Teacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols

Teacher Talk with Chrissy Nichols

Hosted by: Chrissy Nichols, Life Coach for Teachers

Teacher Talk is the podcast for educators like you who are on the brink of burnout, or are already there. It’s your guide to feeling better about being at school and being in your life. Your host, Chrissy Nichols, is...

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69. "Coaching Can Feel Raw" - My Client Kate Tells All

Do you ever wonder what happens on a coaching call? Or how is life coaching different than therapy? Tune to Episode 69 where my client Kate Murphy explains what her experience is like.  In this call, Kate, who had...
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68. Part 2 Hot Tips for Smooth Parent-Teacher Conferences

In Part 2, I give teachers my best, most helpful tips about how to handle Parent-Teacher Conferences.  In this episode, you'll learn:  * Why having a plan and being proactive will SAVE you time and energy  * How...
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67. Part 1 Hot Tips for Smooth Parent-Teacher Conferences

In this episode, I give teachers practical tips about how to handle Parent-Teacher Conferences and to calm the brain's automatic fears when faced with parents like,  "Will my students' parents put the blame on me for...
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66. Trauma + Teaching with Mary Granick

In Episode 66, I am in conversation with Mary Granick about what happens when teachers are faced with trauma.  Mary and I recorded this interview soon after the the May 2022, school shooting at Robb Elementary School...
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65. Successing in Teaching

I made up the word "Successing" for Episode 65 to help us remember that that success in teaching is messy. Successing means trying, failing, adjusting, trying, failing and learning. Successing also means asking for...
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64. Rising into Love with Teaching

Ever noticed that the way our society describes that incredible feeling of new love as "falling in love" and never "rising into love"?  It's funny when you think about it. In Episode 64, we discuss how the concept of...
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63. Differentiation, Math + YOU: An interview with Laura Cheney

Episode 63 is a great conversation with Laura Cheney, an a secondary academic math coach in public school in Utah. Laura and I spoke last spring before teachers left for the summer as she notes the exhaustion and...
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62. What is Your Teaching WHY? Do You Know Your Purpose?

In this episode, I tell the story of one of my teaching clients called into the principal's office and her thoughts about the situation.  This event actually helped her: • Crystallize her WHY: why she was a teacher •...
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61. Teacher Self-Pressure & Why It Backfires

Think self-pressure is working for you in the classroom and raising your game? Think again.  In this episode you'll learn: • Why putting the pressure on yourself increases stress; • Why pressure keeps you in a spin...
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60. Kids Speak: What Makes A Great Teacher?

Think students can't tell what's going on with us and the challenges we face day in and day out in the classroom? Think again. In this episode, 11th grade student Isabelle, and 8th grader James, describe what...
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59. 3 Tools to Lose Weight NOW at School

In this episode I give you 3 free tools that you can start now to start losing weight. I also share a BONUS tool (also free) that will help you see exactly where you are in your relationship with your body.  This...
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58. How Does Writing Create Weight Loss?

How can writing words on a piece of paper create weight loss? In this episode, I show you how writing down your  thoughts can help you achieve weight loss. I also give you details about how to sign up for my FREE...
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