The Empowered Principal® Podcast

As I’m sure you’re aware, summer is in full-swing, which means it’s time to deal with a touchy subject; family relationships. Sure, some of us have a great time with our families, however, for others…

As a leader, feedback and criticisms are something you're going to experience fairly frequently. How you deal with these, however, is completely up to you. It's easy to get caught up in the cycle tha…

Tune in and discover how using our time in a way that suits us and being clear in our decisions will fulfill the needs of our social-self and our essential-self. I’m providing you the tools to take c…

As leaders and educators, our aim is to be the highest versions of ourselves, allowing us to serve our colleagues and students, as well as ourselves. I'm all for transformation and striving to be the…

It’s the end of the year – you made it! You’ve been a school leader for the whole year and now is the time to sit back and reflect on a job well done. Of course, there will always be things we’re not…

In this week’s show, I impart the wisdom I’ve collected – with an analogy from my former superintendent – about how to keep going toward the outcome you set out to achieve, even if it means changing …

On this episode, we’re going to talk about why judging other people’s actions and spreading your thoughts about those judgments is not going to help make the changes you want to see in your school. I…

This week, I want to share some of my personal gratitude and love for Martha Beck, along with some stories of how her teaching has influenced the ups and downs of my life. If it wasn’t for Martha, I …

We generally have an idea of the kind of principal we want to be when we finally receive the news that we have achieved the position. But it can be challenging when your vision and expectations don’t…

Join me this week where we will break down criticism, talk about what it means, and find a savvy way to handle our emotions when we encounter this thing that we inherently don’t like. Whether you are…

Join me this week where we will learn how to deal with people who are making you uncomfortable and how you can take back control without relying on the other person to change their behavior. I’m givi…

It’s easy to start looking around you when things aren’t going great, but is it really anybody else’s fault that you’re not getting the results you want? Join in as we discuss how our brain tricks us…

Join me this week as we look at why we associate responsibility with negative thoughts and why disempowering yourself in this way is NOT serving you. Luckily, I have prepared direct instructions for …

Join me as we work together in kicking indecisiveness to the curb by defining what it really means to decide something. When you understand the different methods of reaching a decision, you can imple…

It’s that time of year when you’ve been working hard as a school leader for months, summer is on the horizon, and your workload is mounting. We’re wearing down, our staff is getting tired, we’re gett…

Tune in and find out how we can identify which aspects of our professional lives are not bringing us joy. When we know what we don’t want, we can build our ideal life by making decisions; not thinkin…

Today, I share what a difference it makes when we choose to bring enthusiasm into our work as educators. Even if you don’t consider yourself an “enthusiastic person,” you’re going to learn how you ca…

Join me this week as I share how I related to Byron Katie through the similarities in our lives, and hopefully, you can too! Tune in for an authentic insight into my difficult times, how Byron Katie’…

We all procrastinate at some time or another when we should be taking action so I’m diving into why we genuinely think procrastination is bringing us pleasure. I’ve also prepared some tips for how to…

Join me today as I share some of the strategies that I’ve learned and implemented in my own life that have changed my beliefs on the limiting nature of time. However, let me warn you, your brain is n…