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Lean Into You
Lean Into You is a self-care podcast to remind Early Childhood Educators the best investment they can make today is in themselves. This podcast is funded through a grant with the Tennessee Department of Human Services and Signal Centers, Inc.
Episodes
62 episodes
Update on Lean Into You
Hey everyone, we are going to break for season 3 to give ourselves some time to rest, develop new content, and book new speakers in preparation for season 4 of the show. Thank you to everyone who has followed us since the beginning and to new l...
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Season 3
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Free Play and Developing a Philosophy of Openness (Part Two)
Cas Holman is a toy designer and play advocate who has spent her entire career creating products that encourage openness and free play. She has worked with Rockwell Group, has been a professor at the Rhode Island...
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Season 3
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Episode 48
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39:34
Free Play and Developing a Philosophy of Openness (Part One)
Cas Holman is a toy designer and play advocate who has spent her entire career creating products that encourage openness and free play. She has worked with Rockwell Group, has been a professor at the Rhode Island ...
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Season 3
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Episode 47
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33:20
Honoring Diversity by Starting a Daily Wellness Journey
Diversity is a fact of life. As educators we will have new students coming in each year from different socio-economic statuses, abilities, religious backgrounds, gender identities and much more. So, how do we become empowered to honor those dif...
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Season 3
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Episode 46
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Connecting with the Big Picture through Advocacy
As we've said many times on our podcast, stress often arises in our lives when we get so busy it becomes impossible to look up from what is right in front of us in order to try to have an idea of the bigger picture. We feel powerless to change ...
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Season 3
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Episode 45
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Guided Practices: Breathing Deep is Calming Down
Breathing deep. It sounds simple but we forget to do it all the time. It is so nice, then, to set aside some time to refocus back in on our breath. This guided meditation helps with just that. We found this meditation at
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Overcoming a Legacy of Racism Within Child Care
How has the history of racism within child care led to the current landscape that we see today? And how can we learn from the past to help change our future?We talk about this and much more in today’s episode with Dr. Iheoma Iruka. Iheo...
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Season 3
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Episode 44
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Becoming an Early Childhood Advocate
What is the value of connecting our daily, lived experiences with the bigger picture of what is happening in early childhood policy and advocacy?We talk about this and much more in today’s episode with Shannon Rudisill. Shannon is the E...
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Season 3
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Episode 43
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36:37
The Art of Family Engagement
As an educator, what is our responsibility when navigating how and when to include parents in our curriculum?It's easy to assume that since we are the authority figures, it is our role to impart knowledge and wisdom onto families. In ou...
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Season 3
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Episode 42
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36:38
What's Coming Up on Lean Into You
We don't have an episode recorded for today but we want to let you know what we have in store for the next month or two. We are excited to talk with Dr. Carol Brunson Day, Shannon Rudisill, and many other forward thinking individua...
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Season 3
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Guided Practices: Remind Yourself That You Are Enough
We all have moments where we struggle to love ourselves or give ourselves any credit. This short meditation is centered around five affirmations you can repeat to help get in touch with yourself again.This meditation was written by Jené...
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Season 3
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7:40
Demystifying the Licensing Process in Child Care
Licensing...If you have worked in child care long, chances are at some point you've associated licensing with more paper work, more rules, more regulations and you've wondered what the additional benefit is. Or maybe you have started th...
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Season 3
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Episode 41
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37:54
Entering the Workforce from a Place of Empowerment
What kinds of things should an educator look for in an employer? What types of questions should you ask in an interview? How do you have a conversation with your supervisor when your growth is leading you away from your child care facility?...
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Season 3
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Episode 40
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36:27
Becoming an Intuitive Decision Maker (Part Two)
What does it mean to be an intuitive decision maker? Is your intuition something you can exercise? In part two of our conversation with Holly Elissa Bruno we talk about strategies that can help you strengthen your intuition, so that you...
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Season 3
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Episode 39
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34:40
Becoming a Confident Decision Maker (Part One)
Do you struggle with making decisions? Listen, we get it. It can be stressful. You want to make the right choice. You are worried about what you may miss out on but choosing one thing over another. You may disrupt your sense of belonging within...
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Season 3
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Episode 38
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37:48
Fostering Creativity and Setting Perfectionism Aside
Do you see yourself as a creative person? You might after listening to this conversation with Fran Sorin. In this conversation, we talk with Fran about what creativity actually means, how we are all exercising our creativity on a daily ...
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Season 3
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Episode 37
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39:29
How to Recognize Compassion Fatigue
What does it mean to work in a compassion profession, and how can you be aware when you might be experiencing compassion fatigue? We get to the bottom of all these questions in our first chat of season 3! Our guest is Becky Haas, who is...
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Season 3
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Episode 36
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37:56
Our Favorite Moments From Year One
We've been hosting conversations about self-care for just over a year now, which kind of blows our minds. Thank you to everyone who continues to entrust us with leading these conversations every week. We are going to do season break to prepare ...
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Season 2
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28:31
Getting to the Bottom of Your Passions
In today's episode of Lean Into You, we talk with Rick Lozano, a keynote speaker, musician, and author. In this conversation, we will talk about how educators can begin to understand their passions better. We will cover: <...
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Season 2
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Episode 35
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43:28
Guided Practices: Resting with Anxious Emotions
We all have moments of anxiety. That anxiety affects us all in different ways. This guided meditation will help you slow down and learn how to rest in the midst of your anxious emotions, so you can understand them, and eventually move past them...
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Season 2
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10:43
Seeking the Light and Life in Others
In today's episode of Lean Into You, we talk with Barbara Brown Taylor, a New York Time's bestselling author and retired Episcopal priest and professor. In this conversation, we will talk about what our rituals and traditions can teach us about...
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Season 2
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Episode 34
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54:41
Level Up Your Professional Development with TNPAL
In today's episode of Lean Into You, we talk with Lisa Walsh, the Registry and Training Manager for TECTA. In this conversation, we will talk about how educators can really take ownership of their profession...
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Season 2
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Episode 33
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33:24
Breaking out of the Box with the Enneagram
In today's episode of Lean Into You, we talk with Brian Taylor, the Vice-President of the Enneagram Institute. In this conversation, we will talk our how we can use the Enneagram as an evaluation tool to help us break out of self-limiting belie...
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Season 2
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Episode 32
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42:20
Cultivating Presence through Mindful Eating
In today's episode of Lean Into You, we talk with Dr. Christopher Willard, a psychologist and education consultant who specializes in mindfulness. In this conversation, we will talk our relationship with food and how we can begin to eat more mi...
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Season 2
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Episode 31
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39:59
Guided Practices: Cultivating Gratitude
It’s easy to think about things we can be grateful for, family and friends, our basic needs being met. But how hard is it for us to be grateful for growth opportunities that come from challenging times, an annoying person, a moment of disrespec...
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Season 2
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