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Welcome back to the CEO Teacher Podcast. Hello, teachers. Thanks so much for joining us. We've got a really, really fun couple of weeks planned for you and I'm just so happy that you're here. Today's show is about finding your footing again. I want to chat a little bit about trusting God in a new season as a teacher. So stick around. You don't want to miss it. Welcome to the CEO Teacher, where educators turn what they already know and love into a successful and sustainable online business with actionable strategies, simple business tips, and mindset shifts. It's a weekly lesson plan for teacher business owners, whether you're teaching full time in the classroom or rocking the small business from home life. I'm your host, Kasey Morris, a former Georgia English teacher, mom at a four turned seven figure online teacher, business owner and founder of the CEO Teacher Movement. Three teaching degrees got me a few extra bucks each year, but what I will show you will help you make that every single month. If you have a heart for education and a passion to use your experience to help more teachers and families, you belong here. Well, welcome back to today's show. If you've been feeling like your life as a teacher has pulled you off balance, it doesn't even have to be as a teacher. It's just life in general. I feel like it has been such this pendulum swing for me, I can only speak for myself of just like being really good and then being really bad and then being really good and then being really bad. And so some days I feel like I'm running on fumes. And maybe some days you question your calling or you're wondering, how do you ever rebuild after such a hard season? Like I am all about a comeback. But some days it's just overwhelming. And you're not alone because we've all been there. But here's the truth. Our footing, it doesn't come from a perfect plan, the right curriculum, or even applause from others. Our footing comes from God. And he says he lifted me out of a slimy pit, out of the mud and mire. He set my feet on rock and gave me a firm place to stand. So that's what today is all about. Letting God set your feet back on solid ground and then stepping into a new focus that brings you peace and purpose and provision and hopefully gets you excited about life again. And I remember when I was in the classroom and I was juggling my four kids at home with. Well, actually, when I was teaching in the classroom, I had two kids at home and I was pregnant. But I constantly had those days of really high highs and really, really low lows. And I thought to myself, even then, God, there's gotta be more than this to life. He whispered back something to me that was like, yes, I created more for you, but you have to trust me enough to take the first step. I feel like he talks to me a lot, and that's something he tells me a lot. He tells me to wait and he tells me to trust. So regaining your footing, it isn't about working harder as a teacher or getting a business up, started and running right now in the beginning processes, it's about fully, fully thinking about how can you put your faith back in God? First, focus then on your family so you can set the scene for your next assignment. Because there are always going to be shifts in our season, and the classroom may have been your training ground, but you may be being called to do something a little bit new, like start selling your lesson plans online, or start a podcast or start a website, or get online in a way where you can share your goodness, what you share in your classroom with others. So let's take a moment right now, and I want you to ask yourself, have you had a quiet nudge of something that you should be doing? Maybe it's to slow down, pull back. Maybe it's to create more margin in your day. Maybe, maybe it's using your gifts in a new space. Maybe you should ask God, where do you want me when I pray that prayer? He shows me that. He shows me that a lot. And he pours into my heart, even if I can't necessarily hear the words. That's provision. And so God doesn't ask us to leap an entire mountain just to take a step at a time. So I want you to think, where could you use one lesson plan that you've created? Polish it up enough to bless someone else. It doesn't have to be perfect, it just has to be usable. Then how can you offer it online to other teacher friends? And this is what is so much fun. This is not about chasing money. Actually, I think that that's where the problem lies, is that people put too much focus on how much money they can make and forget that. The reason why we do what we do as teachers is about stewarding. And, and you've already been placed in the right hands. You already are stewarding your students. So how could you do that for other people? When I listened my first lesson plan and it sold while I was making dinner, it wasn't just the $5 that mattered. I felt like it was God showing me I can provide in ways that you never imagined. So every sale reminded me how much he cares about the details. And the details include things like the bills on your table. He understands what when you cry in your pillow. And I'll be honest, in this last year or two of my life, without having that rock and that foundation to go back on, I would have struggled so much more than I already did. So if you feel like you're being nudged, I just want you to know it's not by accident that you're listening here today. I think that you are standing on the precipice of a brand new season of life. And you don't have to figure it all out alone. So we just opened up a new Facebook group. If you go to Casey morris.comgroup you can join us. I went live in there this morning and I'm talking about all the exciting things we have coming up for you in the coming weeks. One of those things. It's not, it's not this week, but next week is a brand new webinar. It's called From Lesson Plans to Front Page. So again, it's not just about sales. It's about showing you exactly how to use the gifts that you already have to create that margin and peace and new opportunities for your family. It is so practical. It is step by step so that you'll stop hiding your gifts and you'll start walking into the calling that God has placed on your life. And you can register for the webinar by going to Casey morris.com webinar that's K A Y S E M O r r I s.com webinar webinars are my favorite thing, y'. All. It's From Lesson Plans to Front Page and I'm actually going to be sharing something I haven't shared publicly in forever. And it's about how to use search engine optimization to make sure your lesson plans don't just get put up online but that they actually sell. So come check it out. From Lesson Plans to Front page@casey morris.com webinar that's happening next week. But if you want to have a of fun with us and come do some really cool activities and learn from other teachers in the meantime, you can join our brand new Facebook group by going to Casey morris.com group. So finding your footing again. Remember, I believe it starts with God and he's the one who steadies our steps. He lifts us up from the pit and he gives us a firm foundation to stand on. I would love for you today to pray, take one small step, and join the inside of our webinar so that we can walk this road together. Because you're not finished with your story, and neither is God. I would love to bring a little bit of happiness and joy back into your life and allow you to be a steward to others all around the world. Thanks so much for listening. I can't wait to see you in our Facebook group and on our live webinar. I'll be traveling to Denver in the coming days, and so I'll be sharing a lot of content about that on social media, and I can't wait to show you what we have in store for you next week. Thanks so much for listening. And as always, remember, your best is yet to come, and I'll see you right back here next week. Sam.