Mindfulness in the Academy Practices and Perspectives from Scholars 1st edition by Narelle Lemon,Sharon McDonough 9811321434 9789811321436

1. Mindfulness in the Academy: An Examination of Mindfulness Perspectives

Part I. Integrity, Compassion, and Care

2. Doormats and Boulders: Uncovering Mindfulness Traits and Wise Discernment During Stressful Experiences in the Academy

3. Emerging into Authentic Academic Life: Anxiety, Masks of Selves, Mindful Observation and Perfectionist Performance

Part II. Becoming, Identity, and Professional Transitions

4. Mindful Networks? Navigating and Negotiating Life and Work in Academia

5. Mindful Practice as Professional Identity Work

6. Exploring Mindfulness in Teaching–Learning Scholarship Through a Reflective Conversation

Part III. Collegiality, Collaboration and Relationships

7. Tending to Ourselves, Tending to Each Other: Nurturing Feminist Friendships to Manage Academic Lives

8. It is About Fun Stuff! Thinking About the Writing Process in Different Ways

9. I am not Playing the Academic Hunger Games: Self-awareness and Mindful Practices in Approaching Research Collaborations

Part IV. Leadership, Professional Vulnerability and Change

10. Ko Wai Au (Who Am I)? Authentic Leadership and Mindfulness in Higher Education

11. The Role of Mindfulness in Managing HRM Challenges for Senior Higher Education Learning and Teaching Leaders

Part V. Conscious Decisions, Being Present, and Voice

12. Mindful Care and Compassion in Higher Education: Cultivating Communities of Practice

13. Yoga and Pedagogical Mindfulness in Higher Education

14. Casualisation, Mindfulness and the Working Lives of Academics

Part VI. Resistance, Social Justice and Being the Change

15. The Right Kind of Ambition

16. A Glitch in the Machine or a Glimmer of What Could Be? Mindfulness as Resistance in Higher Education

17. Mindfully Living and Working in the Academy: Continuing the Conversation