The Blonde Behavior Analyst

The Blonde Behavior Analyst BCBA/CEO/ACE Provider👉 Author of The Curriculum for Behavior Analysts 🔥 ABA Resources for All 💪

I've heard often than "supervisors have a time management problem".Most of them don’t.They have a structure problem in t...
04/06/2026

I've heard often than "supervisors have a time management problem".

Most of them don’t.

They have a structure problem in the environment they are trying to function within.

When supervision is built on:

memory
whatever came up that week
or “let’s just talk through cases”

It will always feel scattered. Things will get missed.

And when it feels scattered:

progress slows down
confidence drops
variability increases across people and teams

Spoiler Alert: Sometimes people don't have to just "work harder" or "be more prepared."

They might just need a system that makes supervision cumulative instead of reactive.

If your team feels inconsistent, look at the structure within the environment before you evaluate the people.

If you need structure in your supervision program, I wrote and self-published easy to follow curriculums exactly for this. Link in bio for more info. 🫶

01/24/2026

I keep coming back to the decisions I made six years ago…
When I was the most scared and uncertain I have ever been, but also somehow brave and being able to see the future Jess who I am now…

Sometimes the most important decisions we make do not make life “feel” easier right away… They just give us a little bit more room so that we can grow into the life that we want later.

I’ve never done things perfectly from the jump and I’ve never had it all figured out early on.

So when we see ourselves in situations or environments that make us play small, hold us back, or limit us from what we want the future to look like…. we have to give ourselves permission to change directions, and know the short term discomfort might be worth it. 🫶

01/21/2026

Short term relief does not equal retention… that’s for sure.

This is the stuff I coach on all the time, and I am seeing it across industries, job titles and hierarchies in the org charts.

Everyone wants to increase retention of their staff, but not many are willing to shift away from short sighted avoidance.
And it costs them.

These are the things I am diving deeper on in my newly revived podcast: Leadership is a Behavior.

I work with people on both sides of this dynamic every week.I coach business owners, clinical directors, and CEOs who ar...
01/14/2026

I work with people on both sides of this dynamic every week.

I coach business owners, clinical directors, and CEOs who are navigating reactivity, tone, and professionalism on their teams.

I also supervise and mentor professionals who are managing stress, feedback, and pressure in systems at work that do not always make regulation easy.

What I am seeing is not a "leader problem" or a "staff problem".

It is a skill problem. For all.

Both leaders and staff benefit from learning how to notice their internal world. What shows up in the body, the thoughts, the urgency, before behavior shifts. That work matters at every level.

At the same time, leadership is a bit different.

Not because leaders should be perfect, but because what they model under pressure carries more weight. Being in a leadership position changes the impact of their behavior, whether anyone intends it to or not.

When regulation is talked about without it effectively being taught/modeled/practiced, (especially by those with authority), teams do not learn the skill. They learn what to avoid and NOT do.

In this episode of Leadership Is a Behavior, I unpack how emotional regulation is actually learned in organizations, why reminders and scripts that are given in an effort to "help" tend to fall apart under stress, and the places in our work where regulation becomes visible.

If you lead people or work within a team, this conversation is about understanding the system you are in, and focusing on what is within your control.

🎧 Full episode is live.
🔗 Link in bio.

Before you undo a good decision because you’re experiencing discomfort after making it… Maybe listen to this. 🫶. ...
01/10/2026

Before you undo a good decision because you’re experiencing discomfort after making it… Maybe listen to this. 🫶.

Wrapped up 2025 with my favorite humans. Twins turned 1, big girl is turning 3 soon, and hubs and I are navigating this ...
01/02/2026

Wrapped up 2025 with my favorite humans. Twins turned 1, big girl is turning 3 soon, and hubs and I are navigating this life alongside eachother every day. These are the years I will dream of revisiting when I am old. 100%. 🫶Happy New Year!

🎙NEW EPISODE. This one is personal and professional.After having three babies in two years, I stepped back from podcasti...
01/02/2026

🎙NEW EPISODE. This one is personal and professional.

After having three babies in two years, I stepped back from podcasting. Not because I ran out of ideas, but because competing values were pulling me in opposite directions and my behavior followed the contingencies that were in front of me.

In this "comeback" episode, I break down the actual behavioral science behind that pause. Reinforcement patterns. Identity shifts. Decision paralysis. Leadership behavior when two values both matter and neither felt that they could be ignored.

If you have ever felt stuck, burned out, or conflicted in your role, this episode is about naming what is happening without needing to diagnose it ,and deciding what comes next on purpose.

Leadership is a behavior.
This is the start of the next chapter.

Listen now at theabnetwork.org or wherever you get your podcasts.

You can make the right decisionand still feel uncomfortable afterward.Especially at work.Especially when that decision i...
01/02/2026

You can make the right decision
and still feel uncomfortable afterward.

Especially at work.

Especially when that decision involved a boundary, a standard, feedback, or saying no to something you used to tolerate.

A lot of people interpret that discomfort as a signal they messed up.
So they walk it back.
They over-explain.
They undo it just to feel better.

But immediate relief is a terrible way to assess the quality of our decisions. In some cases, this expectation can cause us to consider "undoing" the good decisions we make.

Sometimes the unease is because we are breaking old patterns, and thoughtfully creating new ones.
Sometimes it is the cost of protecting something that actually matters.
Sometimes it is the first sign that you actually chose yourself.

That is what this episode is about.

Not how to feel better faster.
But how to stay grounded in decisions that protect your standards, your role, and your long-term clarity.

This conversation is from the most recent episode of Leadership Is a Behavior.
You can listen at www.theabanetwork.org.

So freaking busy. 💃🏼So freaking blessed. 🥲 Heart and life is full. ✨
11/04/2025

So freaking busy. 💃🏼
So freaking blessed. 🥲
Heart and life is full. ✨

10/09/2025

Hop to 📄 54 of my curriculum 📖 to follow along 👉 if videos like this are helpful and you want me to teach/cover more topics send me a message (or comment ⬇️)… Request a task list item and I’ll teach it. 🥰.

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