dr. laura lee summers
Well-being & Resilience Resources
My sessions and workshops on how to cultivate your well-being and resilience offer research-based resources that I evaluate and keep up-to-date on this page. If a link expires, I update it as soon as possible.
Defining Our Own Wellness as an Educator
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Faculty Wellness Strategies for Building Resilience, Laura Lee Summers, PhD (free eBook)
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Filling Your Well: 3 Tips for Self-Care, Carrie Grace
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Getting stuck in the negatives (and how to get unstuck), Alison Ledgerwood (TEDxUCDavis)
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Holmes-Rahe Stress Inventory (The American Institute of Stress)
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The Power of Vulnerability, Brene Brown
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Resilience: A Mindset for Everyday Life, Joana Baquero
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The 7 types of rest that every person needs, Saundra Dalton-Smith, (ideas.ted.com)
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Wellness vs. Well-being: What’s the Difference? (University of New Hampshire)
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What students appreciate most about their professors (Cengage)
Unpacking Strategies for Wellness and Resilience
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Calm app
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Cultivating Teacher Resilience: International Approaches, Application and Impact, Caroline F. Mansfield (editor)
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Educators and Students Are Burned Out. These Strategies Can Help, Kira Schabram and Yu Tse Heng
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Healthy Living: Resilience articles on Everyday Health
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How My “Distraction Journal” Doubled My Productivity, The Financial Diet
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How People Learn to Become Resilient, Maria Konnikova
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Increase Faculty Resilience with Co-regulation Skills, Michelle Poulus
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Introvert Wellness: Getting Out There, Veronica Hoebeke
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It’s all about perspective, Brisa Ayub
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Reclaiming the Joy in Teaching Lifting the Languishing Series, Center for Research on Teaching and Learning Excellence
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Resilience: Build skills to endure hardship, Mayo Clinic
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Resilience: How to Emerge from Your Tragedies Stronger, Sydney Cummings, (TEDxUCDavis)
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Science Has Your Back, Introverts: New Research Says Spending Time Alone Is the Best Way to Rest, Melanie Curtin
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20 Ways to Sleep Well, University of New Hampshire
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What Trauma Taught Me About Resilience, Charles Hunt (TEDx Charlotte)
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You are your best thing: vulnerability, shame resilience, and the black experience: An anthology, Tarana Burke & Brene Brown (editors)
Extending Well-being and Self-care in the Educational Landscape
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“Burnout Symptoms Increasing among College Students,” Olivia Sanchez, Hechinger Report (July 30, 2021)
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Daring Classrooms, Brené Brown, [SXSW EDU Video]
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"Engaged Pedagogy", bell hooks (1993)
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Educators - An Unbroken Spirit, Brisa Ayub
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Self-Compassion for Students, Greater Good in Education
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Staff Meeting Rituals that Build Trust, Greater Good in Education