The Bright Morning Podcast with Elena Aguilar
It’s possible for every coaching conversation to build connection and spark change, and Elena Aguilar will show you how. Elena Aguilar is one of education’s leading voices on coaching. Educators around the globe use her research-based coaching method to transform their organizations. Her company, Bright Morning, brings the ideas in her best-selling books to life by providing world-class professional development to mission-driven leaders. In The Bright Morning Podcast, Elena teaches you how to make every conversation count by demonstrating Transformational Coaching conversations. Every episode tackles a pressing coaching challenge. Resistance. Racism. Burnout. Overwhelm. Struggling new teachers. You’ll find it all here. If you’re ready to thrive in your work, listen in. New episodes drop every Monday. To learn more about Elena, go deeper into every episode, find the resources and tools she mentions, or join one of her workshops, check out https://brightmorningteam.com.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 22 minutes
- Episodes
- 266
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
REPEAT: You Want to Coach for Equity? Start Here
We’re busy working to put together our What to Say When You Hear Something Racist Listener Questions episode, so today we’re replaying one of our favorite shows from August 2021, Episode 85: You Want…
What to Say: An Invitation for You - Get Your Questions Answered
The last episode of our limited series, What to Say When You Hear Something Racist, wrapped up last week and today Elena is back with an invitation for listeners: get all of your What to Say When… qu…
What to Say: Designing Your Racial Equity Learning Journey
In the final episode of our limited series, What to Say When You Hear Something Racist, Elena shares recommendations and resources to continue this critical work.
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What to Say: It’s Complex - What to Say as a Person of Color
In this episode of our limited series, What to Say When You Hear Something Racist, Elena is joined by Stacey Goodman to discuss the additional considerations the two are mindful of as people of color…
What to Say: Compassion, Curiosity and Boundaries
How do you hold compassion and curiosity when you experience racism? When do you draw boundaries around people who say racist things?
These are a few of the questions we explore in today’s episode wh…
What to Say: Here’s What to Say
In this episode of our limited series, What to Say When You Hear Something Racist, Elena demonstrates specific sentence stems and responses you can use.
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What to Say: Evaluating What’s Possible: Episode 116
In today’s episode of our limited series, What to Say When You Hear Something Racist, Elena dives into the third (and final) P in her 3 P’s framework for responding to racism.
The third P is Possibil…
What to Say: The Role of Power in Addressing Racism: Episode 115
In this episode of our What to Say When You Hear Something Racist limited series, Elena guides you through how to reflect on power dynamics that are present in a situation in which you hear something…
What to Say: The Power of Purpose: Episode 114
Effectively responding to racism requires you to act with a clear purpose. In this episode of our What to Say When You Hear Something Racist limited series, Elena shares a process for you to get clea…
What to Say: A Framework for Responding to Racism: Episode 113
Elena shares her simple framework for responding to racism and demonstrates how she recently put it into action while antiquing (because unfortunately, racism is everywhere).
Mentioned on this episod…
What to Say: Reckoning with Our Past: Episode 112
“We can’t go forward unless we look backwards”
In today’s episode, Elena shares the three vital reflection questions you must ask and answer for yourself as you reckon with your own history of experi…
What to Say: Recognizing Racism: Episode 111
How can people build knowledge around what racism is and build the accompanying skillset to identify racism in our daily lives?
Today Elena is joined by her teammate, LesLee Bickford, to explore this…
What to Say: Three Steps to Navigate Your Emotions: Episode 110
In the second episode of our new, “What to Say When You Hear Something Racist” series, Elena shares the next step you must take if you want to skillfully respond to racism: engage with your own emoti…
What to Say: The Role of Your Identity in Responding to Racism: Episode 109
In the first episode of our new, “What to Say When You Hear Something Racist” series, Elena shares the first step you must take if you want to skillfully respond to racism: deepening your understandi…
What to Say: Introducing What to Say When You Hear Something Racist
Today Elena is dropping into your feed to introduce a new limited series we’ll be sharing during the months of February and March, 2022: What to Say When You Hear Something Racist.
Listen in today to…
The End of Month Routine You Need: Episode 108
Here’s the secret to ending the year feeling fulfilled and accomplished: reflect and adjust along the way.
If you’ve set a goal or an intention for this year, or if you’ve identified a word to guide …
Three Steps to Better Decision Making: Episode 107
Do you struggle with decision making fatigue?
Do you want to make decisions with confidence, knowing they are aligned with what matters most and will support your vision and goals for the life you wa…
What Do You Need to Quit In Order to Stay?: Episode 106
What do you need to quit in order to stay?
This week we continue our January episodes focused on helping you get set-up to have a fantastic year. Today Bright Morning COO and podcast producer, LesLee…
Morning Routines for Educators: Episode 105
Are you starting the day in a way that serves you and sets you up to have your needs met?
How you spend the first part of your day sets the tone for the day. And how you spend your day is how you spe…
Coach's Corner: It’s Time to Get Your Needs Met: Episode 104
Have you been dreading the first day back to work after the break?
Or are you feeling refreshed and looking forward to the year to come…while feverishly hoping you can maintain that energy and optimi…