Author: Jerome T. Murphy Publisher: Harvard Education Press ISBN: 1612509649 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 264
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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 contemplative traditions 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 life’s inescapable downpours.
Author: Lynn Joseph Publisher: ISBN: 9789769543690 Category : Children's stories, Dominican Languages : en Pages : 0
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Twelve year-old Elizabeth, usually happy and full of life, has her world crumble around her when the Twin Towers fall and her family falls apart. When Brandt, eight years-old, and Jared, thirteen years old, arrive on the island Elizabeth shows them a new way to look at the world and she begins to laugh again. Together they must help their families overcome the sorrow and live again.
Author: Annabel Stehli Publisher: ISBN: 9780825305344 Category : Family & Relationships Languages : en Pages : 0
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Dancing in the Rain is a guide to the world of learning disbilities, developmental delay and autism. An inspiring and riveting selection of stories, they are written with candor and intelligence by the parents of children with special needs and edited by Annabel Stehli, author of The Sound of a Miracle (Avon). Focusing on attention deficit disorder, dyslexia, hyperlexia, pervasive developmental delay, communication delay, central auditory processing disorder, fetal alcohol syndrome and autism, here are strategies that worked in twenty-two cases. How I wish a book like this had been available when my daughter was first diagnosed. It would have made all the difference, says Annabel Stehli.
Author: Brian McDermott Publisher: BalboaPress ISBN: 1452537143 Category : Body, Mind & Spirit Languages : en Pages : 121
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When a tragic car accident took the life of our twenty-one year old daughter, Maia, we began a journey that has been paradoxically the most heart-wrenching and spiritually uplifting period of our lives. Learning to Dance in the Rain chronicles the first year of this journey. Through pain and despair to renewed energy and spiritual discovery, we write about the many ways in which we are finding strength and inspiration to carry on. With help from family and friends, a variety of religious/spiritual traditions, encounters with the natural world, and, most profoundly, continued connection with our beloved daughter, we are learning that death is as much a beginning as it is an end and that pain can be a catalyst for personal & spiritual growth. It is our greatest hope that sharing our story in this way will help others find strength to face the storms that come their way and live their lives with greater awareness. www.learningtodanceintherain.net
Author: Cindy Shufflebarger Publisher: Winepress Publishing ISBN: 9781579219833 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 176
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The loss of a loved one, divorce, unemployment, terminal illness, struggles with finances . . . Have any of these heart-wrenching realities come knocking on your door? Even if your life seems relatively calm, you know someone who is suffering immeasurably. Dancing in the Rain will help you and your loved ones weather the storms of life with grace and strength. Join Cindy Shufflebarger as she chronicles a life-altering event—the loss of her child. Cindy honestly shares her thoughts, feelings, and attitudes, and how God has changed them throughout her journey. She offers hope, understanding, reassurance, and God's love to those who are hurting. As someone who has been there, Cindy identifies with you as she walks you from the door of despair to the window of hope by helping you: • Understand the true meaning of joy, • Change your focus—towards heaven instead of worldly suffering, • Experience God's love, • See God's goodness, and • Make the choice to be better instead of bitter.
Author: Tracy Brooks Publisher: iUniverse ISBN: 9781475944501 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 406
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There are times in all of our lives when we look to the sky and wonder if the dark clouds shadowing our lives will ever partwhen we wonder if well ever be warmed by the sunshine again. We may be challenged to overcome a single tribulation or a series of trials, but we all find ourselves facing and enduring heartache. Tracy Brooks has perhaps experienced more than her fair share of heartache, most notably experiencing the ultimate betrayal and abandonment of the dearest person in her life. Getting back on your feet can seem like an insurmountable task after being wounded so deeply, but Tracy realized there was nothing else she could do but move on and wait for the clouds to part. In this memoir, she seeks to reaffirm that storms of life really do pass and that the sun can shine again. She shares what encouragement can do for someone going through difficult times in their life and how those encouraging others through their journeys are blessed. She hopes to restore faith and reminds readers to pray through hard times. Brookss memoir shows that regardless of the adversity youre facing, faith can get you through. Hers is a story of finding peace among all the pieces.
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