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In this special 150th episode, Amy chats with fellow piano teacher and podcaster Christina Whitlock. Following their “What’s Working” discussion on Beyond Measure, they share what’s not working this season—honest reflections, relatable struggles, and lighthearted insights. Don’t miss this candid and fun two-parter!
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Items Mentioned and Other Related Content
Mentioned in Christina’s episode 198 – Bio Coffee
Beyond Measure Podcast 198: Cheers to What’s Working in this Season (Round 4 with Amy Chaplin)
The Great Purge (Part 1): Games and Resources
The Great Purge (Part 2): Sheet MusicProfessional
The Great Purge (Part 3): College Notebooks and Professional Magazines
The Piano Pantry Podcast #047 – Holiday Activities for your December group classes
The Piano Pantry Podcast #092 – Shake up your holiday performances
The Piano Pantry Podcast #099 – Holiday wishes (AI-style)
The Piano Pantry Podcast #146 – ICYMI: Versatile Christmas Music
Transcript
Welcome to the 150th episode of The Piano Pantry Podcast. I can’t believe we’ve made it here, 50 episodes a year for the past three years.
If you’re new around here, in this podcast, we talk about all things related to living the life of an independent music teacher. I’m Amy Chaplin, creator of this Podcast and the blog at PianoPantry.com. I love bringing teachers together, so every few episodes, I bring in a teacher friend for a nice casual chat. The last one was episode 145 with Jennifer Foxx from Music Educator Resources.
Today, I reserved the big number 150 for one of my long-time piano teacher pal, Indiana colleague, and fellow podcaster, Christina Whitlock who also has a fabulous podcast called Beyond Measure. I like to tell her she’s the counselor of piano teacher world.
We have a fun and lighthearted episode for you today. It’s a two-parter though. The first part dropped on Christina’s podcast yesterday as episode 198 where we each shared five things that are WORKING for us in this season.
Piggy-backing off that episode, we’re flip-flopping it today and sharing what’s NOT working for each of us in this season.
Christina has done a few of these episodes on her podcast, and I love it when I hear other podcasters do similar ones, whether it’s Kendra Adachi on The Lazy Genius Podcast or Emily P. Freeman on The Next Right Thing. I’ve been dying to do one of my own, as it totally fits the vibe of what I do, so it’s about time! Enjoy!
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Wahoo, you guys! The 150th episode is a wrap and I can’t wait to continue this journey with you in the future, only a little less often as you heard me talk about.
For a little more holiday cheer, I invite you to go back and listen to a few holiday-related episodes of the podcast, including:
The Piano Pantry Podcast #047 – Holiday Activities for your December group classes
The Piano Pantry Podcast #092 – Shake up your holiday performances
The Piano Pantry Podcast #099 – Holiday wishes (AI-style)
The Piano Pantry Podcast #146 – ICYMI: Versatile Christmas Music
If you have enjoyed and gleaned from this podcast in any way over the past 150 episodes, you would do my content creator heart well if you would consider supporting the podcast on Patreon. For only $4 a month, you will be teaming up with other teachers to say, “Yes, please keep this going.”
Visit PianoPantry.com/patreon to join today. Another way you can give me a small token gift this holiday season is to give the podcast a 5-star rating and, if you can spare a few more minutes, a review.
Have a great holiday break, and I’ll see you in 2025!
