The Inspired Teacher Podcast

Welcome to the Inspired Teacher podcast! The episode today is a quick one--but done is better perfect. Earlier this week I was listening to The Rachel Hollis Podcast and she mentioned a great line a…

Welcome to the Inspired Teacher podcast! Time is one of our most precious commodities, yet too often we waste it. We turn back to the Stoics in today's episode and listen to the words of Seneca the Y…

Welcome to the Inspired Teacher podcast! In his book Like Streams to the Ocean: Notes on Ego, Love, and the Things that Make Us Who We Are, Jedediah Jenkins reminds us that we can be our own pioneers…

Welcome to the Inspired Teacher podcast! The thoughts on today's episode were inspired by a passage in Rick Alexander's book Burn Your Couch: A Manifesto for the Average Averse. Rick reminds us to ta…

Welcome to the Inspired Teacher podcast! Like many teachers, I've been thinking a lot about balance lately--especially finding an appropriate balance between being a kind and caring teacher and maint…

Welcome to the Inspired Teacher podcast! We've all fallen victim to our emotions from time to time and could certainly use a reminder of the fickle nature of them. Today's episode was inspired by an …

Welcome to the Inspired Teacher podcast! We throw around the term "potential" so callously it seems--but what does it truly mean? Today's episode was inspired by Adam Grant. Grant is an author and p…

Welcome to the Inspired Teacher podcast! I often spend time mindlessly scrolling X and I came across this simple, yet thought-provoking post. I then turned to Meditations for some of Marcu Aurelius's…

Welcome to the Inspired Teacher podcast! Today's episode was inspired by Kendall Jenner and Jay Shetty on the On Purpose Podcast. 

Welcome to the Inspired Teacher podcast! I know I can't be the only teacher who often finds himself or herself trying to truly understand the motivations of some of our students. I often catch myself…

Welcome to the Inspired Teacher podcast! I was driving into an early morning wrestling tournament and listening to The School of Greatness podcast by Lewis Howes and this little nugget of wisdom that…

Welcome to the Inspired Teacher podcast! If you're anything like me you've found yourself making some of the same frustrating mistakes repeatedly. Today's message helps with just that and it comes fr…

Welcome to the Inspired Teacher podcast! Today's episode is a quick one but it's got an impactful message about what greatness truly means. Lewis Howes quotes Olympian,  Shawn Johnson on her ideas of…

Welcome to the Inspired Teacher podcast! If you haven't figured it out by now I'm clearly on a personal growth journey. Today's episode comes from Marcus Aurelius and his Meditations (with a little h…

Welcome to the Inspired Teacher podcast! If you're like me, and I'd bet some of you are, you are driven by lists and the feeling of accomplishment by checking things off your list. While it's certain…

Welcome to the Inspired Teacher podcast! Although the title of this episode might seem to directly contradict the message from the last episode, I promise they fit together. The thoughts from today's…

Welcome back to the Inspired Teacher podcast! Today's episode is the first one I've recorded in a while and I hope you enjoy it. The message comes from Ryan Holiday in two different places. Be sure t…