Integrative Practice

Practice 2: Transforming Emotions

Mindful Self-care

Cultivate Emotional Wisdom

Heal the Heart and Learn to Love

The Challenge of Difficult Emotions

Reducing Fear and Anger

Cultivate Love and Gratitude

Source

Walsh, R. (1999) Chapers 5-9 in Essential Spirituality: the Seven Central Practices to Awaken Heart and Mind. New York: Wiley

Mindful Leadership

Positive Leadership

Positivity development in the school – focus on strengths / Building positive culture vs a crisis management culture / Giving positive feedback / Negativity elimination / Display of positive emotions and optimism

Source

ARAR, K. and OPLATKA, I., (2022). Ch 11 Positive Leadership in Advanced Theories of Educational Leadership. Cham, Switzerland: Springer..

Compassionate Leadership

Human suffering & humanising the workplace / Awareness, feeling, appraisal, responding / Leadership & Organisational benefits of compassion / Compassion and cognitive bias / Self-compassion for leaders / Developing compassionate leadership / Designing a compassionate organisation

PAPWORTH, K. D. (2023) Compassionate Leadership: for individual and organisational change. Berlin: De Gruyter.

Mindful Teaching

Being with Our Feelings

Increasing emotional wellbeing / Increased mental and physical wellbeing / More conscious behaviour and reduced bullying / Greater compassion, empathy and kindness / Healthier relationships / Integrity, values and right action. / Developing a diverse feelings culture / Sharing an established feelings language / Nurturing a culture of freedom and creativity / practising all-inclusive wellbeing rituals and routines

Source

Garai, A.K., Being with Our Feelings: a Mindful Approach to Wellbeing for Children: a Teaching Toolkit. London: Routledge

Further Reading

Wendy Turner (2023) Embracing Adult SEL: An Educator’s Guide to Personal Social Emotional Learning Success

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