The Empowered Principal Podcast show

The Empowered Principal Podcast

Summary: The Empowered Principal is designed to offer tools and strategies that no other elementary principal resource provides - exercises that strengthen your emotional fitness as an educational leader. Former teacher, principal, district administrator, and Certified Life Coach Angela Kelly Robeck discusses why elementary principals feel complete overwhelm, ways to approach the issue of time, how to build authentic relationships with staff, parents, students, and district officials, and how to enjoy your job and life overall. Together, we tackle the toughest aspects of being a principal by learning how to manage your thinking so that you can handle whatever comes your way. Listeners can download a free workbook from my website at www.angelakellycoaching.com

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 Ep #33: Organize Your Office Space | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 18:31

On today's episode, I share how to use the STEAR Cycle to organize your office in a way that you truly love! Because our external space is a representation of our internal space and the internal workings of our mind, the importance of creating a workspace that reflects the mental clarity we desire is paramount. Listen in today to learn how clearing clutter from your physical space can help clear clutter from your mind! Get full show notes and more information here: http://angelakellycoaching.com/33

 Ep #32: Welcome Back to the New School Year | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 22:19

Whether this is your first year as a principal or your twentieth, if you are excited to be heading to the office but you find yourself swimming in anxiety or stress about all that is to come in the new year, we can do work through the thoughts that are causing stressful emotions and level out your energy and focus so you’re not revving at such a high vibrational rate. Get full show notes and more information here: http://angelakellycoaching.com/32

 Ep #31: Why I Invest in Coaching | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 24:15

Join me today as I break down the reasons most people are afraid of investing in a coach. Coaching may or may not be for you. But if you have the same questions and fears that I had when I was entering into the coaching world, I’m sharing this for those who are desperate to solve their problems and who are inspired to make changes in their life for the better but they just need a hand to help them along the way. Get full show notes and more information here: http://angelakellycoaching.com/31

 Ep #30: Words of Gratitude for Dr. Angela Lauria | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 21:39

Okay, so I wrote a book you guys. I finally overcame the fear of not knowing how and wrote my book after loving writing and wanting to write a book for years! Join me today as I share the lessons I learned from writing a book and how Dr. Lauria pushed, motivated, inspired and encouraged me to keep going because she knew that I was capable of achieving this goal... even when I didn't believe in myself yet.  Get full show notes and more information here: http://angelakellycoaching.com/30

 Ep #29: Question Everything | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 24:57

Today, we are talking about increasing our awareness through questioning. Questioning... everything! We have thousands of thoughts running through our minds each day - thoughts that, in many cases, we're not even consciously aware of. Sit back, pop in your earbuds, and discover how to pay attention to your thoughts and start practicing empowered thinking! Get full show notes and more information here: http://angelakellycoaching.com/29

 Ep #28: Kicking Perfectionism to the Curb | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 31:15

This week, I’m expanding on perfectionism and our nature to seek external validation: how it affects our work and personal lives, and how it would serve us to kick it to the curb once and for all. Join me in this episode to discover how this behavior has been subconsciously disempowering us and misleading our efforts throughout our lives. Get full show notes and more information here: http://angelakellycoaching.com/28

 Ep #27: Achieving Emotional Adulthood | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 20:01

As I’m sure you’re aware, summer is in full-swing, which means it’s time to deal with a touchy subject; family relationships. Sure, some of us have a great time with our families, however, for others, it can leave us wading through old emotions we thought we’d left behind. Tune in to learn how tracking your thoughts throughout will make your time back home so much more enjoyable for you and everyone else. Get full show notes and more information here: http://angelakellycoaching.com/27

 Ep #26: Internal Alignment Vs. External Validation | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 18:58

As a leader, feedback and criticisms are something you're going to experience fairly frequently. How you deal with these, however, is completely up to you. It's easy to get caught up in the cycle that is people pleasing, but today I explore the difference between the feelings of guilt and shame and how they can be entirely optional! Get full show notes and more information here: http://angelakellycoaching.com/26

 Ep #25: Do You Owe Anyone Your Time? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 24:17

Tune in and discover how using our time in a way that suits us and being clear in our decisions will fulfill the needs of our social-self and our essential-self. I’m providing you the tools to take control of your time in every area of your life. It’s easy to feel guilt when your friends think you’re neglecting them, but I have the explanation as to why that is simply not your problem. Get full show notes and more information here:  http://angelakellycoaching.com/25

 Ep #24: Change-Back Attack: How to Handle Evolving Relationships | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 33:54

As leaders and educators, our aim is to be the highest versions of ourselves, allowing us to serve our colleagues and students, as well as ourselves. But sometimes our life choices and aspirations can make the people around us feel uncomfortable. Join me this week to learn all about change-back attack and how you can effectively deal with it any time it arises! Get full show notes and more information here: http://angelakellycoaching.com/24

 Ep #23: Reflecting on the Year | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 21:04

It’s the end of the year – you made it! You’ve been a school leader for the whole year and now is the time to sit back and reflect on a job well done. Of course, there will always be things we’re not so happy with the outcome of, so this episode is all about how to not repeat your failures as well as taking lessons from the good times in order to emulate them in the future. Get full show notes and more information here: http://angelakellycoaching.com/23

 Ep #22: Planning with Total Focus | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 25:04

In this week’s show, I impart the wisdom I’ve collected – with an analogy from my former superintendent – about how to keep going toward the outcome you set out to achieve, even if it means changing course in order to make it. Get full show notes and more information here: http://angelakellycoaching.com/22

 Ep #21: Compassion Vs. Condoning | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 21:24

Ep #21: Compassion Vs. Condoning

 Ep #20: Words of Gratitude for Martha Beck | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 39:12

This week, I want to share some of my personal gratitude and love for Martha Beck, along with some stories of how her teaching has influenced the ups and downs of my life. If it wasn’t for Martha, I honestly don’t know where I’d be today. Her advice has gotten me through the past few years, so this is my way of saying a massive thank you. Get full show notes and more information here: http://angelakellycoaching.com/20

 Ep #19: A Tale of Two Leaders | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 28:05

We generally have an idea of the kind of principal we want to be when we finally receive the news that we have achieved the position. But it can be challenging when your vision and expectations don’t match up with the results you’re getting in your school. Today, I'm going to show you how, using the STEAR Cycle, you can see your vision eventually come to fruition. Get full show notes and more information here: http://angelakellycoaching.com/19

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