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This screenshot captures the registration page for “Countering Imposter Syndrome and Affirming the Right to Belong”: an event sponsored by the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. The image shows a calendar; event date, time, contact information; the start of the event description (also shared in this post’s text); and an image of blended navy, blue, white, and orange.

Countering Imposter Syndrome: Workshop Handouts and Resources

April 30, 2021

This image shows the spirulina shake (a bright green smoothie) in a clear glass, a brown date attached to the rim, against a white tablecloth.

Spirulina Shake: Love for This Bright Green Smoothie

April 20, 2021

Tempeh sticks cover open-faced sandwiches of mashed avocado, sour kraut, and microgreens and on ciabatta buns.

Vegan and Gluten-free Tempeh Sticks

April 8, 2021

This book cover for Your Silence Will Not Protect You, an essay collection of Audre Lorde’s work (published posthumously), is pink with Lorde’s name and the title/quote appearing along with her image.

Reflections on Silence, Fear, Courage, and Writing: Always Come Back to Writing

March 1, 2021

seven balls of yarn (in shades of yellow, orange, cream, green, and teal) for my current crochet project

Questions for Honoring Creative Energy and Play

February 13, 2021

Image shares one writing group reflection: “many life changes happen through writing, especially when writing brings attention to our built-in assumptions and ways of being in the world” in pink text against a pink background. A notebook, thermos, pens, and papers are also part of the pink background.

Reflections on Writing Groups

February 3, 2021

Book cover of Rhetorical Crossover: The Black Presence in White Culture by Cedric D. Burrows. Background photo by Marion S. Trikosko shows demonstrators holding signs during the March on Washington, 1963.

Q&A with Cedric Burrows about His New Book Rhetorical Crossover: The Black Presence in White Culture

January 27, 2021

This tweet from adrienne maree brown reads: “words matter. Coup: a sudden, violent, and illegal seizure of power from a government. Terrorism: the unlawful use of force and violence vs persons or property to intimidate or coerce a gvmt, civilian population, or segment thereof. today was not anarchy, not protest. (sedition. insurrection. there's lots of precise options.)”

Words Matter: Naming, Inspiring, Truth-telling, Revealing, and Reckoning with This Moment

January 7, 2021

This image reads “What is currently giving me energy—firing me up or inspiring me? and other questions for the new year …” against a light blue-gray background. A cream-colored candle and flame appear with pink-peach glowing dots. Attribution to Heart-Head-Hands.com appears in the lower right-hand corner.

Contemplative Practices for Setting Intentions and Welcoming the New Year

December 31, 2020

A brown, muddy trail winds through a white, snowy forest scene.

Reflection, Retreat, and Recommitment: Learning from the Winter Woods

December 23, 2020

This promotional flyer (a horizontal banner with a green background) from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette includes photos and titles for all four speakers—Dr. Beth Godbee, Dr. Shoba Subramanian, Dr. Meghan Duffy, and Prof. Ray Schroeder—along images for coffee talk and three-minute thesis events.

Clarifying Your Purpose in Grad School: Workshop Handouts and Resources

December 8, 2020

The text “Interrupting Thanksgiving: Three Responses to Disrupt What’s Normalized on This National Holiday” appears against grey wooden planks and green, white, and orange pumpkins.

Interrupting Thanksgiving: Three Responses to Disrupt What’s Normalized on This National Holiday

November 24, 2020

This image shows vegan flourless mushroom gravy with pieces of onion and mushroom in a brown sauce—in a white bowl, surrounded by a white cloth.

Flourless Mushroom Gravy (Vegan and Gluten-Free)

November 16, 2020

This photo shows Tamika Carey, Ph.D. smiling, wearing a pink blouse, and standing outdoors (surrounded by green leaves and a building blurred in the distance).

Q&A with Tamika Carey: “Gestures Are Easy. Reckoning Is Hard.” On Prioritizing Wellness and Liberation

October 23, 2020

This screenshot shows the online article “Forum Theatre: Using Boal’s Theatre of the Oppressed to Build Receptive Competence by Rasha Diab, Ph.D. and Beth Godbee, Ph.D.,” part of the website Contemplative Practices for Anti-Oppression Pedagogy. It shows a paragraph of text against a blue background and the black, red, and white book cover of Augusto Boal’s Theatre of the Oppressed.

Invitation to Join Upcoming Theatre of the Oppressed Workshops

October 13, 2020

Against a dark orange background appears the following quote: “It’s important to name that white fragility can manifest in aggression. Or, when not outright aggression, then as defensiveness, which peace studies scholars describe as the first step of offensiveness.”

What Is White Fragility?

September 30, 2020

Career Discernment for a Purposeful Career Path

September 10, 2020

This image shares this week’s question—“How do we build more accountable lives?”—along with meeting information: “Processing the Pandemic with Heart-Head-Hands. Wed, Aug. 12th.” Text appears in a central box that looks like a letter partially out of an envelope. The colors are red, orange, and yellow.

How Do We Build More Accountable Lives?

August 21, 2020

This photo from the 2014 Watson Conference shows the two of us—Beth Godbee (left) and Rasha Diab (right)—standing side-by-side; wearing a mix of blue, black, and green; in front of a brick wall.

Q&A with Rasha Diab: Pursuing Peace as Everyday Practice

August 11, 2020

This photo shows Beth Godbee, Ph.D. -- sitting on a rock surrounded by reflective water, leaves, and rocks. Photo taken at White Oaks Canyon in Shenandoah National Park (in the Appalachian Mountains).

Writing a Commitment Statement

July 31, 2020

This screenshot shares the Self-Compassionate Professor podcast page with a grey and brown color scheme. In addition to sharing the podcast’s name, creator, and theme—“helping academics and former academics find wellness, meaning, purpose, and freedom”—it shares episode 19: “Career discernment with Dr. Beth Godbee,” along with a photo of Beth wearing black and pressing against a grey rock formation.

Career Discernment for Academics: An Interview with Self-Compassionate Professor

July 14, 2020

This image shares this week’s question—“What is becoming intolerable and demands real change?”—along with meeting information: “Processing the Pandemic with Heart-Head-Hands. Wed, July 22nd.” Text appears in a central box that looks like a letter partially out of an envelope. The colors are red, orange, and yellow.

Summer 2020 Is Calling for Change, and Processing Groups Can Support Change-Making Reflection and Re-Commitment

June 29, 2020

To provide a visualization of “resources for racial justice,” this photo shows colorful spines of books by Gloria Anzaldúa, Augusto Boal, Patricia Hill Collins, Paulo Freire, bell hooks, Audre Lorde, Elaine Richardson, and Alice Walker, among others.

Resources for Sustaining Momentum and Doing Everyday Racial Justice Work

June 11, 2020

This image shares the quote: “It’s lifelong work to unlearn whiteness … And as lifelong work, this is everyday work: work in the moment and work over time”—in black font against a light orange textbox and white border.

Unraveling Whiteness: A Call for More Courage

May 28, 2020

This image shows vegan + gluten-free mac and cheese—a mix of creamy cheese and pasta (yellow) and spinach and jalapenos (green) in a light green bowl.

Mac and Cheese with a Kick: 4-Ingredient Vegan and Gluten-Free Twist on This Favorite Comfort Food

May 16, 2020

This image shows the Word document "Parenting Myself Right Now ... Spring 2020" that can be downloaded and modified for use. This black-and-white checklist shows characteristics of self-parenting next to days of the weeks, where checks can be added for tracking daily behaviors.

7 Strategies for Soothing Aches and Pains During the Pandemic

April 28, 2020

This image shows Ileana Rodriguez standing next to UW-Madison Badger clothing and mugs (all red and white) inside Scrubs Station in Madison, Wisconsin.

Q&A with Ileana Rodriguez: How Scrubs Station Spreads Hope During the Pandemic

April 21, 2020

This photo shows scattered papers (page proofs) across a wooden floor in a bedroom—with a colorful bedspread, pillows, blanket, sweater, plant, air purifier, bedside table, books, window, and white walls all part of the scene.

Wailing with the Wind: On Disrupting Work During the Pandemic

April 10, 2020

This feature for Agnes Scott College’s #EachForEqual campaign includes logos, the hashtags #IWD2020 and #EachForEqual, and with two images of Beth Godbee wearing orange in nature. The feature has a purple background and includes the following quote: “We can’t just think our way out of incredible injustices … we must feel and act, too. We need our heart, head, and hands for envisioning and enacting a more just world.”

Heart-Head-Hands: A Journal Prompt for These Times

March 31, 2020

This image (taken from the Eventbrite page) shows a colorfully tiled V (like an arrow pointing down) next to workshop information: “What Matters to You Most? Career Discernment for YOUR Career Path” by the Graduate School. Free. Mar. 17.”

What Matters to You Most? Career Discernment for YOUR Career Path

March 13, 2020