It's my pleasure to bring you this awesome interview all about motivation, health, diet and exercise featuring Alicia Hurps our school's Exercise Science Sports Medicine instructor. We get deep into the weeds of all these topics and hear Alicia's answers to my silly happy fun time questions. Please enjoy ..read more

I put three questions from high school students together into this episode that addresses the issue of not letting friends drag you under.  The questions are Should I make decisions to better myself or to make others feel good about themselves, can my happiness determine my success, and Is cutting off negative people in your life a normal thing ..read more

In an activity at the beginning of the new year, I asked students to list their classes and the grades they'd like to receive in those classes.  Then I asked them to write three things they could do to earn that grade.  I compiled their answers and picked the top 5.  In this podcast, you'll also learn what makes a gray goal and how to turn these goals into clear black and white goals.  After almost 30 years of teaching, I'm confident if students did these 5 things, it would almost guarantee an A.  Can you guess what they are ..read more

Here are several questions from actual high school students. How do you get unstuck when you are in a rut and feel like you can't complete a project? The answer to that one is between the answers. Enjoy ..read more

It's back to school time 2020 - pandemic started - heard about a school that had a graduation for the 2020 students. Good on them. 2021 - The mask year 2022- the normal year filled with learning gaps, online/in-person teaching, and quarantines 2023 - Let's call this one back to normal. - so what do we need to do The 3 most important things teachers should do this year Get way into your subject and get consistent about communication and deadlines. Become a team with your students. Gen Z wants the subject first and you second. Millennials were a little bit the other way. Gen X was totally the o ..read more

Life is rough no doubt about it. Sometimes it's really, really bad. I don't want to downplay how bad someone may have it but many times though our perspective gets off and our imagination takes over making life seem way worse than it really is. Is your perspective off? Come with me in this episode and lets explore our perspectives ..read more

This is the manual and pretty much the exact speech I gave my classes on how to work in groups of 3 and 4.  If you get this wrong you have nothing but a big waste of time.  Students struggle with group work - this will help ..read more

S3|EP 4 Red alert show - What do I do when I stop caring about school?  It's so easy to get behind, let it pile up, lose motivation, and feel like you can't catch up.  Then you can reach the point of saying that it's not even worth it.  This is a warning light.  This episode is your game plan to reset your brain and motivation, and get on top of things instead of under them. When you feel things are not worth it, you may be trying to please others and giving but getting nothing or not as much as you’d like in return. It’s ok to be focusing on yourself when you are in high s ..read more

Respect is the hardest thing to gain quickly and the easiest thing to lose quickly.  Why do we respect some people and not others?  Do the things in this podcast and you'll most definitely build quality respect with people ..read more

No one likes to be told no. No one likes telling other people no, especially your own kids. However, being told no and learning to tell others no may be what the world needs most right now. Let's take a journey together with this podcast episode and find out the 7 benefits of telling someone NO. I'd love to know what you think about this episode. If you like it please consider giving me a 5-star review on Apple podcasts or a written review. Feel free to contact me with questions at our website tapodcast.net ..read more