Coffee Break with Miss Debbie: Recent Episodes
Debbie Wiens
Debbie Wiens is an author, blogger, wife, mother and also a Dance Studio Owner for 25 yrs! She has mentored and trained thousands of students and friends over the years. She carries and immense wealth of wisdom and experience.. She is a great inspirational communicator and many will appreciate her fun dry sense of humor. Debbie will cover various topics such as how to run a successful business, the do's + don'ts, great stories as well as failures and valuable lessons learned. Some episodes will just be lighthearted entertaining fun stories. Blending Faith, Art + Studio Life!
As we finish up our season with a recital themed by Dr. Seuss quotes, my mind seems to work in comical rhythmic words. Rather than Left Foot, Right Foot, Foot, Foot, Foot, today we are talking about outcomes of some of our right brain, left brain functions. Walk along now and listen in.
When it comes to studio ownership and customer service in this busy season, don't let yourself feel bullied. Happy recital season.
The fact that you don't read any written communication or listen to announcements but you are now upset that you, air quotes, " didn't know something and was never told?" Yes, that is kind of a problem. Let's talk about it, shall we?
Come ride along while this dance studio owner takes care of studio business here, there and everywhere while almost hanging onto her sanity.
I know you are polite. I know you are professional. I know you have a good reputation. But Sometimes, you have to get ugly.
Take in the sights and enjoy your time outdoors today. Anything holding you back? Let's talk about it, on Coffee Break With Miss Debbie, Walking Style!
Together, let's learn to spit out the bad and chew up the good stuff of abundance as we walk.
Walking with gratitude makes all the difference on today's outing and on every day. See you on the pathway.
Raise your hand if you have EVER gone to work wearing jeans shorts, backward, unintentionally. Or have you ever wondered why some of those homecoming dresses don't come with pants to cover the important parts?
Pease and rest? Is that even a thing in 2023? You better believe it. Come walk with me and let's explore together.
It's time to leave your laptop and get outside for some fresh air. I will see you there!
First impressions are very powerful. Some folks have a greater ability to make that first impression more uncomfortable than other folks do. Let's talk about it.
Here is a story from Miss Debbie to help you sort out a few deceptions from truth in the health and fitness realm.
It has been 2 years and 97 episodes and it is time for Miss Debbie to wrap it up. Please enjoy listening and we bring "Coffee Break With Miss Debbie" to a close. Like the season of this podcast project, todays theme reminds us that "This Too Shall Pass". Love to you and thank you for joining in this journey.
As we prepare for the holidays, we can all use a little support to get it done graciously and sanely. Tune in to find out how Miss Debbie is getting along.
Setting appropriate guidelines for yourself from the moment you wake up puts you into correct line up, leading to SUCCESS.
Not every business owner has a week exactly like this one but we do all have those weeks. Happy Halloween.
Save your emotional energy and free yourself from the unnecessary concern of what people may or may not be saying. Live your life and honor God.
As an add on to Friendships Post Covid, I'd like to offer a few simple tips to get good conversations started. Best wishes!
As we continue to emerge from our socially traumatic season of Covid we might need a little brush up on our relationship skills. Tune in.
As a dance teacher who works with many adorable Pre-Schoolers, I have simplified our steps to recovery by making them rhyme for you. If the 3 and 4 year old children can get it then so can we. Here's to a better week!
Thank you for joining me as I travel the next few steps in the journey I have recently been podcasting about. It's not truly perfect but it's truly human.
To prune or not to prune, that is the question. I dare to say, more often than not, prune away!
We all know that the world is pretty upside down, but still there are days when I am completely caught off guard and I am left thinking, "Wow, That IS CRAZY!" Listen along and please tell me if I am wrong.
When we are completely spent, we don't need any heady, heavy material to study. We need rest and relief. Here's to 14 minutes of recovery encouragement.
Taken from a recent blog, I am simply sharing my honest and open experience with burn out.
It's picture week, recital week and celebration week but let's make sure we know who is supposed to be in charge at the end of the day.
It's that time of year when our dancers start getting "antsy" and instead of expressing appropriate gratitude for a year well spent they start looking at the green, green grass on the lawn of the dance school up the street.
I can learn lessons from any human beings, fiction or non fiction. Three Life lessons from inside the thimble.
With labor shortages nation wide, dance studios are also effected. Join me for a little chat about what my short staffing looks like.
Introducing the newest character from bedtime stories with Miss Debbie. As she sat in her tiny thimble of a life, she cried. Why, why didn't the rest of the world pause and clap for her?
As a writer who is a little too young for Baby Boomer perspective, a little too old for Gen X perspective and definitely too old for Millennial perspective, I have some thoughts on the self care generation and the work ethic within.
I suppose this is my version of "Choose your battles" but I find that these days, everything in dance and at the studio is negotiable. Often, it is much easier to just change.
As we enter 2022 with bright optimism, here are a few tips to make the your world a better place,
I have settled on the character from the 100 Acre Wood that I will most identify with in the Christmas season. Won't you join me, and choose joy?
Where is the edge and who told you it was there? Let's not let Eorye decide what we can and cannot do.
With this blustery change of seasons and moods, here's to a simple yet profound time of gatherings with a few insights from Winnie the Pooh and Piglet too. Blessings!
Just a few moments in the life of a dance teacher. With all that sass and all that cuteness packed into one space, we have to call on our dance super power to make it through the day. Join me for 11 minutes as I give you a little snapshot of how it's done.
We artists express out of who we are and where our identity lies. Let's encourage each other to create and live from a true, solid and healthy place. Art speaks and what we say, matters!
Getting back to the basics for the greatest results in your class and the greatest success in your day. So glad to be back with you all and so glad for the great engagements. God bless!
In part 2 we welcome Olivia, Mishaela and Elena to the podcast. These dancers love to giggle out loud while they punch you right in the gut with the truth. So get ready to laugh and learn.
Sit back, listen in and enjoy as we welcome Emerge Dance Company members Addy, Eleanor and Noelle to the show. What an inspiration these 3 are! This is a dose of insight from some remarkable teens we can all benefit from for sure.
When opportunities for unpleasant encounters arise, what will you do? Here's a great tip to apply every time!
The way we speak and think directly effects the level of freedom at which we live. Let's get out of the mud and stay out permanently.
Before we go, here are a few tips in keeping your artistic inspiration fresh as you continue to create, innovate and change the world around you.
It may sound old fashioned, but studio ownership or any business ownership takes loyalty, hard work, honesty and down right grit.
For you and for your clients, is the glass half empty or half full? What is actually in the glass?
Reviews have become a part of our culture for better or worse. Gossip, communication, disgruntled people, differing perspective. Can you maneuver through the mess without taking it personally and ending up in a puddle of tears? Learn to sort out the constructive from the garbage and laugh as often as possible!
Like so many, did the stay at home orders make you a little lethargic and puffy? You are certainly not alone! Here are a few tips to get your mind in the right place and your body feeling better. Cheers!
One of my Covid observations is that when rule and guidelines are given some people will crawl inside the guideline box with no intention of ever coming out. Others even after 14 months may not have noticed that there ever were any guidelines......As per my last email.
When it comes to life lessons, you need not look far. They could be as close as the trail in front of you. Cheers!
The sought after space of your brain is only shared at a premium price. Allowing a worthless idol to settle in for the duration of the lease is like money down the drain. Let's talk about it!
Why does it seem like bad news spreads faster than good news? Because unfortunately, that's what some folks find most interesting. With self discipline and recognition, we can stop this unfruitful trend in it's tracks!
When everything and perhaps everyone around you becomes chaotic, you are not required to participate. Practice listening to quiet waters instead.
As familiar and comfortable as that old box is that you are living in, it longer fits. You are going to have to move.
As a dance studio or small business owner, it is one thing to create your policies and guidelines. It quite another to enforce them. Together, let's grow in sticking to our guns and gaining respect.
Each of us is forever the student. The way we use our free time directly effects how productive we will be in our career path. Keep reading and be choosey about what you read. This week I am sharing some good reads.
Many of the issues we find ourselves disagreeing over these days are really not that difficult at the end of the day. Call me simple minded if you like because I am in fact, pretty simple minded but I personally find the simple things refreshing. Jesus encourages us to be innocent and child like in our faith. We can learn SO MUCH from the children.
The world needs the artistic thinker RIGHT NOW! It's a new world and we must build more bridges between the artists and the community at large.
Celebrating the first 30 episodes of Coffee Break With Miss Debbie, today we discuss right and left brain art and the genius of blending the two. Join the conversation as we explore the problem solving art in the middle of a global pandemic.
TYGO, PITA, BB may only be terms used in the tiny world of Miss Debbie speak, but you are more than welcome to use them as they may just help you make it through the day. You must not be a BB or a PITA but as a leader, you will sometimes need to practice TYGO.
Just a little whimsy for the end of February. How hospitable are you at your dance studio?
When creating and sharing our art with the world, let's generously give it from a pure heart.
The fun is in the messy creativity. The mature responsibility is in pulling substance out of the mess and bringing artistic product of value to bless our culture and those around us.
The art God has given us to share with the world comes from who we are on the inside. The ups, the downs. All of it, can become rich and real art to touch the world.
We may not be getting a "clean slate" on which to launch this new year. Some of our communication seems about as clear as mud in this crazy year, but our hearts are in the right place and we are slipping and sliding forward.
Times are tough. We look forward to the new year and we need the artists to nurture their creativity and arise with problem solving fresh ideas.
Let's start a conversation that brings validation and permission to the God designed artistic human. Why don't I seem to fit?
Expanding our series on 3 Life Lessons to Help You Make it Through the Day, 3 Little Seeds offers tiny things you can do to gain big results in brightening your friendships today.
Instead of wasting time convincing others of what you are called to do, why not just confidently do it?
You may be trying to simply catch your breath as you drown in the sea of judgement that is this 2020 season. You are not alone.
My three most effective coping tools have been contemplation, journaling and prayer. These tools are now more powerful than ever in these crazy times so I would like to share these possibilities with you.
Since perfect does not exist in the real world I suggest we take a step away and just celebrate what we've got!,
3 Life lessons to get you through your life. Put your foot down and don't budge on this one.
As important as what you do "on the clock" is how you spend your off time in preparation for greater efficiency and effectiveness.
Although I personally have never watched a horror movie, my studio life can be just a frightening as the next persons so in the spirit of October I bring you "Thrills and Chills of Studio Life".
With children, it's not just dance. We have so much more to learn. Just ask the 6 year olds.
In this season of experts, busybodies and self righteousness, let's be more forgiving, shall we?
Whether we are drinking coffee together or "spilling the tea", let's grow together with bits of wisdom that I have gathered throughout the saga that is my dance studio life. Cheers!
A blend of Faith, Art and Studio Life create interesting subject matter over which we may "spill the tea together". Your feedback is welcome.