The Bright Morning Podcast with Elena Aguilar

By Elena Aguilar

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Episodes: 266

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It’s possible for every coaching conversation to build connection and spark change, and Elena Aguilar will show you how. Elena Aguilar is one of education’s leading voices on coaching. Educators around the globe use her research-based coaching method to transform their organizations. Her company, Bright Morning, brings the ideas in her best-selling books to life by providing world-class professional development to mission-driven leaders. In The Bright Morning Podcast, Elena teaches you how to make every conversation count by demonstrating Transformational Coaching conversations. Every episode tackles a pressing coaching challenge. Resistance. Racism. Burnout. Overwhelm. Struggling new teachers. You’ll find it all here. If you’re ready to thrive in your work, listen in. New episodes drop every Monday. To learn more about Elena, go deeper into every episode, find the resources and tools she mentions, or join one of her workshops, check out https://brightmorningteam.com.


Episode Date
Coaching Limiting Beliefs [Demonstration]: Episode 259
Sep 22, 2025
Using the Ladder of Inference [Demonstration]: Episode 258
Sep 15, 2025
Using the Wheel of Privilege and Power [Demonstration]: Episode 257
Sep 08, 2025
Special Drop: Go Deeper This Week with Elena
Sep 07, 2025
Coaching Someone Off the Drama Triangle [Demonstration]: Episode 256
Sep 01, 2025
Staying True to Yourself as a Coach: Episode 255
Aug 25, 2025
You’re Not the School Helper. Reclaiming Your Time as a Coach: Ep 254
Aug 18, 2025
What’s My Role Again? How to Introduce Yourself as a Coach: Ep 253
Aug 11, 2025
What if My Boss Doesn’t Get Coaching?: Episode 252
Aug 04, 2025
Ask One More Question: Episode 251
Jul 28, 2025
“How Would You Like Me to Listen?”: Ep 250
Jul 21, 2025
How to Acknowledge Emotions In One Sentence: Ep 249
Jul 14, 2025
Coach the Person, Not the Problem: Ep 248
Jul 07, 2025
How 5 Seconds Can Transform Your Conversations: Ep 247
Jun 30, 2025
Prepare for Your Conversations in 30 Seconds: Ep 246
Jun 23, 2025
How to Create an Energizing Summer Learning Plan: Episode 245
Jun 16, 2025
Turn Your Triggers into Tools: Episode 244
Jun 09, 2025
Celebrating Success in Community: Episode 243
Jun 02, 2025
EOY Reflection for Coaches: Episode 242
May 26, 2025
Coaching Up: Episode 241
May 19, 2025
How to Lead an End-of-Year Conversation With a Client: Episode 240
May 12, 2025
Navigating a Client’s Lack of Growth: Episode 239
May 05, 2025
Core Emotions Tool in Action: Episode 238
Apr 28, 2025
Transformational Coaching Dispositions: Episode 237
Apr 21, 2025
How to Return to Presence: Episode 236
Apr 14, 2025
Expansive Listening in Action: Episode 235
Apr 07, 2025
First 5 Minutes: “Who is a fictional character…” [Replay]
Mar 31, 2025
First 5 Minutes: “Tell me about a challenging moment…” [Replay]
Mar 24, 2025
First 5 Minutes: “Tell me a story…” [Replay]
Mar 17, 2025
First 5 Minutes: “Tell Me About a Place…” [Replay]
Mar 10, 2025
Transformational Lesson Plan Feedback: Coaching Demonstration: Episode 234
Mar 03, 2025
Navigating Standardized Testing Woes: Coaching Conversation: Episode 233
Feb 24, 2025
Instructional Coaching with Transformational Coaching Strategies: Coaching Demonstration: Episode 232
Feb 17, 2025
Combat Overwhelm with a Focal Student: Episode 231
Feb 10, 2025
Using Student Surveys to Build Trust and Close Gaps: Ep 230
Feb 03, 2025
Taking a Confrontational Stance: Coaching Demonstration: Episode 229
Jan 27, 2025
Assessing Trust In Your Coaching Relationships: Coaching Demonstration: Episode 228
Jan 20, 2025
Normalizing Struggles with the Conscious Competence Ladder: Coaching Demonstration: Episode 227
Jan 13, 2025
How to Set Yourself Up For a Great Year [Repeat]
Dec 30, 2024
Preparing for Break [Replay]
Dec 23, 2024
The Final Coaching Conversation of the Calendar Year: Episode 226
Dec 16, 2024
How to Know What Your Clients Think About Your Coaching: Episode 225
Dec 09, 2024
Navigating Confidentiality in Coaching: Coaching Demonstration Episode 224
Dec 02, 2024
Your 10-Minute Conversation Reflection Guide [Replay]
Nov 25, 2024
Disrupting Racism at the Dinner Table…And Beyond [Replay]
Nov 18, 2024
How to Prepare for a Coaching Conversation in Five Minutes [Replay]
Nov 11, 2024
Bright Morning Podcast Trailer
Nov 08, 2024
A Question to Cultivate Agency [Replay]
Nov 04, 2024
Soliciting Feedback from Your Admin: Coaching Demonstration: Episode 223
Oct 28, 2024
Coaching an Emotions-Resistant Client: Coaching Demonstration: Episode 222
Oct 21, 2024
Navigating Client Cancelations: Coaching Demonstration: Episode 221
Oct 14, 2024
Using the Gaps Framework: Coaching Demonstration: Episode 220
Oct 07, 2024
How to Open and Close a Coaching Conversation: Episode 219
Oct 01, 2024
Navigating First Observation Nerves: Episode 218
Sep 23, 2024
The Getting-to-Know-You Conversation: Episode 217
Sep 16, 2024
Aligning Expectations Between Coach and Admin: Episode 216
Sep 09, 2024
Designing Impactful Coaching Goals: Episode 215
Sep 02, 2024
Crafting Your Personal Vision for the School Year: Episode 214
Aug 26, 2024
Six Things Coaches Need to Know Before School Starts: Episode 213
Aug 19, 2024
Determining Your Schedule for the School Year: Episode 212
Aug 12, 2024
How to Introduce Yourself to Clients: Episode 211
Aug 05, 2024
How to Coach Behaviors: Coaching Conversations: Episode 210
Jul 29, 2024
Coaching Behaviors: Teacher-to-Student Interaction Tool: Episode 209
Jul 22, 2024
How to Coach Behaviors: The Gaps Framework: Episode 208
Jul 15, 2024
Coaching Behaviors: Planning for the Conversation: Episode 207
Jul 08, 2024
How to Coach Behaviors: Episode 206
Jul 01, 2024
How to Coach Beliefs: Coaching Demonstration: Episode 205
Jun 24, 2024
How to Coach Beliefs: Create New Beliefs: Episode 204
Jun 17, 2024
Coaching Beliefs: A Simple Three-Step Tool: Episode 203
Jun 10, 2024
How to Coach Beliefs: The Drama Triangle: Episode 202
Jun 03, 2024
How to Coach Beliefs: Five Things You Need to Know: Episode 201
May 27, 2024
Coaching Conversation: Coaching Core Human Needs: Episode 200
May 20, 2024
How to Coach Towards Agency: Episode 199
May 13, 2024
How to Curb Your “Fix It” Tendency: Episode 198
May 06, 2024
Core Human Needs and Coaching Conversations: Episode 197
Apr 29, 2024
How to Coach Ways of Being: Episode 196
Apr 22, 2024
Sneak Peek #4: Inside Elena’s Newest Book!
Apr 15, 2024
Sneak Peek #3: Inside Elena’s Newest Book!
Apr 08, 2024
Sneak Peek #2: Inside Elena’s Newest Book!
Apr 01, 2024
Sneak Peek #1: Inside Elena’s Newest Book!
Mar 25, 2024
Building Strong Coach/Admin Relationships: Episode 195
Mar 18, 2024
What to Do When You’re Not Feeling Compassionate or Curious: Episode 194
Mar 11, 2024
What You Need to Know about Classroom Walkthroughs: Episode 193
Mar 04, 2024
How to Set Up Meeting Process Observers: Episode 192
Feb 26, 2024
Coaches of Color, It’s Time to Honor Your Needs: Episode 191
Feb 19, 2024
How to Use the Ladder of Inference in Your Coaching Conversations: Episode 190
Feb 12, 2024
I Don’t Want to Co-Sign THOSE Feelings: Episode 189
Feb 05, 2024
REPLAY: What is Resistance?: Episode 147
Jan 29, 2024
REPLAY: Attend to the Details: Episode 125
Jan 22, 2024
REPLAY: When Things Don’t Go According to Plan: Episode 147
Jan 15, 2024
REPLAY: Powerful Facilitation Starts and Ends With You: Episode 123
Jan 08, 2024
REPLAY: How to Set Yourself Up For a Great Year: Episode 146
Jan 01, 2024
REPLAY: The End of Month Routine You Need
Dec 18, 2023
REPLAY: The role of "self-care" for educators: Episode 160
Dec 18, 2023
Coaching Resistance: Part 1 - What is Resistance: Episode 147
Dec 11, 2023
REPLAY: Preparing for Break
Dec 04, 2023
Try It On: Supercharge Your Learning: Episode 188
Nov 27, 2023
Try It On: Let Your Coachee Lead: Episode 187
Nov 20, 2023
Thank You for One Million Downloads!
Nov 19, 2023
Try It On - The Power of Silence: Episode 186
Nov 13, 2023
Try It On: A Question to Unlock Our Power: Episode 185
Nov 06, 2023
Try It On: A Question to Surface Underlying Beliefs: Episode 184
Oct 30, 2023
Try It On: A Confidence Building Sentence Stem: Episode 183
Oct 23, 2023
Try It On: Less Talking, More Impact: Episode 182
Oct 16, 2023
Try It On: Learn from Your Coachee’s Non-Verbals: Episode 181
Oct 09, 2023
Try It On: Improve Your Communication with Non-Verbals: Episode 180
Oct 02, 2023
What You Need to Know About Taking Notes During Your Coaching Conversations: Episode 179
Sep 25, 2023
How to Prepare for a Coaching Conversation in Five Minutes: Episode 178
Sep 18, 2023
How to Set Goals with Your Coachees: Episode 177
Sep 11, 2023
How to Introduce Yourself as a Coach: Episode 176
Sep 04, 2023
How to Introduce Coaching to New Clients: Episode 175
Aug 28, 2023
The Six Elements of Transformational Coaching: Episode 174
Aug 21, 2023
The Six Most Important Things to Know If You're a New Coach: Episode 173
Aug 14, 2023
Proactively Mitigating and Responding to Harm in Group Spaces: Episode 172
Aug 07, 2023
Facilitating PD: Post-Event Reflection: Episode 171
Jul 31, 2023
Designing PD: Reflection Before the Event: Episode 170
Jul 24, 2023
Designing & Facilitating Team Meetings - Part 2: Episode 169
Jul 17, 2023
Designing & Facilitating Team Meetings: Part 1: Episode 168
Jul 10, 2023
Navigating Contagious Negativity: Episode 167
Jul 03, 2023
Can I Coach Here?: Episode 166
Jun 26, 2023
When Someone Is “Too Far Gone” for Coaching: Episode 165
Jun 19, 2023
When “Equity” is Prohibited: Episode 164
Jun 12, 2023
Finding Your Power: Coaching Conversation: Episode 163
Jun 05, 2023
Coaching Conversation: ACE In Action: Episode 162
May 29, 2023
Three Resilience Boosters You Haven’t Heard Before: Episode 161
May 22, 2023
The Role of "self-care" for Educators: Episode 160
May 15, 2023
REPLAY: Disrupting Racism in Coaching Conversations
May 08, 2023
REPLAY: Why We Need Affinity Spaces
May 01, 2023
REPLAY: Microaggressions 101
Apr 24, 2023
5 Ways to Normalize Emotions in Your Coaching Conversations: Episode 159
Apr 17, 2023
What do we mean by "every conversation is an equity conversation?": Episode 158
Apr 10, 2023
Coaching When You’re the Boss: Episode 157
Apr 03, 2023
Responding When Emotionally Activated: Episode 156
Mar 27, 2023
How to Build Your Team’s EQ: Episode 155
Mar 20, 2023
How to Close Your Coaching Conversations: Episode 154
Mar 13, 2023
How to Determine Your Coaching Conversation Area of Focus: Episode 153
Mar 06, 2023
REPLAY: A Framework for Responding to Racism
Feb 27, 2023
REPLAY: The Role of Your Identity in Responding to Racism
Feb 20, 2023
Transformational PD Part 3: Responding to Resistance: Episode 152
Feb 13, 2023
Transformational PD Part 2: Six Transformational Tips: Episode 151
Feb 06, 2023
Transformational PD Part 1: What It Is and Why You Need It: Episode 150
Jan 30, 2023
Coaching Resistance: Part 3 - Coaching Demonstration: Episode 149
Jan 23, 2023
Coaching Resistance: Part 2 - Preparing OURSELVES: Episode 148
Jan 16, 2023
Coaching Resistance: Part 1 - What is Resistance: Episode 147
Jan 09, 2023
How to Set Yourself Up For a Great Year: Episode 146
Jan 02, 2023
An Ask: Episode 146
Dec 26, 2022
REPLAY: Preparing for Break: Episode 101
Dec 19, 2022
REPLAY: First 5 Minutes: “Who is a fictional character…”: Episode 98
Dec 12, 2022
REPLAY: First 5 Minutes: Tell Me About a Place…: Episode 92
Dec 05, 2022
In Conversation with Dr. Dena Simmons: Episode 145
Nov 28, 2022
Disrupting Racism at the Dinner Table…And Beyond: Episode 144
Nov 21, 2022
Disrupting Racism in Coaching Conversations: Episode 143
Nov 14, 2022
Why We Need Affinity Spaces: Episode 142
Nov 07, 2022
Microaggressions 101: Episode 141
Oct 31, 2022
The End of Month Routine You Need (Replay)
Oct 24, 2022
REPLAY: Behind the Design: How to Coach Strong Emotions: Episode 140
Oct 17, 2022
You Want to Coach for Equity? Start Here (REPLAY)
Oct 10, 2022
REPLAY: How to ACE Your Coaching Conversations
Oct 03, 2022
The Final Conversation: Coaching Conversation: Episode 140
Sep 26, 2022
Coaching Conversation: Phase 4: Build New Practices: Episode 139
Sep 19, 2022
What Happens When You Trust the Process: Coaching Conversation: Episode 138
Sep 12, 2022
Building Relationships and Trust in Phases 1 and 2 of Transformational Coaching: Coaching Conversation: Episode 137
Sep 05, 2022
Transformational Coaching in Action - Phase 1: Surface Current Reality: Episode 136
Aug 29, 2022
Limited Series: Starting the School Year Strong Setting Yourself Up to Coach: Episode 135
Aug 22, 2022
Limited Series: Starting the School Year Strong Considerations for a Thriving Coaching Program: Episode 134
Aug 15, 2022
Limited Series: Starting the School Year Strong The PD You Need: Episode 133
Aug 08, 2022
Starting Strong: The Power of Vision: Episode 132
Aug 01, 2022
REPLAY: Quarterly Wisdom: Journey into Wanderland: Episode 131
Jul 25, 2022
Morning Rituals that Meet Your Needs (Repeat)
Jul 18, 2022
What Do You Need to Quit in Order to Stay (Repeat)
Jul 11, 2022
Design Your Summer of Learning (Repeat)
Jul 04, 2022
Coaching Joy: Episode 129
Jun 13, 2022
Coaching Sadness: Episode 128
Jun 06, 2022
Coaching Emotions: Anger: Episode 127
May 30, 2022
10 Strategies to Shift a Mood: Episode 126
May 23, 2022
It’s All In the Details: Episode 125
May 16, 2022
When Things Don’t Go According to Plan: Episode 124
May 09, 2022
Powerful Facilitation Starts and Ends With You: Episode 123
May 02, 2022
The PD Book Sneak Peek: Episode 122
Apr 25, 2022
What to Say: Listener Questions- Asked & Answered: Episode 121
Apr 18, 2022
REPEAT: You Want to Coach for Equity? Start Here
Apr 11, 2022
What to Say: An Invitation for You - Get Your Questions Answered
Apr 04, 2022
What to Say: Designing Your Racial Equity Learning Journey
Mar 28, 2022
What to Say: It’s Complex - What to Say as a Person of Color
Mar 27, 2022
What to Say: Compassion, Curiosity and Boundaries
Mar 18, 2022
What to Say: Here’s What to Say
Mar 16, 2022
What to Say: Evaluating What’s Possible: Episode 116
Mar 14, 2022
What to Say: The Role of Power in Addressing Racism: Episode 115
Mar 11, 2022
What to Say: The Power of Purpose: Episode 114
Mar 09, 2022
What to Say: A Framework for Responding to Racism: Episode 113
Mar 07, 2022
What to Say: Reckoning with Our Past: Episode 112
Feb 28, 2022
What to Say: Recognizing Racism: Episode 111
Feb 21, 2022
What to Say: Three Steps to Navigate Your Emotions: Episode 110
Feb 14, 2022
What to Say: The Role of Your Identity in Responding to Racism: Episode 109
Feb 07, 2022
What to Say: Introducing What to Say When You Hear Something Racist
Feb 06, 2022
The End of Month Routine You Need: Episode 108
Jan 31, 2022
Three Steps to Better Decision Making: Episode 107
Jan 24, 2022
What Do You Need to Quit In Order to Stay?: Episode 106
Jan 17, 2022
Morning Routines for Educators: Episode 105
Jan 10, 2022
Coach's Corner: It’s Time to Get Your Needs Met: Episode 104
Jan 03, 2022
REPLAY: How to Feel Better: Make and Create
Dec 20, 2021
What Do You Need This Winter Break?: Episode 101
Dec 12, 2021
Introducing The PD Book!: Episode 100
Dec 06, 2021
Preparing for Healthy Conflict: Episode 99
Nov 29, 2021
When it Feels Like it’s Never Enough: Episode 98
Nov 22, 2021
First 5 Minutes: “Who is a fictional character…”: Episode 95
Nov 01, 2021
First 5 Minutes-Tell me about a challenging moment: Episode 94
Oct 25, 2021
First 5 Minutes: Resilience Boosting Opener: Episode 93
Oct 18, 2021
First 5 Minutes: Tell Me About a Place…: Episode 92
Oct 11, 2021
First 5 Minutes Series Trailer
Oct 10, 2021
Quarterly Wisdom: Journey into Wanderland: Episode 91
Oct 04, 2021
Coaches’ Corner: Is Your Tank Full?: Episode 90
Sep 27, 2021
REPLAY: Virtual Reality: Confronting Self-Doubt
Sep 20, 2021
How to ACE Your Coaching Conversations: Episode 88
Sep 13, 2021
Behind the Design: How to Coach Strong Emotions: Episode 87
Sep 06, 2021
Addressing Race-based Opportunity Gaps: Episode 86
Aug 30, 2021
You Want to Coach for Equity? Start Here: Episode 85
Aug 23, 2021
Kicking Off Coaching Relationships in 2021-22: Episode 84
Aug 16, 2021
How Do I Set Up Coaching At My Site?: Episode 83
Aug 09, 2021
Creating Space: Coaching Conversation: Episode 82
Aug 02, 2021
Three Tips for Navigating Conflict: Episode 81
Jul 26, 2021
Remember. Reclaim. Restore. In Conversation with Trisha Moquino: Episode 80
Jul 19, 2021
What Makes a Conversation Transformational: Episode 79
Jul 12, 2021
REPLAY: How to Feel Better: How to Make Changes that Last
Jul 05, 2021
REPLAY: How to Feel Better: Reflect on Last Year
Jun 28, 2021
REPLAY: How to Feel Better: How am I Feeling?
Jun 21, 2021
Unpacking: Creating Boundaries with Cultural Humility: Episode 74
Jun 09, 2021
Where Do You Draw a Line?
Jun 07, 2021
Coaches’ Corner: Design Your Summer of Learning
May 31, 2021
Closing Strong: End-of-Year Conversations
May 17, 2021
What Do You Say When: A Client Says, “I Don’t Know How…”
May 10, 2021
Taking a Confrontational Stance
May 03, 2021
Who Defines the Terms of a Coaching Conversation?
Apr 26, 2021
Special Announcement - Season 3
Apr 25, 2021
Feel Better: Create Your Recipe for Well-Being
Apr 23, 2021
Feel Better: Create a Pandemic Transition Plan
Apr 22, 2021
Feel Better: How to Make Changes that Last (CORRECTED)
Apr 21, 2021
Feel Better: Letting Go
Apr 21, 2021
Feel Better Step 4: Act
Apr 19, 2021
Feel Better: Make and Create
Apr 16, 2021
Feel Better: Honoring Heroes and Human Resilience
Apr 15, 2021
Feel Better: Rest. Grief is Exhausting.
Apr 14, 2021
Feel Better: Write Your Story
Apr 13, 2021
Feel Better Step 3: Commemorate
Apr 12, 2021
Feel Better: Connect with Others
Apr 09, 2021
Feel Better: Resilience Infusion: Cultivate Perspective
Apr 08, 2021
Feel Better: Reflect on Last Year
Apr 07, 2021
Feel Better: Have Your Emotions to Tea
Apr 06, 2021
Feel Better Step 2: Explore
Apr 05, 2021
Feel Better: Resilience Infusion: Energy Check-In
Apr 02, 2021
Feel Better: How Do You Want to Feel?
Apr 01, 2021
Feel Better: Name Those Feelings
Mar 31, 2021
Feel Better: How am I feeling?
Mar 30, 2021
Feel Better Step 1: Look
Mar 29, 2021
Feel Better Program Starts on Monday!
Mar 26, 2021
Announcing Feel Better: A Special Edition Podcast Series
Mar 22, 2021
Creating a Recipe for Thriving Through Change
Mar 15, 2021
Coaching Tool: The Spheres of Influence
Mar 01, 2021
A Lonely Role with Adam Morales [Revisited]
Feb 22, 2021
Getting Unstuck: Standing in Solidarity
Feb 15, 2021
Ask Me Anything: Coaching for Equity Edition
Feb 08, 2021
How to ACE Your Coaching Conversations
Jan 17, 2021
Virtual Reality: Confronting Self-Doubt
Jan 11, 2021
Quarterly Wisdom - A Word for the Year
Jan 04, 2021
Coaching Tools for Transformation: Core Values, Mind the Gap and Strengths-Based Coaching
Nov 23, 2020
Coaching A First-Year Teacher | Abigail Brown
Sep 07, 2020