SOUL‪!‬

A long-awaited companion to the wildly popular HEART!, SOUL! empowers educators to take another giant leap toward fulfilling their professional promise. Refreshing, uplifting, and research affirmed, 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, healthy, and balanced 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 is so important to your positive well-being and emotional health.

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, thriving 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--S is for Searching


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--O is for Overcoming


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: The PLC Life is a Corrosion-Free Life


Part 3: Developing Your SOUL Story--U is for Unifying


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: The PLC Life Is a Balanced, Unified Life


Part 4: Developing Your SOUL Story--L is for Living


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: The PLC Life Is a Bene Life


Epilogue


Finding Our Slack Tide


Acknowledgments


Notes