The podcast is paused for the summer, but I already have eight amazing guests booked for the fall. This means I have some prep to do, including reading some new books they’re releasing in the next couple of months. New episodes will be coming out early in September. Things are mostly quiet around the university READ MORE
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For Your Listening Pleasure – Some Better Me Episodes to (Re)Listen to
I’m taking a bit of a break from recording new episodes of the podcast because, well, I deserve a break. The 95th episode dropped about two weeks ago so there are a lot of episodes to listen to or relisten to. Below are ten suggested older episodes for you to check out. To give you READ MORE
Aspiration, Ambition, and Action
A few months ago I shared an episode of Todd Henry’s podcast in which he was speaking with best-selling author and coach Dr. Marshall Goldsmith about his new book The Earned Life: Lose Regret, Choose Fulfillment. It was a very interesting conversation and definitely made me want to read the book, and I’m currently doing just that. But READ MORE
Making Up For Lost Time Doesn’t Work
I’m on a roll right now. Ideas are popping, and I’m thinking strategically about a lot of things at work. All or most of my brain cylinders are firing. This is very different than how I was doing three and a half to four years ago. My thinking was fuzzy, my creativity was shit, and READ MORE
Inclusion Is Still a Problem
I was watching the live stream of a discussion recently and someone brought up the problems with the word “inclusive.” This is a word I hear a lot these days in education and out in the community. I think that most people intend for it to mean that everyone should be included without anyone being READ MORE
Setting Intentional Limits
We used to take our daughter to the race track here in Saskatoon. It was free to get in and she liked to watch the horses. My wife and I would bring a total of $40 with us in cash of which we could each place some bets and buy ice cream for the three READ MORE
Treat Yourself Better
I think it’s safe to say that all of you reading this are familiar with the conundrum of the chicken and the egg and which came first. I lean toward the idea that some form of a chicken came first, evolving out of something else and eventually procreating by laying eggs, but that’s just my READ MORE
The Next Six Months
On Friday, the first half of 2022 will be done with six months remaining. For many people, the first six months of the year were hard, scary, draining, and many other adjectives that don’t describe “a good time was had by all.” In the 94th episode of the podcast, which came out yesterday, I talked READ MORE
Talking to Solve Problems
I’m co-facilitating a course for faculty at the university with my amazing friend and colleague Aditi Garg. Recently the faculty members need to get feedback from one of the other participants on an activity they’d been working on related to their teaching specifically. Instead of just sharing their papers and writing feedback on them, I READ MORE
Remembering The Why Behind Reminders
Sometimes I get an idea for a blog post only to discover that I’ve already written a post about it (no wonder it sounded like a good idea). For example, I got the idea to write a post about reminding yourself of the important things throughout your day, then saw that I wrote a post READ MORE
