The Bright Morning Podcast with Elena Aguilar

The winter holidays can include many things: time with family, a break from work…and maybe some casual racism over dinner. In today’s episode, Elena provides a quick overview of her What to Say When You Hear Something Racist framework. This is the content you need for the most essential holiday prep: preparing to disrupt racism. Mentioned in this episode: All My Relations (podcast) Opportunities for continued learning: What to Say When You Hear Something Racist (Podcast series + companion guide)Coaching for Equity (book by Elena Aguilar) Coaching for Equity (Bright Morning workshop) Visit https://brightmorningteam.com/podcasts/ for links to everything we mention on the show. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, InstagramReceive weekly wisdom and tools from Elena delivered to your inbox! Sign up at https://brightmorningteam.com/newsletter/ Support us 

“Why don't you disrupt racist behavior more immediately? Our kids needed change yesterday…”  We get asked a version of this question frequently, so today Bright Morning teammate, Nick Cains, joins Elena to explore how we center transformation (and our own humanity) when disrupting racism in our coaching conversations.  Mentioned in this episode: What to Say When You Hear Something Racist (Podcast series + companion guide)Coaching for Equity (book by Elena Aguilar) Coaching for Equity (Bright Morning workshop)  Visit https://brightmorningteam.com/podcasts/ for links to everything we mention on the show.  Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram Receive weekly wisdom and tools from Elena delivered to your inbox! Sign up at https://brightmorningteam.com/newsletter/  Support us 

What are racial affinity spaces?Why are racial affinity spaces necessary? How do you respond when people are concerned about there being racial affinity spaces? What should I consider if I want to bring racial affinity spaces to my school or organization? If these are questions you’re curious about, this episode is for you. Mentioned in this episode: Coaching for Equity workshop The PD Book: 7 Habits that Transform Professional Development, by Elena Aguilar and Lori Cohen The Racial Healing Handbook, by Anneliese A. Singh, PhD, LPCOpportunities for continued learning: Attend: Coaching for Equity (Bright Morning workshop)Read: Coaching for Equity (Book by Elena) Visit https://brightmorningteam.com/podcasts/ for links to everything we mention on the show. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, InstagramReceive weekly wisdom and tools from Elena delivered to your inbox! Sign up at https://brightmorningteam.com/newsletter/ Support us

What is a microaggression? What can you do when you hear, see or experience a microaggression? If these are questions you are curious about, this episode is for you. Mentioned in this episode: Stamped from the Beginning, by Ibram X KendiDr. Chester Pierce Microaggressions in Everyday Life: Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation, by Dr. Derald Wing SueOpportunities for continued learning: Read Elena’s book, Coaching for Equity Attend our Coaching for Equity workshop Listen to Elena’s What to Say When You Hear Something Racist podcast series and expand your learning with our free listening guide Visit https://brightmorningteam.com/podcasts/ for links to everything we mention on the show. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, InstagramReceive weekly wisdom and tools from Elena delivered to your inbox! Sign up at https://brightmorningteam.com/newsletter/ Support us 

Here’s the secret to ending the year feeling fulfilled and accomplished: reflect and adjust along the way. Today we’re replaying a listener favorite episode, The End of Month Routine You Need, in which Elena shares what you can do at the end of each month to help you fulfill your goals and vision for the year. Mentioned on this episode: Elena’s newsletter (sign-up!) Episode 105: Morning Rituals that Meet Your Needs (Bright Morning Podcast) Onward: Cultivating Resilience in Educators (book by Elena)Episode 106: What Do You Have to Quit So That You Can Stay? (Bright Morning Podcast)  Visit https://brightmorningteam.com/podcasts/ for links to everything we mention on the show.  Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, InstagramReceive weekly wisdom and tools from Elena delivered to your inbox! Sign up at https://subscriber.brightmorningteam.com/resources Support us

In this replay of a 2021 episode, Elena pulls back the curtain to provide expert advice on holding spaces for transformation. Today she’s sharing the strategy you need for coaching clients who are experiencing strong emotions. This episode is for you if: You’re looking to strengthen your coaching practice You are tempted to go into fix-it mode when your client is struggling You don’t know what to do when a client becomes emotional Mentioned in this episode: The Art of Coaching 101: The foundational workshop for becoming a Transformational Coach (retired and replaced by The Art of Transformational Coaching workshop)Visit https://brightmorningteam.com/podcasts/ for links to everything we mention on the show. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram Receive weekly wisdom and tools from Elena delivered to your inbox! Sign up at https://subscriber.brightmorningteam.com/resources Support us 

Today we’re replaying an essential podcast episode from last year. In this Coaches’ Corner Elena shows up as your coach and expertly guides you through some exercises and prompts to consider if you are looking to coach for equity. This episode is for you if: You want to coach for equity You want to support others in discovering their why for coaching for equity Mentioned in this episode: Friends of the Show Mind the Gap (handout)3 Bs: Behaviors, Beliefs and Ways of Being Opportunities for continued learning: Coaching for Equity (workshop)Coaching for Equity Masterclass (retired workshop)Coaching for Equity (book) Podcast Transcript and Use:Bright Morning Consulting owns the copyright in and to all content in and transcripts of The Bright Morning Podcast, with all rights reserved. You may not, except with our express written permission, distribute or commercially exploit the content.If you would like to support the show and enable us to invest additional resources into providing more polished transcripts, you can do so by becoming a Friend of the Show.Episode TranscriptFollow us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, InstagramReceive weekly wisdom and tools from Elena delivered to your inbox! Sign up at https://subscriber.brightmorningteam.com/resources Support us 

The October slump is a real thing for educators, and a time where there are a lot of big emotions at play. To help you navigate this reality, we’re replaying a very early episode where Elena provides an overview of the ACE framework, one of the core strategies for coaching resilience. The ACE framework is one that has been utilized in many of the coaching conversations episodes, including episode 36: Kathrina Mendez Revisited. If you haven’t already listened to episode 36 we recommend you do so either before or after this episode to support internalizing this approach. This episode is for you if: You have questions about coaching emotionsYou would like to support your clients in growing their resilience You would benefit from a framework for processing your own experience and growing your resilience Mentioned in this episode: The Core Emotions (tool) Onward (book) The Art of Coaching (retired July 2024 with the release of Arise: The Art of Transformational Coaching)The Art of Coaching Workbook (retired July 2024 with the release of Arise: The Art of Transformational Coaching)Bright Morning Memberships (learning opportunity) 

In this fifth, and final, episode of our special Transformational Coaching mini-series, Elena and Erica wrap-up their coaching engagement. Their conversation beautifully demonstrates the power of Transformational Coaching, and the cyclical nature of this model and our healing and growth.  This episode is for you if you want to hear: What it sounds like to take a confrontational stance How to help a client explore the 3Bs: behaviors, beliefs and ways of being How to navigate resistance, including specific sentence stemsTransformational coaching in action Mentioned in this episode: The Phases of Transformational Coaching: Excerpt from Coaching for Equity and The Art of Coaching Workbook (retired July 2024 with the release of Arise: The Art of Transformational Coaching)Opportunities for continued learning: The Art of Coaching 101 (retired and replaced by The Art of Transformational Coaching workshop)Visit https://brightmorningteam.com/podcasts/ for links to everything we mention on the show. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, InstagramReceive weekly wisdom and tools from Elena delivered to your inbox! Sign up at https://brightmorningteam.com/newsletter/  Support us 

In this fourth episode of our special Transformational Coaching mini-series, Elena begins to move her client into Phase 4 of the Transformational Coaching Model: Build New Practices. This episode is for you if to hear: How you can push a client a little harder once a trusting relationship is established How to support a client in making the connections between the shifts in their beliefs and resulting behaviors How using the same question each coaching session might be the best choice for a client Transformational coaching in action Mentioned in this episode: The Phases of Transformational Coaching: Excerpt from Coaching for Equity and The Art of Coaching Workbook (retired July 2024 with the release of Arise: The Art of Transformational Coaching)Opportunities for continued learning: The Art of Coaching 101 (retired and replaced by The Art of Transformational Coaching workshop)Visit https://brightmorningteam.com/podcasts/ for links to everything we mention on the show.  Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, InstagramReceive weekly wisdom and tools from Elena delivered to your inbox! Sign up at https://brightmorningteam.com/newsletter/ Support us