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Piano Teacher Confessions: Christina Whitlock
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  • 01/17/2025Today's PIANO TEACHER CONFESSION: I Am Tired.
  • 01/09/2025A Confession About Choosing Student Repertoire... Piano Teacher Confessions:  My Students Don't Choose Their Own Repertoire
  • 01/03/2025INTRODUCING: Piano Teacher Confessions (formerly One Thought Thursday) Piano Teacher Confessions:  I Look for Corrections. Everywhere.
  • 12/19/2024Your Upcoming GIFT of January (One Thought Thursday No. 65) One Thought Thursday 065: Your Upcoming GIFT of January
  • 12/12/20247 Lessons Learned from Remaining Teachable... (One Thought Thursday No. 64) One Thought Thursday 064: 7 Lessons Learned from Remaining Teachable
  • 12/05/2024Investing in People Over Perfection... (One Thought Thursday No. 63) OTT: 063: Investing in People Over Perfection
  • 11/22/2024DAY FIVE: Studio Teacher Thanksgiving! ???? Day 5: Studio Teacher Thanksgiving
  • 11/21/2024DAY FOUR: Studio Teacher Thanksgiving! ???? Day 4: Studio Teacher Thanksgiving
  • 11/20/2024DAY THREE: Studio Teacher Thanksgiving! ???? Studio Teacher Thanksgiving: Day 3
  • 11/19/2024DAY TWO: Studio Teacher Thanksgiving! ???? Day 2: 2024 Studio Teacher Thanksgiving
  • 11/18/2024DAY ONE: Studio Teacher Thanksgiving! ???? Day 1: 2024 Studio Teacher Thanksgiving
  • 11/07/2024Helping Leads to Healing... (One Thought Thursday No. 62) One Thought Thursday 062: Helping Leads to Healing
  • 10/31/2024"Passing Pieces" is Not Enough... (One Thought Thursday No. 61) One Thought Thursday 061: Why "Passing Pieces" Isn't Enough...
  • 10/24/2024Self-Imposed Deadlines: *Cue Facepalm (One Thought Thursday No. 60) One Thought Thursday 060: Self-Imposed Deadlines *Cue Facepalm*
  • 10/17/2024My 2024-2025 Studio Mantra (One Thought Thursday No. 59) One Thought Thursday 059: My 2024-2025 Studio Mantra
  • 10/03/2024The "Ick" of Online Sales Culture (One Thought Thursday No. 58) One Thought Thursday 058: The "Ick" of Online Sales Culture
  • 09/26/2024Group Class Scheduling Woes (One Thought Thursday No. 57) One Thought Thursday 057: Group Class Scheduling Woes...
  • 09/19/2024My Studio Binder Fail and more... (One Thought Thursday No. 56) One Thought Thursday 056: My Studio Binder Fail and More...
  • 09/12/2024Considering the "Less-Than-Committed" Students (One Thought Thursday No. 55) 055: Considering "Less-than-Committed" Students
  • 09/05/2024Quantity AND Quality (One Thought Thursday No. 54) One Thought Thursday 054: Quantity AND Quality
  • 08/29/2024The Truth About 21st Century Parents (One Thought Thursday No. 53)
  • 08/22/2024Rejecting the "Bigger is Better" Studio Mentality (One Thought Thursday No. 52) OTT 052: Rejecting "Bigger is Better" Studio Mentality
  • 08/15/2024Why Your To-Do List is Failing You (One Thought Thursday No. 51) 051: Why Your To-Do List is Failing You...
  • 07/16/2024Summertime UPDATE for Teacher Friends! Favorite Things, Invitations, and More...
  • 06/14/2024Happy Birthday to ME! ????
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🎙️ Beyond Measure Podcast
🙋🏼‍♀️ Friend+Philosopher to the Piano Teaching Profession
🎶 Nurturing others to a lifelong love of music teaching

Our students need Big Picture planning, and so do Our students need Big Picture planning, and so do we.

Check out Episode 216 for thoughts on stepping out of short-term survival mode.

🥂  #beyondmeasurepodcast #pianoteacher #pianoteaching #pianoteacherlife #iteachmusic #musicteaching #pianoteachersofinstagram #pianoteachersofinstagram #musicteacher #musicteachersofinstagram #pianoteachers
The days are long, but the years are short… We The days are long, but the years are short…

We all know it’s true, and it’s this reality that makes BIG-PICTURE PLANNING the easiest-to-miss essential part of Teacher Life. 

Take 20 minutes and dream big with me today. 🥂
🙋🏼‍♀️ who’s ready to wrap up this ye 🙋🏼‍♀️ who’s ready to wrap up this year with a BANG?!

The Studio Foundations Course is the most comprehensive resource I’ve put together for teachers. 

It explores ALL the fundamentals for living a Teacher Life that feels satisfying AND gets results. 

Too many times, we jump right into how to teach our instruments BEFORE we know much about teaching, in general. 

The Studio Foundations Course is your one-stop resource for how to work with PEOPLE and how to teach MUSIC. 

Check it out and join us LIVE THIS WEEK for bonus discussions: 

🌟05.19
🌟05.20
🌟05.22

(All at 12:30pm eastern time) 

🥂 to doing it all better, friends!  #beyondmeasurepodcast #pianoteacher #pianoteaching #pianoteacherlife #iteachmusic #musicteaching #pianoteachersofinstagram #pianoteachers #musicteachersofinstagram #stringsteacher #musicteacher
An excerpt from this week’s Piano Teacher Confes An excerpt from this week’s Piano Teacher Confession….

Comment READY if you’re ready to stop relying on the next shiny object to grab your students’ attention. 

Let’s elevate the profession of teaching by going back to the roots of what we do. 

AND let’s do it TOGETHER! Live this week. 🥂

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Things you will NEVER see from me: 1. Made-Up St Things you will NEVER see from me: 

1. Made-Up Stats: Don’t come at me with “90% of students feel this way…” I love numbers but only when they’re accurate. 
2. Marketers who only see teachers as numbers: Don’t mess with my people! We are too precious and our belief in others must be preserved at all costs. 
3. Fake sincerity: Don’t use “authenticity” as a guise if you’re not actually going to be authentic yourself. 

End rant. ☺️ #beyondmeasurepodcast #pianoteacher #pianoteaching #pianoteacherlife #iteachmusic #musicteaching #pianoteachersofinstagram #pianoteachers #musicteacher #marketing #marketingmistakes
It’s okay to stop striving for awhile… This w It’s okay to stop striving for awhile…

This week’s episode is all about dealing with an empty inspiration tank, and the truth is: sometimes life is just like this.

There’s nothing wrong with us if we aren’t LOVING our work right now. There’s no red flag waving just because we lack inspiration this time of year. 

…Maybe it’s a healthy reminder to just BE for awhile. 

Feel the feelings. Stare into space. Read the book. Close your eyes. Ground yourself. 

What we consider “slacking” might just be REST. 

🥂
Making music shouldn’t feel so HARD. Prioritiz Making music shouldn’t feel so HARD. 

Prioritize DEPTH of learning. Don’t submit to your own desires - or those of ambitious parents or students - who want to push too far, too fast. 

It ends badly. Ask me how I know. 🫣  #beyondmeasurepodcast #pianoteaching #pianoteacher #pianoteacherlife #iteachmusic #musicteaching #pianoteachersofinstagram #musicteacher #musicteachersofinstagram #pianoteachers #musiclessons
Are YOU feeling the Funk of May?

I know I am! 🙋🏼‍♀️

Today we’re talking about dealing with an empty inspiration tank during the slog that is May. 

Episode 215 is a look at WHY May is so hard and WHAT we can do about it.

…it also wraps up with an important reminder
about why none of this matters as much as we think it does… 

Cheers to healthy teacher perspectives, my friends! 🥂
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