The Bright Morning Podcast with Elena Aguilar

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Why We Need Affinity Spaces: Episode 142 Nov 07, 2022

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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, LPC
Opportunities for continued learning: Attend: Coaching for Equity (Bright Morning workshop)Read: Coaching for Equity (Book by Elena)
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Microaggressions 101: Episode 141 Oct 31, 2022

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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 Kendi
Dr. Chester Pierce
Microaggressions in Everyday Life: Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation, by Dr. Derald Wing Sue

Opportunities 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

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The End of Month Routine You Need (Replay) Oct 24, 2022

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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)

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REPLAY: Behind the Design: How to Coach Strong Emotions: Episode 140 Oct 17, 2022

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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)

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You Want to Coach for Equity? Start Here (REPLAY) Oct 10, 2022

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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)

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REPLAY: How to ACE Your Coaching Conversations Oct 03, 2022

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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 emotions
You 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)

The Final Conversation: Coaching Conversation: Episode 140 Sep 26, 2022

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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 stems
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)

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Coaching Conversation: Phase 4: Build New Practices: Episode 139 Sep 19, 2022

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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)

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What Happens When You Trust the Process: Coaching Conversation: Episode 138 Sep 12, 2022

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Sometimes coaching conversations don’t fall neatly into a framework. Sometimes making progress simply requires making space to process.

In this third episode of our special Transformational Coaching mini-series, we’re bringing you a slightly different type of conversation. One that demonstrates what happens when you trust the process and follow the conversation where the client needs it to go. In Elena’s reflections before and after the conversation, you’ll gain insight into her planning process, as well as the decisions she makes while coaching.

This episode is for you if you want:

To hear Transformational Coaching in action
An example of when it’s necessary to depart from the Phases of Transformational Coaching
To appreciate the value of having reflective space

Mentioned in this episode:

Three Good Things (exercise inThe Onward Workbook)
Mind the Gap (tool fromThe Art of Coaching andThe Art of Coaching Workbook both retired July 2024 with the release of Arise: The Art of Transformational Coaching)
- Blog post on Mind the Gap written by Elena

Opportunities for continued learning:

The Art of Coaching (retired July 2024 and replaced by The Art of Transformational Coaching workshop)
Art of Coaching Emotions (workshop)

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Building Relationships and Trust in Phases 1 and 2 of Transformational Coaching: Coaching Conversation: Episode 137 Sep 05, 2022

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In this second episode of our special Transformational Coaching mini-series, we continue exploring Phase 1 of the Transformational Coaching model: Surface Current Reality and Phase 2: Recognize Impact. Elena coaches the same educator from episode 136 and reveals her thoughts about the process. You’ll hear guidance on how to develop strong relationships with new clients and how to explore behaviors, beliefs and ways of being.

This episode is for you if you want:

To hear Transformational Coaching in action
Direction on how to go deeper into getting to know a new client
Strategies for unpacking beliefs and the stories we hold about ourselves
To hear what it sounds like to take an informative and cathartic stance
To hear about how Elena prepared for this conversation

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)
Episode 134: Considerations for a Thriving Coaching Program
Episode 83: How Do I Set Our Coaching Program Up for Success?

Opportunities for continued learning:

The Art of Coaching 101 (retired and replaced by The Art of Transformational Coaching workshop)
Art of Coaching Emotions (workshop)

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