Danny Mann shares about fostering peace, joy, and community in teaching and leading on episode 611 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

Great teaching, and I think great life, is this adaptive, responsive thing, pulling out the bugs or getting things back in balance.

Peace and joy are really interrelated, and I gravitated a lot towards these, as I spent time studying and practicing mindfulness practices.

If you discover your why, you could basically feel much more energized and joyful about what you do, if you align your life with that.

Giving students space to speak and share ups and downs. So the ironic leading by listening.

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Resources

• University of California Irvine’s Division of Teaching Excellence & Innovation
• Find Your Why, by Simon Sinek
• How to Debug Your Life, by JA Westenberg
• Happiness: Essential Mindfulness Practices, by Thich Nhat Hanh
• Pedagogical Wellness | UCI Division of Teaching Excellence and Innovation
• The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom, by Don Miguel Ruiz
• How to Debug Your Life, by JA Westenberg
• Happiness: Essential Mindfulness Practices, by Thich Nhat Hanh

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