The Bright Morning Podcast with Elena Aguilar

In today’s episode , Elena kicks off the fourth and final week of her free How to Feel Better program . This week we move to action and lay the foundation to feel better well beyond the end of this time-bound program. This episode is for you if: You are experiencing hope intermixed with fear  You have a tendency to put others first and deny your own wants and needs  You want to look forward and cr...

In this mini-episode Elena walks you through the final Feel Better exercise in the How to Feel Better Week 3 Program Guide: “Make and Create" as we conclude our exploration of Step 3: Commemorate. Sign-up for the free Feel Better program here.  Rate and review the podcast!  Click here for full show notes, including everything mentioned on the episode.  Mentioned in This Episode Bright Morning...

In this mini-episode Elena walks you through the fourth Feel Better exercise in the How to Feel Better Week 3 Program Guide: “Honoring Heroes and Human Resilience" as we continue our exploration of Step 3: Commemorate. Sign-up for the free Feel Better program here.  Rate and review the podcast!  Click here for full show notes, including everything mentioned on the episode.  Mentioned in This...

In this mini-episode Elena walks you through the third Feel Better exercise in the How to Feel Better Week 3 Program Guide: “Rest. Grief is Exhausting." as we continue our exploration of Step 3: Commemorate. Sign-up for the free Feel Better program here.  Rate and review the podcast!  Click here for full show notes, including everything mentioned on the episode. 

In this mini-episode Elena walks you through the second Feel Better exercise in the How to Feel Better Week 3 Program Guide: “What's the Story You Want to Tell?" as we begin our exploration of Step 3: Commemorate.   Sign-up for the free Feel Better program here.  Rate and review the podcast!  Click here for full show notes, including everything mentioned on the episode. 

In today’s episode , Elena kicks off week 3 of her free How to Feel Better 4-week program . This week we move from reflection into intentional action. This episode is for you if: You want support negating the long-term effects of trauma You want to "move on" with intentional action You’re ready to feel better Sign-up for the free Feel Better program here.  Rate and review the podcast!  C...

In this mini-episode Elena walks you through the fourth and final Feel Better exercise in the How to Feel Better Week 2 Program Guide: “Connect with Others" as we close out week 2 in the four week program.  Sign-up for the (free!) How to Feel Better 4-week program

In this mini-episode Elena walks you through the third Feel Better exercise in the How to Feel Better Week 2 Program Guide: “Cultivate Perspective" as we journey through week 2 in the four week program.  Sign-up for the (free!) How to Feel Better 4-week program

In this mini-episode Elena walks you through the second Feel Better exercise in the How to Feel Better Week 2 Program Guide: “Reflect on Last Year" as we journey through week 2 in the four week program.  Sign-up for the (free!) How to Feel Better 4-week program

In this mini-episode Elena walks you through the first Feel Better exercise in the How to Feel Better Week 2 Program Guide: “Have Your Emotions to Tea" as we embark on week 2 in the four week program. 

In today’s episode, Elena kicks off week 2 of her free How to Feel Better 4-week program . What is the second step you need to take if you want to start feeling better? Explore. This episode is for you if:  You are ready to engage with your emotions and want to do so in a healthy way  You would like some coping strategies to navigate intense emotions  You’re ready to feel better Click here for ful...

In this mini-episode Elena walks you through the forth Feel Better exercise in the How to Feel Better Week 1 Program Guide: the “Energy Check-In." Listen in to learn more and celebrate your growth over the first week of the four week program!  Full show notes, including everything mentioned in the episode, can be found here .  Sign-up for the (free!) Feel Better program here . 

In this mini-episode Elena walks you through the third Feel Better exercise in the How to Feel Better Week 1 Program Guide: the “What do I Want to Feel” checklist. Full show notes, including everything mentioned in the episode, can be found here .  Sign-up for the (free!) Feel Better program here . 

In this mini-episode Elena walks you through the second Feel Better exercise in the How to Feel Better Week 1 Program Guide: the “Name Those Feelings!” and the corresponding Core Emotions tool. Full show notes, including everything mentioned in the episode, can be found here .  Sign-up for the (free!) Feel Better program here . 

In this mini-episode Elena walks you through the first Feel Better exercise in the How to Feel Better Week 1 Program Guide: the “How am I Feeling?” temperature check.  Full show notes, including everything mentioned in the episode, can be found here .  Sign-up for the (free!) Feel Better program here . 

In today’s episode, Elena officially kicks off her free How to Feel Better 4-week program . Here’s a spoiler: the first step of how to feel better is that you need to feel .  Many of us have been taught to “manage” or “control” our emotions. In the workplace we have learned that emotions are unprofessional and have no place. In this episode, Elena exposes the historical context that has led to thi...

This week Elena dives into what is behind the current phenomenon of hearing so many people expressing the desire to want to “feel better” right now and how she’s meeting this need with her new (free!) Feel Better program. Listen in to hear more about what emerging from this moment in time requires of us, and the incredible opportunity it presents for collective healing. And then sign-up for the Fe...

This is a coaching conversation. In this episode Elena once again coaches Huber Trenado, a teacher (who is also a former student!) who we met in Season 1: Episode 13 of the podcast. This time around Elena supports Huber to codify his learnings from a year of virtual teaching that brought many surprises in terms of the amount of joy and success he and his students managed to find. They explore an o...

On the Bright Morning Podcast: This week is a coaching conversation. Continuing on with our theme for this season, Elena is catching up with a coachee from season one. This week she's joined by Adam Morales who recently made an unexpected mid-year move into being the principal. Beyond the specifics of Adam’s situation however, this is an episode that addresses how you coach someone when what...

This is a different kind of episode. Not an interview or a coaching conversation, but rather a candid talk between two colleagues as we explore how we are processing and responding to the recent rise in overt hate crimes committed against members of the Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities around our county. Elena is joined by Bright Morning Podcast producer and COO, LesLee Bickford....

Elena is joined by Bright Morning Senior Associate, Lori Cohen, for an Ask Me Anything episode. The two respond to your questions related to coaching for equity and a few other coaching topics.  This episode is for you if:  You’re curious to hear thoughts on how colleagues should "hold each other accountable" for being anti-racist at school. You want to be prepared with an answer to the...

In this episode, Elena coaches Adam Morales, an assistant principal from Arizona. on working across lines of racial of racial differences.

In this episode Elena once again coaches Kathrina Mendez, a teacher in California we first met in episode 2 where the conversation centered around drawing boundaries, practicing self-compassion, and imagining possibilities. Seven months later Kathrina finds herself in a different context, confronting new challenges of teaching virtually during a pandemic. Listen in to hear about the quest for grow...

Welcome to Season 2 of the Bright Morning podcast! In this “Quarterly Wisdom Episode,” Elena shares the word that she hopes will encapsulate her hopes, vision and values for 2021, and the mantra that she’ll use to guide her behavior. She also shares what her 2020 word was and how she wrestled with it.  This episode is for you if: You’re thinking about what the start of a new year means to you, and...