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: Miquelina Malone
Publisher: Miquelina Malone
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 285
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This book gives us a glimpse at the unusual life of Miquelina Merces Malone, an immigrant from Portugal in 1955. The story follows our author when she leaves her extreme poverty in Portugal, arrives in the USA and encounters wonders, sadness, surprising changes to her lifestyle and extreme joy. It is a wonderful tale of overcoming obstacles and finding peace in this sometimes complicated thing we call life. This is her story...achieving the American dream despite all the hardships life threw in her way. Through her struggles, she becomes a millionaire, only to lose it all again and start all over. Follow in her footsteps and experience the many highs and lows, the laughter and the pain and all the in-betweens. This is a story of endurance, determination, and lots of love which was written for the benefit of the 11 grandchildren. How many of us wonder about our ancestors, where they came from, what they did, and how they lived? This story is an attempt to answer these questions while telling her story, so they will know and remember!
Author: John Lyons
Publisher: Peepal Tree Press
ISBN: 9781845233013
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Poems for children from the Caribbean by John Lyons.
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: John Lehman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780615805726
Category : Authorship
Languages : en
Pages :
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Author: Annabel Stehli
Publisher: Georgian Institute
ISBN: 9780964483804
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 324
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Parents of children with special needs offer their stories. Written with candor by people who have been there.
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: Shelley Hrdlitschka
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781459810655
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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In this novel for teens, sixteen-year-old Brenna tries to make sense of her life after her beloved adoptive mother dies.
Author: Tim Hopgood
Publisher: Oxford University Press - Children
ISBN: 0192786385
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
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'I'm singing in the rain, Just singing in the rain. What a glorious feeling. I'm happy again!' Based on the classic song, this beautifully illustrated picture book celebrates rain and all its fun. Jump in puddles, raise umbrellas, and dance with joy through the pages of this gorgeous story. Sweet and positive in its message, with bright, eye-catching art, this book is an uplifting celebration of rain! 'Singing in the Rain' is one of the world's best-loved songs and the centrepiece of one of my favourite films. I love the song's positive message, and the iconic sequence of Gene Kelly dancing in the rain always raises a smile. As adults we tend to think of rain as an inconvenience rather than the joyous thing that it is. Next time it rains, step outside, feel the rain on your face, and give the clouds up above your biggest smile!'
