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

What if your identity is a prison? 

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This is one of several questions Elena explores with her guest, author Kute Blackson. Kute’s most recent book, The Magic of Surrender: Finding the Courage to Let Go aims to help readers harness the power of relinquishing control to discover more purpose and meaning in their lives. Listen in to hear more about Kute’s fascinating path to finding his calling and hear concrete ways you can work to uncondition yourself to hear your truth. 

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