Empowered Educator Mom

Being an educator and a mom is tough. Doing two of the most demanding, time-consuming, and often thankless jobs on the planet – at the same time – can be overwhelming and exhausting. It’s no wonder you feel stressed, anxious and depleted much of the time!

You do so much for so many, and you deserve to feel good while doing it. So join me each week to learn strategies, tips, and tools that can help you feel more empowered and less stressed and enjoy your job and family more.

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Empowered Educator Mom

22. Empowerment Through Delight

September 10, 2025 • Keri Martinez

Have you ever thought about how your mood can empower or disempower you? How it can make things easier or more difficult to handle? In this episode of the Empowered Educator Mom podcast, we explore four specific things you can focus on to improve your mood so you can be more empowered to handle life’s challenges.

We’ll dig into why feelings matter, why you actually need some negativity in your life, and how you can impact your moods through your thoughts. You’ll walk away with strategies you can use right away to infuse your life with more delight, fun, humor, and liking.

Delight can be a powerful addition to your empowerment toolkit—one that helps you meet tough moments with calm, patience, lightheartedness, and laughter. It can change the way you experience the highs and lows of daily life and fuel you to keep showing up as the educator mom you want to be.

What You’ll Learn:

Why trying to eliminate pain can backfire (and what to do instead)
Why emotions come from thoughts, not circumstances – and how that affects empowerment
Four mood-shifting practices – delight, fun, humor, and liking – and how to incorporate more of them into your life
Why some moms have trouble identifying what’s fun to them – and what to do if that’s you
Why it’s empowering to like more, dislike less, and sometimes have no opinion

Get full show notes and a transcript at https://kerimartinez.com/22.

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