Episodes
Dec. 3, 2024
🔍Why I Returned To Teaching: Key Lessons
Send us a text 👩🏫 Are you a teacher wrestling with the "stay or go" dilemma? This vulnerable and honest episode might be your roadmap! Episode Description: In this deeply personal episode, experienced educator Grace Stevens ...
Nov. 26, 2024
How to Handle Pushback When You Set Healthy Teacher Boundaries
Send us a text Are you nervous about setting boundaries at school because you're worried about pushback? You're not alone! In this episode, we tackle one of the most common concerns I hear from educators: "What happens when I...
Nov. 12, 2024
5 Teacher Tips for Stress-Free Parent Conferences
Send us a text Let me help you get ready to have the best parent-teacher conference season ever! 📝 While it can cause a lot of teacher stress, conferences are an important chance to connect with families. With some preparatio...
Nov. 9, 2024
LLN: Inspiration for Teachers: Finding Peace With Election Results No Matter How You Voted
Send us a text In this empowering mini-episode, Grace examines how to deal with the aftermath of this week's election results. What if it didn't go the way you hoped? How do we rise above no matter what and find things that u...
Nov. 4, 2024
5 Secrets for Beating the Sunday Anxiety for Teachers
Send us a text Beating the Sunday Scaries: 5 Game-Changing Tips for Teachers That pit in your stomach on Sunday afternoon? You're not alone. As educators, we've ALL felt that weekend-ruining anxiety creeping in. But here's th...
Oct. 29, 2024
😊 Easiest Happiness Hack Ever - The Lovely List
Send us a text Teachers, want to boost your daily happiness and teacher resilience? In this mini-episode, Grace shares a simple, transformative strategy that requires no time, no money, and very little effort —but has the pot...
Oct. 27, 2024
LLN: Inspiration for Teachers: You Are Enough, You Do Enough
Send us a text 🎙️ Lunchbox Love Note Bonus Mini-Episode: Just like those little love notes slipped into your lunchbox, this episode is here to brighten your day with a virtual smile and a hug. I hope you enjoy this jolt of in...
Oct. 22, 2024
Breaking Down Dyslexia: What Every Teacher Needs to Know (But Was Never Taught!)
Send us a text 🎓 Breaking Down Dyslexia: What Every Teacher Needs to Know (But Was Never Taught!) Did you know that 1 in 5 students in your classroom may have dyslexia? Yet most of us learned about it in just "two paragraphs"...
Oct. 15, 2024
12 Rules for Setting Healthy Boundaries in School and at Home
Send us a text Many of us know that we need to do a better job expressing our needs, wants, desires, and preferences, but we don't know how to start the conversation or do it in a productive, positive way. If, like me, you su...
Oct. 8, 2024
3 Ways Parents & Teachers Are Disempowering Students
Send us a text 🚀 3 Simple Ways to Help Your Students Thrive (By Doing Less!) In this episode, I reflect on an "Open Letter to Parents from Your Child's Teacher" that I wrote for ThriveGlobal.com back in 2019. I take another ...
Oct. 1, 2024
Unconventional Commencement Speeches: Inspiration for Teachers, Students and Parents
Send us a text Are you a stressed-out teacher looking for inspiration? 🌟 This episode of the Balance Your Teacher Life podcast takes an unexpected turn, diving into graduation speeches that will make you laugh, think, and may...
Sept. 24, 2024
Social Media and the Teaching Lounge: How to Balance Connection with Over-Sharing to Protect Your Career
Send us a text 🚫 Do You Overshare at School? Top Tips for Protect Your Teaching Career! 🛡️ As educators, we want to connect with our colleagues and build a positive work environment. But oversharing can put your career at ris...
Sept. 17, 2024
Best Moments of Year One of My Podcast for Teachers
Send us a text In this special anniversary episode, host Grace Stevens reflects on a year of empowering educators to reclaim their work-life balance. 🌟 Highlights: Top 3 guest interviews that sparked important conversations M...
Sept. 10, 2024
Celebrating Year One of My Podcast for Teachers: ECHO Framework for Educator Empowerment
Send us a text 🎉 Celebrating 1 Year of Teacher Empowerment: The ECHO Framework Revealed! 🚀 Are you a teacher feeling overwhelmed, stressed, and ready to reclaim your passion for education? 🙋♀️ This episode is your lifeline! ...
Sept. 8, 2024
LLN: Inspiration for Teachers - Who You Real Competition Is
Send us a text Teachers, ever feel like you’re stuck in a race you didn’t sign up for? In this episode, Grace explains why the only competition that truly matters is the one with yourself. Get ready to let go of the compariso...
Sept. 3, 2024
Navigating Negative Co-Workers in Education: 5 Proven Strategies
Send us a text Are you a teacher or school administrator tired of energy vampires draining your enthusiasm at school? 🧛♂️ Discover how to shield yourself from negativity while maintaining compassion for your colleagues. This...
Sept. 1, 2024
LLN: Inspiration for Teachers: Don't Delay Being Happy
Send us a text To thrive in teaching WITHOUT sacrificing your personal life, visit www.gracestevens.com/elevate Want to truly thrive in teaching without sacrificing your personal life? Check out the Elevated Teacher Experienc...
Aug. 27, 2024
Back To School Pt 5: Best Advice for New Teachers
Send us a Text Message. 5 Pieces of Hard-Earned Wisdom for New Teachers (And Why Every Teacher Should Listen!) This episode is part five of our special Back to School 2024-2025 series, designed to set you up for success with ...
Aug. 25, 2024
LLN: Inspiration for Teachers: 6 Things You'll Never Regret
Send us a Text Message. In this mini-podcast episode for teachers, I address the six things you will never regret doing as a teacher. While there is such a vast amount of teacher turnover and the teacher shortage is real, tea...
Aug. 20, 2024
Back-to-School 2024 Pt. 4 - A Better Metaphor for School and Life Balance as a Teacher
Attention ALL stressed educators! If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed by the never-ending to-do list or guilty about not getting everything done, this episode is for you. We’re breaking down the myth of the perfect balance and gi...
Aug. 13, 2024
The Importance of Doubling Down on Your Back-to-School Classroom Management Plan
Are you feeling anxious about controlling student behavior this year? Are you stressed at the thought that your classroom management plan that used to work in the past is no longer stringent enough for today's challenging cla...
Aug. 6, 2024
Back to School 2024 -Pt 2-Positive Teacher/Parent Partnerships
In this episode, I continue our "Back to School" series, focusing on the all-important aspect of building positive parent-teacher relationships. Drawing on 20 years of experience, I share my "secret sauce" to fostering a prod...
July 31, 2024
LLN: Encouragement for Teachers Going Back to School 2024/25
❤️ A mini-episode in my Lunchbox Love Notes series - purely inspiration and motivation to support teachers. This one is for you if you have mixed feelings about going back to school. 🍎 To check out the details of The Elevated...
July 30, 2024
Back to School 2024 - Pt 1 - When Your Class List Causes Teacher Stress
Back-to-school season can be a rollercoaster, whether you're thrilled to start lesson planning or dreading the endless professional development icebreakers. But nothing causes as many back-to-school jitters as (finally) getti...