BIG Ideas in small Windows

Unlocking Potential: The Science of Timing in Education - Insights from research and Strategies for Student Success

Mike Gaskell — Sun, 12 Nov 2023 17:05:16 -0800

Adapted from my book, Radical Principals

Welcome back to "Big Ideas in Small Windows" with your host, Mike Gaskell. In today's episode, we explore the often overlooked yet profoundly impactful role of timing on student success. Drawing on Dan Pink's research, we uncover how circadian rhythms and developmental phases significantly influence adolescents' learning. Discover practical strategies for educators to harness the power of timing, from optimizing peak energy times for challenging tasks to incorporating mindful breaks, ultimately transforming the learning experience and empowering students to thrive. Join us as we unpack relevant issues with evidence-based solutions in the world of education.

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Less Ego, More Impact: Embracing Humility for School Success: Research shows humble school leaders =success in schools

Mike Gaskell — Sun, 29 Oct 2023 05:54:12 -0700

Confident humility wins every time

Podcast host Mike Gaskell argues that humble school leaders who admit mistakes, seek feedback, and empower their teams are more effective than ego-driven leaders who prioritize self-promotion. Research shows that leaders who exhibit modesty and openness create a more psychologically safe, collaborative environment where teachers feel valued, which helps schools thrive. Gaskell recommends that school leaders embrace humility by regularly soliciting teacher feedback, celebrating achievements, and involving the school community in decision-making.

Ego is the enemy

Leaders who embrace humility achieve greater success

Leaders who admit mistakes, and accept feedback with confidence =school success

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Escaping the Scroll in Social Media: Tips to Help Students Thrive by Teaching Mindful Media Habits

Mike Gaskell — Sun, 15 Oct 2023 08:20:21 -0700

Social media can be disruptive for children- fueling distractions, unhealthy comparisons, and compulsive behaviors. This episode explores practical solutions like using background noise, binaural beats, and proactive digital literacy education to help them thrive despite digital disruption. Learn how small changes can empower adolescents to control their attention, boost focus and creativity, and develop conscious, healthy technology habits.

Binaural Beats
Coffeehouse chatter
ASMR
Instagram Vs Reality
Australian Study

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AI in Classrooms, 10 Months On

Mike Gaskell — Sun, 01 Oct 2023 11:28:49 -0700

The article adapted for thus episode:
In this episode of "Big Ideas in Small Windows," I examine the transformative world of AI in education. We visit the rapid advancements made over the past 10 months, including the art of AI prompting, specialized chatbots for personalized tutoring, and AI-driven content creation. I emphasize the importance of responsible AI integration, highlighting ethical considerations and the indispensable role of great teachers in this evolving landscape. Tune in to explore the exciting possibilities and potential pitfalls of AI in education, and gain insights into the future of this dynamic field.

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Unlocking Student Potential by Engineering A Flow State in EVERY CHILD

Mike Gaskell — Sun, 17 Sep 2023 08:09:18 -0700

Join host Mike Gaskell, as he dives into the concept of complete immersion that leads to extraordinary productivity and creativity, something researchers call "flow." Through scientific evidence and real stories about famous individuals using practical techniques, you'll discover how clarity, challenge, and concentration can set the stage for peak performance, helping students unlock their full potential in the classroom and beyond. Don't miss this deep dive into the gateway to extraordinary productivity and learning!

Episode content based on the book, Leading Schools Through Trauma

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Teaching kids the power of small wins: revisiting one of the most popular episodes!

Mike Gaskell — Sun, 10 Sep 2023 07:19:26 -0700

In this episode, Mike discusses studies, stories, and strategies to support children in their journey towards success. Notable strategies include utilizing "coffeehouse chatter" to enhance student focus, employing therapeutic breathing techniques to alleviate anxiety, and embracing story therapy to boost children's self-belief!

Mike mentions a lesser-known yet impactful longitudinal study conducted by researcher Emmy Werner, highlighting three protective factors for children. He emphasizes the role of small wins and references an article. Additionally, Mike provides resources for both coffee talk and therapeutic breathing.

Concluding the episode, Mike underscores the power of story therapy and offers insights on its classroom implementation. He also introduces his latest book, a timely guide titled Leading Schools Through Trauma, designed for educators, students, and families.

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The Power of Delivery: Unlocking the Significance of How We Optimize Communication for Educators

Mike Gaskell — Sun, 03 Sep 2023 08:50:33 -0700

Topics Based on Ideas from the book, Radical Principals

In this practical episode, we delve into the transformative world of feedback and communication within schools. Explore the often underestimated power of delivery in conveying messages that can inspire rather than deflate, from teachers to administrators, families and beyond. Discover how positive interactions and effective communication can significantly impact student behavior, engagement, and academic success, and gain valuable insights into the art of delivering feedback for optimizing educational excellence.

Effectiveness of the positive to negative ratio in classes

Delivery matters
Study on supportive feedback article

5 Elements of Praise

Gottman's Positive to Negative Ratio

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Building Students Resilience Through Stories: Exploring Trauma's Impact on Children

Mike Gaskell — Sun, 27 Aug 2023 12:34:17 -0700

In this episode, we explore how storytelling helps children overcome trauma and builds resilience. We discuss Emmy Werner's groundbreaking study, the impact of post pandemic challenges, and the power of narratives to overcome these barriers for children in need. We uncover strategies to empower young minds and foster resilience through the age old art of storytelling.

Article on storytelling to help children
Ideas adapted from Radical Principals

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A Race to the Starting Line for Students with Small Wins

Mike Gaskell — Sun, 20 Aug 2023 05:25:25 -0700

In today's episode, we explore how seizing on small wins empowers students for success at the beginning of the school year and throughout. Inspired by an ASCD blog article and adapted from Radical Principals we'll discuss the impact of recognizing incremental achievements on student growth. Join us to learn practical strategies, the 4% Rule, and how technology can enhance progress tracking. Together, we'll uncover the psychology behind small wins and their role in building a brighter future for students.

Adapted from my book: Radical Principals and this article:

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Open School with an Edcamp & Learn about AI

Mike Gaskell — Sun, 13 Aug 2023 05:13:18 -0700

AI Edcamp for faculty

Schools are opening and AI looms as a BIG question mark. How will teachers and administrators use it? What about students? How can we start to understand the complexity of AI in schools? This brief, chock-full episode offers a prescription for busy administrators and teachers. Use the simple formula of an Edcamp and bring the expertise to your school community today!
Concepts adapted from my book:
Radical Principals
More info:
How to run an Edcamp virtually

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AI: Remarkably imperfect productivity for educators & families

Mike Gaskell — Sun, 06 Aug 2023 08:32:46 -0700

Episode adapted from this article
The use of AI chat tools has rapidly increased this year.
AI chat tools have a difficult time with voice since they lack the emotional context that humans can interpret through the nuances of tone, pitch, expression, and most of all, uniqueness.
More significantly, AI chat tools cannot express a person’s point of view because they lack the complex beliefs, values and opinions that form a person’s consciousness.
Educators should make this clear to people accessing AI chat tools in their schools.
While AI chat tools have some limitations such as capturing voice and eyes, it has remarkable productivity opportunities educators can leverage while navigating around imperfections to increase their efficiency and effectiveness.

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We're Back with an important topic on helping students & parents with what they need!

Mike Gaskell — Sun, 30 Jul 2023 08:00:35 -0700

Welcome back to Big Ideas in Small Windows, where I interview Karen Dudek-Brannan, a Professional Development and Product Specialist, SLP, and founder/CEO of Dr. Karen, LLC, share insights to empower therapists, educators, and aspiring school leaders. With a focus on language, literacy, and executive functioning, Karen develops engaging professional development programs and products to enhance school team collaboration and drive better results. Tune in to her at the De Facto Leaders Podcast for evidence-based practices, personal experiences, and interviews that support social, emotional, and academic growth. Whether you seek effective strategies, leadership skills, or career advancement, she's got you covered. Explore past episodes on our website or your favorite podcast directories. Let's unlock new possibilities and embrace growth together on Big Ideas in Small Windows.

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Navigating AI Biases

Mike Gaskell — Sun, 23 Jul 2023 18:30:00 -0700

https://www.techlearning.com/news/navigating-ai-biases-in-the-classroom

Generative AI offers many advantages for educators, for use in and out of the classroom.
When I prompt for images of "a focused student," the first three are boys, two are white, the third is an Asian boy, and the fourth is an apparent high school female.
If my anecdotal examples haven't convinced you, try for yourself, or refer to a respected resource on this subject, which characterizes how bias is becoming a more obvious concern while producing these realistic images.
In essence, this makes collected information static, yet dynamic in how AI returns the content.
In the first example, I added one word, "diverse."
"Write a song that promotes understanding and empathy between people from different walks of life."

https://muckrack.com/michael-gaskell/articles

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How to get Smarter with micro-movements: with Ted Talk speaker and author Mike Kuczala Ep 13!

Mike Gaskell — Sun, 10 Apr 2022 06:00:00 -0700

My guest, Mike Kuczala, presented a Tedx Talk, seen by over 1000,000 people about the benefits of teaching and learning in a “kinesthetic” classroom. He has been in high demand ever since, presenting, writing, and getting the word out on the mind-body connection. Author of the Kinesthetic Classroom and recently The Peak Performing Teacher; you have to tune into this episode to hear about the tremendous benefits of movement in class, and how a teacher can do this while meeting their curricular demands. It’s not just a classroom tip, it’s a lifelong skill! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike’s TedX Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41gtxgDfY4s http://www.mikekuczala.com/ https://www.amazon.com/Kinesthetic-Classroom-Teaching-Learning-Movement/dp/1412979544 https://www.thepeakperformingteacher.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Topics in my podcast based on my BIG ideas about Leading Schools Through Trauma: https://www.amazon.com/Leading-Schools-Through-Trauma-Data-Driven/dp/0367755629

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Flashback Girl Lise Deguire Ep 12

Mike Gaskell — Sun, 03 Apr 2022 06:00:00 -0700

Please welcome my amazing guest, Lise Deguire, who is the award-winning author of "Flashback Girl," and a clinical psychologist in private practice. At just 4 years old, she was severely burned in a fire over two thirds of her body, spending most of her childhood undergoing countless surgical procedures. She has been on NPR, NBC, ABC, FOX and Sirius XM, and publishes a bi-monthly blog, about psychological resilience. She is a national keynote speaker, with over 12,000 social media followers on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn. Dr. Deguire has a remarkable story of resilience, overcoming the odds and you will not want to miss this special episode about her story of survival.

Flashback Girl, the Book: https://www.amazon.com/Flashback-Girl-Lessons-Resilience-Survivor-ebook/dp/B08D7YLKGT

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Topics in my podcast based on my BIG ideas about Leading Schools Through Trauma:

https://www.amazon.com/Leading-Schools-Through-Trauma-Data-Driven/dp/0367755629

We’re thrilled to be sponsored by Renaissance and IXL.

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Bestselling Author of The Grit Guide For Teens, Dr. Caren Baruch-Feldman Ep. 11

Mike Gaskell — Sun, 27 Mar 2022 06:00:00 -0700

Please welcome my guest today, Dr. Caren Baruch-Feldman. When you have sold over 40,000 books, people pay attention! As a Clinical-Child Psychologist, she Wrote The Grit Guide for Teens. This book helps teens build perseverance, resilience, self-control, and stamina.

Dr. Baruch-Feldman has a new book launching just days away, on March 31! The Resilience Workbook for Kids.

She is hosting a Virtual Book Launch event for her new book that will be like its very own professional development for adults who care about resilience in youth. The book launch can be found linked here: https://www.drbaruchfeldman.com/

She has an all-star line up joining the launch, including the amazing Renee Jain, creator of GoZen: Anxiety Relief for Children.

Also Dr. Robert Brooks, a renowned expert on themes of resilience, motivation, school climate, a positive work environment, and family relationships, will be joining the launch.

AND-many more special guests!

Dr. Baruch-Feldman is a leader in cognitive behavioral therapy techniques, helping children and adults cope with stress and worry, managing change, developing grit, resilience, and self-control. Visit her online at www.drbaruchBaruch-Feldman.com.

She has trained hundreds of teachers, parents, children and health care professionals giving workshops and lectures and you are going to get an inside look at her expertise on this episode.

Please welcome Dr. Baruch-Feldman!

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Topics in my podcast based on my BIG ideas about Leading Schools Through Trauma:

https://www.amazon.com/Leading-Schools-Through-Trauma-Data-Driven/dp/0367755629

We’re thrilled to be sponsored by Renaissance and IXL.

Learn more about Renaissance:

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ASCD Best Selling Author and Future Ready Schools Innovation Director Tom Murray! Ep 10

Mike Gaskell — Sun, 20 Mar 2022 06:00:00 -0700

I got to meet our latest guest at a national Edtech conference called FETC in Orlando this year. He had a posse hanging around him. I sat down and listened in. I could tell right away why, and knew I had to have him on my podcast. Tom Murray is an author of numerous best selling ASCD books, serves as Director of Innovation for Future Ready Schools, has won multiple distinguished awards, included 20 to watch, National/Global Edtech Leader of the Year, EDUCATION POLICY PERSON OF THE YEAR and even testified before congress. You won’t want to put his book, Personal and Authentic down, it’s filled with engaging stories and tips. Don’t miss this episode with one of the greats in educational leadership and innovation, Tom Murray!

https://www.thomascmurray.com/

Twitter: @thomascmurray

At ASCD: https://www1.ascd.org/people/thomas-murray

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Topics in my podcast based on my BIG ideas about Leading Schools Through Trauma:

https://www.amazon.com/Leading-Schools-Through-Trauma-Data-Driven/dp/0367755629

We’re thrilled to be sponsored by Renaissance and IXL.

Learn more about Renaissance:

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Dr. Todd Whitaker RETURNS! Listen in Ep 9 Now!!

Mike Gaskell — Sun, 13 Mar 2022 07:00:00 -0700

Welcome back to the podcast, BIG Ideas in small windows. I am delighted to have Dr. Todd Whitaker back on! In this episode, he talks about what distinguishes Great Teachers, and how to help teachers become great. Jump in to listen to Dr. Whitaker in this engaging interview, where we cover everything from managing difficult people, to changing school culture, parenting daughters, and how teachers showed the world to thrive, in spite of the pandemic.

What Great Teachers Do Differently: https://www.amazon.com/What-Great-Teachers-Do-Differently/dp/1596671998?ref_=ast_slp_dp

Check out his other dozens of books here: http://www.toddwhitaker.com/publications.php

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Topics in my podcast based on my BIG ideas about Leading Schools Through Trauma:

https://www.amazon.com/Leading-Schools-Through-Trauma-Data-Driven/dp/0367755629

We’re thrilled to be sponsored by Renaissance and IXL.

Learn more about Renaissance:

Simplify and streamline technology
Save teachers’ time
Reliably meet Tier 1 standards
Improve student performance on state assessments

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Dr. Todd Whitaker- Special Guest!

Mike Gaskell — Sun, 06 Mar 2022 06:00:00 -0800

Welcome back to the podcast, BIG Ideas in small windows. I am delighted to have Dr. Todd Whitaker on this episode. He has sold over 1.5 million books and is most well known for his book, What Great Teachers Do Differently, offering a refreshingly digestible account of what separates the great ones from the rest. He has a giant twitter following of 146,000 and growing. Jump in to listen to Dr. Whitaker in this wide ranging interview, where we cover everything from imposter syndrome, to shifting the monkey back to where it belongs, on the shoulders of difficult people!

https://twitter.com/toddwhitaker

What Great Teachers Do Differently: https://www.amazon.com/What-Great-Teachers-Do-Differently/dp/1596671998?ref_=ast_slp_dp

Check out his other dozens of books here: http://www.toddwhitaker.com/publications.php

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Topics in my podcast based on my BIG ideas about Leading Schools Through Trauma:

https://www.amazon.com/Leading-Schools-Through-Trauma-Data-Driven/dp/0367755629

We’re thrilled to be sponsored by Renaissance and IXL.

Learn more about Renaissance:

Simplify and streamline technology
Save teachers’ time
Reliably meet Tier 1 standards
Improve student performance on state assessments

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Erika Garcia @flyingmonkey13 Take a Deep Dive with Erika! Ep 7

Mike Gaskell — Sun, 27 Feb 2022 04:23:25 -0800

Please welcome my guest here on the podcast, BIG ideas in small windows, I am so excited to have influencer Erika Garcia, who has gained another thousand followers since we recorded just a couple weeks ago! If you're one of 22,000 followers, then you have been captured by Erika’s one phrase tweet perspectives…now it’s time to hear more in our deeper dive with Principal Niles, in a 30 minute podcast learning about the woman, the leader behind the huge and growing following! Erika was a teacher literacy coach and math specialist, instructional coordinator and is now a building principal at Green Trails Elementary. Erika holds 2 master’s degrees and is a doctoral student at the University of Missouri-St. Louis where her focus is on what else but character education and servant leadership. She has written articles, has been highlighted in Education Week and Edutopia, won awards, and is most proud of her relationships with staff and students and her school community. Erika is an influencer, because she has gotten the attention of her 22,000 dedicated followers on twitter! People like me pay attention because of how she speaks in real, simplistic, perspective challenging tweets. She poses comments and questions in a way that provokes our hearts and our minds. You definitely want to follow her @flyingmonkey13! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BIG Ideas based on my book Leading Schools Through Trauma

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BIG Ideas in Small Windows With Cybertraps Expert Frederick Lane Ep. 6

Mike Gaskell — Sun, 20 Feb 2022 05:15:05 -0800

Join me with my latest guest, Frederick Lane, who is an expert in Cybertraps, having appeared on major networks, served as an expert witness, and written 10 books! Mr. Lane started as a lawyer, has been writing for over a decade and provides much needed educational consulting on the topic.

His most notable work is being author of several books on Cybertraps and he collaborates on his Cybetraps podcast with Jethro Jones.

He has a new much needed book coming out, The Rise of the Digital Mob.

Fred has co-founded the Center for Cyberethics, and writes a cybertraps newsletter.

He is an international speaker- having appeared on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart"; ABC's "Nightline" and "Good Morning America Weekend"; CBS's "60 Minutes" and "Sunday Morning with Charles Osgood"; NBC's "Today Show", "Weekend Today" BBC and CNN documentaries

You have to listen to my next guest, as he reveals a wealth of knowledge to help families, educators and students not only survive, but thrive in the social media stratosphere that exists today!

https://www.cybertraps.com/

https://www.fredericklane.com/

http://linkedin.com/in/fredericklane

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And check out my new book, Leading Schools Through Trauma!

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BIG Ideas in Small Windows with Jethro Jones, Ep. 5

Mike Gaskell — Sun, 13 Feb 2022 06:00:00 -0800

One of the giants in the education podcasting world, Jethro Jones joins my podcast! Welcome back to episode 5 of the podcast, BIG ideas in small windows. Today, we are in for a real treat. Jethro Jones, behemoth podcaster in the education world, with over 1 million downloads, He was the 2017 NASSP Digital Principal of the Year, is a former principal and host of the Transformative Principal podcast. Like many of us, Jethro struggled to turn around his school, under constant pressure, overwhelmed, and stretched too thin. After researching leadership, productivity, and goal setting, he developed a method of transformative leadership and turned his learnings into books, his award winning podcast, and a mastermind group. Jethro is cofounder of The Center for Cyberethics, which-Empowers everyone to make ethical decisions online to cure the digital cancer of unethical online behavior for the entire school community. Author of the book, SchoolX: How principals can design a transformative school experience for students, teachers, parents – and themselves, Jethro currently consults schools and districts on redesign efforts How can you become the transformational leader you want to be when all you feel is overwhelmed and alone? The answer is... not by yourself, He has a Mastermind Group-The Transformative Mastermind with other growth-minded principals who provide support and accountability to each other I had the pleasure of being on Jethro’s podcast episode 466-There is so much tremendous advice he shares in this episode, ideas he developed over nearly 500 podcasts with educational experts that you won’t want to miss this episode, with Jethro Jones! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out my book, Leading Schools Through Trauma, a refreshing, solution oriented resource that is needed now more than ever! https://mikegaskell.gumroad.com/l/gqxdz Happy Valentines Day everyone.

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My Interview with Andrea Samadi, Neuroscience Podcaster and Author, Ep 4; Learning & the Brain

Mike Gaskell — Sun, 06 Feb 2022 11:00:00 -0800

Welcome back to the podcast, BIG ideas in small windows. I am your host, Mike Gaskell and am delighted to welcome my next guest, who is a podcaster in the world of learning and the brain. Andrea Samadi, started as a teacher in Toronto, Canada, and has spent 26 years working on social/emotional learning, to help students. Andrea knows first-hand about stress in the classroom as her first job from The University of Toronto’s Faculty of Education, was a behavioral class. She felt overwhelmed by the lack of resources to help her manage and teach her students, so she set out on a mission to find ways to support students and educators in the classroom. Andrea is the author of the book Level Up, which offers dozens of online lessons and resources, and helps students access those big AHA moments!. Now a resident of Arizona, the state’s department of Education provided her with a Character and Leadership Grant. She discovered that educators were in dire need of programs that taught the basics of neuroscience. Andrea consulted Mark Robert Waldman, one of the leading neuroscience researchers, and used her time with Mark to show how the brain impacts learning, achievement, well-being and results. Officially a neuroscience expert, she just finished her Advanced Certification in Mindfulness-based Neuro-coaching, which is a rigorous program showing how brain-based, evidence-based, and mindfulness-based coaching strategies work in education and life. Andrea’s podcast has a 4.9 rating, is called “Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning” and provides resources, tools and strategies that can be used by anyone. She has interviewed leaders in educational neuroscience, psychology, and the brain, from Dr. Daniel Siegel, (Brainstorm) Dr. John Medina (Brain Rules) and Dr. Lori Desautels, (Connections Over Compliance) She has reached 150,000 listeners across 155 countries! Andrea is currently working on her third book, packing all of the research she has gathered in one place, to consolidate the best minds sharing on “Stress, Learning and the Brain” “Brain-Aligned Strategies to Skyrocket Literacy Achievement” and “Emotions, Learning and the Brain.” Enjoy this deep dive in how learning and the brain can help children and families, who need this set of strategies, more than ever! ...And don't forget to go back and listen to my interview with Diamond Dallas Page, former wrestler, turned yoga master! Diamond Dallas Page- Part 1 Diamond Dallas Page- Part 2 Learn more about Andrea's podcast here: https://www.achieveit360.com/episodes/ Follow Andrea on Twitter: @andreasamadi Signed copy of my book, Leading Schools Through Trauma 20% off! https://mikegaskell.gumroad.com/l/gqxdz

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My interview with Diamond Dallas Page, part 2, ep three: How to be Unstoppable

Mike Gaskell — Sun, 30 Jan 2022 11:33:51 -0800

Show Notes: Micro wins build cumulatively to internalize belief Power of story- check out DDPs 2017 speech Everyone fights negatives, and chooses positive affirmations Relentless on Amazon Prime "It took me 8 years to be an overnight success!" The difference between successful and unsuccessful people is that successful people fall down 3 times but gets back up 4 times. Every star falls, experience struggle, allows the pain to be felt but they don't stay down, they move on. What looks like the worst thing can be the best thing to happen to you. DDP Yoga rose from literal backbreaking obstacles. Health and wellness practices happen because of a well balanced set of practices- anyone can improve from where they are. Success takes time, dedication, commitment and resilience Faith in challenge creates a turning point Adaptability = success We can control our mindset, not external forces; value your mindset. Control the way you react, how you adapt, how you take action, and the way you BREATH. Own your breath and you'll own your life. Breathing right effects body and mind, connected together. 4-7-8 breathing The power of the network- those who became part of a program started needing help, ended up helping others! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DDP has a podcast DDP Snakepit DDPyoga.com 25% off DVDs or the app 25% discount code BIGideasinsmallwindows DDP gamifies his resources to increase engagement Facebook DDPyoga https://www.facebook.com/DDPYOGA/ members site- network of people helping each other network of 50,000 network, much of what his competitions are about is mindset first, physiology second

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Overcoming the odds fighting dyslexia to be Unstoppable with Diamond Dallas Page (DDP) Episode 2

Mike Gaskell — Wed, 26 Jan 2022 05:50:44 -0800

Welcome back to the podcast, Big Ideas in Small Windows-where we offer great solutions in simple ways. It is my pleasure to invite someone who needs no introduction, but I'm going to brag a little bit about him anyway:

Today's featured guest is Diamond Dallas Page, who is well known for his wrestling career and has built a thriving business organized around yoga Yoga, Calisthenics & Dynamic Resistance to Improve Overall Health & Wellbeing. DDPY is a Revolutionary Fitness Program that Anyone Can Do Anywhere, Anytime, called "DDP Yoga."

He has helped individuals rise from the ashes of struggle, climb to their own new heights because of his inspiring, supportive approach to everything he teaches. He has touched the lives of children, been on podcasts including Joe Rogan's, has his own DDP radio show, had his fourth book published in 2019, Positively Unstoppable, and saved people's lives.

And, did you know that he accomplished ALL OF THIS with dyslexia? That's right, DDP started as an underdog himself, fighting against the odds, with a 3rd grade reading level! DDP is the classic individual building on his small wins to cumulatively achieve remarkable success. He models the solution for overcoming the odds. Please welcome Diamond Dallas Page.

I want to know and teach how people can overcome their odds, what a great story you have to share!

The repetition of affirmations leads to belief- and once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.

-Muhammad Ali

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Concepts based on my book: Leading Schools Through Trauma

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Teaching kids the power of small wins: BIG Ideas in Small Windows episode 1

Mike Gaskell — Sun, 23 Jan 2022 09:15:43 -0800

In this episode, Mike refers to studies, stories and strategies, to help kids, teachers and families support children in reaching for success. Specific strategies include using "coffeehouse chatter" to increase student focus, therapeutic breathing techniques to reduce anxiety, and story therapy to get kids to believe in themselves!

Mike refers to a longitudinal study that is little known yet has remarkable implications, conducted by researcher Emmy Werner on 3 protective factors we can give kids. He shares how small wins can help children and references an article. Mike includes a resource for using both coffee talk and therapeutic breathing. He concludes with the power of story therapy, and ideas on how to implement it right in the classroom.

These and many other ideas are in Mike's latest book, a very timely guide for educators, students and families called Leading Schools Through Trauma.

Finally, Mike has a very special guest coming up, "Diamond Dallas Page," (DDP), who talks with Mike about how he used strategies to overcome his dyslexia and achieve remarkable success, something to inspire all of us when we need it most!

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