SOUL!: Fulfilling the Promise of Your Professional Life as a Teacher and Leader (A professional wellness and self…

A long-awaited companion to the wildly popular HEART!, SOUL! empowers educators to take another giant leap toward fulfilling their professional promise. Refreshing, uplifting, and research affirmed, this resource leads readers on a deeply rewarding journey toward discovering their soul story–the pursuit of their moral good–in order to create good in others. It also includes dozens of stories from real educators, as well as ample space for journaling and self-reflection. Use this resource to examine and reflect with provided journaling spaces: Become more confident, joyful, whole, healthy, and balanced in your professional life. Explore the four actions of SOUL–searching, overcoming, unifying, and living–that will help you sustain a fulfilling professional life. Learn the concept of a soul story, diving into what it is and why it is so important to your positive well-being and emotional health. Understand your own soul story, and reflect on how you can use it to create good in others. Learn how to overcome challenges and obstacles that hinder you from fulfilling your soul story. Discover how to create a positive, thriving school culture focused on meaningful relationships and collaboration. Follow the discussion of SOUL! on Twitter by using the hashtag #heartandsoul4Ed Contents: Table of Contents About the Author Foreword A Note to Readers Introduction Part 1: Developing Your Soul Story–S is for Searching Chapter 1: The Soul Asks, “Now What?” Chapter 2: A Perfect Pair: Heart and Soul Chapter 3: In Loco Parentis Chapter 4: In the Name of Social Justice Chapter 5: The Second Mountain Chapter 6: No Compassion, No Soul Chapter 7: The Soul Story Whisperers Final Thoughts: The PLC Life is a Seeking-System Life Part 2: Developing Your SOUL Story–O is for Overcoming Chapter 8: Lost and Overwhelmed Chapter 9: The Shallows Chapter 10: SASHET Chapter 11: Anger Never Wins Chapter 12: Good Enough, For Now Chapter 13: The Road Less Hardened Chapter 14: A Season for Obstacles Final Thoughts: The PLC Life is a Corrosion-Free Life Part 3: Developing Your SOUL Story–U is for Unifying Chapter 15: E Pluribus Unum: Thriving in Community Chapter 16: Beyond Bricks and Mortar: Belonging Chapter 17: Beyond Collaboration: Intimacy Chapter 18: Beyond Collegiality: Vulnerability Chapter 19: Beyond Tolerance: Validation Chapter 20: Beyond School: Community Engagement Chapter 21: The Quietude Quest Final Thoughts: The PLC Life Is a Balanced, Unified Life Part 4: Developing Your SOUL Story–L is for Living Chapter 22: The Date Always Arrives Chapter 23: Carpe Diem Chapter 24: Mirror, Mirror Chapter 25: Soul Story Courage Chapter 26: Joy, Gratitude, and Grace Chapter 27: One More Trip Around the Sun Final Thoughts: The PLC Life Is a Bene Life Epilogue Finding Our Slack Tide Acknowledgments Notes