Murphy offers this self-care guide for leaders in education using the metaphor of "dancing in the rain" to maintain resilience under downpours of stress through active engagement. He discusses his personal experience with the emotional difficulty of being a college dean and bad cognitive habits he recognized as holding him back. Then he presents the acronym MY DANCE for seven steps to respond to challenges and use them to flourish: Mind your values, Yield to now, Disentangle from upsets, Allow unease, Nourish yourself, Cherish self-compassion, and Express feelings wisely. Each of these steps is then discussed in concrete detail with personal exercises. The final section advises on how individuals can apply the framework to themselves by identifying their weaknesses, setting priorities important to them, and creating a plan that integrates into their life selected exercises most relevant to their individual challenges. Annotation ©2016 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
Dancing in the Rain offers a lively and accessible guide aimed at helping education leaders thrive under pressure by developing the inner strengths of mindfulness and self-compassion, expressing emotions wisely, and maintaining a clear focus on the values that matter most. Jerome T. Murphy, a scholar and former dean who has written and taught about the inner life of education leaders, argues that the main barrier to thriving as leaders is not the outside pressures we face, but how we respond to them inside our minds and hearts.
In this concise volume, Murphy draws on a combination of Eastern philosophy and Western psychology, as well as his own experience and research in the field of education leadership. He presents a series of exercises and activities to help educators take discomfort more in stride, savor the joys and satisfactions of leadership work, and thrive as effective leaders guided by heartfelt values.
Every day, education leaders find themselves swamped in a maelstrom of pressures that add to the complex challenges of educating all students to a high level. With humor and compassion, Dancing in the Rain shows educators how to lead lives of consequence and purpose in the face of lifes inescapable downpours.
Dancing in the Rain offers a lively and accessible guide aimed at helping education leaders thrive under pressure by developing the inner strengths of mindfulness and self-compassion, expressing emotions wisely, and maintaining a clear focus on the values that matter most.
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