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The Onward Workbook
Daily Activities to Cultivate Your Emotional Resilience and Thrive
Taschenbuch von Elena Aguilar
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PRACTICAL EXERCISES AND ACTIVITIES FOR BECOMING A RESILIENT EDUCATOR

This hands-on workbook is the companion to Elena Aguilar's extraordinary book Onward. It explores in-depth the 12 habits that are essential for building and developing resilience in educators. The Onward Workbook is the must-have resource for cultivating resilience, filled with over 365 exercises that draw on the author's extensive research in emotional resilience, psychology, systems thinking, change management, and on her 12 years of coaching educators.

The Onward Workbook is your personal resource for cultivating resilience and becoming the educator of your dreams. The workbook has a variety of empowering stories and activities that introduce each of the 12 habits as well as activities that offer a guide to reflect on the habits explored. The exercises offer a better understanding of Onward's four-part conceptual framework that rests on the key components of resilience and how it is developed.

The exercises described are tried and tested and have proven to boost educator abilities to build community, become more mindful, take better care of themselves, focus on the positive, cultivate compassion, become ongoing learners, develop creativity, accept change, celebrate gratitude, and much more.

PRACTICAL EXERCISES AND ACTIVITIES FOR BECOMING A RESILIENT EDUCATOR

This hands-on workbook is the companion to Elena Aguilar's extraordinary book Onward. It explores in-depth the 12 habits that are essential for building and developing resilience in educators. The Onward Workbook is the must-have resource for cultivating resilience, filled with over 365 exercises that draw on the author's extensive research in emotional resilience, psychology, systems thinking, change management, and on her 12 years of coaching educators.

The Onward Workbook is your personal resource for cultivating resilience and becoming the educator of your dreams. The workbook has a variety of empowering stories and activities that introduce each of the 12 habits as well as activities that offer a guide to reflect on the habits explored. The exercises offer a better understanding of Onward's four-part conceptual framework that rests on the key components of resilience and how it is developed.

The exercises described are tried and tested and have proven to boost educator abilities to build community, become more mindful, take better care of themselves, focus on the positive, cultivate compassion, become ongoing learners, develop creativity, accept change, celebrate gratitude, and much more.

Über den Autor

ELENA AGUILAR is the founder and president of Bright Morning Consulting, an educational consulting group that works around the world supporting educators to meet the needs of children. She is the author of The Art of Coaching and The Art of Coaching Teams and has also been a longtime contributor to Edutopia and EdWeek.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface xvii

Introduction 1

Put On Your Hiking Boots 1

Hopes and Goals 2

Current Challenges 3

What's in Your Toolbox? 4

Create a Treasure Chest, or Just a Pocket 5

1 Know Yourself 7

Know Yourself: Resilience Self-Assessment 8

How Well Do I Know Myself? 10

The Wise Words of Martha Graham 13

Whom Do You Know Who Knows Who They Are? 14

I Am 15

Purpose: Why I'm Doing This 16

Myers-Briggs Personality Types: Part 1 17

Myers-Briggs Personality Types: Part 2 21

Pablo Neruda and Purpose 23

What Motivates Me When I Speak? 24

Core Values 25

Purpose: My Legacy 28

Crafting a Mission Statement 30

I Am a Leopard, or a 33

Aptitudes and Interests 34

Aptitudes: An Inquiry Experience 40

Spiritual and Mental Ancestors 45

The Paths We've Taken 46

Values: At School 48

Sociopolitical Identities 50

Signature Strengths 52

Make a Values Jar 53

Astrology, Enneagrams, and More! 54

Behavioral Change: In the Past 55

Who Am I? Who Do I Want to Be? 57

Behavioral Change: Reflections on Past Experiences 59

Behavioral Change: Identifying Grain Size 62

Making Plans for Behavioral Change 64

Aligning Values to Actions 67

A Letter to Vulnerability 69

Artistic Depictions of Vulnerability 70

Destination Postcard: Self-Knowledge 71

Chapter Reflection 72

2 Understand Emotions 75

Understand Emotions: Resilience Self-Assessment 76

KWL: Emotions 78

Beliefs About Feelings 79

Examining Coping Mechanisms 81

Movie Time! 82

The Cultural Construction of Emotions 84

The Core Emotions 86

Naming Emotions 88

Exploring the Intensity of Emotions 89

Anger: Meditations and Reflections 92

Get to Know an Emotion Cycle 94

A Day of Observing Your Emotions 97

Relaxing Your Body: The Body Scan 98

Where Emotions Live in Your Body 99

Muscle Relaxation 100

Nonverbal Communication: The Interviews 101

The Biography of My Emotions 102

Reflecting on Regrets 103

Invite Your Emotions to Tea 104

Lessons About Strong Emotions 105

Thanking Your Emotions 107

Thanks, but No Thanks 109

Exploring Moments of Emotional Intensity 112

How to Breathe 114

RAIN: Dealing with Uncomfortable Emotions 116

Noticing Physical Cues 118

Assessing Your Stress 119

Quick Calm: Grounding 120

Recognizing Cognitive Distortions 121

A Letter to Anger 124

Artistic Depictions of Anger 125

Destination Postcard: Understand Emotions 126

Chapter Reflection 127

3 Tell Empowering Stories 129

Tell Empowering Stories: Resilience Self-Assessment 130

Three Good Things 132

Intention Setting 136

Start a New Habit 140

Reflect on Thoughts 141

What Einstein Says About Stories 149

Exploring the Impact of Cognitive Distortions 150

Catch That Distorted Thought 154

Visually Depicting a Life Story 156

Affirmations 158

Authoring Your Life 159

Take Apart That Thought 160

Try This Thought 164

Optimism: Choices 165

Challenge That Thought 166

Interrupting Distorted Thoughts 172

Problematic Core Beliefs 174

Rilke on Love 178

Challenge That Core Belief 179

"The Optimism of Uncertainty" 181

River and Rut Stories 182

The Life-Defining Moments 184

"Want To" and "Get To" 187

The Untold Story 188

Memory, Mood, and Story-Crafting 189

"The Danger of a Single Story" 190

Using Empathy to Expand Stories 191

Examining Organizational Stories 193

Love 194

The Pessimism-Optimism Scale 197

Think Like an Optimist 199

A Letter to Love 200

Artistic Depictions of Love 201

Destination Postcard: Tell Empowering Stories 202

Chapter Reflection 203

4 Build Community 205

Build Community: Resilience Self-Assessment 206

Community Mapping 208

Planning for Professional Community Building 209

Develop Cultural Competence: A Plan 211

Trust: Reflecting on Experience and Assumptions 213

Relational Trust: Among Staff 216

How to Build Trust 220

Body Language: Reflecting on Myself 224

Body Language: Reflecting on Others 227

Body Language: Fake It Till You Become It 229

Body Language: Rewiring Your Brain 230

What Does Community Mean to You? 232

Sixty Ways to Build Community at School 235

How to Address Conflict 239

Neighborhood Exploration 240

An Anthropologist in the Lunchroom 241

Research Community Outside of School 242

A Corsage of Community 244

Building Your Social Network 245

Storytelling 247

Listening to Your Own Listening 248

Expansive Listening 250

Listening: The Interviews 252

Am I in a Toxic Culture? 253

What to Say When People Don't Talk Nicely About Kids or Their Families 257

How to Ask Questions 260

A Letter to Fear 262

Artistic Depictions of Fear 263

Destination Postcard: Community 264

Chapter Reflection 265

5 Be Here Now 267

Be Here Now: Resilience Self-Assessment 268

The Raisin Meditation 270

The Joy Collage 272

Right Here, Right Now 273

Blowing Bubbles 274

Morning Messages 275

Mindfulness on Yard Duty 276

Mindful Eating 277

The Myth of Multitasking 278

Mindful Walking 280

Tagore on Joy 281

Ice Cube Meditation 282

A Tree in a Storm 283

Project Silliness 284

Identify a Choice Point 285

Treasure Chest of the Ordinary 286

Mindful Breathing 287

The "Not-Right-Now" Shelf 289

Sixty Seconds 291

Meet Your Telomeres 292

The Zen of Coloring 293

Do Something Already 294

Walk a Labyrinth 295

Soaking In the Satisfaction 296

Project Humor 297

Drawing Your Breath 300

Kale Is Not Required 302

A Letter to Joy 303

Artistic Depictions of Joy 304

Destination Postcard: Be Here Now 305

Chapter Reflection 306

6 Take Care of Yourself 309

Take Care of Yourself: Resilience Self-Assessment 310

Listening to Your Body 312

What's My Gap? 313

Dream 315

Self-Care Origin Stories 316

When You Are in Self-Care Crisis 317

Tracking Exhaustion 318

Keep a Food Diary 319

Reflecting on Martyrdom 321

If Your Body Could Talk 322

Inside World and Outside World 324

Try Something New 326

Charting Your Self-Care Story 329

Reduce Your Sugar Intake 330

Planning for Better Sleep 333

How to Get More Exercise 337

Movie Time! 338

Self-Esteem Reflection 339

How Do I Perceive Myself? 341

The Best Homemade Chai 343

How Do Others Experience Me? 344

Exploring Self-Confidence 345

Fake It Until You Make It 348

Healthy Eating Reminders 350

Loving Your Adrenals 352

Who Needs to Yell at You? 355

Reflecting on Perfectionism 357

A Week of Self-Care 358

Sixty-Five Ways to Care for Yourself 361

A Letter to Perfectionism 364

Artistic Depictions of Perfectionism 365

Destination Postcard: Self-Care 366

Chapter Reflection 367

7 Focus on the Bright Spots 369

Focus on the Bright Spots: Resilience Self-Assessment 370

Find the Bright Spots 372

Savor the Little Moments 374

Share What You Savor 378

Feel the Feelings 379

Energy Check-In 380

Stop and Smell the Roses 383

Tuning in to the Positive 384

Create a Remember-lutions Jar 385

The Words of Others 386

Joyful Anticipation 388

Repurpose Your Pain 389

Joyful Recollection 390

THINK Before You Speak 391

Don't Worry, Be Happy 392

The Joy of Making Lists 393

Reflecting on Sadness 395

Five Years in the Future 396

Learning to Settle Your Mind 397

Light a Candle 398

Gaining Perspective on Difficult Events 399

Uncovering Silver Linings 401

Watch Your Thoughts, Again 403

Photographing What Matters 405

In Search of Ordinary Good 406

Reflecting on the Search for Ordinary Good 407

A Letter to Sadness 408

Artistic Depictions of Sadness 409

Destination Postcard: Focusing on Bright Spots 410

Chapter Reflection 411

8 Cultivate Compassion 413

Cultivate Compassion: Resilience Self-Assessment 414

New Year's Activities 416

Make Those Resolutions Stick 417

Lovingkindness Meditation 418

An Intention for Today 420

Acknowledging Your Teachers 421

Six Ways to Forgive Someone 422

Bridging Differences 426

It's Not Personal 428

How to Apologize 429

The Self-Compassion Break 431

How Would You Treat a Friend? 432

Self-Compassion Letter 434

Exploring Cynicism 435

The Quest for Good 436

Just Like Me 437

The Fly on the Wall 438

Your Future Self Speaks to You 440

Learning from Envy 442

Recognizing Bids for Attention 443

The Self-Compassion Journal 445

Cultivating Compassion for Difficult People 448

"The Awesome Anthem" 449

Nonviolent Communication 450

Nonverbal Communication of Compassion 453

The People Who Support Me 454

Four Minutes of Eye Contact 455

Thirty-Six Questions to Fall in Love with Someone 456

Eat Together...

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Fachbereich: Didaktik/Methodik/Schulpädagogik/Fachdidaktik
Genre: Erziehung & Bildung, Importe
Rubrik: Sozialwissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: 672 S.
ISBN-13: 9781119367383
ISBN-10: 1119367387
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Aguilar, Elena
Hersteller: Wiley
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Wiley-VCH GmbH, Boschstr. 12, D-69469 Weinheim, product-safety@wiley.com
Maße: 274 x 215 x 38 mm
Von/Mit: Elena Aguilar
Erscheinungsdatum: 08.05.2018
Gewicht: 1,484 kg
Artikel-ID: 110004320
Über den Autor

ELENA AGUILAR is the founder and president of Bright Morning Consulting, an educational consulting group that works around the world supporting educators to meet the needs of children. She is the author of The Art of Coaching and The Art of Coaching Teams and has also been a longtime contributor to Edutopia and EdWeek.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface xvii

Introduction 1

Put On Your Hiking Boots 1

Hopes and Goals 2

Current Challenges 3

What's in Your Toolbox? 4

Create a Treasure Chest, or Just a Pocket 5

1 Know Yourself 7

Know Yourself: Resilience Self-Assessment 8

How Well Do I Know Myself? 10

The Wise Words of Martha Graham 13

Whom Do You Know Who Knows Who They Are? 14

I Am 15

Purpose: Why I'm Doing This 16

Myers-Briggs Personality Types: Part 1 17

Myers-Briggs Personality Types: Part 2 21

Pablo Neruda and Purpose 23

What Motivates Me When I Speak? 24

Core Values 25

Purpose: My Legacy 28

Crafting a Mission Statement 30

I Am a Leopard, or a 33

Aptitudes and Interests 34

Aptitudes: An Inquiry Experience 40

Spiritual and Mental Ancestors 45

The Paths We've Taken 46

Values: At School 48

Sociopolitical Identities 50

Signature Strengths 52

Make a Values Jar 53

Astrology, Enneagrams, and More! 54

Behavioral Change: In the Past 55

Who Am I? Who Do I Want to Be? 57

Behavioral Change: Reflections on Past Experiences 59

Behavioral Change: Identifying Grain Size 62

Making Plans for Behavioral Change 64

Aligning Values to Actions 67

A Letter to Vulnerability 69

Artistic Depictions of Vulnerability 70

Destination Postcard: Self-Knowledge 71

Chapter Reflection 72

2 Understand Emotions 75

Understand Emotions: Resilience Self-Assessment 76

KWL: Emotions 78

Beliefs About Feelings 79

Examining Coping Mechanisms 81

Movie Time! 82

The Cultural Construction of Emotions 84

The Core Emotions 86

Naming Emotions 88

Exploring the Intensity of Emotions 89

Anger: Meditations and Reflections 92

Get to Know an Emotion Cycle 94

A Day of Observing Your Emotions 97

Relaxing Your Body: The Body Scan 98

Where Emotions Live in Your Body 99

Muscle Relaxation 100

Nonverbal Communication: The Interviews 101

The Biography of My Emotions 102

Reflecting on Regrets 103

Invite Your Emotions to Tea 104

Lessons About Strong Emotions 105

Thanking Your Emotions 107

Thanks, but No Thanks 109

Exploring Moments of Emotional Intensity 112

How to Breathe 114

RAIN: Dealing with Uncomfortable Emotions 116

Noticing Physical Cues 118

Assessing Your Stress 119

Quick Calm: Grounding 120

Recognizing Cognitive Distortions 121

A Letter to Anger 124

Artistic Depictions of Anger 125

Destination Postcard: Understand Emotions 126

Chapter Reflection 127

3 Tell Empowering Stories 129

Tell Empowering Stories: Resilience Self-Assessment 130

Three Good Things 132

Intention Setting 136

Start a New Habit 140

Reflect on Thoughts 141

What Einstein Says About Stories 149

Exploring the Impact of Cognitive Distortions 150

Catch That Distorted Thought 154

Visually Depicting a Life Story 156

Affirmations 158

Authoring Your Life 159

Take Apart That Thought 160

Try This Thought 164

Optimism: Choices 165

Challenge That Thought 166

Interrupting Distorted Thoughts 172

Problematic Core Beliefs 174

Rilke on Love 178

Challenge That Core Belief 179

"The Optimism of Uncertainty" 181

River and Rut Stories 182

The Life-Defining Moments 184

"Want To" and "Get To" 187

The Untold Story 188

Memory, Mood, and Story-Crafting 189

"The Danger of a Single Story" 190

Using Empathy to Expand Stories 191

Examining Organizational Stories 193

Love 194

The Pessimism-Optimism Scale 197

Think Like an Optimist 199

A Letter to Love 200

Artistic Depictions of Love 201

Destination Postcard: Tell Empowering Stories 202

Chapter Reflection 203

4 Build Community 205

Build Community: Resilience Self-Assessment 206

Community Mapping 208

Planning for Professional Community Building 209

Develop Cultural Competence: A Plan 211

Trust: Reflecting on Experience and Assumptions 213

Relational Trust: Among Staff 216

How to Build Trust 220

Body Language: Reflecting on Myself 224

Body Language: Reflecting on Others 227

Body Language: Fake It Till You Become It 229

Body Language: Rewiring Your Brain 230

What Does Community Mean to You? 232

Sixty Ways to Build Community at School 235

How to Address Conflict 239

Neighborhood Exploration 240

An Anthropologist in the Lunchroom 241

Research Community Outside of School 242

A Corsage of Community 244

Building Your Social Network 245

Storytelling 247

Listening to Your Own Listening 248

Expansive Listening 250

Listening: The Interviews 252

Am I in a Toxic Culture? 253

What to Say When People Don't Talk Nicely About Kids or Their Families 257

How to Ask Questions 260

A Letter to Fear 262

Artistic Depictions of Fear 263

Destination Postcard: Community 264

Chapter Reflection 265

5 Be Here Now 267

Be Here Now: Resilience Self-Assessment 268

The Raisin Meditation 270

The Joy Collage 272

Right Here, Right Now 273

Blowing Bubbles 274

Morning Messages 275

Mindfulness on Yard Duty 276

Mindful Eating 277

The Myth of Multitasking 278

Mindful Walking 280

Tagore on Joy 281

Ice Cube Meditation 282

A Tree in a Storm 283

Project Silliness 284

Identify a Choice Point 285

Treasure Chest of the Ordinary 286

Mindful Breathing 287

The "Not-Right-Now" Shelf 289

Sixty Seconds 291

Meet Your Telomeres 292

The Zen of Coloring 293

Do Something Already 294

Walk a Labyrinth 295

Soaking In the Satisfaction 296

Project Humor 297

Drawing Your Breath 300

Kale Is Not Required 302

A Letter to Joy 303

Artistic Depictions of Joy 304

Destination Postcard: Be Here Now 305

Chapter Reflection 306

6 Take Care of Yourself 309

Take Care of Yourself: Resilience Self-Assessment 310

Listening to Your Body 312

What's My Gap? 313

Dream 315

Self-Care Origin Stories 316

When You Are in Self-Care Crisis 317

Tracking Exhaustion 318

Keep a Food Diary 319

Reflecting on Martyrdom 321

If Your Body Could Talk 322

Inside World and Outside World 324

Try Something New 326

Charting Your Self-Care Story 329

Reduce Your Sugar Intake 330

Planning for Better Sleep 333

How to Get More Exercise 337

Movie Time! 338

Self-Esteem Reflection 339

How Do I Perceive Myself? 341

The Best Homemade Chai 343

How Do Others Experience Me? 344

Exploring Self-Confidence 345

Fake It Until You Make It 348

Healthy Eating Reminders 350

Loving Your Adrenals 352

Who Needs to Yell at You? 355

Reflecting on Perfectionism 357

A Week of Self-Care 358

Sixty-Five Ways to Care for Yourself 361

A Letter to Perfectionism 364

Artistic Depictions of Perfectionism 365

Destination Postcard: Self-Care 366

Chapter Reflection 367

7 Focus on the Bright Spots 369

Focus on the Bright Spots: Resilience Self-Assessment 370

Find the Bright Spots 372

Savor the Little Moments 374

Share What You Savor 378

Feel the Feelings 379

Energy Check-In 380

Stop and Smell the Roses 383

Tuning in to the Positive 384

Create a Remember-lutions Jar 385

The Words of Others 386

Joyful Anticipation 388

Repurpose Your Pain 389

Joyful Recollection 390

THINK Before You Speak 391

Don't Worry, Be Happy 392

The Joy of Making Lists 393

Reflecting on Sadness 395

Five Years in the Future 396

Learning to Settle Your Mind 397

Light a Candle 398

Gaining Perspective on Difficult Events 399

Uncovering Silver Linings 401

Watch Your Thoughts, Again 403

Photographing What Matters 405

In Search of Ordinary Good 406

Reflecting on the Search for Ordinary Good 407

A Letter to Sadness 408

Artistic Depictions of Sadness 409

Destination Postcard: Focusing on Bright Spots 410

Chapter Reflection 411

8 Cultivate Compassion 413

Cultivate Compassion: Resilience Self-Assessment 414

New Year's Activities 416

Make Those Resolutions Stick 417

Lovingkindness Meditation 418

An Intention for Today 420

Acknowledging Your Teachers 421

Six Ways to Forgive Someone 422

Bridging Differences 426

It's Not Personal 428

How to Apologize 429

The Self-Compassion Break 431

How Would You Treat a Friend? 432

Self-Compassion Letter 434

Exploring Cynicism 435

The Quest for Good 436

Just Like Me 437

The Fly on the Wall 438

Your Future Self Speaks to You 440

Learning from Envy 442

Recognizing Bids for Attention 443

The Self-Compassion Journal 445

Cultivating Compassion for Difficult People 448

"The Awesome Anthem" 449

Nonviolent Communication 450

Nonverbal Communication of Compassion 453

The People Who Support Me 454

Four Minutes of Eye Contact 455

Thirty-Six Questions to Fall in Love with Someone 456

Eat Together...

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Fachbereich: Didaktik/Methodik/Schulpädagogik/Fachdidaktik
Genre: Erziehung & Bildung, Importe
Rubrik: Sozialwissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: 672 S.
ISBN-13: 9781119367383
ISBN-10: 1119367387
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Aguilar, Elena
Hersteller: Wiley
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Wiley-VCH GmbH, Boschstr. 12, D-69469 Weinheim, product-safety@wiley.com
Maße: 274 x 215 x 38 mm
Von/Mit: Elena Aguilar
Erscheinungsdatum: 08.05.2018
Gewicht: 1,484 kg
Artikel-ID: 110004320
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