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EOY Reflection for Coaches: Episode 242

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May 26, 2025

Best-selling author and coaching expert, Elena Aguilar, brings weekly tips, tools, and wisdom to educators with one goal: to help you thrive.

Want to improve your self-awareness, strengthen your relationships, and refine your ability to make choices that align with your values?

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That’s what this episode will help you do. Elena shares five questions from her end-of-year reflection for coaches that will help you soak up all of the learning from this year and help you head into summer with clarity and self-appreciation.

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Notable moments:

00:43 The Power of End-of-Year Reflection

01:39 Key Reflection Questions

03:54 Start Your Reflection!

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Reflection questions:

Did you meet your goals for the year? If so, what do you think allowed you to do so? If not, what got in the way?
What do you think you did that had the biggest positive impact on those you coached? Were there any specific activities that stand out as having been impactful?
Have you had any big “a-ha” about yourself as a coach? Tell the story of one of those moments.
Identify a time when you were demonstrating a core value, when you were really living into it. What happened? What did it feel like? What did that moment teach you about yourself?
What have you learned about what you need in order to thrive as a professional?

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