conversation about organizing and the shame associated with cleaning house or classroom. Don't be caught wit...
Celebrate You
January 16, 2023 15:00 - 29 minutes - 19.9 MBIs your new year off to a great start? Have you lost sight of your resolutions already? Is your vision board halfway done and sitting in the corner with a dunce cap on? Well, take a listen to this episode for some realistic and fun ways to celebrate the tiny wins of your day-to-day life that are getting you closer to the life you want to life at the same time as celebrating the life you already have! In my opinion, we need regular practices of saying "WooHoo!" for the small things we accom...
The School of Hope with Cathleen Beachboard
January 02, 2023 11:00 - 36 minutes - 25.3 MBWhat an amazing conversation I had with Cathleen Beachboard about hope in teachers and students. We spoke about how measuring different areas of hope for students can truly help teachers get down to a deeper level of connection with their students for their personal and academic growth. Cathleen shared how important it is for us to be in company with others who know our plans for our own hope and what gives us hope. This is a must-listen and share-with-friends type of episode as we head int...
A Conversation with Coach Ray - Part II
December 19, 2022 11:00 - 23 minutes - 16.4 MBWe continue talking about the importance of relationships and Coach Ray shares some amazing tips with teachers who may either be new to this field and needing all the help they can get, or teachers who need a refresher on the importance of being the thermostat and not the thermometer in the classroom. Don't be caught without a plan. Make your Mental & Emotional Health Strategy Plan with me before going back to school! Click on the link to schedule your time. https://calendly.com/coachwithwo...
A Conversation with Coach Ray - Part I
December 12, 2022 11:00 - 33 minutes - 22.8 MBWe all know that building relationships with students is super important. Coach Ray Colston talks to us today about HOW. Coach Ray Colston is in the Norfolk, VA area and has worked with middle school and high school youth, particularly in sports and behavior. This is Part I of our conversation as we discuss different classroom scenarios and ways to really show students that we care. Reach out to Coach Ray - [email protected] Find Coach on all social media channels - @coachrayin...
Fixing the Broken System
December 05, 2022 11:00 - 26 minutes - 18.2 MBOne of the ways I think a system can heal itself is from within. Who are the people inside the Education System? Teachers. Teachers are the ones who run this mutha. And if we are equipped with the empowerment to stand up for what's right, do best by our students and ourselves, what can stop us? Awesome part is, we do all this most of the time anyway. So let's not just sit back and comment on how broken the system is. Let's lead ourselves through our own transformations and watch as our stud...
Do you allow yourself to dream?
November 28, 2022 11:00 - 25 minutes - 17.8 MBDreaming is part of creating the future we most desire. Do you allow yourself to dream or do you stop yourself, shame yourself and tell yourself you *shouldn't* be dreaming at all? This is important to note. There's nothing wrong with dreaming, spending time creating a dream life AND telling yourself that it's possible, no matter how impossible you think it is. When we go to how IMPOSSIBLE our dreams are, it's most likely because we don't know every single step of the process to getting to ...
Self-Care Sticky Notes
November 23, 2022 17:00 - 27 minutes - 18.7 MBMy gift to all the educators in the world has been quite a hit. I call them my Self-Care Sticky Notes. Teachers love sayings. We love sticky notes. We love putting sayings on sticky notes. And I'm giving out sayings that are meant for both your self-care AND to make you think deeper about your mental health. If you're not receiving my Self-Care Sticky Notes each month to your inbox... Why??? Email me at [email protected] to get yours! I don't want to leave anyone out! Enjoy this e...
Self-Care Sticky Notes
November 23, 2022 17:00 - 27 minutes - 18.7 MBMy gift to all the educators in the world has been quite a hit. I call them my Self-Care Sticky Notes. Teachers love sayings. We love sticky notes. We love putting sayings on sticky notes. And I'm giving out sayings that are meant for both your self-care AND to make you think deeper about your mental health. If you're not receiving my Self-Care Sticky Notes each month to your inbox... Why??? Email me at [email protected] to get yours! I don't want to leave anyone out! Enjoy this e...
Requirements
November 14, 2022 11:00 - 24 minutes - 16.8 MBWe all have requirements as professional teachers. I break them down into three categories in the episode for your consideration: 1) State mandates/legal requirements for teaching 2) District and campus requirements as communicated by the manuals and plans 3) Requirements we place on ourselves to fit in, be "perfect" and to please others on your campus. That last one y'all... that last one. That's what I go on about in the episode. If you're a teacher in Texas and you're curious about th...
Peace of Mind in Under a Minute Webinar
November 07, 2022 11:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MBWelcome to my Peace of Mind in Under a Minute webinar recording. Click here or copy/paste this link to view the recording so you can get the visual with the slides. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1m29me4Pur0k9lo7RGufu7WqhnBsk_zRs/view?usp=sharing Don't be caught without a plan. Make your Mental & Emotional Health Strategy Plan with me before going back to school! Click on the link to schedule your time. https://calendly.com/coachwithwolfe/30-minute-session Get a hold of my Cards Against...
Former 3rd Grade Teacher turned Life Coach with Lisa Friend
October 31, 2022 10:00 - 45 minutes - 31 MBJoin me today for another interview, this time with a former teacher who left the profession to start her own Life Coach company for Educators. Meet my friend, Lisa Friend from New York. She shares her story with what made her decide to leave teaching, what mind drama came up around retiring early and the simple thoughts and beliefs that keep her going to this day. Find Lisa at https://www.lisafriendcoaching.com/ https://www.instagram.com/lisafriendlifecoach/ Don't be caught without a p...
Can You Predict the Future?
October 24, 2022 10:00 - 21 minutes - 14.7 MB"Worry is like a rocking horse, it'll never get you anywhere." -Anonymous I'm hosting a free 30-minute webinar on Oct 29, 2022 that helps worried teachers find peace of mind in under a minute. Click or copy/paste this link for more info: https://www.subscribepage.com/worryrelief Invite a friend by sending them the link above. You won't want to miss it. In today's episode, I'm revealing the way I like to describe the process of worrying. I'll give you an approach that you've never heard b...
The 50/50 of Life
October 10, 2022 10:00 - 26 minutes - 18.4 MBYou need someone to listen to you AND help cut your stress in half. Click or copy/paste: https://buy.stripe.com/9AQ9Dtf53eTp9uE9AC Let's get started on helping ease your stress. ______________________________________________________________________________________________ The 50/50 of life just seems like such an appropriate topic for my 50th podcast episode, right? Like a two-lane road that is divided in half down the middle, so is life. I like to believe that life gives us equal an...
Showing Up
October 03, 2022 10:00 - 28 minutes - 19.3 MBI'm super excited to announce that I'm taking on more clients for personalized sessions to help cut your teaching stress in half! Click or copy/paste this link to start now! https://buy.stripe.com/9AQ9Dtf53eTp9uE9AC Today we're talking about showing up and seeing the positive unfold in front of you. I tell you a story of becoming a Little League Baseball Head Coach by default when the official head coach stopped showing up, after ONE practice! Ahem! So, being the Assistant Coach and be...
Lessons from Loss - Part II
September 26, 2022 10:00 - 28 minutes - 19.4 MBThis is part two of the two part series about the lessons I’ve learned from my mother’s death. Today I’ll be talking about relationships and experiencing joy after death. If you haven’t heard Part I of this podcast series, I invite you to start at episode 46, if you are so inclined. My ultimate goal is to help others during one of the most challenging times of being alive; dealing with death. We left off last episode talking briefly about relationships with those we have lost. My mother’...
Lessons from Loss - Part I
September 19, 2022 10:00 - 29 minutes - 20.1 MBThis is part one of a two part series about the lessons I’ve learned from losing my mom. Today I’ll be talking about grief and the definition of death. Next week, I’ll talk about relationships and joy after death. Please stay tuned and subscribe to my podcast so you don’t miss it. My ultimate goal is to help others during one of the most challenging times of being alive; dealing with death. Over the last year since my mother passed away, I’ve paid very close attention to my experience. I...
Success Toxicity - Part II
September 05, 2022 10:00 - 21 minutes - 14.9 MBBack to student testing data… what I’m noticing teachers are doing is going through testing times of the school year, looking at student data results and potentially beating the crap out of themselves for the students who aren’t meeting the mark. I’m not suggesting that teachers defer to toxic positivity here. If a student is failing and you have a thought about it that makes you feel terrible, it’s time to pause and pay attention. It could be that the thoughts that come to you on auto-pi...
Success Toxicity - Part I
August 29, 2022 10:00 - 15 minutes - 11 MBSuccess Toxicity is the net negative commitment to a definition of success that EXCLUDES the positive by-products that come from failure because of this flawed but systemic notion that failure is bad, will only harm us, and will ruin our futures. This is also why some teachers go through so much emotional turmoil when things "aren't working out" with student performance. The teacher's performance is "failing" because the test scores aren't where somebody said they should be. Then we get...
Toxic Positivity
August 22, 2022 10:00 - 29 minutes - 20.1 MBLast week, I hinted at an episode about toxic positivity so that’s what I’ll be talking about today. Before I started my research online, I wrote down a few ideas of my own that I had on this topic. My main theme in this discussion echoes much of my beliefs about self-responsibility, self-creation and self-actualization. So it may come as no surprise that my ideas, my thoughts regarding toxic positivity is that it’s an inside job. It’s an inside job in its creation and in the solutions f...
The Sunday Blues
August 15, 2022 13:00 - 27 minutes - 19 MBThe Sunday Blues can be a mystery for professionals working a typical weekday job. The Sunday Blues can also be an opportunity for us to take something that we think is as inevitable as the order of the days on a calendar and question everything about it. To be clear, the goal of this episode is NOT to train you on how to get rid of the Sunday Blues or turn it into feeling 100% positive and joyful every Sunday at 7pm. The goal of this episode is to use something that can be universally ex...
The To-Be List
August 08, 2022 10:00 - 27 minutes - 19.2 MBMy To-Be List Be my authentic self No people pleasing - “I can’t control what others think of me.” No being people pleased - “My compliments to myself are most important.” Watch for indulgent emotions - “I can feel emotions and not indulge in them.” Pour into myself first - “I am 100% worthy, 100% enough, 100% fulfilled by what I believe, think, say and do.” Be a Campus Servant as the Librarian Help kids fall in love with books and reading - “This is the most fun place on campus for k...
Plan Vacation Time First
August 01, 2022 10:00 - 28 minutes - 19.4 MBPlanning vacations is a mental game for some of us. Yes, there's the tactical side of it where you are choosing destinations, length of time, budget, etc. But then there's the mental drama that almost always goes unchecked. Especially for teachers. This episode doesn't go over the steps to planning a vacation but all the mind drama that comes up when you are thinking of planning your vacations. And I challenge you to plan your vacations first instead of leaving them up to chance or pushing o...
Living Amends
July 25, 2022 12:00 - 27 minutes - 18.7 MBLet me take you on a trip to one of my favorite places to eat: Chipotle. Let me explain how I thought my order was wrong, went back so they could make it right, only to find out that I was wrong. Then I was the one who went back to make it right. This is the long and short of what Byron Katie calls "living amends." Making it right. The kicker: there's no "right" way to do it. You just do what you know sits well with you. Don't be caught without a plan. Make your Mental & Emotional Hea...
Relieving Burnout with Dex Randall
July 18, 2022 14:00 - 45 minutes - 31.5 MBDoes burnout happen earlier and earlier every school year? Does burnout happen without warning? Today, I present my first ever podcast guest, and Burnout Coach, Dex Randall. Dex is a coach who believes that the suffering people experience from burnout is totally curable and preventable. He blew my mind several times during this interview as we talked about: -perfectionism -connection -judgement -the role we play in preventing and treating our own burnout Find Dex at http://www.dexranda...
Creating Belonging
July 11, 2022 18:00 - 34 minutes - 23.7 MBIn this tandem episode, I will help you understand how you are already equipped to create the sense of belonging, the feeling of belonging, for yourself, anywhere you happen to be. We can create a sense of belonging in places/environments like our classrooms or schools. We can create a sense of belonging in our own physical bodies. No matter what. Its a power, through self-study and thought work, that we have with us all the time. We can belong anywhere and with anyone we damn well please...
Luxuriating
June 27, 2022 10:00 - 34 minutes - 23.9 MBDoes it take you a while to relax? Does it take you so long to relax that half your vacation is over by the time you've "relaxed" enough to enjoy it? I'm on vacation in Cancun, Mexico right now. I'm making it an intentional point to luxuriate, feel all of the awesomeness of being me right now, even with my mind chatter and mental drama. Even with what's going on in the world. I'm not in the camp of thinking that my mind drama is a problem that needs to be solved anymore. It just is. A...
Summer Slow Down
June 20, 2022 10:00 - 24 minutes - 16.8 MBSwitching gears, mentally, for the summer slow down. https://www.edutopia.org/blog/calming-end-of-year-stress-lori-desautels Dr. Lori Desautels, article Calming End-of-Year Stress “Calming the brain’s stress response is critical to positive emotion, clarity of thought, and emotional regulation. When we use breathing or focused attention exercises to quiet the emotional center of our brains where fight, flight, and fear reside, we are activating neural circuits in the brain that strengthe...
Business Coaching on Value, Time and Money
June 13, 2022 10:00 - 36 minutes - 24.9 MBI know a lot of us also like to go into Entrepreneur Mode or Small Business Mode or Side Gig Mode during the summer because of the magical 40+ hours a week we now have at our disposal. It’s true. When school lets out for the summer, we are gifted 40+ hours per week of free time. So if you’re one of the countless teachers who uses the extra time that we have over the summer to work on your side business, I’ll be speaking to you today. If you don’t have a side hustle, but you know of a fe...
The Fun Committee - Part II
June 06, 2022 10:00 - 23 minutes - 16.5 MBNow for the tactical side of forming the Fun Committee for your campus! It starts with naming yourself as Co-President of The Fun Committee where you work, NOT getting permission from your principal. Having a partner in crime, a Co-President, will not only make the brainstorming and planning sessions more... well... fun, it will help you stay engaged and committed to the task of seeing this through for your entire staff, department or grade level. You will be accountability buddies. Star...
Mind Management During a Crisis
May 30, 2022 14:00 - 22 minutes - 15.3 MBThere are all different shapes and forms of a crisis that could happen in our world. In the wake of a school shooting, school teachers everywhere can feel a collective anxiety as we listen to the details of the latest event. Then all the information, opinions and facts come flooding in. This is when mind management REALLY helps. In this episode, I'll take you through a few simple ideas that could have an impact for the better. Especially when your brain wants you to be convinced that the wo...
The Fun Committee - Part I
May 23, 2022 09:00 - 25 minutes - 17.6 MBThis episode will go into the foundation of why I want a Fun Committee on my campus and why I think fun is so important for people, especially educators. Next week, Part II will be more about how you can establish a Fun Committee on your own campus for the benefit of your staff. In short, the Fun Committee is a group of teachers who plans fun stuff for the entire staff throughout the year. I think every school should have one because I believe in the importance of consistent opportunities ...
Hilarious Testing Stories
May 16, 2022 10:00 - 22 minutes - 15.7 MBWe could all use a good laugh these days, especially during high stakes testing time in the month of May. So sit back, relax, and have a few laughs at my expense! _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Follow Teacher Mindset Coach on TpT! https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Teacher-Mindset-Coach www.teachermindsetcoach.com Funny as hell newsletter and free PDF to cut your teaching stress in half by tomorrow: subscri...
A Heavy Mother's Day
May 09, 2022 10:00 - 16 minutes - 11.7 MBEach of us will have heavy days. We will allow ourselves to feel the weight of what's going on in our lives without judgement or trying to fix it. But when do we allow this on "special" days like Mother's Day, Christmas, New Years, our birthdays, Thanksgiving, or any other time when we are expected to enjoy and just be happy? This past Mother's Day, I had several reasons for feeling heavy, feeling low, and simply not wanting to be in a good mood for the sake of others around me. Listen in on...
Aligning with your Desires
May 01, 2022 10:00 - 30 minutes - 21.2 MBWelcome to today's episode where we get the steps we need to build a life in alignment with what we desire. If it was as easy as thinking about what you want then going out and making it happen, you would have done it by now. That's why you're here. You want to know HOW HOW HOW! Here goes! Step 0 - Believe that you are 100% Worthy right now, with or with out any goals met or dreams realized. 100% Worthy. Step 1 - Acknowledge your Desires Step 2 - Solidify & Get Clear within the categ...
Here and There - Which is Better?
April 25, 2022 00:00 - 21 minutes - 14.6 MBThis week, I take a closer look at the phrase I've heard some of my most revered and highly successful Life Coach mentors say... "It's not better here than there." You see, my dad is now living in the tiny house in my backyard. I sure as hell think he's better here than where he was, for so many reasons. And so does he. So how can this phrase be stuck in my mind so much? Probably because life is still 50/50. It's a somewhat equal mix of good and bad. In reference to changes you may h...
Borrow my Beliefs and Coaching Tips for Teachers
April 17, 2022 10:00 - 28 minutes - 19.8 MBI'm so proud to announce the completion of the first section of the Six Weeks to Summer Program and I'm giving it out for free! The link is right here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AUDZkcj-tp9xL1SgHCiqzCEVfqzRThRW/view?usp=sharing I can't wait to hear what you think and how this has helped you as the summer gets closer and closer. There's no better time than the present to manage our minds since we know this is the key to feeling how and what we want to feel in our lives. In this e...
Notes from Mastermind - Part 1
April 10, 2022 12:00 - 30 minutes - 21.2 MBWe all have those seminars, conferences and workshops that we can't wait to tell everyone about after they are done. We get so much value. So much content. So much info that we want to shout it from the rooftops and share it with the world. I don't want to share this with the world. I want to share this with YOU. My teachers. My people. So, even though this was a conference for Life Coach School Certified Coaches, I'm relaying and relating this information back to my teachers. Becaus...
Love Your Legacy
April 03, 2022 10:00 - 32 minutes - 22.4 MBLegacy is more than the sum of money a person leaves to their loved ones after they pass on. In this episode, I'll offer some thoughts, some questions that might help you think differently about the legacy you leave as way MORE that just material possessions or inheritance. The legacy you leave may also be so much MORE than what your heirs will think or say about you, what they'll remember and what they'll sort through when you're gone. Perhaps our legacy is only and exactly what we defin...
Savor the Moment
March 21, 2022 10:00 - 31 minutes - 21.8 MBEven when life seems to go by us in a flash, leaving us in the dust with a deer in the headlights look, we can learn how to come back to reality and really take everything in for our benefit. When we pause to appreciate actively, time can slow down, we can smile to ourselves and life will be that much more rich. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Go to www.teachermindsetcoach.com for your Freebie on how to Give Burnout th...
Lessons from Backyard Baseball
March 13, 2022 11:00 - 28 minutes - 19.4 MBFor our episode today about lessons I learned this past week from backyard baseball with my seven year old son, Miles. There were three profound moments that I’ll be describing to you today. 1) Try again, 2) One small adjustment creates amazing results, and 3) The point is to just believe in yourself. Children need adults in their lives who create a safe environment for them to mess up repeatedly while the adult is there, observing, confirming and supporting without judgment. How can we ...
Make Your Stretch Become Your Standard
March 06, 2022 11:00 - 21 minutes - 15.1 MBInstead of hitting goals or reaching milestones, which almost insinuates that the work is over when it's reached, let's instead make what stretches us into something that is now a new standard for us. In this episode, we'll have a new tool and strategy for this very thing. I'll also include a free Stretch to Standard Tracker in my latest email newsletter and my FB Group so be sure to include yourself! www.facebook.com/groups/teachermindsetcoach www.teachermindsetcoach.com Don't be cau...
Love Your Reasons for Choosing You
February 27, 2022 19:00 - 22 minutes - 15.6 MBLast week, I didn't publish my weekly podcast episode. I chose my top two priorities at the same time: -care for myself -care for my family When was the last time you chose yourself and your well-being so intentionally that you had zero guilt after making that decision and things worked out perfectly anyway? Today, I'll let you in on the process for making these types of decisions; to put yourself first. I'll reveal how dramatic my brain was about skipping just one little episode. I'l...
Get Back to Sleep
February 13, 2022 14:00 - 29 minutes - 20.4 MBFor anyone, anywhere, who is struggling with sleeplessness, being a light sleeper, having a song stuck in your head or just not being able to fall asleep, today's episode is for you! I go through the processes and practices that I've found help me most when I'd rather be asleep than awake when I'm horizontal. The info in my free PDF - Give Burnout the BOOT will also help with this struggle. Get yours at www.teachermindsetcoach.com Don't be caught without a plan. Make your Mental & Emotio...
Give Burnout the BOOT: Cut Your Teaching Stress in Half by Tomorrow
February 06, 2022 16:00 - 31 minutes - 21.7 MBI want teachers to feel better. I want teachers to learn the concepts that helped me grow up and into the person I am today. A person who believes that burnout has nothing on me. I laugh in the face of burnout. Burnout has no face. Burnout is only a figment of my imagination. I can obliterate burnout with a firehose or blow it out in a single breath. That’s the story I tell myself, which helps me feel empowered. But I’m getting ahead of myself. You see, I have a very specific view o...