The comfort of little things : an educator's guide to second chances /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bruno, Holly Elissa
Corporate Author: Ebook Library
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: St. Paul, MN : Redleaf Press, [2015]
Edition:First edition.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Part I. An invitation to the world of second chances
  • A year of second chances: when a second chance calls, will you answer?
  • Why create a culture of second chances?
  • Finding comfort in little things: the promise of this moment
  • Part II. Facing up to our stumbling blocks: the bully of fear and the most alluring of distractions
  • Squaring off against the bully of fear
  • Acknowledging attractive distractions
  • Partnering with (vs. avoiding) change
  • Part III. Staking claim to our birthright for joy
  • The climb to transcendence
  • Failure, the crucible for second chances: it's not what you did to fail, it's what you do next
  • Second chance denied: when the door is slammed in your face, where can you turn?
  • When we think we can't, we can
  • Part IV. Creating a culture of second chances
  • Offering second chances to others: "paying it forward" without demanding payback
  • Capitalizing on our brain's evolution toward second chances.