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✨Mini-Series: 12 Universal Laws- Ep 3 ✨ · ✨️Aligned and Thriving: For Teachers🌿

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  Hey guys, and welcome back to another episode of Aligned with
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  Arriving for Teachers with Nyla again, star of the show always
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  making her little appearance. She would like to inform you
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  that today's episode, if you've been following our miniseries,
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  we've already covered two, sort of, I should say I've had two
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  episodes on 4 laws each, so I've covered 8.
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  So I've got the last four of the Universal Laws to share with you
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  all. So we've already covered in
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  episode 1 we covered the biggest four, and then in Episode 2
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  we've covered the ones about action and growth.
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  And then today, our final four, we're going to dive into the
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  relativity, polarity, rhythm, and gender laws.
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  So these laws are all about navigating challenges, building
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  resilience, and finding balance in our lives.
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  So let's face it, teaching and life can feel like a bit of a
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  roller coaster. One minute your class is engaged
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  and smooth, and the next everything's just chaos and
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  stress. These laws give us a bit of a
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  framework to understand these ups and downs and the tools to
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  help you stay grounded, effective, and thriving.
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  What more could you want? As always, I'm going to include
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  as many practical strategies as I can that you can go off and
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  use straight away, especially if you've never learned anything
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  about the laws of the universe before.
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  So number one, for today, the law of relativity.
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  So this law, it tells us everything is relative.
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  It only has meaning in comparison to something else.
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  So no situation is inherently bad or good on its own.
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  It's all about the context in teaching and in life.
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  Like this is huge. That moment when a student
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  refuses to participate or a lesson goes off track on its
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  own. And it might feel to you right
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  then in that moment, it's just a disaster.
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  But if you were to zoom out and compare it to the bigger picture
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  growth over the term or previous challenging days, we can see
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  that it's not catastrophic, it's just it's relative, OK.
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  This law reminds us that perspective is everything.
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  What feels stressful today might be a tiny little bump compared
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  to the bigger wins or challenges elsewhere.
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  So I know this can be a little bit hard, but this is all about
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  your perception of things. And your perception is going to
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  be different to the person next to you and the next and the next
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  and the next because everyone perceives the reality
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  differently. But it's all relative, OK?
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  We need to put it into perspective in the process of
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  like the bigger world. So the things that you can do is
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  reframe your challenges. So when something is feeling
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  heavy, ask yourself, compared to what, for example, like you've
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  got a messy classroom. It's kind of feel a little bit
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  frustrating for you. But compared to last term, are
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  you making progress? Like is it tidier now than what
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  it was at the end of last term? Are you actually making some
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  progress? Yes, fantastic.
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  Let's keep making those little bits of progress, but let's not
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  think that it's the end of the world.
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  Celebrate your small wins. Track like 1 little challenge
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  win every day. Acknowledge those small little
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  proof improvements. Especially a student success.
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  No like no matter how big or small you're thinking about the
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  celebration. That's the key.
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  And then have like a contextual reflection Again, journaling is
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  life. Keep a weekly journal comparing
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  situations if you need to. This can help you see patterns
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  or avoid overreacting to those temporary setbacks, if that
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  makes sense. I hope it makes sense.
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  I'm just checking my notes because I like to keep notes of
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  things just to make sure that I'm not going too far off track
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  to completely confuse you. But yeah, I think that's all
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  that law. It just means that you, you
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  really need to put, it's that I know the size of the problem.
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  This law is has a lot to do with the size of the problem.
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  So how big is the problem and controlling what you can
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  control. So it's thinking about that.
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  That's the law of relativity. That's what I wanted to say.
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  So #2 the law of polarity. This reminds us that everything
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  has an opposite. There is no light without dark.
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  There's no joy without some frustration.
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  There's no calm without chaos. I mean, have you met my
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  children? Sorry, that's a good joke in
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  there. Every negative moment is paired
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  with a positive opportunity. It's just a matter of
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  perspective again. See, it's that word in the
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  classroom like this means that those difficult behaviours, the
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  low engagement or the challenging parents, they aren't
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  just problems, they're opportunities to practise
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  patience, creativity and your leadership.
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  By seeing the polarity, we can shift our mindset from
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  frustration to possibility. Understanding polarity, it also
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  helps us to remain balanced because when you're writing
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  those really high energy moments, you appreciate them
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  more because you have seen the low energy ones.
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  And when things feel tough, you know relief and success are
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  possible. They're just the opposite side
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  of the same coin. OK, so things that you can do is
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  start to identify the opposite. So for every challenging
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  situation, write down a potential positive outcome from
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  that. So you may have had something
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  happen. I talked about this with a
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  friend the other day. They were late to meet with me
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  and they were so upset and angry because I'm so sorry I'm late,
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  so annoying. I got stuck behind this slow
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  car. I said, yeah, but maybe you're
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  meant to get stuck behind the slow car because maybe you could
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  have had an accident on the way here.
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  If you didn't or this happened. And I know that that to them it
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  then made sense because that is pretty much what has happened to
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  us before. Like we were late to something
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  and that's when we realised that like there was an accident, a
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  car in front. So had we had, that probably
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  would have been us if we hadn't been stuck behind this one.
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  Like what's the better option here?
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  What's the polar opposite? Well, that could have happened.
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  So I don't know. I'm trying to make that relate,
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  to make it work, but it's always that looking at the opposite.
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  So for every challenge, you've probably learned something from
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  that and you've probably grown from that experience.
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  What is the universe trying to get you to learn or do?
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  So thinking about it that way, you need to shift your focus so
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  when you're frustrated, you can intentionally notice one thing
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  that's working well, whether it's in your classroom or at
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  home or in your life. Flip, flip your focus.
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  Yes, things are going to go wrong, but what's going right?
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  What's on the other side of the coin?
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  OK. And teach contrasts as well.
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  Use examples in your lessons with kids and discussions to
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  help them see challenges as opportunities turn those moments
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  of struggle in to learning experiences.
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  Isn't that the whole idea of like the zone of proximal
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  development? That's when you're giving kids a
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  little bit of a challenge, but you are supporting them through
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  that challenging time to help them grow and expand and learn.
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  That's what you're sort of doing.
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  You're you're guiding them. And I love this, this law and
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  the idea that there is no light without the darkness.
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  If you think about yourself, you don't have strengths without
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  having weaknesses because you can turn your weaknesses into
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  strengths if you identify them, but you've got to do that first.
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  So it that's to me is the whole idea of the law of polarity.
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  The third one, this is the law of rhythm.
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  This states that life flows in cycles.
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  And if you're a early childhood teacher, you know all about life
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  cycles because that's part of the science curriculum, isn't
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  it? Yes, Nyla says.
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  It's the highs and the lows, the busy, the slow, the chaos, the
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  calm. It's those energy and events
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  that move in, in patterns. Recognising these cycles, it
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  allows us to ride them through rather than resist them.
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  For teachers. And what if you're working as?
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  But this is incredibly relevant because some weeks everything
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  just flows beautifully, when other weeks it can just feel
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  utterly overwhelming. Students behaviour, your energy,
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  even seasonal school events happen and they just all follow
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  a rhythm. You are always going to have a
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  Christmas something, whether it's a Christmas concert, a
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  Christmas assembly, it's a flow. It happens every year so get
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  prepared for it. Like hello understanding rhythm.
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  It helps us prepare for those low points, maximise the high
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  points and just maintain stability in the classroom.
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  The world flows on rhythm. I mean have you not looked up at
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  the sky at night time and looked at the moon?
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  The moon has a cycle. If you have a map out kids in
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  the cycle of the moon, when do you notice that the energy
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  changes the most? Guys, I mean hello, I am just a
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  little bit off the woo side, but you can't tell me that you don't
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  agree that you know when a full moon's coming, OK, Because it
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  does affect some kids energy. It affects me, I know that.
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  So everything goes in cycles. This law, it's going to remind
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  us that no challenging moment is permanent.
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  Just as chaos eventually gives way to calm, stressful days are
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  going to pass and the positive cycles are going to return.
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  I am living proof of this. I went through that horrible,
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  horrendous, stressful cycle day after day at one school, one
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  class. But at the end of that year,
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  that class was done and I got a new one the next year and the
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  cycle starts again. But it was new and different and
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  it was more positive. The cycle ended.
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  There is an end insight, guys. It is just a cycle.
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  It's when people say, oh, you're just in a season.
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  Yeah, well, actually you're just in a cycle and you are going to
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  come through the other side and you're going to start a new
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  cycle and it's going to go again.
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  It's a pattern, OK. We follow a rhythm.
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  So what can you do to help plan for this?
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  Like plan according to the rhythms, schedule those high,
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  high energy lessons when your students are going to be most
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  alert and save those lighter tasks for those slower periods
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  when you know you can't give them as much.
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  I mean, you know your class, you know your kids, you know when
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  they're going to be learning the most and the best and the prime
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  optimal learning opportunities. Like come on, plan your day,
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  plan your cycle, accept natural cycles.
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  Allow yourself, Nyla, stop it. She's barking at herself.
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  It's just great. I'm just going to have to sort
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  out that. Wonderful.
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  OK, Sorry, I had to pause you there because I had to go sort,
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  sort out the very fluffy human. She was going to bark at her own
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  reflection and having a wild party.
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  So I've just sort of put her in the other room to continue my
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  recording. So I'm if I'm repeating myself,
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  that's because I suck at editing.
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  So I'm just going to go back. So I've told you to plan
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  according to rhythms and then accept natural cycles.
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  So allow yourself to adapt when the low energy day occurs
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  instead of forcing perfection. You know your body, you flow in
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  cycles too, so you're going to need to adapt that and then
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  reflect on those cycles. So keep a simple log and notice
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  when lessons or behaviours float.
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  Excuse me, hip UPS versus what felt challenging and using that
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  insight to adjust into the next week.
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  Then ride the rhythm with the students, notice the class
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  energy patterns during the day, plan those transitions really
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  well, and break to a line with those natural ebbs and flows of
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  what's happening throughout the day.
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  OK, so that's the law of rhythm. It's pretty simple, really.
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  The last one for today #4 And this is the last one.
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  So this is the the 12th 1. I should say.
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  They're not in any particular order.
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  I've just sort of grouped them to what made sense to me.
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  The last one is the law of gender.
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  Now, this is not what you're thinking.
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  This is not about male or female, no, no, no.
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  This is about a balance between two types of energy that are
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  actually within all of us. So I'm not gender stereotyping
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  anything. I'm talking about the two
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  different types of energy in relation, in relation to the
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  universe. So masculine and feminine.
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  So everyone has these two within us, masculine and feminine
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  energies. Your masculine energy, it's
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  active, it's structured, it's goal focused.
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  And then the feminine energy is receptive, intuitive, creative,
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  and patient. OK, so in life and in teaching,
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  because that's what I'm talking about, but in life it's about
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  balancing these energies because it's essential.
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  Some days require structure, rules, and decisive action.
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  Other days require listening, adapting, and responding with
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  intuition. If you're over relying on one
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  energy, that can start to create an imbalance, a stress, or a
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  rigidity. Rigidity.
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  I can't even say a rigidity in your classroom.
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  OK, so when things are getting rigid and hard, understanding
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  this law is going to help you to navigate your own energy and the
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  energy of your students as well, allowing both of those energies
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  to thrive in balance. So what you can think about is
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  balancing structure and flexibility.
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  So combine those planned lessons with opportunities for
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  creativity or student choice. So you're balancing those two
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  check in the check in with your classes energy every day.
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  So pause for a moment each morning to sort of sense whether
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  you need to lean into the action.
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  So that's the masculine energy or the receptive like feminine
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  energy. And of course, what we all do
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  adjust on the fly. So if students are seeming
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  restless or frustrated, you need to switch to that more intuitive
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  patient type of strategy. Or if they're disengaged, you
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  need to bring in the structure goal focused activities like
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  given end insight. And last of all, the biggest
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  thing that I think I've talked about in every law is reflect.
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  So end your day noting where you effectively balance those
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  energies and how it's actually impacted your class atmosphere.
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  So as I said, the law of gender is not what you're thinking.
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  So it's the balance of the two energies, the masculine and the
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  feminine. We all have them.
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  If you, I'm just going to talk in the concept now, I am going
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  to gender stereotype talk about women.
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  When you're talking about those women that have that boss woman
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  energy, that's just because at that time, how they're acting,
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  they're grasping more of their masculine energy to create that
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  boss girl vibe. OK, so some days you might need
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  to thrive in that space. Other days you may need to learn
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  more into that feminine, and that's being that more kind,
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  caring, compassionate, motherly type figure.
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  That's really what this type of thing is describing.
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  OK, so I hope that makes sense. So that's it.
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  That's our final four laws. The relativity, the polarity,
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  the rhythm, law of gender, all of these laws teach us that
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  challenges are just relative. That low has a high, that life
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  moves on and it moves in predictable rhythms.
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  Like the sun goes up and then the sun goes down, the moon
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  comes up. Like it's a process, it's a
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  rhythm, it's a cycle. It just happens every day.
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  It's amazing. Well, here in Australia, I know
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  that the sun goes down for like an excessive amount of time in
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  other places, but I'm just saying it is, it still flows in
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  a rhythm, it's just a different rhythm.
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  So they all have a rhythm, they all have that cycle.
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  It just means that balance is literally the key to thriving.
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  So this week, try picking one of these laws and try and apply
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  some of the strategies in your classroom or do a bit more
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  research of your own. Observe how it's going to shift
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  your experience, the vibe of your students, and even your own
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  energy as a teacher or a human. But if you want to know more,
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  like, as I said, this was about the 12 laws of the universe,
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  there are plenty of books by different people that I I've
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  actually had a couple. If you want to know more, you
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  can ask me. I'll probably do a bit of an
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  Instagram post about the ones. Oh, sorry, I just hit something.
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  Yeah, about the ones that I have read that have talked, talked
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  about and taught me about the 12 universal laws.
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  But yeah, if you want to know more, I'll do another post about
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  that. But thank you for listening to
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  this miniseries in relation to those laws.
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  I hope that I've given you both a bit of inspiration and some
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  practical tools to help bring you some more balance,
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  resilience, and flow back into your teaching life or your life
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  in general, because that's what I'm here for.
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  I just want to help and do what I can to support you.
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  So again, this is alignment thriving for teachers.
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  You're doing an amazing job. In Case No one told you today,
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  please don't ever forget it or doubt yourself.
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  Keep showing up, trust your energy, and just navigate the
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  rhythm and flow in your cycle that could be interpreted in so
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  many different ways. So you take that however you
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  wish right now, but I hope you have an amazing day, night,
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  whatever you're up to, or an amazing week ahead.
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  Because remember I said I already said you're amazing,
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  You're doing a great job, you are loved and cared for always.
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  And if you ever need to talk to someone, I'm only a DM away and
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  until then, I will talk to you again soon.
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  Bye, guys.