Your Unshakeable Life with Bethany Kay

Life can take many left turns and knowing how to navigate our own emotions and how we show up in life can make all the difference.    How do we navigate those times when we feel so overwhelmed? Those times when we are just feeling like everything is piling on? The reality is that we can't control outside forces. But what we can control is how we decide to show up.  Doing this inner work and being...

Ready to feel encouraged despite having one of those days? In this episode, Bethany shares her struggle when she would allow herself to focus on the negative and how different her days are after learning to flip the script. If you're ready to flip the script, work through those negative emotions that come up in your day and have more positive days despite the negative things that come up throughou...

A common concept being brought up lately has been the topic of student's gaslighting teachers. Student's lying, not listening and negative comments tend to fill up the environment around us from coworkers to social media… but this is not productive. In this episode, Bethany discusses how to take a step back from the negative comments around you, in your head, and on social media and come into your...

No matter what school you are teaching at there are always going to be instances where a student acts out. For a lot of kids, school is a safe haven. Depending on what classroom they are in, they can feel safer in one classroom over another. Whenever there is behavior that is more difficult to deal with, as their teacher it's easy to take it personally. In this episode, Bethany shares what her exp...

The first few days of any new job tend to be mentally exhausting. But there is a difference between being exhausted and being burnt out. In this episode, Bethany gets into the words we use to describe how we feel and how that impacts our emotions.  - Remember a time that you were thrilled to go to work? Couldn't wait to see your students? Plan a new, engaging lesson? Feel really confident that THI...

In this episode, Bethany shares her decision to change schools after 10 years of being at the same school. Change can be scary, stressful, and overwhelming but when you have that itch that you can't seem to scratch then something needs to change. This decision hasn't been an easy one, it has been over a year in the making. But when change is the right decision, it's so worth it. If you're feeling...

The power of getting really clear on what you want for your time off. Something I have noticed is that we are so caught up in schedules, timelines, and to-do lists and there's a lot that is playing around in the background. When we finally get time off we go into focusing on keeping track of all of the things but we don't actually enjoy the things on our to-do list. Then we get to the end of our t...

I'm so excited to welcome back Katie Leven. If you haven't listened to Katie's story you can check out episode 4 but in this episode, Katie is back to discuss how to have a co-teaching relationship when you have another teacher in the classroom. We discuss challenges and working with different personalities and how to overcome them.  Katie Leven is a wife, mom and rural ENL ( English as a New Lang...

I am so excited to share my conversation with Kristen! Kristen is a teacher of 18 years, artist, advocate and mom of 3. The purpose of her content on IG/TikTok is to help fellow teachers feel seen and heard. Her goal is to help others feel confident in setting boundaries and not fall victim to gaslighting and toxic positivity. We are strongest together! In this episode chat all about boundaries, p...

I am so excited to share my conversation with Beth and Jenna. Jenna and Beth live in Phoenix and have taught high school together for eight years. Combined, they have taught all levels including a student council elective, being the link crew and prom sponsors.  After this school year, Jenna will continue her journey teaching while Beth plans to take a year off to spend time at home with her babie...

I was recently asked a very powerful question by my coach that threw me off a bit. I'm not gonna lie, when she asked I was a bit thrown because I don't know about you but I am here for the flow, I am here for the ease, I'm here for the fun. But wow there is power in the tough questions.  This inner work has made me an exponentially better teacher, better wife, better mother and the reality is you...

It's that time of year when you know exactly how many Fridays are left in the school year and we're gearing up for Summer break.  Now that we're coming to the end of the school year there's a lot of thoughts that can come up. In this episode, Bethany shares thoughts on this. Do I want to renew my contract? Do I want a change in career? Uncertainty can bring up anxiety but what can we do? How do yo...

  This episode is all about what I have noticed has been beneficial among my clients. The women in my program have brought a range of things they are working through. Group coaching calls are so powerful because it's so important to know you're not alone. Even though they each had a different story, a different situation, there was a common theme.  Teachers need this type of support. We need the s...

Spring break didn't exactly go as planned, but then again…does any vacation go as planned with a family 6? This is a very real mom-life episode where the entire week felt like one thing after the other kept coming up.  But I am so thankful I have done this inner work and was able to choose joy. Don't get me wrong, I already felt mentally and emotionally exhausted the day before our trip began but...

  Exercising has been a part of my daily routine for years. It's a part of my self-care and I love it. Recently, I went about a week and a half without working out at all, and here's what I didn't feel: I didn't feel guilt or shame for not sticking to my routine. I didn't feel disappointed that I didn't do my workout routine. I didn't tell myself that I should have worked out.  It had been a while...

I asked my audience what questions you have for me to answer on the podcast and this is a question I got: "I'm tired at the end of the day, I'm exhausted from teaching all day. How do I come home and have enough energy to be there for my family? I feel like I can't get anything done."  What's missing sometimes is having that next-level support system. This is something I support women in my group...

TikTok did it again. Now don't get me wrong, there's a lot of really fun sketches but there are others that can be upsetting. The mommy wine-culture sketches, mom-life is so hard sketches, the sketches that seem to be a constant reminder of the trials and tribulations of motherhood. I am no stranger to raising children, while working full-time and working on myself. I get it. Realistically, is thi...

What do you feel when I say "taking time off"? For some, this is exciting. For others, it may seem exciting until there's just so much to juggle in order to make this "day off" run smoothly. Whether it's taking a day off because you're sick, your kids are sick, you just need to take care of yourself… For teachers, there is the stress of making substitute plans, your students, plus whatever the rea...

In this week's episode we're tackling imposter syndrome. A while back I polled teachers and this was my question: If you were to listen to this podcast, what topic would be most helpful for you? What do you want to get out of listening to this podcast? There was a clear response that I was repeatedly seeing.  And here's the thing, this isn't only for teachers. This applies to moms and women and an...

Wouldn't it be so nice not to have to ask for support? For your partner to know what you need when you need it? We want to feel supported. Like we're not alone in this. We want someone to share the workload, feel heard and understood. I know for me, there was a while where I was feeling a lot of resentment because I didn't feel understood and supported. This episode is all about how to go from fee...

  In this episode, we're continuing the conversation about why so many of us have such a hard time receiving, asking for help, and vocalizing what we need. These conversations are tough because it's not just you dealing with yourself. There's also someone else involved with their own feelings and their own stuff. So often as women we diminish compliments. We diminish support, help, gifts…Let's wor...

We're talking about self-care. This might come as a surprise…but I don't like this term and in this episode, I'll explain why. I'm going to share my own experience of how I would feel every time someone told me things like, "you should take some time to yourself and take a bubble bath." We're going to talk about the real purpose of self-care and what truly taking care of ourselves means. Not the s...

We made it to the final episode of season 1! No worries, the show will go on and season 2 is right around the corner but for today, we're talking about being ready to take the next step. The next step to doing the work of creating your unshakeable life. We're done settling and we're embracing our boundaries. This all starts with a decision. The decision to do the work because we know we are worthy...

Why the good vibes only mindset is keeping you from your unshakeable life and what it really takes. I'm about to tell you all about what life was like as a self-help book junkie and why it wasn't working for me.  Self-help books, positive affirmations, journaling, podcasts…what really works? How do you create the life that you love and you're obsessed with? How do you create healthy boundaries, ge...

Do you hear "I don't how you do it all" 24/7 and feel like a fraud? Not gonna lie, this is something I hear pretty often and it's time to be real about what I truly feel whenever someone makes this comment to me. We're busy mammas and we have a lot going on..so how do we push through the guilt of not having it all together? How do we handle all of the things better? In today's episode, we are talk...