My Coaches’ Couch
My Coaches’ Couch supports instructional coaches with practical strategies, reflective insights, and real-world stories that help them build trust and cultivate growth.
My Coaches’ Couch supports instructional coaches with practical strategies, reflective insights, and real-world stories that help them build trust and cultivate growth.
Episodes

Jun 9, 2026
36: Try This at Home: Ask & Listen
Jun 9, 2026
Jun 9, 2026
7 min
This episode describes a stance that deepens relationships, invites openness, and creates space for new insights to emerge.
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Get 15% off my book, Differentiated Mentoring & Coaching in Education, on the Teachers College Press website by using code FDNF25 at checkout.
Get more coaching tips at MyCoachesCouch.blogspot.com. To request a digital poster with a reminder of some powerful coaching questions, submit this form and you’ll receive A Dozen Questions for Coaching.

Jun 2, 2026
35: Try This at Home: Practicing Presence
Jun 2, 2026
Jun 2, 2026
9 min
Today, we'll talk about a practice that helps us slow down, tune in, and engage more fully with moments and people that matter.
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Get 15% off my book, Differentiated Mentoring & Coaching in Education, on the Teachers College Press website by using code FDNF25 at checkout.
Get more coaching tips at MyCoachesCouch.blogspot.com. To request a digital poster with a reminder of some powerful coaching questions, submit this form and you’ll receive A Dozen Questions for Coaching.

May 26, 2026
34: Try This at Home: What’s worked in the past?
May 26, 2026
May 26, 2026
6 min
As we head into summer, this episode offers a simple coaching question that works in a classroom, a coaching cycle, or your kitchen.
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Get 15% off my book, Differentiated Mentoring & Coaching in Education, on the Teachers College Press website by using code FDNF25 at checkout.
Get more coaching tips at MyCoachesCouch.blogspot.com. To request a digital poster with a reminder of some powerful coaching questions, submit this form and you’ll receive A Dozen Questions for Coaching.

May 19, 2026
33: Coach-the-Coach Call: Start Positive
May 19, 2026
May 19, 2026
29 min
This is a coach-the-coach call, sharing and considering an authentic call during which I coached Amber, a middle-school instructional coach. During this call, we focused on creating a plan for an upcoming team meeting that would start and stay positive without pushing challenges aside.
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Get 15% off my book, Differentiated Mentoring & Coaching in Education, on the Teachers College Press website by using code FDNF25 at checkout.
Get more coaching tips at MyCoachesCouch.blogspot.com. To request a digital poster with a reminder of some powerful coaching questions, submit this form and you’ll receive A Dozen Questions for Coaching.

May 12, 2026
32: Coaching Temperature Check
May 12, 2026
May 12, 2026
5 min
This episode offers a simple coaching question that centers the teacher’s voice and creates a thoughtful pause before moving forward.
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Get 15% off my book, Differentiated Mentoring & Coaching in Education, on the Teachers College Press website by using code FDNF25 at checkout.
Get more coaching tips at MyCoachesCouch.blogspot.com. To request a digital poster with a reminder of some powerful coaching questions, submit this form and you’ll receive A Dozen Questions for Coaching.

May 5, 2026
May 5, 2026
11 min
This episode reveals a continuum of agency offered to teachers during coaching and how that continuum influences instructional improvement.
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Get 15% off my book, Differentiated Mentoring & Coaching in Education, on the Teachers College Press website by using code FDNF25 at checkout.
Get more coaching tips at MyCoachesCouch.blogspot.com. To request a digital poster with a reminder of some powerful coaching questions, submit this form and you’ll receive A Dozen Questions for Coaching.

Apr 28, 2026
30: Practicing Praise: Coaches, Try This at Home
Apr 28, 2026
Apr 28, 2026
8 min
This episode offers a practice that strengthens relationships, increases motivation and reflection, and reduces stress.
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Get 15% off my book, Differentiated Mentoring & Coaching in Education, on the Teachers College Press website by using code FDNF25 at checkout.
Get more coaching tips at MyCoachesCouch.blogspot.com. To request a digital poster with a reminder of some powerful coaching questions, submit this form and you’ll receive A Dozen Questions for Coaching.

Apr 21, 2026
Apr 21, 2026
22 min
This is a coach-the-coach call, sharing and considering an authentic call during which I coached Amber, a middle-school instructional coach. During this call, we focused on elevating teacher voice.
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Get 15% off my book, Differentiated Mentoring & Coaching in Education, on the Teachers College Press website by using code FDNF25 at checkout.
Get more coaching tips at MyCoachesCouch.blogspot.com. To request a digital poster with a reminder of some powerful coaching questions, submit this form and you’ll receive A Dozen Questions for Coaching.






