Hey Reader,
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Anyone else stay up too late on Sunday night watching the Oscars? 🥱

I love movies, and cultural touchstones, and this hits both–

Sure, it’s past my bedtime, but a great excuse to try and see as many Best Picture nominations as possible (I managed Sinners, One Battle After Another, Marty Supreme, and Frankenstein)--

and check out everyone dressed super glam while sitting on my couch in my sweats.

I’ve been dragging a little all week, physically tired but also culturally connected–

and loved this Substack essay from my friend Garrett Bucks on the leadership that Ryan Coogler, the director of Sinners showed. (⬅️ Treat #1)

Garrett didn’t use the word leadership–to me, though when you’re on such a literal big stage, with so many watching, that’s what it is, whether you like it or not.

Coogler’s a director, so leading and arranging and motivating and creating a vision and moving others towards it is a part of what he does in the day-to-day–and Garrett speaks to what he shows us all in a moving piece.

Enjoy it–it’s such a great read!

Another treat for you today:

I was listening to a podcast that I literally would stop and rewind to listen to again, with Marc Brackett on emotional regulation. (⬆️ Treat #2)

As leaders, we are working with people who then work with other people, and all these people have feelings, sometimes ones that they are not able to regulate effectively.

It brought me back to when I was running the school I founded–and about 5 years into it, we did a big effort to become more trauma-informed.

We read this amazing book (Treat #3 for you!), did some real work within our leadership team, and then our larger team even brought in the author to help us!

One of the things that was most striking was that when the adults really studied how trauma can dysregulate students—

They started to recognize the signs of dysregulation in themselves.

We did exercises on our “cement shoes”--what keeps you from being knocked over when things become overwhelming.

There was a noticeable difference in our staff as we worked through this–and that impacted our students, of course.

The podcast on emotional regulation brought it all back–as Dr. Brackett talked about how no one is taught this skill, and the need to bring it in and teach it to kids.

I’m a feelings-friendly person, and I’ve learned in my leadership to let my feelings be a data source for me that gives me information.

I’ve always learned a lot of the strategies that he talks about (and am excited to read this book and learn more!)--

There was so much good food for thought in there, especially for people whose work is with kids in some capacity–

Or anyone who is still working on the myriad of feelings and realities that come with life.

Hope you enjoy my friends!

Take care,

Beth

ps. This isn’t exactly a surprise treat since you probably heard about it, but next Thursday I’m offering a free 30-minute Leadership Lift from Stretched Thin to Strategic: How to Lead at the Level Your Role Requires. So if overwhelmed… frustrated… treading water… describe your feelings, save your seat here!

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