Teacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols
by Chrissy Nichols, Life Coach for Teachers
Teacher Talk is the podcast for educators like you who are on the brink of burnout, or are already there. It’s your guide to feeling better about being at school and being in your life. Your host, Chrissy Nichols, is a life coach for teachers. In her weekly episodes, she will give you quick tools, tips, and brain hacks to understand that there is absolutely nothing wrong with you. It’s time to find the joy in teaching again and get back to feeling like the best version of yourself. To learn more about Chrissy and book a free consult call, head to www.thechrissyconcept.com. One call can change your life!
Episodes
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115. Teacher Thought Loops & Thought Scoops
"Thought Loops & Thought Scoops?" What are those? Two very different concepts that can help you IMMENSELY in the classroom. Today you will learn: -how to notice that negative self-talk that loops in your brain. -how to break through any thought loop...I use a funny trick that I use for any song...
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114. Teachers, What is your Genius?
In this episode, I share the genius of Liz Gilbert's 2009 TED Talk which you can access here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86x-u-tz0MA What is your genius and where does it live? What if you could have your own genius for teaching? You CAN! Resources: Follow Chrissy on Instagram…
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113. Heart Deposits & Life Withdrawals
What is a heart deposit? What is a life withdrawal? And why might you feel like you're constantly in overdraft? In this episode, I share my own recent journey beating the sh** out of myself, how being hard on myself is an example of an immense life withdrawal. I also share how I am able to GET…
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113. Why Bad Days Aren't Your Fault & How to Feel Better at School
In this episode "Why Bad Days Aren't Your Fault & How to Feel Better at School," I show you: -why your experience of bad days is not on you: how neurochemicals like dopamine and epinephrine work for and against you; -how to feel better even when you’re having a hard day; -how to use the Add-On...
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112. When Life Sucks
Sometimes life is just really really hard. Everything can feel like it takes more effort, heavier, weightier filled with plenty of tears So what can you do? In this Episode, "When Life Sucks" you will learn: * a three step framework to help get you solution-focused instead of problem-focused. * a...
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111. How to Be Self-FUL
As teachers, is our worth only what we DO for others? Does our value lie in what we can perform and how we can give to others? In this episode, I tell the story of working with a client who said it feels selfish for her to think about herself. But I challenge you to think about you. The more you...
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110. Time Hacks & Hard Growth with Amber Harper
Enjoy Episode 110 with Amber Harper of www.burnedinteacher.com. In this conversation that we recorded together, we discuss using real time hacks at the start of your year like batching your work and simply deciding how much time you want to spend at school. The mindfulness piece that I…
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109. Let School, Let Them
Want more spaciousness, ease, and calm when it comes to your relationships? OF COURSE! We all do. In this episode, I explore the Let Them concept. It's simple but not always easy. Letting others be exactly who they are at school and in life will give you peace and greater ease, particularly if…
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108. What's your Shablam?!
What's your SHABLAM? What does that even mean? What makes you tick? What are your special gifts? What helps you feel at home inside yourself? In this epsiode, Chrissy shares her own personal shablam. **Resources: Follow Chrissy on Instagram @chrissyconcept. Sign up for a FREE 30 minute coaching...
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107. Eve Ellis, teacher & poet on London Life + Teaching Abroad
Join this amazing interview with published poet and English teacher Eve Ellis, who works in an international school in London. Eve tells us what it is really like to work in live in a vibrant city and still have to grade your essays. Eve also touches on work-life balance and how time thoughts are...
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106. How to Create Habits That Last: Part 2
Sure : we all want to change new habits but will they last 6 months from now? In Part 2 of How to Create Habits that Last, using the research of Dr. Kelly McGonigal's work (https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/faculty-research/faculty/kelly-m-mcgonigal), I emphasize why coming from a growth mindset is…
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105. How to Create Habits That Last! Part 1
Want a habit that will go the distance? Want a new habit that will actually still be working for you 4 months from now on a random Wednesday? YES! We all want that. But you need to ask the right questions. In this episode, How to Create Habits that Last, Part 1, you will learn: * why habit change...
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104. Summer Awkward: What do you want?
It's normal to feel weird about the lack of structure summer brings. But don't second guess yourself. You can want what you want. I am here to help you. In this episode, you will learn: • why it’s normal for us as teachers to have positive and negative thoughts about summer: • 3 strategies to use...
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103. How to Ground In & Out of the Classroom
In today’s podcast I want to focus and share some of the intuitive practices that have not only helped me at school but in my life as well. This is when I turn to Francesca McCartney’s work on intuition. I highly recommend McCartney’s book “Body of Health” and the grounding practice I share today...
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102. How to Belong
Do you belong? To what? To whom? For years, I was a pleaser. I flexed and bent myself to "FIT" into what I thought others wanted of me. But I was a liar. No one got the authentic me. I was so caught up in what I thought others wanted from me, I forgot to belong to myself. In this episode, we do a...
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101. "Lazy" Students, "Awful" Parents & "Toxic" Colleagues
In Episode 101, I dive into why our language (and LABELS!) matter when we think about all the stakeholders in education. This look at why words matter will help you see your labels, leverage different labels, and ultimately, come up with different thoughts that serve you and your students. In…
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100. How to End the Year Strong & Future Appreciation
In Episode 100 we look to make our future even better than our present. Remember: the future is yours & summer is coming. So what do you want to create? How about creating a better end-of-the-year? In this episode, you will learn to: 1. Imagine a challenge that you have for the end of the year.…
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99. How Deep is Your (Self) Love?
As teachers, we take care of everyone (students, colleagues, parents, our own families) FIRST before we take care of ourselves. Episode 99 invites you to ask "How deep is MY love for...ME?" I share a personal story of my own brain's shenanigans of emotional depths and shallows. I also give you an...
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98. Got Leadership? Why Sarah Hanawald Loves School Leaders
“The era of leveraging someone’s commitment to your mission as a way of demanding endless work and overwork ...needs to be over. And I think schools are grappling with that." -Sarah Hanawald In this episode, Sarah Hanawald, Senior Director of One Schoolhouse’s Association for Academic Leaders,...
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97. Got Burnout? How to Create 48% More Capacity!
Episode 97: Feeling 'meh'? Low or no energy? Like you're dragging yourself to school each day? That' s normal: as teachers, we all feel it. In this episode, I teach you to have 48% MORE capacity in your life to trust yourself and find the motivation you need. All you need to learn is how to have...
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96. Want better Professional Development? Here's how!
Teachers tell me all the time: "My plate is so full. I don’t want a PD that wastes my time." In this episode, teachers and administrators will learn the ESSENTIALS of better PD. It should be teacher-led, job-embedded, solutions focused, and consider the mental and emotional health of everyone....
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95. Why It's So Hard for Teachers to be Sick
As teachers, we are rarely sick. Or maybe we don't "let" ourselves be sick? In this episode I discuss the thoughts and mindset around seeing sickness as weakness. What if we could think in a different way around sickness? I also dive into the favors culture or transactional payback system that...
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94. What's an Ed Consultant? Meet Gabriela Deambrosio.
Gabriela Deambrosio is an Education Consultant who links families with the right educational and therapeutic options for their children. Gabriela holds two Bachelor's Degrees a Master’s of Education from the University of Connecticut. She was a dedicated educator and school leader for over a…
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93. Sweaty Teaching & Am I doing this right?
In Episode 93, I teach you 3 important steps to befriending your inner critic, especially as you make big moves at school. From contract negotiations and standing up for yourself to saying "no" when someone asks you to do just a little bit more, I show you how to stay with yourself. In this…
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92. How to Make ANY DECISION in 4 Steps
Episode 92 gives you FOUR steps to help you with any decision. School decisions like: Am I staying? Am I leaving? What books should I order next year? Do I like the team that I am teaching with? Would I prefer another grade level? Learn how to make a decision and how to support yourself…
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91. The Value of a Coach for Teachers
What do you value in life and at school? As teachers, we spend A LOT of our lives at school. In Episode 91, "The Value of a Coach for Teachers," I tell you more about what I do and what I don't do. In this episode I talk about: -the difference between therapy and coaching; -the VALUE of looking...
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90. School Counselors: I see you!
Calling all School Counselors! In Episode 90, I talk to Rachel Davis, owner and founder of Bright Futures Counseling, an online membership community designed just for school counselors with resources to help school counselors in public and private schools. In this fascinating conversation, Rachel...
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89. How to Self-Love in 5 Simple Steps
Want 5 ways to improve your relationship with yourself and everyone around you? Just in time for Valentine's Day, these steps will help you give yourself a break while still creating discipline and creating the life you want at school. Just the act of noticing your feelings and realizing why and...
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88. Hate Yourself In & Out of the Classroom? Try this.
I used to be VERY mean to myself but I called it self-discipline. Discipline does not mean speaking to yourself meanly or giving yourself the beat down. There is another way to get your grading done, stay on time, and thrive at school without beating yourself up. In this episode you will learn…
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87. How to Forgive at School
Want to forgive someone at school? (This podcast will also help you with any person in your life.) If you're like me, your idea of what it means to forgive may need a little clarifying. In Episode 87, I turn to Oprah for her definition of forgiveness. It turns out, forgiving is not forgetting.…
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86. How to Let It Go
What is the "it" for you that you would love to let go? Is it an emotion? Is it an aspect of teaching or family life that you wish would simply melt away? Is it letting go about releasing control in some area in your life? In Episode 86, I share my own personal journey of how letting go can be...
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85. Three Ways to Better Classroom Management
Want to improve your classroom management ? In Episode 85, we rewire, innovate and manage our brains in order to connect before we correct. In this episode, you'll learn how these three statements will change engagement, focus, and student attitudes: "I belong here." "I matter." "This is fun."…
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84. It's OK to Want What You Want
Are you in a toxic relationship with your school? Are you getting the message that you're not a team player or you should really LOVE doing more without getting paid? No! No! No! In this Episode, I do a deep dive into all the ways toxic schools can be like bad relationships and show you that IT…
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83. How Skiing is like Teaching
In Episode 83, I share my two passions: teaching and skiing. How is skiing like teaching? Skiing, like teaching, is incredibly difficult. Even if you use a lift, skiing can make you so sore that you feel muscles you didn’t even know you had the next day. Teaching challenges us to use all sorts of...
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82. Toxic Teachers Part 2: How to Deal with Challenging Colleagues
In Episode 81, I gave you the first part of how to self-coach yourself in any challenging relationship and that first part is to take responsibility for your thoughts and feelings about this person. (Do not underestimate this step, my friends! Responsibility means getting out of victim mentality...
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Bonus! Chrissy Celebrates You!
Teachers, are you celebrating YOU? This bonus episode is not your typical gratitude episode. In this episode, I remind all teachers to celebrate what is going right-what can you celebrate about you? What makes you, well, YOU? I am so grateful for this mind thought work and I celebrate YOU. I...
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81. Toxic Teachers: How to Deal with Challenging Colleagues
In this episode, we are going to look at WHY a relationship at school is tough and how you can identify if you have certain thoughts about a person at your school or in your life that no longer serve you. You'll learn: • How to identify your thoughts; • The one action we all do to help identify…
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80. Teachers, Do You Have a Thought Plan?
In Episode 80, I describe some real life scenarios that I have experienced or seen in classes and ask you, "Do you have a Thought Plan for this?" Scenario: A student pulls out his/her phone without permission. Scenario: A student refuses to sit in his seat and says "This f****ing class is BS,"…
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79. How to Date Yourself
Episode 79 starts with one simple question: Would you date yourself right now? Would you? If you are a teacher who is looking for a partner who is kind, are you speaking to yourself with kindness? If you want a partner who is FUN, ask yourself, "Am I fun? How do I know that I am fun? Do I have…
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78. Why Teddy Left Teaching
Why did Teddy Anderson leave teaching? In this episode, you'll find out how this inspired teacher of math and physics felt the kind of fatigue that left her, well, exhausted. But, the silver lining? Teddy reminds us we all have power. We are not powerless. Enjoy this conversation about burnout,...
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77. How to Slow Down & Shut Up
In Episode 77 "How to Slow Down & Shut Up" I show you why it is ESSENTIAL to listen to the words you are using. The easiest way to do this? The trick is PAYING ATTENTION TO our thoughts and changing our words to SERVE us is to notice them. This episode reminds you that your thoughts are the...
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76. Chrissy's Rejection Therapy
Rejection Therapy? What is that? In this episode, I talk about my own journey to fall more in love with my own sense of rejection and fear as I apply the tools I am learning from actively seeking rejection in my own life and in my business. My inspiration comes from Jason Comely and Jia Jiang who...
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75. What do Principals Really Think?
Every wonder what our principals are actually thinking about? In Episode 75, I am in conversation with high school principal Ingrid Gustavson. In this episode we discuss the highs and lows of her job, the way she models and cultivates balance in her work, and the pitfalls of trying to "do it all"...
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74. Why Vulnerability is Teachable and Worth it!
Want more trust, a greater class culture and a better vibe? It is possible to create it NOW, even when the year is underway. In this episode, I lean on the amazing Brene Brown and her work on vulnerability for teachers. I describe my "a-ha" moments from two of Brene's talks: her keynote address…
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73. No Hard Days at School: How to get to Neutral
Hard days at school actually do not exist without your mind. It's true! The hard or bad is not made by the day. The hard or bad is made by our thoughts about the day. A day at school is neither hard nor easy without your thoughts making it so! In episode 73 you will learn: -how coaching your mind...
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72. My Becoming as Viewed by my Husband
Gary Mackelprang is a writer, seeker, reader and my favorite traveling partner. Gary is not only the love of my life but my favorite bibliophile as he added 5,000 books to our home when we merged households. Gary is the proud father of four amazing daughters and loves ideas, cozy naps, and a good...
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71. How to Use Your Future Now!
Want a better relationship with yourself? Want to set your future self up for success? In Episode 71, I teach you a tool that I use to help my teacher clients (and myself!) grow into the future that they want for themselves. In this episode, you'll learn: * Questions to ask your future self so…
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70. 3 Ways to Beat the Sunday Scaries
Want to make Sundays calmer, more peaceful and less stressful? This episode will help you feel more in charge of your week as I share: * Three ways to make your thoughts less scary on Sundays * Mindset shifts to help you look forward to your week * Ways to think about "finishing" at school * A...
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69. "Coaching Can Feel Raw" - My Client Kate Tells All
Do you ever wonder what happens on a coaching call? Or how is life coaching different than therapy? Tune to Episode 69 where my client Kate Murphy explains what her experience is like. In this call, Kate, who had never done any kind of coaching: * describes her experience as a client * explains...
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68. Part 2 Hot Tips for Smooth Parent-Teacher Conferences
In Part 2, I give teachers my best, most helpful tips about how to handle Parent-Teacher Conferences. In this episode, you'll learn: * Why having a plan and being proactive will SAVE you time and energy * How communicating with parents can actually help you in the long run; * How not to create...
About this show
Teacher Talk is the podcast for educators like you who are on the brink of burnout, or are already there. It’s your guide to feeling better about being at school and being in your life. Your host, Chrissy Nichols, is a life coach for teachers. In her weekly episodes, she will give you quick tools, tips, and brain hacks to understand that there is absolutely nothing wrong with you. It’s time to find the joy in teaching again and get back to feeling like the best version of yourself. To learn more about Chrissy and book a free consult call, head to www.thechrissyconcept.com. One call can change your life!
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