We all know a perfectionist who struggles with beliefs like “Only perfect is good enough.” But there is a way to derail those damaging beliefs! Join Adam and Dinur as we talk about the technique of strategic half-assing. Show Notes “How to Set

Episode 148: How to Help Students Focus on Learning, Not Grades

May 31st, 2022 15m 45s

Often, our students measure learning not by skills gained or new ways of looking at content, but by the grades earned. We have talked about what grades mean in college and that grades should not define students’ identities, but we know they do.

Episode 147: How to Stop Being Afraid of Mistakes

May 23rd, 2022 21m 51s

Mistakes are one of the cornerstones of how learning happens, but many educators and students are afraid of them. Join Dinur and Adam as we discuss why mistakes are beneficial and how to use them to your advantage. Show Notes Edutopia.org, “The

Episode 146: Patchwriting – What It Is, and How to Avoid It

May 16th, 2022 13m 4s

Patchwriting is a form of plagiarism that most students aren’t aware is plagiarism – substituting in words into the sentence structure of a source. It’s like Academic MadLibs. In this episode, Adam and Dinur compare paraphrasing to patchwriting

Episode 145: The Blame Game

May 9th, 2022 22m 30s

It’s way too easy to blame others and ourselves when things go wrong. But there are more healthy ways to handle problems! In this episode, Dinur and Adam talk about what blame is, why we do it, how it interferes with learning and growing, and w

Episode 144: How to Make Your Teaching More Inclusive

Apr 25th, 2022 26m 54s

We’ve all probably heard the term “inclusive teaching.” But what does it mean, for ourselves and our students? Join Dinur and Adam as we talk about the different aspects of inclusive teaching, and how to bring it into the classroom. Show Notes

Episode 143: How Students Perceive “Cheating”

Apr 11th, 2022 20m 25s

In a recent Inside Higher Ed article, survey results showed 9 different reasons why students cheat. Join Adam and Dinur as we go over these reasons, as well as some ways to help students stop cheating. Show Notes Inside Higher Ed, “How Students

Episode 142: Finding Your Inner Six-Year-Old

Apr 4th, 2022 14m 52s

Finding joy in learning used to be easy – when we were in grade school. What happened? Why did learning become drudgery, instead of fun? In this episode, Dinur and Adam talk about why learning used to be fun, why it stopped being fun, and how t

Episode 141: How to Make Decisions When You Feel Stuck

Mar 28th, 2022 25m 13s

We’ve all been there – we have a decision to make, and we can’t make it. In this episode, Adam and Dinur talk about the different reasons this can happen, and some ways of moving forward and actually making the decisions we need to make, even

Episode 140: Trauma-Informed Teaching

Mar 21st, 2022 32m 27s

The pandemic has traumatized almost everyone. In higher education, however, we are trying to keep going on as if nothing’s wrong. Borrowing from the K-12 practices of trauma-informed teaching, Adam and Dinur talk about how to implement these pr

Episode 139: How to Be Assertive Without Being Mean

Mar 14th, 2022 21m 58s

For many people, setting boundaries feels automatically mean. How do we get past feeling like setting a boundary makes us a mean person? In this episode, Dinur and Adam talk about what a boundary is, the feelings people often have about them, h

Episode 138: How to Stay Safer on Campus

Mar 7th, 2022 20m 50s

The college lifestyle has been identified as one of the two top criminal victimization lifestyles in the United States (the other one is the criminal lifestyle). If you’re a college student, you’re at risk. Join Adam and Dinur as we discuss som

Episode 137: Four Common Self-Respect Mistakes First-Year Students Make

Mar 1st, 2022 24m 28s

In this week’s episode, Dinur and Adam talk about the common mistakes first-year students when they don’t have enough self-respect. These mistakes include having too many distractions, not having a support system in place, not getting enough sl

Episode 136: Four Financial Mistakes First-Year Students Make

Feb 21st, 2022 22m 45s

Last episode, we talked about the academic mistakes first-year students tend to make. Join Dinur and Adam as we discuss the financial mistakes first-year students need to be aware of, so they don’t make them! Show Notes Nerdwallet.com, “Budgeti

Episode 135: Four Academic Mistakes First-Year Students Make

Feb 14th, 2022 26m 31s

Skipping class? Avoiding the professor? Studying only when you think of it? All of these have been identified as common first-year college student mistakes. Join Adam and Dinur as we discuss four common first-year academic mistakes, and how to

Episode 134: Going Back Home After Your First Term or Year

Feb 7th, 2022 47m 56s

You’ve just experienced your first semester (or first year) in college, and it was eye-opening! Now you’re going home, back to the way things were, while you have a new, changing understanding of the world. But how will home be different? Join

Episode 133: Handling Specific Groups of Difficult People

Jan 31st, 2022 26m 57s

In the first few episodes of this series, Dinur and Adam talked about how to deal with difficult people. In this final episode of the series, we’re going to do a deeper dive into how to deal with difficult students, classmates, and professors.

Episode 132: Internal Shifts to Help Deal with Difficult People

Jan 24th, 2022 23m 7s

In addition to what we do in interaction with the difficult person, we also need to take note of how we’re interacting with ourselves. If we’re stressed or angry, that could turn us into a difficult person – and we want to avoid that. Join Adam

Episode 131: Responding to Difficult People

Jan 17th, 2022 14m 5s

In our last episode, we talked about how to deal with difficult people before they get really difficult. In this episode, Adam and Dinur talk about ways to respond to difficult people once they’re already doing things that get on your nerves. S

Episode 130: How to Deal With Difficult People

Jan 10th, 2022 16m 49s

We’ve all had to deal with that person – the one who irritates us, or seems to be angry all the time, or doesn’t follow through on their part of the group project. But how we deal with them can make a real difference to our stress levels. Join

Episode 129: How to Say No

Oct 25th, 2021 19m 50s

Last time, we talked about how to be assertive with professors and classmates. In this episode, join Adam and Dinur as they talk about ways to approach being assertive, as well as how to handle it when the other person is angry, accusatory, or

Episode 128: How to Be Assertive

Oct 18th, 2021 10m 53s

Being assertive is a necessary skill in today’s world, but too many times, we aren’t taught it. In fact, being assertive is discouraged in many cultures because it’s seen as rude or aggressive. But assertiveness is something students need to le

Episode 127: Manage Your Time With Parkinson’s Law

Oct 11th, 2021 19m 9s

Parkinson’s Law says: Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion. According to Parkinson’s Law, if you allow yourself an hour, it’ll take an hour – and if you allow yourself three hours, it’ll take you three, even if it’s

Episode 126: Derail Bad Habits by “Playing the Tape”

Oct 4th, 2021 14m 15s

We’ve all been there. We have work to do, but the video game or the TV show is calling us, and we’d much rather play than work. How do we resist that kind of temptation? One possible way is the technique called “playing the tape.” Join Dinur an

Episode 125: Dealing With Anxiety

Sep 27th, 2021 11m 53s

Here’s the thing about anxiety: it’s a feeling that tells us “you’re going to die.” It’s an old emotional response to actual danger, and it used to keep us safe. But nowadays, anxiety is usually about things that aren’t actually dangerous. How