In this fourth segment of the 4-part series on well-being, Jennifer Hogan and Allyson Apsey discuss how gratitude impacts well-being. Well-being is listening to your heart, your mind and your body and then taking specific action based on what you hear. This careful listening and action steps lead to us becoming the best version of ourselves. This contributes to our own personal satisfaction with life and allows us to be the people we want to be for everyone around us. The roadmap to personal well-being looks different for everyone, but there are some universal truths and ideas that can help us all. 

In this episode you'll discover:

-Who we first heard talk about the gratitude as an intentional practice

-How Oprah starts her day (and how Allyson starts hers)

-Findings from Brene Brown's research on gratitude

-An easy-to-use strategy for practicing gratitude at meetings

-How Allyson creates a culture of appreciation at her school

-Acknowledgement of well-being as personal responsibility as well as the importance of a healthy work environment

Resources:

Brene Brown on Joy and Gratitude (Video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IjSHUc7TXM&list=RDLVlgKtDbxDt7k&index=3

Rising Tide Radio - Episode 14: Looking for the Gifts https://anchor.fm/risingtide/episodes/Rising-Tide-Radio-Episode-14-Looking-For-the-Gifts-ekpr0n

One Simple Habit to Improve Mood and Productivity - The Compelled Educator

http://www.thecompellededucator.com/2020/11/one-simple-habit-to-improve-mood-and.html

The Power and Simplicity of a Weekly Staff Check-In

https://allysonapsey.com/2020/02/10/the-power-and-simplicity-of-a-weekly-staff-check-in/

Allyson's TikTok video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/TTPd2tjkn3/

Where to find Allyson:

Twitter: @AllysonApsey

Website: https://AllysonApsey.com.

Where to find Jennifer

Twitter: @Jennifer_Hogan

Website: http://www.TheCompelledEducator.com

In this third segment of the 4-part series on well-being, Jennifer Hogan and Allyson Apsey discuss taking steps to have healthy bodies and healthy minds. Join Jennifer and Allyson on their journey to well-being.

Well-being is listening to your heart, your mind and your body and then taking specific action based on what you hear. This careful listening and action steps lead to us becoming the best version of ourselves. This contributes to our own personal satisfaction with life and allows us to be the people we want to be for everyone around us. The roadmap to personal well-being looks different for everyone, but there are some universal truths and ideas that can help us all. We look forward to exploring them in this four-part series. This is part three in our series. We'll talk about self-efficacy and how it impacts our well-being. 

In this episode you'll discover:

-The top three responses educators across the country give as their answer to the question, "What might make a teacher feel unsafe at school?"

-The definition of self-efficacy by psychologist Albert Bandura, whose social learning theory is used in classrooms today.

-How goal-setting, positive affirmations, and William Glasser's Behavior Car can help improve self-efficacy

-A simple yet powerful "Reflection & Projection" exercise that can be added to one's self-efficacy toolbox.

Resources from this episode:

Self-Efficacy by Albert Bandura

Increasing transformational leadership through enhancing self‐efficacy - Journal of Management Development

Albert Bandura’s Social Learning Theory at SimplyPsychology.org

What we do and how we think determine how we feel at Serendipity in Education

Happier Podcast by Gretchen Rubin

You are always enough at TheCompelledEducator.com

In this second segment of the 4-part series on well-being, Jennifer Hogan and Allyson Apsey discuss taking steps to have healthy bodies and healthy minds. Join Jennifer and Allyson on their journey to well-being.

Well-being is listening to your heart, your mind and your body and then taking specific action based on what you hear. This careful listening and action steps lead to us becoming the best version of ourselves. This contributes to our own personal satisfaction with life and allows us to be the people we want to be for everyone around us. The roadmap to personal well-being looks different for everyone, but there are some universal truths and ideas that can help us all. We look forward to exploring them in this four-part series. This is part two in our series. We'll talk about the importance of moving your body and how it affects your overall well-being. We’ll also talk about having a healthy mind which includes thoughts, mood, and influences.

In this episode you'll discover:

-Allyson's tip for healthy self-talk

-How technology can help with our need for socializing

-The importance of mindset in the mind-body connection 

-Jennifer's personal battle with stress and exercise during her principalship

Resources from this episode:

7 surprising ways walking can benefit your body and your mind by USA Today

Spark by John Ratey 

7 Habits for a Healthy Mind in a Healthy Body - Psychology Today

20 Ways to Take Care of Yourself over the Holidays - The Compelled Educator

Fake it until you make it or Face it until you make it? - Serendipity in Education

We would love to connect with you! You can share your challenges and treasures on social media using the hashtag #RisingTideRadio

In this first segment of our 4-part series on well-being, Jennifer Hogan and Allyson Apsey discuss asking for help and setting boundaries. Join Jennifer and Allyson on their journey to well-being.

There are five main aspects of personal health: physical, emotional, social, spiritual, and intellectual. Well-being is listening to your heart, your mind and your body and then taking specific action based on what you hear. This careful listening and action steps lead to us becoming the best version of ourselves. This contributes to our own personal satisfaction with life and allows us to be the people we want to be for everyone around us. The roadmap to personal well-being looks different for everyone, but there are some universal truths and ideas that can help us all. We look forward to exploring them in this four-part series.

While brainstorming on this topic of well-being, we wanted to provide practical take-aways, especially now during the pandemic when a leader’s well-being can be compromised without some intentional focus and making it a priority. We see 1) asking for help and 2) setting boundaries as two important factors towards positive emotional and social wellbeing.

In this episode you'll discover:

-a phrase you can use when asking for help

-Allyson's serendipitous gift she received due to the pandemic

-one important boundary you can set for yourself and your team

Resource Links:

Wellness Pause from Serendipity in Education

7 Reasons to Not Send Emails on Weekends from Serendipity in Education

How to Say No Politely by TheCompelledEducator.com

5 Steps to Mental Well-being National Health Service, United Kingdom 

We would love to connect with you! You can share your challenges and treasures on social media using the hashtag #RisingTideRadio

Join Allyson Apsey and Jennifer Hogan as they have a conversation full of wisdom, fun and connection for female leaders.

Join Allyson Apsey and Jennifer Hogan as they reflect on 2020 and share the unintended changes and lessons that COVID provided that they want to carry forward.

Listen as Jennifer and Allyson discuss ways they’ve grown as leaders. In this episode, they share three tips they learned to have successful coaching conversations.

Join Jennifer Hogan and Allyson Apsey as they share the some of the gifts and benefits of something we would’ve never chosen for ourselves—-a global pandemic.

Join Jennifer Hogan and Allyson Apsey as they share 5 do’s and 3 don’ts when caring for the whole teacher.

As educators, we love the flexibility in our typically tightly-structured schedule that comes along with school holidays. But, if we were really being honest with ourselves, we usually function best with a schedule and a mountain of things on our to-do list. It will be tempting to binge-watch television series during our COVID-19 break, and there is no shame in doing that, but we will feel much better if we also feel accomplished.

In this episode, we share the #COVID19selfcare challenge, a daily list of actions that we commit to doing while on the extended break from school.

Learn more:

The #Teacher26 "virtual marathon" - the brainchild of Dr. Dave Schmittou

The DONE app, for habit tracking

The 75 Hard Challenge by Andy Frisella

Share your personalized challenge list on social media with the hashtag #COVID19selfcare

In this episode, Allyson and Jennifer talk about being an authentic leader without being a complainer.

- Is it possible for leaders to be "too positive"?

-Brene Brown uses a term called "silver-lininging" in her TED Talk titled, “The Power of Vulnerability”

-How this relates to the video titled, "It's not about the nail"

-We refer to Melody Stacy's post, "5 Ways to Ensure Positivity Doesn’t Become Toxic"

-Allyson shares the 3 don'ts of empathy from her book, Through the Lens of Serendipity

-As leaders, it is important that we model the behavior we want to see

-Two resources are recommended: A Complaint-Free World, by Will Bowen and Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy by Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant

-A challenge for our listeners: Will Bowen's 21-day COMPLAINT-FREE challenge. Read more at his site: https://www.willbowen.com/complaintfree/

Remember to share your treasures and challenges with us on social media using the hashtag #RisingTideRadio. We love being a part of your journey!