The Mindful Educators Podcast

Hosts Dave and Erin are long time educators committed to using the power of mindful awareness in their lives and classrooms. Join us in creating a community of educators who are cultivating a positive school culture one mindful classroom at a time.

A Conversation About Anxiety and Worry With Dr. Dana Dorfman 04/25/2023

School Safety: Feeling Emotionally and Physically Safe 04/13/2023

Feeling inspired: a recap of SXSW EDU Austin, TX 03/28/2023

Let's get caught up! 03/14/2023

Teach like a wrestler 11/16/2021

Here we go again! 09/28/2021

Leveling up SEL practices 04/27/2021

What to do about the "pile on effect" in education right now. 03/16/2021

Found in Transition: our conversation with Paria Hassouri 02/23/2021

Elevating educator voices: our chat with Dr. Dan Johnson 02/09/2021

Hacking teacher burnout with Amber Harper 02/02/2021

Transforming pain into clarity 01/26/2021

Teachers are not ok right now 12/22/2020

Conversations that count with Elena Aguilar 12/08/2020

Conversations that count with Elena Aguilar Friends, if you've been following along sequentially and listening to our podcast you know we have gleaned and shared a lot of wisdom from the book Coaching for Equity: Conversations that Change Practice by Elena Aguilar. Elena is a writer, coach, speaker, teacher and leader. She has trained thousands of educators around the world to have conversations that count—conversations that help us create a more just and equitable world. We were lucky enough to sit down and have one of those conversations with her and we are super excited to share it with you. Listen in to this week’s episode of The Mindful Educators Podcast to hear Elena: * identify the daily habits of emotionally resilient educators. * share strategies teachers can use to help their students thrive and honor their humanity * define educational equity * discuss how teachers should not be taking the brunt of all that is needed in education to achieve equity * highlight the power of words and the language of oppression as it relates to teachers and classrooms. Hopefully this episode felt supportive and insightful as you journey on towards mindfully achieving equity in your teaching and classroom. We would love to hear your thoughts on the ideas shared in this episode. Reach out to us and let us know what you thought by connecting with us at: On IG @themindfuleducators On Twitter @themindfuleds Or shoot us an email at the mindfuleducators.com Show and Tell: Dave: This is Us: Season 5 Erin: by Gabby Rivera Elena: and HBO’s Lovecraft Country And lastly, if you are looking to build resilience this year and are interested in our Bite Sized PD offerings discussed on our podcast, please register at or shoot over to our website @themindfuleducators.com to find the details and sign up. We will gladly follow up with an email with details for access to the PD as well as the SEL PDF’s for use in the classroom. And don’t forget to connect with Elena at: @Elena_aguilar_writer Links and people mentioned in this podcast: We are wishing you all the space and grace you need to remain in good health, body, mind and spirit. Friends, we‘ve got this! /episode/index/show/themindfuleducatorspodcast/id/17010530

Mindful Arts in the classroom with Andrew Jordan Nance 11/17/2020

How to work the rest of the year on your own terms 11/10/2020

Equity in Education - Part 2 10/27/2020

Equity in Education - Part 2 Last week on the podcast we talked about having what we called “the willingness to begin to look at our own hidden biases” and the willingness to look at how we are contributing to equity in education. We based a lot of what we talked about on the book Coaching for Equity: Conversations that Change Practice by Elena Aguilar. This book started to spark some deep conversations between the two of us and we thought that was the opportunity for us to begin to dive into this very important conversation. So on this week’s episode we dive in a bit deeper and discuss what it means to come to this conversation with an open mind and heart. Approaching a conversation with an open mind allows us to be able to listen to new ideas, concepts, beliefs, or points of view without shutting them down. It also means being curious and asking questions of ourselves and others. Listen in with the willingness to look at our own hidden biases and with an open mind. Show and Tell: Dave: John Biewen’s TedTalk Erin: @theconsciouskid @theafroeducator (Alexis Shepard ) Hopefully this episode felt supportive and helpful. We would love to hear about what kind of promises you are making to yourself this year. We are wishing you all the space and grace you need to remain in good health, body, mind and spirit. Friends, we‘ve got this! And lastly, If you are looking to build resilience this year and are interested in our Bite Sized PD offerings discussed on our podcast, please register at or shoot over to our website @themindfuleducators.com to find the details and sign up. We will gladly follow up with an email with details for access to the PD as well as the SEL PDF’s for use in the classroom. Don’t forget to connect with us: Instagram @themindfuleducators Facebook @ The Mindful Educators Twitter @themindfuleds Email @ themindfuleducatorspodcast.com Links and people mentioned in this podcast: @theconsciouskid @theafroeducator (Alexis Shepard ) /episode/index/show/themindfuleducatorspodcast/id/16540103