Oxygen for Educators™
by Michelle Kinder, M.Ed., LPC & Chris Kent Phelps
Murder 101's Alex Campbell: When Teaching Comes Alive
About this podcast
Oxygen for Educators explores the overwhelming demands placed on today's educators, often leading to burnout and emotional exhaustion. As anxiety, depression, and behavior incidents rise among students, kids need more, and the adults in the building are overextended and under-resourced. This podcast features inspiring interviews with educators, administrators and counselors making a difference in the lives of countless students. In each hopeful conversation, we acknowledge hard truths and real challenges while simultaneously mining for light-lift, high-impact ideas, practices, and solutions.
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Episodes
The newest 20 of 87 episodes
- Murder 101's Alex Campbell: When Teaching Comes Alive · 1 h 22 min · Season 3 Episode 9What happens when the work itself becomes a source of well-being? Alex Campbell, the teacher at the center of the Prime Video docuseries Murder 101, has spent years creating…
- Casey Cuny: What Only Humans Can Do · 1 h 31 min · Season 3 Episode 8At 13, Casey Cuny learned firsthand how profoundly a teacher can shape a life. Decades later, the 2024 California Teacher of the Year has built his own teaching around a simple…
- Jeannie Haubert: Closing the Gap Between What We Know and What Schools Do · 1 h 24 min · Season 3 Episode 6What if some of the biggest challenges facing schools aren't problems we still need to solve — but problems research has already taught us something about? Dr. Jeannie Haubert…
- Chip Conley: Wise Enough to Stay Curious · 1 h 22 min · Season 3 Episode 7Chris introduces us to one of her favorite teachers, Chip Conley, who is the founder of the Modern Elder Academy (MEA). Chip has spent decades thinking about what helps people…
- Patrick Means: A Healthier Relationship with Money · 1 h 5 min · Season 3 Episode 5Money may be measured in numbers, but financial well-being is about much more. Patrick Means of Charles Schwab joins Michelle for a candid and practical conversation about the…
- Dr. John "Push" Gaines: Knowing When to Push – and When to Rest · 1 h 43 min · Season 3 Episode 4Dr. John "Push" Gaines shares how caring educators became an address for hope, love, and possibility in his life, and why their influence often reaches far beyond what they will…
- Donna Zajonc: Who Do You Want to Be on the Way to What You Want? · 1 h 44 min · Season 3 Episode 3In this capstone conversation to our 3 Vital Questions series, Donna Zajonc joins us to explore what The Empowerment Dynamic looks like when it becomes a lived practice. Together…
- Sarah Brown Wessling: The Teacher of Teachers · 1 h 38 min · Season 3 Episode 2Sarah Brown Wessling, Director of the National Teacher of the Year Program, shares what she has learned from years spent alongside some of America's most extraordinary educators…
- Nakia Douglas: Be Unapologetic About Your Light · 1 h 26 min · Season 3 Episode 1In this conversation, educator and community leader Nakia Douglas reflects on the people who believed in him, the power of community care, and why hope, purpose, and possibility…
- 3 Vital Questions: What Actions Are You Taking? · 27 min · Season 2 Episode 31In this episode, Michelle Kinder unpacks the third vital question — what actions are you taking? — through the lens of "dynamic tension," the gap between where we are and where…
- Tina Payne Bryson: Cues of Safety in an Era of Dysregulation · 1 h 38 min · Season 2 Episode 30In a time marked by chronic stress, fear-based media, and nervous system overload, how do we create lives that feel steady, connected, and human? In this conversation, Tina Payne…
- 3 Vital Questions: How Are You Relating? · 40 min · Season 2 Episode 29Most workplace drama isn't created by bad people. It's created by good people trying to navigate stress, uncertainty, frustration, and fear. In this episode, Michelle explores…
- Jose Luis Vilson: What Makes an Educator a Professional? · 1 h 27 min · Season 2 Episode 28Episode Summary: José Luis Vilson is an educator, researcher, author, and longtime advocate for teacher voice and educational equity. In this conversation, we explore what…
- 3 Vital Questions: Where Are You Putting Your Focus? · 27 min · Season 2 Episode 27Many teams are exhausted not because people don't care, but because they're trapped in cycles of reactivity that feel productive but rarely create lasting change. In this first…
- Angie Gaylord: Leaving a Trail · 1 h 33 min · Season 2 Episode 26Dallas ISD Chief Academic Officer Angie Gaylord brings an unusually vibrant and deeply human approach to educational leadership. In this conversation, we explore what it means to…
- Radical Hope: Building a Personal Mental Health Map · 26 min · Season 2 Episode 25In this final episode in the Radical Hope series, we explore the idea of building a personal mental health map, learning to recognize our patterns, protect what restores us…
- Kass and Cornelius Minor: Joy, Listening, and the Work of Becoming · 1 h 40 min · Season 2 Episode 24In this deeply human conversation, Kass and Cornelius explore what it means to teach—and live—as whole people inside systems that often make that difficult. Together, we talk…
- Radical Hope: Holding Steady in a Tipping Point Era · 42 min · Season 2 Episode 23When everything feels like it's accelerating, toward uncertainty, fear, and fracture, what does it mean to hold steady? This episode explores how anchoring yourself, and becoming…
- Pernille Ripp: You Are Not the Whole Puzzle · 1 h 27 min · Season 2 Episode 22Most educators are trying to carry more than any one person can hold. Pernille Ripp explores what it means to be one meaningful part of a larger whole, and how letting go of…
- Radical Hope: Make Room for Joy and Play · 29 min · Season 2 Episode 21When the world feels heavy, joy and play can feel out of reach—or even inappropriate. This episode explores how small moments of lightness and freedom can shift our nervous…
