The Mindful College Applicant
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-1-5381-7590-3 (ISBN)
In a time when crossing guards are posted to prevent high schoolers from jumping in front of trains and parents shelling out $100K for packaged college applications, education has become a mad race to grab the Ivy ring. Based on experience in admissions with the Ivy League and other highly competitive universities, emerging scientific evidence on the impact of emotional intelligence and mindfulness, and discussions with admissions officers, students, families, and high school counselors, this book is a guide on how to go through the existing, however brutish, college applications process with less stress and anxiety, and more joy and mindfulness.
Equipped with the powerful tools of emotional intelligence and mindfulness, this work acknowledges the reality of what the process is, and challenges young people to reach for a more meaningful ideal for themselves.
This book shares a look at the holistic admissions process and offers an alternative one to the current climate of untenable stress. This updated model aims to shift mindsets from treating the admissions process as a ruthless competition with one externally-prescribed definition of success, to a step in a lifelong journey of curiosity and wonder. By building self-awareness, compassion, resilience, it’s possible to navigate the process with greater authenticity, balance, and joy.
Belinda Chiu, EdD, is on the forefront of the movement to democratize emotional intelligence as head of educational innovation for Goleman EI and faculty for the Daniel Goleman Emotional Intelligence Coaching Certification Program. Working with Ignition Coaching LLC and Hummingbirdrcc, her efforts go toward cultivating resilience and leveraging the power of play for a happier, healthier planet. She has worked in undergraduate and graduate university admissions, and published a book on yoga meditations for children and a women’s guide to the Camino de Santiago. A member of Valley Improv, Belinda currently lives in Hanover, New Hampshire with Bandit, the pink-nosed pup.
Introduction: You’re Going to Make It
I: From Anxiety to Awareness: The Case for Emotional Intelligence
1 Will Meditating Help Me Levitate?
2 The Brain Behind the Brain
3 Educating My Emotions
4 It’s Not Just About You
5 A New Education
II: Inside the Ivy Tower: The Myth, the Legend, the Truth
6 It’s Only Getting Worse
7 The Rumor Mill and the Gossip
8 Rolling the Dice and Betting on the House
9 Worrywarts and Worry-Nots
10 We’re Only Human
III: Coloring Inside the Lines: What Has Been Still Is
11 Academics: Are You Ready to Take It Up a Notch?
12 Testing: Everyone’s Favorite Saturday Pastime
13 Leadership: Queen Bees, Worker Bees, and Busy Bees
14 Accolades: Someone Thinks You’re Special
15 Spirit: Showcase You, Don’t Tell
IV: Charting a New Course: Whole-Being Well-Being
16 Awareness: What You Feel Is Not Who You Are
17 Thinking: Like a Jedi, Be
18 Listening: Teamwork Makes the Dream Work
19 Alignment: Peak Performance at the Optimal Time
20 Self-Compassion: You’re Pretty Darn Awesome
V: Go For It: Embracing Peaks and Valleys
21 College 101: What Your Prereqs Won’t Teach You
22 A Preference for Manual Driving
Notes
About the Author
| Erscheinungsdatum | 16.09.2022 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Lanham, MD |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 138 x 217 mm |
| Gewicht | 354 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Entspannung / Meditation / Yoga |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Psychologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-5381-7590-8 / 1538175908 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-5381-7590-3 / 9781538175903 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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