1st Edition

Sustaining Your Well-Being in Higher Education Values-Based Self-Care for Work and Life

By Jorden Cummings Copyright 2025
144 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

144 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

144 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book provides an evidence-based approach to sustainable self-care, anchoring these strategies in individual academic workers’ core personal values. It teaches readers how to use their values to leverage self-care strategies into a workable, individualized, and effective map to wellness. Working in the demanding environment of higher education can leave little time for self-care, yet making... Read more

1. What Are Values and Why Should They Guide Us?  2. Identifying Your Core Values  3. Using Values to Guide Your Self-Care  4. Using Values to Guide Your Work and Productivity  5. The Dark Side of Values at Work  6. Changing Organizational Self-Care Culture

Biography

Jorden A. Cummings, Ph.D., is Professor and Clinical Psychologist who researches and disseminates effective self-care practices. Dr. Cummings lives, works, parents, and plays on Treaty 6 territory in Saskatchewan, Canada.