Episode Summary:
“We don’t light candles because we’re ready. We light them because it’s time.”
What if energy isn’t something you wait for—but something you create?
In this episode, Chanie opens up about walking through profound personal grief while still leading a team, running a business, and showing up for others. She explores the surprising shift that helped her lead from a place of clarity, even when she felt completely depleted—and why great leadership is anchored not in energy reserves, but in energy rituals.
Key takeaways:
- Why energy is something you cultivate, not just conserve
- The difference between building systems and building rituals that restore your capacity
- How leadership becomes unsustainable when it’s only powered by your mood or mental “tank”
- What rituals actually do for your nervous system—and why they matter more than you think
- Why consistency—not spontaneity—is what builds trust, safety, and longevity in your leadership
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More about the show:
If you are an Early Childhood director or owner, prepare to transform your school and life with the Schools of Excellence podcast. Tune in each week to learn from Chanie Wilschanski, the founder and host of the Schools of Excellence Podcast and a mom of 4 little kids. Each episode will be packed with tools and strategies – equipping you to build schools with higher staff retention, teacher motivation, parent partnership, collaborative culture, and beautiful quality of life.
Every week, Chanie shares the truth about the journey to excellence, the strategies that are working TODAY, and the mindset about the critical decisions and choices that you make every day which impact yourself, your teachers, parents, family, and children who you serve every day.
In addition to weekly solo episodes, she’ll also be inviting industry leaders and the changing makers of the landscape of education to give listeners the inside knowledge of what it takes to sustain excellence.
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