Teach, Coach, Mentor
Teach, Coach, Mentor
Podcast Description
Welcome to Teach Coach Mentor, the podcast for anyone who believes learning is a lifelong mission, not a one-time event.
Whether you're a student trying to find your footing, a professional chasing your next edge, or someone who's been called to teach, lead, or guide others, this show was made for you.
Every week, we sit down with exceptional teachers, coaches, mentors, and learners from every walk of life: classroom educators, athletic coaches, business leaders, military instructors, and everyday people doing the hard work of growth. Together, we unpack what it really means to teach with clarity, coach with purpose, and mentor with heart.
If you've ever asked yourself:
How can I learn faster, remember more, and actually apply what I know?
How do I motivate my students or team when the fire fades?
How do I mentor someone without giving all the answers?
What do the best teachers, leaders, and guides do that others don’t?
You're in the right place.
Each episode blends research-backed strategies with real-world stories, because learning isn’t just about knowledge, it’s about people. We go deep on:
Learning science, habits, and memory techniques
Communication and connection
Building trust and accountability
Creating transformative experiences for students and teams
The mindset, methods, and mistakes that shape great educators and leaders
Hosted by Mike Wish, Marine Corps officer, teacher, and founder of Velle Logos. This show is born from a lifelong obsession with helping others grow. Mike brings humor, heart, and a teacher’s clarity to every conversation, challenging guests and listeners alike to dig deeper, think harder, and never stop becoming.
No matter your role, age, or stage, this podcast is here to equip you, challenge you, and inspire you to be better at what matters most: the people you serve.
Podcast Insights
Content Themes
The podcast focuses on themes of lifelong learning, teaching efficacy, coaching strategies, and mentoring dynamics, with episodes covering topics such as learning science, communication methods, building trust in education, and real-world applications of memory techniques and transformative experiences.

Welcome to Teach, Coach, Mentor: the podcast about what it actually takes to reach people.
We sit down with teachers, coaches, and mentors who are doing the work and we dig into their methods. How they teach so it lands. How they coach so it sticks. How they mentor so it matters.
If you care about getting better at developing others — whether that’s in a classroom, on a field, in a workplace, or across a lifetime — this show is for you.
I’m your host, educator and coach, Mike Wish. Let’s get after it.
Lose your job at 48 and open your own school 12 weeks later? Dr. Nicole Rich Byrne did exactly that, and the 3G framework she built after a terrifying college ordeal is why. Goals, gratitude, and grace, tested in a karate ring, a kindergarten classroom, and 10 published books.
Key Takeaways
- Why the third G, grace, is the one almost every goal-setting framework leaves out, and why it decides whether setbacks build you or break you
- The co-regulation principle every teacher, parent, and leader needs: when they go high, you go super low
- How a stalker at 22 led to representing the United States at the karate World Championships in 2015
- The 5:15 AM writing system that took her from one embarrassing first book to ten
- What brutal coaching feedback actually sounds like, and why she and Mike both say it was the best thing that happened to their books
Timestamps
02:00 Pink-slipped in June, doors open in September
05:00 The origin story behind the 3G framework
07:00 Goals, gratitude, and grace, unpacked
12:00 Co-regulation: calming dysregulated kids (and adults)
19:00 From dissertation to 10 books and the dictation routine that runs it
26:00 The turning-40 decision that erased her regrets
About the Guest: Dr. Nicole Rich Byrne is a 30-year educator, daycare owner, adjunct professor, martial artist, and author of 10 books, including the forthcoming One More Round.
Follow Nicole:
Amazon Author Page: https://us.amazon.com/stores/author/B09N9X198X
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholerich/
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More Mike:
LinkedIn: 💼 https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelwish0802/
Podcast Site: 🎧 https://teachcoachmentor.org/
Company Website: 🏫 https://vellelogos.com
Personal Website: https://michaelwish.com

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