The Empowered Principal Podcast show

The Empowered Principal Podcast

Summary: The Empowered Principal is designed to offer tools and strategies that no other elementary principal resource provides - exercises that strengthen your emotional fitness as an educational leader. Former teacher, principal, district administrator, and Certified Life Coach Angela Kelly Robeck discusses why elementary principals feel complete overwhelm, ways to approach the issue of time, how to build authentic relationships with staff, parents, students, and district officials, and how to enjoy your job and life overall. Together, we tackle the toughest aspects of being a principal by learning how to manage your thinking so that you can handle whatever comes your way. Listeners can download a free workbook from my website at www.angelakellycoaching.com

Join Now to Subscribe to this Podcast

Podcasts:

 Ep #123: The Myth of “Behind” | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 27:47

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 behind needs to change along with them. Get full show notes and more information here: https://angelakellycoaching.com/123

 Ep #122: (Part Two) Moving Forward: Goals | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 25:07

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 difficult it’s made our job, or we can choose to embrace this time and make sure our future is brighter. Get full show notes and more information here: https://angelakellycoaching.com/122

 Ep #121: (Part One) Moving Forward | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 20:19

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 can expect to happen if you don’t embrace the reality that you have zero control. Get full show notes and more information here: https://angelakellycoaching.com/121

 Ep #120: The 50:50 Balance of School Leadership | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 16:21

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 more of it, so I’m offering some tips you can use and questions you can consider to move past them without adding more suffering into the mix. Get full show notes and more information here: https://angelakellycoaching.com/120

 Ep #119: Your Role as a Leader During Crisis | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 17:47

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 leader everyone needs you to be right now. This is stressful, no doubt. But when you can disregard what you can’t control and focus your energy on what you can, you will make things easier for yourself and everyone around you. Get full show notes and more information here: https://angelakellycoaching.com/119

 Ep #118: Coaching Yourself Through Crisis | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 19:30

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 you is beyond mind-management. Get full show notes and more information here: https://angelakellycoaching.com/118

 Ep #117: Leading Your School Through a Crisis with Gina Yonts | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 30:54

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 pandemic on the future of our school system, as well as the immediate effect that this uncertainty is having on our school leaders right now, and how you can cope during this time. Get full show notes and more information here: https://angelakellycoaching.com/117

 Ep #116: Your Thoughts Vs. You | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 23:53

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 certainty that what you’re doing is the best option for your school, and incredible results will inevitably follow. Get full show notes and more information here: https://angelakellycoaching.com/116

 Ep #115: Your First Year as a Principal with Jena Damiani | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 34:46

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 perspective on how she is performing in her job. It’s a real pleasure to be able to bring you this interview, and if you’re new to the job, or even just considering applying, this is the perfect episode to get you going. Get full show notes and more information here: https://angelakellycoaching.com/115

 Ep #114: Why Education Is Ready for Life Coaching | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 28:46

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 the system, like another box to check, but mentorship and coaching for principals has to be dealt with differently so it can really be a long-term benefit to everyone. Get full show notes and more information here: https://angelakellycoaching.com/114

 Ep #113: Trauma-Informed Leadership | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 26:28

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 can’t ignore your own trauma if you’re going to be a great leader. Get full show notes and more information here: https://angelakellycoaching.com/113

 Ep #112: Thinking Vs. Doing | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 33:51

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’m sharing today is completely different from what you might have heard in the world of education before, but when you can take it onboard, every aspect of your job as a principal will improve. Get full show notes and more information here: https://angelakellycoaching.com/112

 Ep #111: The Illusion of Control | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 28:53

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 lead to progress. When you can understand this idea, you will have so much more energy for the areas where you can make a real difference in your school. Get full show notes and more information here: https://angelakellycoaching.com/111

 Ep #110: Leading in Alignment with Your Values | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 31:27

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 what is important to you in the workplace, and why if you integrate these values into every decision you make, even if every result doesn’t go as you expected, your efforts will have an impact. Get full show notes and more information here: https://angelakellycoaching.com/110

 Ep #109: Empowered Decisions | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 30:19

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 you can be decisive without it consuming so much energy, you will be unstoppable. Get full show notes and more information here: https://angelakellycoaching.com/109

Comments

Login or signup comment.