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Exploring Time as a Resource for Wellness in Higher Education: Identity, Self-care and Wellbeing at Work book cover

1st Edition

Exploring Time as a Resource for Wellness in Higher Education Identity, Self-care and Wellbeing at Work

Edited By Sharon McDonough, Narelle Lemon Copyright 2025
190 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

190 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

190 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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Bringing together international perspectives, this book demonstrates the importance of reframing time in higher education and how we can view it as a resource to support wellbeing and self-care. Time is a central part of our lives and structures our days, and yet often we don’t think about the socially constructed nature of time or how we might reframe our relationship with time and our work in... Read more

 

1. Reconceptualising our relationship with time to enhance self-care and wellbeing in higher education

Sharon McDonough and Narelle Lemon

Part 1 - IDENTITY TAKES TIME TO RETHINK

Opening poem: Navigating Academia's Labyrinth: Time, Identity, and Wellbeing

Narelle Lemon

2. Reclaiming Embodiment of my Academic Time through Yoga Practice

Amy Walker

3. Moving abroad to work in Higher Education, in a different language, as a constructive disruption

Eric Bel and Johanna Tomczak

4. Time keeps on slippin’, slipping: Oldlings holding on, and onto the embodied self

Felicity Molloy

5. Not quite a professor: professional identity, self-care and time management as an atypical academic

Carol-Anne Gauthier

 

Part 2 - INTENSIFICATION AND CARE

Opening poem: Echoes of Academia: Time, Care, and Collective Wellbeing

Narelle Lemon

6. The Work of Wellbeing: Making Time and Creating Space in Academia

Angela W. Webb and Melanie Shoffner

7.  Fire and Focus: The Decision of Which Flames to Fan in Higher Education

Destini Braxton

8.  Fighting Dragons with Contemplative Practices: A Hero’s Journey in Higher Education through Time and Self-Care

Melanie Reaves

9. Time Allocation and Job Satisfaction for Women Academics: Lessons Learned from the Pandemic

Aslı Ermiş-Mert and Elif Yilmaz

10. Interstate Dialogues: Chronicles of Rhythms of Time and the Art of Self-Care of a Mobile Academic

Narelle Lemon and Sharon McDonough

 

Part 3 - TIME INVESTING IN SELF

Opening poem: Embracing Balance: Nurturing Academia's Soul

Narelle Lemon

11. In and out of time: practising self-care when leaving and re-entering higher education.

Charlotte Bilby

12. Overwork is not evidence of passion

Nicole Melzack

13. Deep Dive on Boundary Setting: Time for maintaining, and thriving.

Mandy Dhahan

14. Self-care: A Guilty Pleasure or Required Academic Work?

Dangeni

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Biography

Sharon McDonough is an Associate Professor in Teacher Education at Federation University Australia in Ballarat, Australia. Sharon is a qualitative and creative methods specialist, and her research expertise focuses on the field of wellbeing and resilience in teacher education, higher education, and community settings.

 

Narelle Lemon, Vice Chancellor Professoriate Research Fellow at Edith Cowan University in Perth, Australia, is an interdisciplinary scholar specializing in arts, education, and positive psychology. Her research focuses on enhancing wellbeing literacy in K-12 schools, teacher education, higher education, and community settings, emphasizing evidence-based practices for proactive flourishing.

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