In this powerful episode of The Vocal Mind Podcast, we’re joined by emotional intelligence coach Courtney for a deep, eye-opening conversation about triggers in the classroom — and why mastering emotional regulation is more important than ever.

We ask the tough questions:

• Why are teachers and parents still getting emotionally activated by student behaviour?

• Why do we expect children to self-regulate when many adults were never taught how?

• What would happen if classrooms became safe spaces for emotional expression rather than punishment?

Through real-life stories and reflective insights, we uncover the root of teacher burnout, miscommunication, and power struggles with students — and trace it all back to one thing: emotional awareness.

Courtney shares:

• How to build co-regulation into daily routines

• The impact of unhealed childhood experiences on teaching styles

• What to say when you mess up in the heat of the moment

• How to reframe "bad behaviour" as a call for connection

We also explore:

• What true emotional mastery looks like

• How generational trauma can be broken through self-awareness

• Why emotional literacy should be as foundational as reading and math

This episode is not just for educators. It’s for:

• Parents who find themselves yelling and then feeling guilty

• Leaders who want to model emotional integrity in the workplace

• Youth mentors and mental health professionals seeking better ways to connect

Above all, this is for anyone ready to stop reacting — and start responding with intention, clarity, and compassion.

We believe this is the education revolution we need: less control, more connection. Less shaming, more understanding. Less “fixing kids,” more healing ourselves.

If we want emotionally literate students, we must first become emotionally literate adults.

Don’t miss this heart-centered, transformational conversation.

🎿 Listen to the full episode on The Classroom of a CEO Podcast 🔗 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-classroom-of-a-ceo/id1824963706

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Tirzah Elese: Classroom of a CEO: www.uconnecthub.com

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🎤 NEW PODCAST EPISODE | Why Public Speaking Isn't a Talent — It's a Learnable Life Skill

Public speaking isn’t just for politicians and performers. It’s for you, your students, your teens — anyone who wants to be heard, be respected, and succeed.

In this episode of The Vocal Mind, communication coach Milo Shapiro breaks down:

• Why fear of public speaking isn’t irrational — it’s just untrained

• How to turn nerves into presence with storytelling, vocal power, and clarity

• The simple changes that make good speakers great

• What schools are missing, and how we can fix it

• Why this skill is a non-negotiable for young entrepreneurs and future CEOs

📣 “You’re not bad at it — you just weren’t given time to learn it.”

🎧 Listen now → Love it - Learn and Grow into another layer of Confidence #Classroomofaceo #uconnect #LevelUp #Educationshift #Thevocalmind #youngentrepreneurs #theyoungentrepreneur #PublicSpeakingSkills #SpeakUpStandOut #YouthLeadership #ConfidenceBuilding #LifeSkills #EducationReform

🎧 Podcast Drop: A Young Visionary's Perspective on the Future of Education

In this episode of The Vocal Mind, I sit down with Yana, an insightful intern at UConnect, to explore a vital question: "What should education really be preparing young people for?"

Yana offers a raw and resonant look into the gaps in today’s schooling systems — from the lack of political literacy to the urgent need for emotional intelligence and real-life readiness.

Key takeaways from our conversation: ✔ The importance of teaching communication, independence, and collaboration ✔ How flexibility and student agency can transform motivation ✔ Why AI should be embraced, not feared, in classrooms ✔ A call to empathy and excitement in teaching

Her perspective reflects what many young people feel but rarely get to say aloud — and it reminds us that those closest to the experience of schooling may be our best guides to changing it.

💬 What would you change in today’s education system?

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In this episode, I sit down with the brilliant Courtney Carlson—a seasoned educator, mindset mentor, and passionate advocate for youth empowerment. Together, we explore why your teen’s eye-rolls, shut doors, or moody silences might not be rebellion… but a silent plea for autonomy.

Courtney shares real-life classroom wisdom and science-backed insight into how shifting from control to connection can change the entire dynamic between parent and teen. We unpack practical tools for fostering emotional intelligence, trust, and self-leadership in your child—without losing your boundaries.

✨ If you’re navigating the tricky terrain of adolescence and wondering how to raise resilient, thriving humans without power struggles, this episode is your roadmap.

🎙️ Vocal Mind with Interns 2025 When students speak, will we listen?

This episode is not polished perfection—it’s something more powerful: raw, honest, and urgently needed.

In this special takeover, young voices grab the mic to dissect the very system they’re raised in. They’re not asking for permission. They’re telling the truth.

🧠 What you’ll hear:

• Unfiltered perspectives from teens on what school gets right—and what it gets painfully wrong

• Conversations on identity, purpose, burnout, and feeling unseen

• The bold visions these interns have for rewriting what education could be if we centered voice, creativity, and self-leadership

This isn’t a classroom. It’s a call to wake up. To question the systems that silence curiosity. To reflect on what kind of learning actually prepares us for the future.

💬 “Why does it feel like school is something done to us instead of for us?” 💬 “We’re taught to memorize, not to matter.” 💬 “We have ideas—but do you really want to hear them?”

This is not just for educators. It’s for every parent, mentor, policymaker, and young person who’s ever asked: “Is this really the best we can do?”

🎧 Tune in to Vocal Mind with Interns 2025 — and hear what happens when youth aren’t just invited to the table—they build the damn table.

Because the future of education has a voice. And today, it speaks.

Welcome back to The She Mind Podcast hosted by Tirzah Elese, founder of She Exclusive – where real women have real talk that leads to real change.

In this powerful episode, Tirzah is joined by energy therapist and soul-aligned leadership mentor Ilanith Benjamin for an unfiltered, deeply personal conversation on what it really means to lead, succeed, and reclaim your inner wisdom as a woman in business.

✨ What we unpack:

• Why soft skills are your new superpower as a CEO

• How women have lost – and can now reclaim – their innate energy and magic

• The hidden blocks keeping you stuck (hello, perfectionism & imposter syndrome 👀)

• How to connect with the soul of your business to attract aligned success

• Why empowered collaboration is the future of leadership

• The bold truth about serving over selling

This conversation is a reminder that you don’t have to hustle to be powerful. You have to align. 💫

🧠 Hosted by: Tirzah Elese 💖 Guest Expert: Ilanith Benjamin 📍 Workshop: Connecting With the Soul of Your Business – May 31st, Valencia 🌐 More info + links to courses: BELOW

Illanith Benjamin: http://Jadesagecollective.com

✨ Free workshop in Valencia on May 31st – here’s the Google Form to be selected to join:

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👉 Don’t forget to like, comment, and subscribe if this moved you. Your soft skills are not just valid — they are VITAL.

In this powerful episode of The SHE MIND, host Tirzah Elese sits down with fitness and mindset expert Tracy Lamond to unpack the critical connection between physical strength and mental resilience.

What if your fatigue, your joint pain, and your emotional crash weren’t signs of failure—but signals calling you back to yourself?

In this powerful episode of The SHE MIND, host Tirzah Elese sits down with rehabilitation fitness expert Tracy Lamond to tackle the deeper truth behind fitness for women in their 40s and 50s. This is not a conversation about weight loss. It’s a reframe of midlife—where movement, mindset, and muscle are redefined as tools of self-leadership and not just self-discipline.

Together, they unpack:

• Why perimenopausal symptoms like fatigue and brain fog derail even the most committed women

• How strength training every 10 days can reverse aging effects on muscles and joints

• Why “being too busy” often masks deeper burnout from lack of self-prioritization

• What happens when you shift your driver from shame to self-love

• And how to build a health “diet” that includes sleep, movement, stress release—and joy

💡 Whether you’re juggling a business, a family, or a late-night existential crisis, this episode brings real science, real strategies, and real soul.

🎧 Listen now, and give yourself permission to start small—and stay powerful.

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Welcome back to The She Mind — the podcast for visionary women, by visionary women. 💫 In this deeply inspiring episode, host Tirzah Elese sits down with Kath, a midlife mentor and founder of Her Midway, to unpack what it really means to age with power, purpose, and passion.

Together, we explore:

✅ What it means to live with an Ageless Mindset ✅ Why midlife isn’t a crisis, but a beautiful awakening ✅ How small shifts lead to monumental transformations ✅ The power of community, mindset, movement, and self-love ✅ The neuroscience behind affirmations and rewiring our brains for joy ✅ Why midlife women must redefine aging — for themselves and the next generation

You’ll hear real talk, real laughter, and real empowerment — plus strategies for tuning in to your inner voice, rediscovering who you are after years of giving to others, and becoming a radiant role model for what’s possible at any age.

🎧 Whether you’re 40, 50, or 60+, this conversation will remind you: You’re not done yet — you’re just getting started.

👉 Follow Kath and her mission to redefine midlife: Facebook: Her Midway

👉 Join our community or apply to be a guest on the show: www.she-exclusive.com/podcast

✨ And if no one’s told you yet today — you are beautiful.

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