The whole teacher: Recent Episodes
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Talking about personal and professional challenges we face as teachers. Erin Dux will give practical tips, mindset advice, some science and research to back up each topic.Teachers face lots of challenges and sometimes we can be the biggest challenge of all. Let's get out of our own way and become the best teacher we can be!
I love mediation and visualisation so I thought I’d create one especially for teachers!
There are many benefits and here are 10 benefits of taking time to relax your mind and focus on the positive.
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Reduced Stress: Both practices promote relaxation by activating the body's relaxation response, leading to decreased stress levels and a calmer state of mind.
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Enhanced Focus and Concentration: Regular practice can improve your ability to concentrate and stay focused, which can positively impact productivity and performance.
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Increased Self-Awareness: Meditation and visualisation encourage self-reflection and introspection, helping you understand your thoughts, emotions, and behaviours better.
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Improved Emotional Regulation: These practices can help you manage and regulate your emotions more effectively, leading to greater emotional stability and resilience.
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Boosted Creativity: Visualisation can stimulate creative thinking and problem-solving skills by allowing you to explore different scenarios and perspectives in your mind's eye.
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Enhanced Mind-Body Connection: Both practices facilitate a deeper connection between your mind and body, promoting overall holistic health.
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Stress and Anxiety Reduction: Regular meditation can lead to reduced symptoms of anxiety and stress, helping you approach challenging situations with a calmer mindset.
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Better Sleep: Meditation and relaxation techniques can improve sleep quality by calming the mind and preparing the body for rest.
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Increased Self-Confidence: Visualisation of achieving goals can enhance self-confidence and motivation, making it easier to pursue and attain objectives.
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Positive Outlook: These practices can cultivate a more optimistic and positive outlook on life, enhancing your overall well-being and resilience.
Try and listen to this daily so that the benefits of meditation and visualisation become more pronounced with consistent practice.
I hope you enjoy listening! ☺️
Happy New Year!
In the podcast today Erin explains how to create a vision for 2023 and beyond. This is more than a vision board! With some question prompts and ideas, you can get a clear vision of what you want and where you are going.
Let's start 2023 with great intentions.
Inspired by 'Dare to Lead' by Brene Brown Erin talks about how to identify your values and what it is like to be living by your values. Get a pen and paper ready and your thinking cap on. This episode will get you thinking and will help you live your life with purpose!
Would you like to be more resilient and confident?
Erin talks about how failure can be a good thing. We learn more when we fail, reflect and try again.
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Erin talks about strategies to help with tricky emotions and challenges. She talks honestly about things she does when dealing with challenges. She also talks about the amazing website actionforhappiness.org. As always lots of helpful tips and advice to living a happier life!
Erin talks about motivation. Where does it come from, how do you get it and most importantly how do you stay motivated to achieve the goals you want?
What could you do today that could improve your life in the future?
Using the 4 quadrants that Stephen Covey uses in the book '7 Habits of Highly Successful people' Erin discusses how to prioritise 'Quadrant 2' activities to achieve goals and visions for the future. Have a notebook ready today, answer the questions and get ready to work on the things that really matter to you!
Today Erin talks about the life changing impact of gratitude. She talks about the book 'The Magic' by Ronda Byrne and shares some practical ideas of how to incorporate gratitude into your life.
Today Erin talks about why we say yes when we really want to say no. She talks about how to say no and he positive effects this can have.
Erin talks about how imposter syndrome feels and gives some practical advice on how to ease those common feelings.
There's also a quiz today so enjoy!
'If you try to catch 2 rabbits then you won't catch either'Today Erin talks about multitasking and why being 'busy' is not productive. Erin discuses the how the brain works whilst multitasking and she offers some tips and advice on how to beat multitasking.
In this short podcast, Erin reveals why she has started the podcast and her journey into teaching.
Today Erin discusses how to build positive relationships with your class and what happens in the brain when we build relationships with children.
She talks about how positive relationships build motivation, create a safe environment, hep children to learn and improve behaviour.
The Whole Teacher a podcast that supports primary trainees and early career teachers to overcome personal and professional challenges. Erin will talk about mindset advice, tips and advice with some science and research too.
In this episode Erin Dux will discuss the dreaded feeling of back to school anxiety with some tips on how to overcome some of those feelings.
Welcome to the first podcast of The Whole Teacher.
In today's podcast Erin will be discussing how to build positive relationships with your class.
Erin will talk about the science and research about how the brain needs positive interaction to thrive.
Erin discusses Maslow's hierarchy of needs and how tier 3 describes the need for friendship and community to give a good foundation for higher-order thinking skills such as being motivated to learn.
Four points are covered in the podcast:
- Building motivation.
The effect of dopamine on the brain - Creating a safe classroom
The effect of oxytocin and the fight or flight - Building new pathways for learning
Developing neural pathways - Improving Behaviour
Modelling good communication and behaviour
Welcome to the first podcast of The Whole Teacher.
Erin Dux welcomes you with a short introduction about herself and the podcast.
This podcast is for trainee and early career teachers discussing personal and professional challenges and how to overcome them. Erin gives practical tips, mindset advice backed by science and research.