Upgrade My Classroom

By Kevin Mecchella

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Episodes: 153

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Thank you for listening to the Upgrade My Classroom Podcast! Kevin Mecchella, youth speaker and behavior change specialist uncovers the social and emotional strategies that help teenage students make great decisions and mitigate bad ones. On this show, you'll learn from experts in the field of education, youth leadership and behavioral psychology how to create positive, lasting change for your teens. Our kids are faced with so many challenges and we have a responsibility to guide through the choices they have in front of them. Whether it's bullying, drugs or their own mental health, students need our help. So whether you're a teacher, school administrator or youth group organizer, this podcast is a fantastic resource to help your teens succeed. You'll hear a mix of expert interviews, training from Kevin and coaching calls. Subscribe to the show and let's help make an impact in our schools and communities!

Episode Date
Ep: 153 - Helping Teen Performing Artists Navigate Their Mental Health With Erin Pompa
Jul 31, 2024
Ep: 152 - Why Teens Are So Afraid To Make A Mistake (And Ways We Can Help)
Jul 17, 2024
Ep: 151 - Freshman Year Of College: How To Redefine Yourself And Embrace A Fresh Start
Jul 10, 2024
Ep: 150 - Acknowledging the Six Human Needs in Educational Settings
Jul 03, 2024
Ep: 149 - Essential Tips for Students Moving from High School to College Life
Jun 12, 2024
Ep: 148 - How To Break Down Social Cliques In High School
Jun 05, 2024
Ep: 147 - A Mental Health Morning Routine...For Teens!
May 29, 2024
Ep: 146 - Unpacking the CASEL Framework: Strategies for SEL and Mental Health From Communities To Classrooms
May 02, 2024
Ep: 145 - Beyond the Surface: How To Invest Time in Students Who Appear Self-Reliant
Apr 24, 2024
Ep: 144 - Picking The Right Major To Avoid The Rat Race And Find Purpose
Apr 17, 2024
Ep: 143 - The Student Loan Decision And The Monthly Breakdown Students Need
Apr 10, 2024
Ep: 142 - Help Change A Teen's Subconscious Beliefs Using The Story Cycle
Apr 03, 2024
Ep: 141 - Preventing Teen Substance Abuse: The Power of Setting Clear Boundaries
Mar 27, 2024
Ep: 140 - Confronting Regret: Empowering Teens to Make Better Decisions in Life
Mar 20, 2024
Ep: 139 - Decoding The 3 Truths Behind Our Decisions
Feb 28, 2024
Ep: 138 - Self-Confidence, Personal Growth, And Empowerment: A Conversation With M&P Presentations
Feb 14, 2024
Ep: 137 - When Students Fail: The Evaluation And Revision Of Their smartER Goal
Jan 25, 2024
Ep: 136 - What Are Your Teen's Actions To Achieve Their S.M.A.R.T.E.R. Goals?
Jan 04, 2024
Ep: 135 - How Students Can Find Their Purpose By Asking One Question
Dec 21, 2023
Ep: 134 - Find The Root Of Your Problem By Asking Why...5 Times!
Dec 15, 2023
Ep: 133 - Teaching Students How To Prioritize (College Applications)
Dec 07, 2023
Ep: 132 - Educator Spotlight Series: Will Elliot - Teen Life Coach
Nov 29, 2023
Ep: 131 - Asking Jocko Willink A Question On Discipline
Nov 22, 2023
Ep: 130 - From Practice to Progress: Empowering Students To Take Consistent Repetition and Dedication
Nov 15, 2023
Ep: 129 - Failure as Feedback: Teaching Students to Learn from Setbacks and Embrace Failure
Oct 25, 2023
Ep: 128 - What Students Lack In Experience, They Can Gain In Perspective
Oct 18, 2023
Ep: 127 - Motivation Is Easy...When It's Easy
Oct 11, 2023
Ep: 126 - The Value of Extracurriculars in Fostering Social Skills and Emotional Awareness
Oct 04, 2023
Ep: 125 - Educator Spotlight Series: Dr. Justin Baeder
Sep 13, 2023
Ep: 124 - Starting the Year Off Right: Prioritizing Mental and Physical Health in the Classroom
Aug 31, 2023
Ep: 123 - How To Actually Enjoy The Last Few Weeks Before School
Aug 23, 2023
Ep: 122 - Why High School Students Are Terrified To Make The Wrong Decision
Aug 02, 2023
Ep: 121 - Why Adaptability is Crucial for Students & How to Cultivate it
Jun 28, 2023
Ep: 120 - Beyond Words: The Importance of Nonverbal Communication
Jun 14, 2023
Ep: 119 - Balancing Discipline and Mental Health: An Assistant Principal's Reflections
May 25, 2023
Ep: 118 - How To Audit Your Phone For Your Mental Health
May 10, 2023
Ep: 117 - David Flood Teaches Students How To Be Selfless
May 03, 2023
Ep: 116 - SEL Exercises For Your Classroom With Scott Todnem
Apr 26, 2023
Ep: 115 - Student Leader Stress (And Ways To Manage It)
Apr 19, 2023
Ep: 114 - A Simple Formula For Teens To Develop A Growth Mindset
Apr 12, 2023
Ep: 113 - How To Build Resilience In Our Children
Apr 05, 2023
Ep: 112 - Help Your Children By Understanding The 4 Stages Of Parenting
Mar 29, 2023
Ep: 111 - Reaching Teens Through A Balance Of Fact And Funny With Matt Bellace PhD.
Mar 22, 2023
Ep: 110 - Helping At-Risk Youth Look At Their Time As Preparation...Not Punishment With Michy E. Morillo
Mar 15, 2023
Ep: 109 - Teach Teens To Manipulate Their Social Media Algorithm
Mar 08, 2023
Ep: 108 - How To Help Students Redefine Stress
Mar 01, 2023
Ep: 107 - Advice For Parents From A CTE Teacher With Khristen Massic
Feb 22, 2023
Ep: 106 - Teaching Students To Recognize Their Worth And Value With Kate Garnes
Feb 15, 2023
Ep: 105 - How To Regulate Your Nervous System With Molly Rasanen
Feb 08, 2023
Ep: 104 - How To Teach Students Perspective Of Time
Feb 01, 2023
Ep: 103 - Teenage Anxiety: Learn To Set Boundaries And Take Ownership With Brittany Richmond
Jan 25, 2023
Ep: 102 - How To Guide High School Students Into An Undergraduate Degree With Dan Wendelken
Jan 18, 2023
Ep: 101 - A Responsible Decision Making Framework For High School Students
Jan 11, 2023
Ep: 100 - How To Facilitate Your Staff…And Students With Professor Michael Salzman
Jan 04, 2023
Ep: 99 - What Teachers Can Learn From Business Owners
Dec 28, 2022
Ep: 98 - How To Make A Change In Your Life...And Podcast!
Dec 06, 2022
Ep: 97 - Design The Worst Day Possible [Experiment]
Nov 02, 2022
Ep: 96 - Mitigate Overwhelm When Taking On New Projects
Oct 27, 2022
Ep: 95 - The Difference Between Passion And Purpose
Sep 01, 2022
Ep: 94 - How To Stick To Your Daily Routines
Aug 24, 2022
Ep: 93 - How To Make Meditation Easier
Aug 10, 2022
Ep: 92 - My Issue Balancing Focus And Passion
Aug 03, 2022
Ep: 91 - Routines And Grieving - Can they help or hurt the grieving process?
Jul 27, 2022
Ep: 90 - Morning Routines For Mental Health
Jul 21, 2022
Ep: 89 - Rethinking Hustle Culture - Are You Hitting Diminishing Returns?
Jul 13, 2022
Ep: 88 - The Process To Achieve A Goal
Jul 06, 2022
Ep: 87 - How To Develop An Intentional Daily Routine
Jun 29, 2022
Ep: 86 - Never Hit Snooze Again - How To Beat The Battle Of The Bed
Jun 22, 2022
Ep: 85 - The Morning Routine That Helps Me Thrive
Jun 15, 2022
Ep: 84 - 3 Steps To Getting Out Of A Rut
Jun 08, 2022
Ep: 83 - How To Avoid The After Work Trap
May 31, 2022
Ep: 82 - How To Implement A Night Wind Down Routine
May 25, 2022
Ep: 81 - Revenge Bedtime Procrastination - The Ultimate Guide To Get To Bed On Time
May 18, 2022
Ep: 80 - Some Fantastic New Changes (new release date and other cool things)!
May 13, 2022
Ep: 79 - The Problem With Consistency And How I learned the hard way
May 05, 2022
Ep: 78 - Using Triggers To Kick Off Our Routines With Success
Apr 28, 2022
Ep: 77 - Learn How To Leverage Location Based Triggers Anywhere You Go....Or Don't Go!
Apr 21, 2022
Ep: 76 - Learn To Leverage Emotional, Location And Time Based Triggers
Apr 14, 2022
Ep: 75 - The Best Way To Establish Routines For Toddlers With Jessica Irwin
Apr 07, 2022
Ep - 74: How To Execute A Quarterly Review To Keep Your Goals In Check
Mar 31, 2022
Ep - 73: The Philosophy Behind Your Days Off: Live Coaching Call
Mar 24, 2022
Ep: 72 - What We Can Take Away From A Child's Daily Routine
Mar 17, 2022
Ep: 71 - Empowering Today's Youth Through Empathy, Leadership And Personal Power: Interview With Keith Senzer
Mar 10, 2022
Ep: 70 - The Fundamental Four Part 4: Leverage Your Evenings And Move Your Life In A New Direction
Mar 03, 2022
Ep: 69 - The Fundamental Four Part 3: Leave Work At Work And Leverage Your After Work Routine
Feb 24, 2022
Ep: 68 - The Fundamental Four Part 2: Start Your Day Organized And Calm With The Before Work Routine
Feb 17, 2022
Ep: 67 - The Fundamental Four Part 1: How To Instill A Powerful And Consistent Morning Ritual
Feb 10, 2022
Ep: 66 - Learn How To Hit The Reset Button In Order To Start Fresh
Feb 03, 2022
Ep: 65 - How To Plan Your Week For Success
Jan 27, 2022
Ep: 64 - Goals vs. Domains: Which One Is More Powerful For Personal Growth?
Jan 20, 2022
Ep: 63 - How To Create A Life Vision
Jan 13, 2022
Ep: 62 - How Ritual Design Can Transform Your Life (And What It Did For Me)!
Jan 06, 2022
Ep: 61 - [Part 2] - Uncover Your Choices, Make Better Decisions And Develop Positive Patterns
Dec 30, 2021
Ep: 60 - [Part 1] Uncover Your Choices, Make Better Decisions And Develop Positive Patterns
Dec 23, 2021
Ep: 59 - Should You Join The 5:00 a.m. Club?
Dec 16, 2021
Leverage The Power Of Fringe Minutes To Explode Your Productivity - Ep. 58
Dec 09, 2021
How To Hold Yourself Accountable With Your Daily Routines - Ep. 57
Dec 02, 2021
Ep: 56 - How To Reassess Your Daily Routines
Aug 12, 2021
Ep: 55 - How To Simplify Your Mid Year Review
Jul 08, 2021
Ep: 54 - What Is The Belief Wheel And Why It's Crucial To Ritual Design
Jun 11, 2021
Ep: 53 - The Definition Of Happiness And How To Experience It On A Daily Basis
Jun 03, 2021
Ep: 52 - How To Deal With Problems Beyond Our Control (Ritual Design Planner Update)
May 27, 2021
Ep - 51: What Is Ritual Design And How To Use It To Maximize Work Life Balance
May 06, 2021
Ep: 50 - No One Cares About Your Opinions....And Mine
Apr 22, 2021
Dietary Routines: The Road To Recovery From Emotional Eating With Cina Hoey - Ep: 49
Apr 15, 2021
Ep: 48 -The Baby Chronicles Part 2: Does Productivity Really Exist One Month In?!
Apr 08, 2021
Ep 47: Take a Break...The Proper Way
Apr 02, 2021
Ep: 46 - Making A Pivot: It's All Part Of The Process
Mar 30, 2021
Ep: 45 - How To Avoid "Work Dreams"
Mar 16, 2021
Ep: 44 - Become Comfortable Being Uncomfortable And Step Outside Your Comfort Zone
Feb 18, 2021
Ep: 43 - The Zeigarnik Effect: How To Take Advantage Of An Immediate Pause In Your Daily Tasks
Feb 17, 2021
Ep: 42 - Capture Strategies: Get The Thoughts Out Of Your Head And Into A Plan
Feb 05, 2021
Ep: 41 - How To Avoid The Lunch Slump
Feb 02, 2021
Ep: 40 - Personal Productivity With A Newborn (The Baby Chronicles part 1)
Jan 28, 2021
Ep: 39 - Revenge Bedtime Procrastination
Jan 26, 2021
Ep: 38 - Has The Morning Routine Become Overrated?
Jan 21, 2021
Ep: 37 - Analog vs. Digital Planning...Which Is Better?
Jan 19, 2021
Ep: 36 - Your Financial Routines...Do You Have Them?
Jan 14, 2021
Ep: 35 - 50 at 50 or 10 at 100: What To Do When You Can't Finish Your Routine.
Jan 12, 2021
Ep: 34 - Use Domains To Steer Your Goals (Excerpt from live workshop)
Jan 07, 2021
Ep: 33 - Experiment with Quarterly Goals vs. Annual goals
Jan 06, 2021
Ep: 32 - Avoid Judgment Of Others...And Yourself
Dec 24, 2020
Ep: 31 The Productivity Problem With The Weekends
Dec 17, 2020
Ep: 30 - (QTT) How To Implement Technology Dark Hours
Dec 15, 2020
Ep: 29 - Intentions Are Sometimes More Important Than The Result
Dec 11, 2020
Ep: 28 - (QTT) Holiday Binging: How To Incorporate Food Into Your Routines
Dec 08, 2020
Ep: 27 - Should You Wake Up....EVEN EARLIER?!
Dec 03, 2020
(QTT) Organize Your Digital Files and Life
Dec 02, 2020
Ep: 25 - 3 Ways To Design Your Environment For Massive Productivity
Nov 26, 2020
(QTT) Time Audit: What Is It And Why You Need To Try It!
Nov 24, 2020
A Break.
Nov 16, 2020
QTT: Dealing With Uncertainty
Mar 18, 2020
Ep: 21 - Triage The Failure Of Your Ritual Design
Feb 14, 2020
Ep: 20 - Context (Why Listen To This Podcast)
Jan 31, 2020
Ep: 19 - What Kids Know That Adults Forget
Jan 28, 2020
Ep: 18 - Turn Your Identity Crisis To An Identity Shift
Jan 24, 2020
Ep: 17 - The Calendar is Arbitrary
Jan 14, 2020
Ep: 16 - What Is The Abbreviated Routine
Dec 11, 2019
Ep: 15 - Experiment With How You Reflect On Your Life
Dec 04, 2019
Ep: 14 - Replace One Word For Massive Productivity
Nov 27, 2019
Ep: 13 - Stop Limiting Self Talk With One Question
Nov 21, 2019
Ep: 12 - Your AM Routine Can Start Differently Than It Ends
Nov 20, 2019
Ep: 11 - Understanding The Difference Between Peace And Pleasure
Nov 14, 2019
Ep: 10 - What Is The "Bookend Method" Regarding Your Daily Routines?
Nov 12, 2019
Ep: 9 - How To Begin Your Keystone Ritual
Nov 07, 2019
Ep: 8 - How To Use Alexa In Your Daily Routines
Nov 05, 2019
Ep: 7 - Learn The Secret To Unclog Your Mornings
Oct 31, 2019
Ep: 6 - Get The Hardest Things Done First
Oct 29, 2019
Ep: 5 - Are You Productive Or Just Busy?
Oct 29, 2019
Ep: 4 - How To Be 100% In Control Of Your Life
Oct 28, 2019
Ep: 3 - 70 Days Of Productivity
Oct 28, 2019
Ep: 2 - How To Wake Up On The First Try
Oct 28, 2019
Ep: 01 - Welcome to the Upgrade My Classroom Podcast!
Oct 23, 2019