Have you ever considered what it must feel like to be overweight? Most of us can understand how it feels to be 20 pounds over-weight and even underweight, but weight on a grander scale – like 100 lbs. might be more challenging to understand.
Today’s guest, fellow art teacher and friend Cindy Ingram, bravely opens up to share her story of what it was like to move through the world with the challenges she carried around: not just her weight but suffocating debt. Her story is inspiring and uplifting and shows that with the right mindset, you can accomplish anything.
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:
– The struggles Cindy faced and her ability to conquer them
– How losing a significant amount of weight has benefited Cindy personally and professionally
– Cindy’s three main goals with her weight loss, debt reduction and building a business
– What has been the biggest business challenge she’s faced and the mindset shifts she’s made to get to where she is today
– What advice Cindy has for others experiencing similar situations and how she is pursuing her next big goal
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My best advice for teaching art to kids.
Have you ever considered what it must feel like to be overweight? Most of us can understand how it feels to be 20 pounds over-weight and even underweight, but weight on a grander scale – like 100 lbs. might be more challenging to understand.
Today’s guest, fellow art teacher and friend Cindy Ingram, bravely opens up to share her story of what it was like to move through the world with the challenges she carried around: not just her weight but suffocating debt. Her story is inspiring and uplifting and shows that with the right mindset, you can accomplish anything.
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:
– The struggles Cindy faced and her ability to conquer them
– How losing a significant amount of weight has benefited Cindy personally and professionally
– Cindy’s three main goals with her weight loss, debt reduction and building a business
– What has been the biggest business challenge she’s faced and the mindset shifts she’s made to get to where she is today
– What advice Cindy has for others experiencing similar situations and how she is pursuing her next big goal
LISTEN TO THE SHOW
LINKS & RESOURCES
For more information on the Art Class Curator, visit their Website and Podcast.
Podcasts and blog posts mentioned in this episode:
How to Talk to Kids about Art: AME 019
Art of Simple Podcast
James Wedmore Podcast
Keeper of the Home Travel Blog
You can visit Patty through Deep Space Sparkle on Facebook and Instagram
Patty Palmer At Home Instagram
support@deepspacesparkle.com
LINKS & RESOURCES
For more information on the Art Class Curator, visit their Website and Podcast.
Podcasts and blog posts mentioned in this episode:
How to Talk to Kids about Art: AME 019
Keeper of the Home Travel Blog
You can visit Patty through Deep Space Sparkle on Facebook and Instagram
Patty Palmer At Home Instagram
support@deepspacesparkle.com
My best advice for teaching art to kids.
Yes, the day has come!
After a long time deciding if, I finally said when.
Thank you SO much for your encouragement, show suggestions and help getting Art Made Easy off the ground.
Many of you were so pumped about this show but confessed that you had no idea what a podcast was. I love you guys for your unbridled enthusiasm.
Here’s a quick definition of a podcast & what to expect from Art Made Easy:
A podcast is a free radio show. The host (me!) interviews guests or talks about a favorite subject. You get to listen through your computer, laptop or smart phone. I like to listen to my favorite podcasts in my car during long travel days or on my walks via set of ear buds and my iPhone.
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And now onto the show…
For my first show, I wanted to tell you my story of how I became an art teacher. We all have different paths and this one is mine. I’ll share advice to those who are just starting out as an art teacher and some of my best tips for teaching art to kids.
This episode is for anyone who thinks they may not have the qualifications to be an art teacher. Teaching art to kids doesn’t have to happen inside a classroom. You can teach art at home, at a summer camp and even as a volunteer (like I did).
If you are an art teacher just beginning your journey, I’m sharing my best advice to get you through that tough first year. Download my free handout and keep it in your teacher planner and refer to it when you have a tough day.
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SHOW NOTES:
Drawing With Children: A Creative Method for Adult Beginners, Too
Art Lab for Kids: 52 Creative Adventures in Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, Paper, and Mixed Media-For Budding Artists of All Ages (Lab Series)
National Art Convention
CreativeLive- free online classes
Art Teachers Facebook Group
Website: Painted Paper in the Art Room (Laura Lohmann)
Website: Art of Education
Book: Classroom Management for Art, Music, and PE Teachers
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I truly appreciate Cindy’s honest words from her heart. Thanks for sharing your personal struggles and victoties with us the AME audience. I enjoyed the authenticity of this interview. I can definitely understand where’s she’s coming from. Thanks again for opening up and sharing your story.
Thanks so much, Lesly <3
This is a great interview! Thank you for sharing from your heart. You are an encourager!
Dear Patty and Cindy, I have also had weight loss surgery and found it to be an amazing tool for, like Cindy said shedding the lbs. so you can show the real you instead of the fat. I had this in 2005 and lost 115. I have gained 40 back but so what. I am an art teacher with the Syracuse City SChool District. My job is exhausting, daunting, and draining. However, and of course, there are wonderful things about it too. I teach 700 children a week with no minutes in between classes. Syracuse is the 13 most impoverished of the big cities in the country. A number of those homes go to the school that I teach at and this makes things quite complicated at times. This is my 25th year of teaching. I have a goal of teaching 5 more even though I don’t want to it’s a financial thing (pension). Then I want to move to Delaware where the taxes are low and the sun shines more than once in a while (I do take 10,000 units of vitamen D everyday). I want to just be an artist. I want to have a business creating pet portraits and any other projects I wish to do. I have done a few in the past year and people have really loved them. Not sure how to promote this type of business. Not feeling like I am the best in town – yet. Any clever ideas?> Audrey
Hello Patty and hello Cindy!!! I have been a Sparkler for a few years now and have also been an Art Class Curator follower for a while now! I use both to connect with other art educators, for inspiration, and for amazing lesson resources and artwork samples, and I wanted to say thank you!!! Cindy, you’re story is so incredibly encouraging and inspiring! Thank you for being courageous and sharing your story! <3