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Send us Fan Mail Willed Wednesday: Be Resilient    On today’s episode, we discuss the incredible power of resiliency. I share a story of how my grandmother resiliently survived after the loss of my grandfather.  She did it because she networked with family. They had 18 children and 6 were still in the home when my grandfather untimely passed away. She became the electricity for the family and for...

Send us Fan Mail Jasmine Stephens Interview - Strategies for Surviving Crisis In this episode we interview Licensed Professional Counselor Jasmine Stephens of Image Counseling.  She offers great insight into healing and self-care.  She profoundly shares that we must take control of our body and mind.  Her advice is to actively seek to be your best self.   Here are a few strategies to survive crisi...

Send us Fan Mail Willed Wednesday: Full Versus Empty   On today’s episode, we discuss the concept of full versus empty.  It does not matter what goes on in life, how we look at things make a huge difference.  We can walk in the fullness of things.  It’s your lens thus choose to see the remarkable instead of the negative things.   Thanks for listening! Please provide us with feedback and show ideas...

Send us Fan Mail On today’s episode, we discuss the compound effect.  If you have never read the book Compound Effect by Darren Hardy, I highly recommend it to you.  Hardy tells us that we reap huge rewards from a series of small, smart choices.   Thanks for listening! Please provide us with feedback and show ideas.  You can reach Brigitte Jackson via email at: ordainededucator@gmail.com or https:...

Send us Fan Mail On today’s episode, we discuss walking in confidence and possibility.  That means being proactive. You have influence on what you can control so don’t spend your time just reacting to external events and circumstances that expend your energy.  You don’t control those things; they are in the circle of concern outside of the circle of influence.  Take charge and assume responsibilit...

Send us Fan Mail Trische’ Duckworth Interview - Trauma Informed Decisions Series Pt. 4 Depression in youth is real.  In this episode we interview Trische’ Duckworth, social worker and injustice activist.  She is the founder of the nonprofit Survivors Speak.  She offers some sound advice regarding how to help support our youth during crisis.   We will continue this trauma informed series so please...

Send us Fan Mail Willed Wednesday: Pivot and Be Resilient.  On today’s episode, we discuss pivoting and clarity.  I recommend the book Pivot: the Art and Science of Reinventing Your Career and Life by Adam Markell.  Markel is a CEO and masterful teacher and visionary of life skills.  Lisa Nichols, CEO of Motivating the Masses and New York Times Bestselling author of No Matter What says it’s a must...

Send us Fan Mail Trauma Informed Decisions Series Pt. 3  In this episode we interview Personal Empowerment Champion Shawna Pelton and host of The Quantum Shift podcast.  She offers some sound advice regarding how to help support our youth during crisis.  She lets us know we can respond to crisis in a healthy manner and that this is only temporary.  During our discussion we walk through the hierarc...

Send us Fan Mail A'yanna Hall Interview - Trauma Informed Decisions Series Pt. 2 Stress in youth is real.  In this episode we interview Licensed Professional Counselor A’yanna Hall.  She offers some sound advice regarding how to help support our youth during this COVID-19 crisis.  She lets us know that we should be a safe haven for our children and what signs to look for when change is occurr...

Send us Fan Mail 6 TIPS for Helping Youth Deal with Stress  Stress in youth is real.  It can cause many issues.  Often young people suffer in silence so it’s imperative that as adults we are proactive to get in front of situations.  In this episode we provide you with tips and pointers on how to mitigate the stress and anxiety that our young people may be encountering.  Most people don’t like chan...

Send us Fan Mail Your destination dictates everything, so where are you headed?  Where are you taking your learners?  Successful educators are very methodical in their delivery of instruction.  But prior to delivery, one must plan and internationally prepare content and the experience.  There is an art and science to the planning and preparation.  Great teachers know this! Are you a GREAT teacher?...

Send us Fan Mail Willed Wednesday: 3 Tips From a Kid (3/4/20)  On today’s episode, we share three tips from a young boy, Caden Harris.  He is the author of a book for children entitled, Caden’s Rich Kid Guide, Tips to Earn 10K Under 10 Years Old . While this book teaches valuable financial lessons, as a coach and consultant, I gleaned some things that adults can take away.  In his conclusion, Cade...

Send us Fan Mail Thanks for listening! Please provide us with feedback and show ideas.  You can reach Brigitte Jackson via email at: ordainededucator@gmail.com About Ordained Educator Being an educator can be one of the most rewarding experiences of your life.  Brigitte Jackson, soon to be everyone’s favorite educational podcaster, shares her insights on why teachers and school leaders are destine...

Send us Fan Mail Self-care is vital.  You can not help others when you don’t take care of self.  It is NOT selfish.  You must look out for your well-being.  Oftentimes we think we are taking care of self when we are not.  Listen to these tips and tune in for the March series: Trauma Informed Decisions for Successful Educators.   Thanks for listening, now be the change you want to see! You can reac...

Send us Fan Mail Don’t quit! You can’t impact the world you are in if you quit.  There will be dark times and hard times as well, but victory is often closer than we think. Just listen to the poem, Don’t Quit .  Successful educators follow through.  You can do it.   Thanks for listening, now be the change you want to see! You can reach Brigitte Jackson via email at: ordainededucator@gmail.com  For...

Send us Fan Mail Successful educators are very methodical in their delivery of instruction.  But prior to delivery, one must plan and internationally prepare.  There is an art and science to instructing.  Great teachers know this! Are you a GREAT teacher?  Do you want to be better?  Listen to this podcast as we share three key tips to help you be more methodical and have great success.   The tools...

Send us Fan Mail Risk taking can be scary but successful people take risks.  As educators we have to be willing to think outside the box.  What if you viewed risk taking as an opportunity instead of a doom for failure? What could your world be like?  How would you influence?  Thanks for listening! You can reach Brigitte Jackson via email at: ordainededucator@gmail.com For more episodes: https://or...

Send us Fan Mail Don’t sit in your comfort zone.  Successful educators execute their goals and desires but with intentional, methodical steps or processes.  If you desire a greater educator’s life, here are a few suggestions to reach your goals. 1.     Establish lofty aspirations and desires. 2.     Embrace the problems that will be in your pathway. 3.     Analyze the problems, get to the root cau...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we discuss the fact that You Can't Effect What You Don't Affect.  Human connection is so important.  Influence can make great impressions upon the lives of people.  John Maxwell says successful people: 1). Know their purpose; 2). Live to their greatest potential; and 3). They sow into others lives.  You are an ordained educator, you sow into others lives...

Send us Fan Mail I am we is what the word ubuntu means.  We are powerful beyond measure when we work together.  No man is an island.  As educators, let's collaborate more with our teams to get the change we desire.  By changing the letter "i" to the letters "we", you can literally transform the word illness into wellness.  What educational "illnesses" would you l...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode you are challenged to do the small things in a great way.  Its those things that will compound over time.  According to Darren Hardy, one of my favorite authors and coaches, its the small, smart choices added to consistency and time that will make radical differences for you. Let's do this! Start small but give it your all! Book suggestion: The Compound Effect...

Send us Fan Mail The Domino Effect is so amazing.  As a kid I loved playing with dominoes.  As an educator I loved watching children when they would see the intricate domino design fall in such a splendor! We can be dominoes and be the start of something great. Happy Wednesday! You can reach Brigitte Jackson via email at : ordainededucator@gmail.com For more episodes: https://ordainededucator.buzz...

Send us Fan Mail How are we doing? It’s check in time. In this episode we discuss the importance of taking care of yourself. As servers of people we sometimes have the tendency to be so busy helping others that we often forget to take care of self. There is no surprise that February and March can be a rough months for some educators. As educators, we start feeling more stressed or burned out, espe...

Send us Fan Mail Let's reframe Hump Day! I'm calling it Willed Wednesday.  I have the choice to celebrate and look at it as a positive day of many achievements.  You know you are willed to coach, challenge and believe.  I believe in you! DREAM  and IMPACT  you still have a few days left!  Support the show If this show has blessed you, please LIKE, SHARE, and SUBSCRIBE .  Give a REVIEW or...

Send us Fan Mail Business Woman Ursula Burns said, I want to stop transforming and start being.  How can you "be?"  What do you aspire to inspire?  In this episode Brigitte shares some personal experiences about hope and trust.  We all have stood on the shoulders of giants, now its time to be the shoulders others can stand on.  You can do it! Why?  Because we believe in you! You can reac...