How Tamieka Started Working Less And Learning More
Photograph from www.littleenvironeers.com/
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Tamieka Vasile has gone from strength to strength after completing the Your Wild Business course. There are many qualities that are needed to launch your own Nature Play business, and gosh Tamieka lives and breathes them. Tamieka has generously shared her experience on her Nature Play business journey from the things that held her back to now enjoying the challenge of overcoming ‘the red tape’ gauntlet.
Tamieka’s story is one of determination and never shying away from asking tough questions. From working in leadership roles for national Early Years businesses to providing Professional Development to other Educators. Tamieka is a fierce advocate for children, their right to play, and every Educator's right to question whether practices and policies are actually benefiting children.
In today's podcast episode, we delve into how Your Wild Business client Tamieka Vasile used her problem-solving skills to navigate the ‘red tape’ with ease and launch her own Nature Play business Little Environeers.
Here are a few things that we cover:
[4:59] Tamieka’s story and how she thought a leadership role would bring about change for children at her workplace until she discovered there was still push back towards Nature Play.
[6:12] How her business Little Environeers has become centered around her passion for sustainability.
[8:20] How the red tape barriers when working in the system differ to working for herself and how she now views it as an enjoyable challenge to uphold her vision for education..
[10:00] The collaborative team approach problem solving of red tape within the Your Wild Business community
[12:00] Why she believes educators are burnt out because their professional point of view is never heard and why they must speak up for children.
[15:00] Why sustainability is an important learning opportunity for children
[18:00] How overcoming her self-doubt was the hardest thing about starting her business and how the Your Wild Business course helped her to bring to the surface why she needed to take time to work through these doubts.
[20:35] How working for herself is less stressful than working for big corporations. How she is seen as a mother, human, and learning mentor by the families in her Little Environeers community.
[22:40] How much her community is flourishing from the Nature Play offering that she is providing and how they travel will travel up to an hour to experience it.
[26:29] The importance of continuous learning and how the book Dare To Lead by Brene Brown has helped her self discovery.
[27:00] The importance of self-care and nature re-connection for hard days in business.
[30:00] Why the education system needs to adjust the expectations on children and work around their strengths rather than their gaps.
[33:10] Why she needed the Wild Business community to feel connected, seen, and heard by other Nature Play entrepreneurs and the unique challenges that arise in the industry.
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