On Part 1 of our Mental Health and Wellness Series, Greg & Gary Goelz join me to discuss their new and very unconventional book What's In Your CORE: An Educator's Guide to Plugging Into Purpose & Perspective that aims to get us to slow down, reflect on our own "WHY" and then return to it so we can feel fulfilled and have fun in our jobs again. The mental health and wellness of educators could not be more important than RIGHT NOW! In these trying times, our students need us energized and emotionally healthy more than ever. However, many of us have understandably lost our way and are feeling ineffective and burned out. And, it's only November!!!
Their book, "What's In Your CORE: An Educator's Guide to Plugging Into Purpose & Perspective" is a light and humorous book written for all K-12 educators and it has a very strange goal: it doesn't want to teach you anything new. What!?!? That's right, it's a book that aims to help you return to all of the wonderful already inside of you, rather than trying to teach you to be something, or someone, different. Refreshing, right?
"What's in Your CORE?" focuses on two main topics: Purpose and Perspective. In regards to purpose, you'll be introduced to the 10 COREs (Calling or Reason in Education) that can best be thought of as your "educational personality type." Greg and Gary guide you to rediscover your own personal "WHY," your CORE, and how you can return to it. For perspective, the book explains how and why to fully get to know, trust, and lean into the COREs of your colleagues. In the book, they refer to this as the "unifying power of perspective-taking" and it's the engine that drives school-wide success.
And, while you're learning about purpose and perspective, Greg and Gary will entertain you with funny personal stories from growing up as twins outside of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and their interesting professional stories, too. Great for a book study, "What's In Your CORE?" will not disappoint.
So, if you're looking for a light, hilarious read that will help remind you why you got into education in the first place, or why on earth you should stay, this is the perfect book for you. Pick it up and you won't put it down.
Follow Greg & Gary on Twitter @GoelzBrothers and you can find their book on Amazon at https://amzn.to/2EQo1Ip
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