From Negative to Narrative: Pinecone Image

Helping educators (teachers, administrators, superintendents) transform the challenges of everyday living into a powerful narrative.

Starting with self as the first beholder of your beauty!

Podcasting since 2025 • 20 episodes

From Negative to Narrative: Pinecone Image

Latest Episodes

Mirror, Window, or Sliding Glass Door?

Mirror, Window, or Sliding Glass Door? (The Identity Reaction). In today's, we are doing something a little different. We are having a "Reaction Conversation" to close out the four-episode journey exploring educator identity. I recently sat dow...

April 28, 2026 • Season 2 • Episode 20 • 9:44

Conformed and Commissioned Texas 2036 Narrative Victory

In today's show, we discuss how classrooms AND DISTRICTS are filled with high-stakes, complex policies and students who are searching for more than just a grade. Under State policy Texas 2036, parental expectations, and student needs.<...

April 02, 2026 • Season 2 • Episode 19 • 12:12

What's Your Educator Identity?

Reacting to Education Week Article "I Don’t Have to Love My Students to Be a Good Teacher." In toda...

March 24, 2026 • Season 2 • Episode 18 • 13:22

Female Pinecone Unfolding – Self as Image-Bearer

Today's podcast guides educators through job loss, rejections, and contract endings during Women’s History Month of March. The female pinecone serves as a metaphor for the unfolding of hidden beauty amid hardship and change. Receive journal pro...

March 23, 2026 • Season 2 • Episode 17 • 9:44

Shared Burdens, Triumphs - Women Leading Through Systems

Legacy of the late Bishop Charles J. Reed. Shared Burdens, Triumphs - Women Leading Through Systems that celebrates how women leaders transformed exclusion into shared responsibility, cola boring with the late Bishop C.J. across reformed Protes...

October 20, 2025 • Season 1 • Episode 16 • 12:15

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