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Jeannie Haubert: Closing the Gap Between What We Know and What Schools Do
Season 3 Episode 6
What if some of the biggest challenges facing schools aren't problems we still need to solve — but problems research has already taught us something…
7 hours ago
Chip Conley: Wise Enough to Stay Curious
Season 3 Episode 7
Chris introduces us to one of her favorite teachers, Chip Conley, who is the founder of the Modern Elder Academy (MEA). Chip has spent decades thinki…
2 weeks ago
Patrick Means: A Healthier Relationship with Money
Season 3 Episode 5
Money may be measured in numbers, but financial well-being is about much more. Patrick Means of Charles Schwab joins Michelle for a candid and practi…
4 weeks ago
Dr. John "Push" Gaines: Knowing When to Push – and When to Rest
Season 3 Episode 4
Dr. John "Push" Gaines shares how caring educators became an address for hope, love, and possibility in his life, and why their influence often reac…
1 month, 1 week ago
Donna Zajonc: Who Do You Want to Be on the Way to What You Want?
Season 3 Episode 3
In this capstone conversation to our 3 Vital Questions series, Donna Zajonc joins us to explore what The Empowerment Dynamic looks like when it beco…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Sarah Brown Wessling: The Teacher of Teachers
Season 3 Episode 2
Sarah Brown Wessling, Director of the National Teacher of the Year Program, shares what she has learned from years spent alongside some of America's…
2 months, 1 week ago
Nakia Douglas: Be Unapologetic About Your Light
Season 3 Episode 1
In this conversation, educator and community leader Nakia Douglas reflects on the people who believed in him, the power of community care, and why h…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
3 Vital Questions: What Actions Are You Taking?
Season 2 Episode 31
In this episode, Michelle Kinder unpacks the third vital question — what actions are you taking? — through the lens of "dynamic tension," the gap bet…
2 months, 4 weeks ago
Tina Payne Bryson: Cues of Safety in an Era of Dysregulation
Season 2 Episode 30
In a time marked by chronic stress, fear-based media, and nervous system overload, how do we create lives that feel steady, connected, and human? In…
3 months ago
3 Vital Questions: How Are You Relating?
Season 2 Episode 29
Most workplace drama isn't created by bad people. It's created by good people trying to navigate stress, uncertainty, frustration, and fear.
In this …
3 months, 1 week ago