Tag: psychology

• Are You Stress Resistant or Stress RESILIENT?

  Much of how we perceive stress is wrong. We treat stress like an emotion. But it’s not. We assume all stress is bad. But it’s not. We think the key to a better life is avoiding stress. But it’s not. How your mindsets help or hurt you? Take the Stress Mindset Quiz

  Chase Mielke

  April 24, 2020

  Uncategorized

  burnout, positive psychology, psychology, resilience, social emotional learning, social-emotional learning, stress, webinar

• 23 Practices for a Thriving Life

  

  This is part one in a series on nurturing thriving learners from AffectiveLiving and WeAreTeachers. “Why do people go to school?” This is one of my favorite questions to ask my students. “Because we have to,” is usually the first thing I hear. But they know my response to what I call “have-to-ism:” You don’t […]

  Chase Mielke

  March 24, 2016

  Thriving Learner

  education, empathy gap, grit, Mindfulness, positivity, psychology, resilience, resources, teaching, well-being

• Searching for Sasquatch: Why unmotivated people don’t exist

  

  Picture an average teenage boy.  Probably smells like stale sweat doused in a layer of Axe Body Spray.  Atrocious haircut.  Eyes glazed by the flashing images of Call of Duty blaring from the screen.  Poster child of “whatever.”  His parents, not wanting to raise a child into an adult pile of mud, want to see […]

  Chase Mielke

  March 12, 2014

  Uncategorized

  education, motivation, psychology, students, teaching

• Why I can’t wait to fail

  For well over three years, I’ve been wanting to blog regularly. It makes sense because I love to share ideas, I have a passion for Language Arts, and – true to my Millenial Generation-form – my ego needs the boosting that only social media can massage. Sure, I have posted a few times here and […]

  Chase Mielke

  March 4, 2014

  Uncategorized

  education, failure, goal-setting, learning, psychology, teaching