The Connected Teacher: Practical tools for self-compassion and trauma-informed teaching

You're excited yet, calm, tired, yet proud, exhausted beyond words, yet able to keep showing up. These are examples of nervous system states that aren't quite so black and white. Knowing these mixed states can provide the clarity we need to know where to put our energy. You'll leave with greater awareness around what is going on INSIDE of you, so you can better control and decide what...

Lisa Baylis wrote the book Self-Compassion for Educators because of life lessons and her passion for supporting teachers. She wanted a book teachers could find useful even with their busy schedules and overflowing plates. This episode is full of golden nuggets you can implement in your life RIGHT NOW! I'd love to hear your thoughts! camillescow17@gmail.com Want to connect with Lisa? Check out her...

You will hear a section of Kristin Neff's book: Self-Compassion The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself. You will likely be surprised at how damaging your inner critic can be to your overall wellbeing. It starts with your nervous system because when you're hard on yourself, it activates the threat system of your body. THIS is why being hard on yourself isn't actually getting you whe...

I so badly wanted my students to achieve mastery and learn everything and do well on their end of year tests. This is a strength of mine, and I'm sure is one of yours too. Unfortunately, I overused this strenght on occasion, and tried moving my students a little faster than they were ready. Plowing through is what felt safer. Was I a bad teacher. No. Could there have been a different, and mayb...

The beginning of the year starts out so great. New students, fresh eyes, new problems, stronger because of the year before, then it's the end of the year and the rock you've been carrying now seems so heavy! It wasn't this hard before!!! The reason? You haven't given yourself the proper rest, if any. Sure, you've taken a personal day in the last 10 years Sure, you got 8 hours o...

You ready for a VERY significant mind shift? Was "Do your best" a phrase that seemed like it should have helped you more than it did? Or is it a phrase that you wish meant more to your students than it does? This episode incorporates the Common Humanity component of self-compassion in that it can release all the pressure that comes from the phrase "Do your best". Ironically, on...

You've heard the ol' adage 'drinking from a firehose'. Well, as humorous as we try to make it, it could actually be the source of trauma. If we don't have time to rest and reset when provided new information and are given more information before we've even had a chance to process the first, it could be creating too much too fast. This isn't saying slow everything down s...

Did you know that having healthy emotional boundaries can prevent burnout? Probably, but do you know what else can? Listen to this episode to find out. Wisdom from Kristin Neff's book Fierce Self Compassion: How Women can Harness Kindness to Speak Up, Claim their power and Thrive, has so much power and I'm so excited for you to implement it in your classroom! Talk soon! camillescow17@gmail...

This episode is inspired by an idea from Tara Brach. She says that Self-compassion is embracing reality with kindness. This episode has words from Kristin Neff that describes Equanimity, which is basically gaining the understanding of what is in our control and what isn't. Its finding that balance. This episode provides some examples to clarify what it can look like for you as a teacher to emb...

What do you think of first when you see or hear IEP. Well, this episode will provide you with something new and even more exciting. We talk about teacher burnout, real-life teacher struggles, and small steps a teacher can take to feel more connected to themselves and to their classroom. Take the quiz mentioned in the podcast and get connected with Brittany Blackwell! https://www.teachingmindbodyan...

When someone told me about self-compassion, I thought I had it made because I was soooooo good at telling myself the things I wished I believed about myself. Turns out it was the NOT helpful way to use Positive Affirmations. This episode provides clarity around the differences between self-compassion,positive affirmations as well as toxic positivity. Hopefully you can learn this lesson quicker tha...

This episode contains three real-life teaching scenarios with two types of self-talk examples following each scenario. As yoursel; do you relate more to the inner critic self-talk, or the compassionate self-talk. Which type of self=talk feels better? Which type of self-talk will help you accomplish your goals? Which type of self-talk will help you show up as the teacher you want to show up as more...

I finally learned that self-compassion is what I needed to achieve my goals. Before that I was convinced my inner critic was gonna take me to new heights. Thank goodness THAT changed. But then what? What did that actually look like? This episode provides clarity around what the elements of self-compassion can actually look like in your daily life. Then, wait for it, a game!!! Thats also a little q...

It's VERY likely that your inner critic is negatively impacting you more than you know. This episode has some of Kristin Neff's findings and thoughts on the inner critic and how self-compassion can reverse those negative affects. I also provide an easy example that can help you better apply the tool of self compassion to yourself and to your teaching so you can stop spending your energy on...

This isn't your typical set SMART goals episode, for one thing. For another, this will SIMPLIFY your life rather than add more things to your list that you "should" be remembering. This episode contains one goal that if you embrace will change EVERYTHING for you FOR GOOD! Your weight loss goals won't seem so daunting, your decluttering goals won't end up stuffed in a box, you...

January is a fresh start for a lot of people. I encourage you to intentionally create a fresh start each day. Clean your slate of negative and potentially unintentional "positive" thoughts about your students, your co-workers, your spouse, your kids, and most importantly yourself. Give yourself the gift of letting every day be a fresh start. Lets connect! camillescow17@gmail.com

What if the Grinch never stole Christmas? We often remember the Grinch as the villain of the story—but what if stealing Christmas was the very thing that ended his isolation? In this episode, we reexamine a familiar holiday tale through a trauma-informed, human lens and explore what it teaches us about belonging, behavior, and connection. For teachers, this conversation goes deeper than a children...

Three words that instantly stopped me from going down the lonely path of isolation. Listen to this episode to hear a powerful example of how connection was a catalyst to healing. Register for my FREE teacher workshops starting February 6. 8 weeks of online classes with a digital workbook. https://forms.gle/qSsAKn5Y3PyFbqn29 .

When your feeling chaotic, so are your students. When you are feeling calm, so are your students. When you are feeling connected- you guessed it, so are your students. Because of the way our brains are wired, we need connection. Without connection the world feels unsafe and insecure, which is a terrible learning environment. When teachers can intentionally invite calm into their classrooms, everyo...

Tools you will leave with from my conversation with Dr Helen Dugdale: -Staying Above the Line -The Snowball affect of positivity -The Importance of Identifying our Values -How to better prioritize - Benefits of Deep Breathing Connect with Dr Dugdale: helen@australianbraincoaching.com.au    Her website: https://www.australianbraincoaching.com.au/ This link will send you to where you can book a FREE...

It is SO, SO common to believe that if I start being kind to myself for all the mistakes that I make, I will only make more mistakes and get myself into an even deeper hole. Thank goodness for the research behind self-compassion because this isn't actually the case. This week I am reading a section from Kristin Neff's book: Fierce Self-Compassion: How Women Can Harness Kindness to Speak up...

You will leave this episode knowing two very simple strategies you can start using TODAY to help build a more connected classroom. You will also learn that vulnerability is a sign of STRENGTH, not weakness, and the examples in this episode will help make it clear to you if being vulnerable is YOUR next step. Your school needs you, your students need you, and you need you. Lets connect! fb: Camille...

Julie DeJesus everyone!!!! Her message of human connection is loud and strong, and is beautifully laid out in her children's book Broccolipunzle: The Girl With Extraordinary hair. Not only will you be greatly entertained by Broccolipunzle being read by the freakin' author, but you will also leave with simple tools to take into your classroom that will NOT take any more of your time. Connec...

You can't give from an empty cup? We've heard that over and over, but we want to give so badly and feel like it's our duty as teachers to give. Guess what?! There's a way we can give that is sustainable and truly helps us show up as the teacher we want to be. This episode outlines what that can look like, and how to create it for ourselves. This is a must-listen! Lets chat! camille...

This episode has a phrase that you can use DAILY to help you get through those challenging days where you wonder if you should quit. Those days where the self-criticism piles on and feels like it will go on forever. When applied correctly, this phrase can slow the pendulum of "I'm the best teacher ever" and "I am, and was never enough" to "It just is" It doesn&#39...