{"id":1049,"date":"2020-12-24T15:51:21","date_gmt":"2020-12-24T20:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/teachingtomorrow\/?p=1049"},"modified":"2020-12-24T15:51:21","modified_gmt":"2020-12-24T20:51:21","slug":"38-whats-holding-me-up-a-solo-episode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/teachingtomorrow\/2020\/12\/24\/38-whats-holding-me-up-a-solo-episode\/","title":{"rendered":"38. What&#8217;s holding me up: a solo episode"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t post solo episodes that often, but I felt like it was time to share a few thoughts on what&#8217;s working well for me in this chapter of school. It&#8217;s been just 3 weeks back after being away for maternity leave and my heart is full and actually&#8211;surprisingly&#8211;kind of happy! Shocker, right? Anyway, to get the full explanation, jump into the podcast attached. Show notes \/ references of things I mention in this show are at the bottom of this post.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What has held me up?<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FFTs (Brene Brown unlocking us): giving myself over to sucking<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The opposite of an Irish goodbye: sneaking in almost undetected with very little fanfare<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leaning on the people around me: takes incredible trust<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Being honest with my admin&#8211;quick touch base, people saying \u201cbe gentle\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Designing lessons that are self-guided: students are in and out, my time outside of class is more limited<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marking inside class time<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dealing with the stress, not the stressor: Burnout. Getting myself into peak fighting shape.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It takes incredible Bravery to be able to do less&#8211;it\u2019s going against my normal programming in this space, in this career, in this body<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Productivity is not a sign of my worth as a teacher: inspired by Liz Kleinrock and her work around disrupting grind culture in schools<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bad couch thinking: it doesn\u2019t matter how uncomfortable something is, I will adapt and tell myself that something is okay, even when it is downright awful<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Things I mentioned:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/brenebrown.com\/podcast\/brene-on-ffts\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brene Brown on FFTs from her Unlocking Us Podcast\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/globalonlineacademy.wordpress.com\/2014\/12\/18\/instructional-design-as-wayfinding\/\">GOA wayfinding course<\/a> <\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cultofpedagogy.com\/self-paced-how-to\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jennifer Gonzalez Self Paced Learning<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapters.indigo.ca\/en-ca\/books\/burnout-the-secret-to-unlocking\/9781984818324-item.html?s_campaign=goo-Search_Books_ACQ&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQiAlZH_BRCgARIsAAZHSBnINbxO_qs8jUYCXyBUgITDgtVa6v93VK9ag_rkeFXy6MLcdGoX6TcaAmKpEALw_wcB&amp;gclsrc=aw.ds\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Burnout by Emily and Amelia Nagoski<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/teachandtransform\/?hl=en\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Liz Kleinrock on Instagram<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CFffHZYhgM9\/\">Disrupting Grind Culture in Schools<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teachandtransform.org\/\">Liz Kleinrock&#8217;s Teach and Transform site<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/celeste-faye-382655098\/36-leading-through-times-of-crisis-with-dr-angela-terpstra\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Angela Terpstra Episode\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t post solo episodes that often, but I felt like it was time to share a few thoughts on what&#8217;s working well for me in this chapter of school. It&#8217;s been just 3 weeks back after being away for maternity leave and my heart is full and actually&#8211;surprisingly&#8211;kind of happy! Shocker, right? Anyway, to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/teachingtomorrow\/2020\/12\/24\/38-whats-holding-me-up-a-solo-episode\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;38. 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