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Welcome to Heart-Head-Hands: Everyday Living for Justice

You’ll find here an educational space focused on feeling, thinking, and doing (that is, everyday living) for justice.

As an educator, I take, as a starting point, that our fully embodied selves matter in the world. We can’t just think our way out of the incredible injustices, dehumanization, violence, and wrongdoing that characterize everyday life. We must feel and act, too.

We need our heart, head, and hands for envisioning and enacting a more just world. We need deep commitments to justice and an attitude of “try-try again” for striving to live out these commitments—both in everyday moments and for the long haul.

This vision guides the work you’ll find here, but don’t let BIG thinking fool you. There’s lots of attention to small matters, too. Weaving the mundane and material with deeply relational, ideological, and spiritual matters, this is a space for you. A messy, imperfect, human space. A space for making commitments, striving, learning, and unlearning.

This head-shot shows Beth (a white woman with brown hair, wearing a floppy hiking hat) smiling, seated by the ocean as the sun sets.
Beth Godbee, Ph.D. | Educator, Writer, Researcher

How Do I Get Involved?

Take a look around the site, explore some recent posts, and check out an e-course or two. Reach out if you’d like to try coaching, and subscribe via Patreon for additional content, tailored feedback, and community support.

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Heart-Head-Hands is integral to my personal growth and to living my commitments. I’ve turned here for many things, including writing groups, (re)commitment hours, and coaching. No matter the offering, I so appreciate the thoughtfulness and the research that Beth puts into each one. I especially love the resources she shares, as they allow me to learn and to explore many of my questions.” — Chloe in California

Beth is a wonderful teacher: compassionate and tough and smart, smart, smart! Most of all, she teaches from the inside. She does the work. Just the teacher and guide I have needed over time.” — Kathy in Wisconsin

Recent Posts

This screenshot shows the registration page for “Planning Writing Projects.” It includes a photo of Beth teaching (body facing and writing on a dry-erase board) and a lot of text, including the workshop title, date, and description shared above; the Fayetteville Public Library’s name and logo of a yellow exclamation mark; and tags of the age group: adult and the event type: writing workshop.

Planning Writing Projects: Workshop Handouts and Resources

Welcome to this page of handouts and resources for the upcoming workshop: “Planning Writing Projects.” This workshop is offered through the Fayetteville Public Library and sponsored by the Brown Chair in English Literacy at the University of Arkansas. Much gratitude to Professor Eric Darnell ... Read more ...

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

Welcome to this page of handouts and resources for the upcoming presentation “Countering Imposter Syndrome and Affirming the Right to Belong.” Designed for students and faculty, this presentation is sponsored by the Doctor of Education (EdD) in Educational Leadership at the University of Louisiana ... Read more ...