Self-Care and Stress Management for Academic Well-Being

Self-care is a topic that is often challenging in education. Educators are required to learn to teach advise and cope with organizational change as well as encourage their students to take responsibility for their actions say no identify burnout establish a network of family and friends schedule breaks do things they enjoy and take care of themselves physically. However teachers often do not follow these guidelines themselves. It is important that teachers allow themselves the time and space to do the same things that they insist their students do. Moreover it is important that administrators recognize and support these efforts as well. Self-Care and Stress Management for Academic Well-Being discusses why self-care for educators is needed in order for them to sustain the growth of the students at their institutions. It explores the ways in which educators devote themselves to helping students develop their creativity and their academic voices but do not always give themselves the same permission. Covering a range of topics such as physical care stress and self-advocacy this reference work is ideal for researchers academicians practitioners scholars administrators instructors and students.