The Empowered Principal® Podcast

Join me on the podcast this week to discover why, even though the outlook for our schools is uncertain, now is the time to apply yourself and dream big. I’m sharing how to shift your thoughts to the …

This week as I'm discussing why so many school leaders are experiencing real emotional grief during this time, and how you can address these emotions in a healthy way. This work is so important becau…

This week I'm sharing the problems that have been arising for my clients recently when staffing their schools from a distance. You’ll discover the mindset required to make the necessary adjustments, …

Join me on the podcast this week to discover where the stress of working from home comes from, and how you can create some alignment between working from home and simply being at home. This is not go…

Tune in this week as I discuss why nobody is behind or ahead in our school system, and why describing educational progress in this way does not serve anyone. Our schools are changing, and the myth of…

Join me on the podcast this week to discover how to take control of your experience of your life right now, and every day for the rest of your life. We can choose to wallow in the lockdown and how di…

Tune in this week to discover how to accept the circumstances that have been forced upon us and how you can move yourself and your community forward from a place of acceptance, as well as what you ca…

Join me this week as I show you how the 50:50 balance of school leadership has always existed and will continue to exist into the future. Denying your negative experiences and emotions only creates m…

Join me this week to discover what your role as a leader is during this time of uncertainty, and how you can create certainty internally so that you can continue to serve your school and be the leade…

Our schools are changing and it can be easy to become overwhelmed in a situation like this, so tune in this week to discover how to self-coach yourself in a situation that your brain might be telling…

With the coronavirus completely changing the face of education right now, Gina Yonts of the Association of Washington School Principals is joining me today for a discussion about the impact of this p…

Tune in this week to see how you can start to separate yourself from your thoughts. Once you can become an observer of your thoughts and emotions, you will be able to take action from a place of cert…

Listen in on our conversation as Jena and I discuss the transition from teacher to principal, how to make time for what’s important to you in your new role, and how coaching has given her a new persp…

Tune in this week to discover why we can no longer wait for school leaders to be provided with the mental and emotional support that they need. Directives like this often end up becoming a burden on …

Join me on the podcast this week to discover how you can become a more trauma-informed leader. Education can no longer afford to ignore the mental wellbeing of students and staff, and in turn, you ca…

Join me on the podcast this week to discover how to shift from a doing mindset to a place where you can analyze your thoughts and up-level your beliefs in a way that serves you professionally. What I…

Join me on the podcast this week to discover the illusion of control, how we exhaust ourselves by trying to control the impossible, and why, even if we could control these things, it wouldn’t really …

Join me on the podcast this week to discover what aligned leadership looks like and how to act in alignment with your values. Along with examples from my clients’ schools, I’m sharing how to identify…

Join me on the podcast this week to gain some insight into how you’re making decisions, where this process is holding you back, and how you can make decisions that are less emotionally draining. When…

Join me on the podcast this week to discover how a reluctance to hold yourself and your staff accountable might be preventing you from growing as a leader. I’m sharing how I believe we should reframe…