Teaching Through Emotions Podcast Launches "Valentineʼs Day Advent"

 Teaching through Emotions (TTE) is an award-winning podcast created and hosted by Betsy Burris, a teacher educator and psychotherapist, and co-hosted by Joe Johnson, a veteran Spanish teacher. The podcast provides a psychodynamic perspective on education, helping teachers build resilience and find success by sharing familiar stories and practical insights. The show is produced by Jullian Androkae, with audience development by Andreea Coscai, and music by Tom Burris/Jabbering Trout.

Creator/host Betsy Burris is releasing a Valentine's Day advent calendar on Substack to help listeners get practical tools to work on their relationships every day, not just on "love day." 

The Teaching Through Emotions (TTE) podcast is challenging the status quo of Valentineʼs Day with a new initiative designed to cultivate lasting connection: The Valentineʼs Day Advent Calendar.

 
Starting February 2nd, TTE will roll out the red carpet for healthy relationships. Instead of focusing on chocolates and flowers, this 10-part series focuses on the "work, wherewithal, and wisdom" required to maintain genuine connection.

The advent poses a vital question: Shouldn't every day be Valentineʼs Day? To answer this, TTE is publishing a new post every weekday leading up to the holiday.

"We want to celebrate the coming of the day by committing to being in healthy relationships," says Betsy Burris, creator and host of Teaching Through Emotions. "Each post will give readers food for thought as well as a specific skill to practice. If you practice these skills with your partner, your Valentine's Day will be truly meaningful, the way it should be."

The series will educate on essential emotional intelligence tools. One of the highlighted skills will be "Staying in Your Garden," a foundational TTE concept focused on boundaries and personal responsibility.

This initiative represents the evolution of the Teaching Through Emotions podcast, fostering a direct and authentic relationship with listeners. It transforms the passive experience of listening into an active practice, providing the community with practical tools to do the real work of love.

On February 2nd, the first three posts of the series will be free to all subscribers. The final seven posts will be exclusive to paid subscribers.
TTE is encouraging readers to view a subscription as the ultimate Valentine's gift to themselves or their partners:
A one-month upgrade costs roughly the price of a beer.
The "Staying in Your Garden" print or mug as the perfect companion to the lessons.

Teaching Through Emotions is a reader-supported publication and podcast. The newsletter offers free and subscriber-only lessons into emotional skills that go beyond the classroom.

Teaching through Emotions is a Women Who Podcast award-winning podcast that provides a rare form of relief for educators. Rare because it looks at bad feelings and bad behavior as *meaningful* and *useful.* 


Betsy says: "We share stories of real-life terrible teaching moments, sprinkled with commentary and a ton of empathy, then
show you how to transform those moments into happy endings. You also get to hear interviews with remarkable people about their unique takes on education."

To join the countdown and start building healthier relationships, visit Teaching Through Emotions.





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