EP148 Letting go instead of trying harder
Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers
Angela Watson
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 13 January 2019
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
We're kicking off Season 9 of the Truth for Teachers podcast with the transformative practice of letting go — a small mindset shift that can transform your teaching and also your personal life so that you can reclaim your essential self.
This practice is about releasing things that aren't serving you well. It's about letting go of all the things we think we need to do in order to be a better teacher, a better parent, a better partner ... and acknowledging that you don't have to become anything other than you. Join me today as we explore ways to release yourself from expectations or habits and focus on loving and accepting yourself.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to episode 148 of Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers. I'm your host |
| 0:06.4 | Angela Watson and I'm here to speak life, encouragement, and truth into the |
| 0:12.1 | minds and hearts of educators and get you energized for the week ahead. |
| 0:16.0 | Today I'm going to talk about the practice of letting go instead of trying harder. |
| 0:22.0 | Visit Truth for Teachers.com to ask a question or to share your thoughts in the comments. |
| 0:27.0 | This episode is sponsored by Brains On. |
| 0:31.0 | I don't know if you've ever listened to podcasts with your students, but it's a great way to engage |
| 0:36.1 | their minds and spark their imagination without relying on screens. |
| 0:40.9 | The Kint's History Show called Forever A Go dives into the fascinating backstory of everyday things like clocks and shoes and skateboards to teach kids how to think critically about the past. |
| 0:52.0 | Forever A Go uses games, |
| 0:54.3 | skits, and real kids to keep students engaged while teaching some important |
| 0:58.8 | lessons along the way. You can listen for free to the Forever A Go Podcast, as well as a kid science podcast called Brainson at |
| 1:06.8 | Brainson.org, or wherever you get your podcasts. So as we kick off 2019 I know a lot of people are thinking about resolutions and |
| 1:18.6 | maybe you love resolutions personally I love the start of a new year. New Year's Eve is my favorite |
| 1:26.1 | holiday. I love how people are sort of wistful and melancholy and reminiscing on the past and at the same time hopeful and optimistic about a fresh start. |
| 1:36.2 | I love it. |
| 1:37.5 | I know other people who feel like it's sort of a fake thing, right? |
| 1:41.5 | Like we all get this idea, oh, you know, New year, new you, we're going to do |
| 1:45.2 | things completely differently in the new year, and your very anti-resolution. I wanted to share something that has |
| 1:51.9 | been really transformative for me over the past couple of months. |
| 1:55.8 | It's something that I've been thinking about a lot, I've been practicing, and I have watched it change my life. |
| 2:03.0 | It's just a simple mindset shift |
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