Connect with Chase Mielke
Website: https://affectiveliving.com/ | Twitter: @chasemielke | Newest Book: The Burnout Cure: Learning to Love Teaching Again, ASCD

Connect with Vrain Waves
Website: vrainwaves.com | Twitter: @VrainWaves | Becky Twitter: @BeckyEPeters | Ben Twitter: @mrkalb

Links & Show Notes

Out of Our Heads and Into the Classroom (01:56)
- Tammy Trzebiatowski (@ttrzebiatowski)- Exercise & alone time
- Andy Leiser, Hastings MN - EL Tech Integration (@AndyLeiser): from Amy Fast, EdD (@FastCrayon) - cards written to future self
- Tyler Tarver, Dean of NLC College (@TylerTarver) - Set 3 goals each week
- Temple Hayles, Instructional Technology Coach (@haylessvvsd) - Hold Fast, Stay True
- Ben: Exercise gratitude
- Becky: Practice mindfulness; Getting Mindful about Race in Schools, Elena Aguilar (@brightmorningtm); EFGHI (Empathy, Forgiveness, Gratitude, Humility, Intentionality)
Chase Mielke Intro (10:56)
- Chase’s story & origin of the book (11:17)
Subjective Well-Being, Circumstances v. Action (12:57)
- Sustainable Happiness Model Meta-Analysis, Sheldon & Lyubomirksy
- Circumstances = 10%; Intentional Actions = 40%; Genetics = 50%
- “Circumstances matter but my actions matter more.”
What can we do? Internal locus of control (15:06)
- Empowered Thriving Model: Awareness → Attitude → Actions
Awareness (16:27)
- Matthew Killingsworth & Daniel Gilbert, Harvard University Research - 47% of our time spent thinking about something other than the present moment
- App = Track Your Happiness
Twin challenges of focus (17:57) - Rambling & Rumination
- “The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.” - William James
Rumination & Rambling (19:03)
- Rambling - can’t always control; Rumination we can start to improve with practice
Tangible tips for being in the present (20:55)
- Thich Nhat Hanh: Piece Is Every Step
- Mindfulschools.org
- Calm app has free accounts for teachers!! (https://www.calm.com/schools)
- Atomic Habits: habit stacking
Societal acceptance of mindfulness & meditation (24:15)
- Excitement from students
Staff mindfulness (27:01)
2 components of happiness: Hedonia v. Eudamonia (27:58)
- Living purposefully - live our best so we can give our best
Recognizing your own triggers (29:49)
- Check in with your body
Techniques for re-energizing (32:39)
- Better sleep habits; hobbies
- Gratitude practices, altruistic practices
Gratitude (35:20)
- Upward vs. downward comparisons
- Practicing with students / children
- “What made your heart happy today?”
Frequency & Recency of Positive Emotions (39:02)
- Wired to be more alert to threats than rewards
- Hebb’s postulate: Neurons that fire together wire together
Inattentional Blindness (41:16)
- Invisible Gorilla
- “When I look for X, I notice less Y.”
- Celebrating the good
Finite Framing (47:35)
- Moments are unique, this one will end, cherish each one
Practical Optimism (51:16)
- Habits of thinking: Permanence (this will always be as it is) & Universality (everything - a whole child, a whole school, education as a system, etc - is affected by this)
Wrap Up & Take aways (54:49)
- ‘Gratituesday’ newsletter at affectiveliving.com
- ASCD one hour webinar from Mr. Mielke

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