Soul!

A long-awaited companion to the wildly popular HEART , SOUL empowers educators take another giant leap toward fulfilling their professional promise. Refreshing and uplifting, 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, and healthy 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 should matter deeply to all educators. 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 school culture focused on meaningful relationships and collaboration.

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Contents:

Table of Contents

About the Author

Foreword

A Note to Readers

Introduction

Part 1: Developing Your Soul Story

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

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: Hatred Corrodes Your Container

Part 3: Developing Your SOUL Story

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: Semper Fidelis

Part 4: Developing Your SOUL Story

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: Social Justice Is the PLC Life

Epilogue

Finding Our Slack Tide

Acknowledgments

Notes