It's a time of giving!
In which I lay out a super great deal for teachers and others
October has come and gone. Which means the first big slump of the year for teachers has taken its toll. And now the holidays are fast approaching. Which means both joyous gatherings and disproportionate stress are in everyone’s near future.
What does all that add up to?
It’s time to give yourself (and others) the gift of TTE!!
Buy my book!
My book The Feeling of Teaching lays out several concepts that can really help teachers (and others!) reframe their frustrating, irritating, maddening experiences with the difficult human beings in their lives. (And, just to be clear, we’re all potentially difficult human beings.) Have a teacher friend who’s feeling overwhelmed by mind-blowing behavior in school? The Feeling of Teaching is for them!
Subscribe!
Sure, you can continue to be a free subscriber. Please do! I am so happy you’re here! But if you feel ready for more, here’s what you get from being a paid subscriber:
bi-weekly rants — I mean Public Service Announcements
in which I offer completely unsolicited psychodynamic explanations for current events in education and in our world
full access to hundreds of archived blog posts
that I’ve written from time immemorial (specifically, from March 22, 2012, to October 24, 2024). Posts with titles like “The Not-Knowing Stance,” “Doing the Impossible,” “Chicken from Hell,” and “Fuck Self-Care!” All illuminating for teachers, definitely, but also for parents and other people whose job it is to be developmental partners to growing humans.
full access to Season One of my TTE podcast
which was known then as “The Teachers’ Lounge” but, because everybody and their cousin has a podcast with that name, I’ve since changed to “Teaching through Emotions.” Sixteen episodes, people! most of which are stories of incredible teaching turnarounds. Quick, pithy listens, perfect for a 30-minute walk or workout or commute to or from school.
the means of changing your own relational patterns and improving your quality of life
by hearing and reading
(1) how others have done it and
(2) how you can do it yourself.
TTE will help you become an expert in psychodynamics without textbooks or lectures or worksheets — without any boredom at all!
the satisfaction
of knowing you are directly supporting the important work of Teaching through Emotions, work that is being done not just by me but by my amazing team: Jullian Androkae, my brilliant producer; Andreea Coscai, my marketing guru; and Joe Johnson, my steadfast co-host.
OK, all that is fine and dandy. But here’s the truly great part:
You can get all this for half price.
That’s right! Between now and New Year’s Eve 2025, you can give yourself and all your or your kids’ favorite teachers a half-price gift of TTE. One year of all that stuff I just laid out for a mere $50.
If the gift is for yourself, click this button then click on “Individual.”
If the gift is for someone else, click this button then click on “Gift.”
Thank you.
It sounds cliché, I know, but, in this season of gratitude, I am grateful to you, my dear readers and listeners. Truly. I feel it every day.
I hope you have a restful, peaceful, hopeful Thanksgiving.