Episode 34 - Lindsay Titus - Do the Inner Work First
Join Adam & Jeff as we have a very special conversation with Lindsay Titus!
Lindsay is a K-12 behavior specialist, Ambassador w/ Teach Better Team, Educational Coach & Presenter, and Podcast host
Learn more about Lindsay: A passionate, influential educator specializing in the field of behavior analysis. She is driven every single day to teach other educators how to redefine what success looks like for the more challenging students we work with every day. Her ultimate goal as a behavior specialist is to inspire other educators to recognize that all students have a story to share.
Lindsay has worked as a classroom teacher and behavior specialist in public school, residential, and private settings, and shares her passion for her profession through her own experiences to help guide, motivate, and encourage other educators to use their own personal stories to create connections and relationships with others.
Story behind “DEFINE YOUNIVERSITY” Podcast & Coaching Side
- 15 years ago, started as a classroom teacher
- Always saw herself as a classroom teacher
- All of a sudden, didn’t like it!
- Burned out, left in May one year
- Started work as a behavior consultant
- 3rd year back as K-12 behavior specialist
- Working on admin degree
- Fell into the trap of, “when I find the right job”
WISDOM NUGGETS
Unpack what’s holding you back
Do the inner work first
Living into your purpose and your passion
Don’t quit after tough days; quit after good days
Don’t leave because of a challenge
Be open to those moments
If you have a goal… Change your language and make it happen - NAME it, SAY it. Then make it happen.
Balancing district work & Define YOUniversity
Blend, NOT Balance
Balancing implies EQUAL and EVEN, and if doesn’t balance you feel terrible
Wake up with GRATITUDE every morning
Two hearts on weekend days (on her calendar) -
“those days are for me”
I redefine time...time is abundant…
The podcast started with a goal of making it a year.
Work with the Teach Better Team - Ambassador; Teach Better Podcast Network;
Leadership struggle
I had a fixed mindset, not confident, I’m not a leader…
Expanding comes from listening and learning.
Feel better - do better
Hopeful
Hope is not a strategy
Hearing Other People’s Experience - learn from them, make a change
Shining a light as a behavior specialist
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