After the Bells - Beyond the Box: Teaching without Losing Yourself
Episodes
16 episodes
Teachers, Why Sitting Still Feels Wrong, Even in Summer
Why Sitting Still Feels Wrong — Even in Summer.You made it to summer. The calendar is finally open. There is nowhere to be and nothing due. And yet — something in you will not let you be still.You feel restless on a day wit...
Teachers, You Made It. So, Why Doesn't If Feel Like It?
You Made It. So Why Doesn't It Feel That Way? The school year is over. You made it. So why doesn't it feel the way you thought it would? If you are sitting in the first week of summer feeling exhausted, diso...
Teachers, the year may be ending differently for all of us but release still matters.
Some of you are done with students. Some of you are in workdays. Some of you are still finishing.No matter where you are right now — your body knows this year has been long.This is the final episode of the Waiting to Exhale series...
Teachers, You Don't Have to Carry This The Same Way You Did All Year.
This is your last week with students ,or close to it. And if you are honest, you are trying to manage this week the same way you managed October. The same expectations. The same energy. The same pressure on yourself to hold ev...
Teachers, you are not managing content anymore, you are managing energy.
You're Not Managing Content Anymore… You're Managing Energy.You planned the lessons. You have the materials. You are ready.So why does it feel harder than ever?In this episode of the After the Bells series, we go one...
Teachers, It Feels Over, But You Are Still Responsible
It's May. The countdowns are on the walls. Students are already mentally checked out. And you still have to show up and do your job like it's October.That tension is real. And it's one of the hardest parts of this time of year that nobod...
Teachers, You Can Be Done without Finishing.
There is always something left at the end of a teaching day. Always one more email. Always something you meant to fix. Always something you wanted to have ready for tomorrow. And most teachers have learned to just… stay a little longer. Handle ...
Teachers, Not everything deserves your time.
This month’s theme is Perfection is not required, and this week we’re looking at how that shows up in your day through your time.In Week 1, we talked about going back to things because you don’t want to be wrong. In Week ...
Teachers, You are doing more than the job actually requires.
You've probably said it — or heard it — more than once: there's not enough time. But part of what's happening isn't the job itself. It's what you've been adding to it. This episode breaks down exactly where that extra time is goi...
Teachers, you are not trying to be perfect. You are trying to avoid being wrong.
This week, we’re starting with something most teachers don’t even realize they’re doing. You’re not trying to be perfect.You’re trying to avoid being wrong. That shows up in small ways throughout the day. Rerea...
Teachers, there is only so much you can do in one day
March is a long stretch in schools.The work doesn’t slow down — it adds on. And at some point, the day starts feeling smaller than everything that needs to get done.In this episode, we talk about what happens when the list is long...
Teachers, Results Don't Define Who You Are
March is when results start getting louder in schools.Practice scores, data meetings, parent questions, evaluation conversations — and it’s easy for teachers to start connecting those results to how they see themselves.In this epi...
Teachers, You Don’t Have to Match the Urgency in the Room.
March is not light. There’s assessment prep, data meetings, district initiatives, evaluations, parent communication, and shifting student behavior — and for many teachers, no real break in sight. When everything la...
Teachers, You Deserve to Be More Than Last
Students first. Parents first. Colleagues first. Family first. And somewhere along the way, you move yourself to the bottom of the list. In this episode, we talk about what happens when y...
Teaching without Losing Yourself - Teachers Rush Past the Good Stuff
Most teachers don’t FEEL rushed. They feel RESPONSIBLE.But they move from one thing to the next without ever letting anything register.In this episode, we talk about why you rush past the good stuff — the calm moments, the nothing...
