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Teaching through Emotions: psychological strategies and resources for educators

Betsy Burris, PhD, MSW - Psychodynamic Coach & Education Expert

Teaching through Emotions is a Women Who Podcast award-winning podcast that provides a rare form of relief for educators. Hosted by Betsy Burris PhD, teacher educator and psychotherapist, the podcast looks at bad feelings and bad behavior as meaningful and useful. Through a psychodynamic lens, she unpacks how emotions influence student behavior and teacher mental health. If you’re struggling with classroom management, feeling the weight of burnout, or dealing with the "bad feelings" that come with

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56:55

Why are teachers quitting? Why are they staying? Is...

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2025/06/26

In this special season finale, I speak with Charles Fournier, creator of the award-winning podcast Those Who Can’t Teach Anymore. Charles is a teacher — a really good, creative, passionate teacher, from what I can tell! — whose insights about what drives teachers out of the profession and what keeps them in are interesting and often surprising.We talk about* the multi-dimensional, culturally sanctioned disrespect for teachers* the pitfalls of quantifying learning* teaching content vs emphasizing

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54:16

If you're avoiding conflict, you might be ruining...

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2025/06/13

This one’s about me, folks! Joe and I dissect a story from long ago in which I caved to my conflict aversion — and then doubled back to engage with the conflict. Because it felt just too awful to continue to avoid it! In addition to sharing the surprising outcome of my conflict engagement,we talk about…* the subtle dynamics of self-erasure and avoidance* power grabs in collaborative settings* the transformative practice of repair* the pervasive nature of parallel process in all human interactions,

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59:29

Grades make learning worse for your students, and for...

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2025/05/30

In this episode, I talk with Arthur Chiaravalli, an educator at the heart of an organization called Grow Beyond Grades. Arthur shares his deeply personal journey away from traditional grading, revealing how it can undermine learning, sideline classroom relationships, and lead to passivity and apathy. He also talks about how freeing it is to deep six grades while focusing attention on meaningful, collaborative assessment — that is, on truly human-centered teaching.We talk about:* grades as handcuffs

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48:53

How mad should you be when your students disrespect a...

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2025/05/15

This is another episode in our inadvertent series on teachers who handle badly behaving classes in novel ways! This time Pamela brings her wrath at a class of all boys to a Teacher Support Group and, after exhibiting her own resistance to different interpretations, decides to try something she would never have tried if left to her own devices. Listen to hear about* different types of neglectful parenting and the surprising ways they can manifest in a classroom* the joys — and limitations — of

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55:18

From nearly quitting to a heart attack, now she...

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2025/05/01

Thinking about self-care — and, importantly, figuring out how to be cared for — is always good for every teacher any time. In this episode, I talk with Deb Calderara, a teacher who knows what it feels like to be completely overwhelmed. After facing burnout, a serious health crisis, and the confusing and exhausting pandemic, Deb had to figure out how to find strength and keep going, both for herself and her students.This conversation is about navigating those impossible moments and discovering

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62:43

Her class descended into chaos—so she tried something...

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2025/04/17

In this episode, Joe and I unpack a classroom story from Siobhan, a special ed teacher working with high schoolers who grapple with big emotions — by acting out in big ways. What happened when her students broke a deal they made? How did Siobhan handle it? (It wasn’t pretty, at first! But then it got, well, amazing.)Joe and I discuss* why students might get “insufferable” in the first place and what they might be communicating* how to prevent obsessive self-blame that can lead to insomnia* what

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53:26

Pre-school teachers have it right: Professional Love

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2025/04/03

In this episode, I interview an old and dear friend, Sarah Becker, who has been teaching and teaching teachers and directing at the early childhood level for years. We discuss a topic that has always fascinated me (ever since I met Sarah and saw her in action): What do early childhood educators know that the rest of us teachers, from elementary through graduate school, can afford to learn?We talk about* basic tenets of early childhood education* how those tenets apply at other educational levels*

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51:02

How This Teacher Navigated a Cheater’s Emotional...

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2025/03/20

In this first episode of the second season of Teaching through Emotions, my co-host Joe and I tell a story about a cheater in a class taught by someone who can’t stand cheating. Our psychodynamic take on the story might surprise you.* We retell the outrageous lengths our cheater went to.* We share the teacher’s visceral responses to the cheater.* We wonder where the cheater’s True Self is.* We clarify what the teacher’s contributions are and how she can change them.* We tell how the story ended

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New Season Trailer

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2025/03/06

Get full access to Teaching through Emotions at teachingthroughemotions.substack.com/subscribe

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Episode 16: Julia

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2024/08/16

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Episode 15: Kristabel

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2023/04/14

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Episode 14: Erica

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2022/11/19

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Episode 13: Betsy

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2022/03/29

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Episode 12: Bridget & Fiona

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2022/03/15

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Episode 11: Jenny

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2022/03/01

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Episode 10: Leona

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2022/02/15

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Episode 9: Grace

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2022/02/01

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Episode 8: Penelope

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2022/01/18

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Episode 7: Veronica

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2022/01/04

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Episode 6: Lawrence

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2021/12/21

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