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4.18 AVERAGE
4.18 AVERAGE
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
medium-paced
Stirring, Relevant and Empowering
I teach in a Character Strong school district and fell in love with PurposeFull People (the elementary program) immediately. I’m also wired for reform. Being a public school teacher gives me a front row seat to the struggles and ugliness of society; and Houston Kraft’s words put action to the healing process. If you’re in a state of forgetting “Your Why”, this book is a good one to help you recover it!
I teach in a Character Strong school district and fell in love with PurposeFull People (the elementary program) immediately. I’m also wired for reform. Being a public school teacher gives me a front row seat to the struggles and ugliness of society; and Houston Kraft’s words put action to the healing process. If you’re in a state of forgetting “Your Why”, this book is a good one to help you recover it!
hopeful
reflective
Read this as a book study through school. We teach the author's social emotional program. I found it really insightful and reflective!
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
This was both an easy and a tough book to read. On one hand, Kraft writes in a smooth, easy way and takes time to explain more complex psychological concepts. But, most of the time, he talks about his interactions with people on his speaking tours and in his own life. He relates the concept of deep kindness in a variety of ways - including deep kindness to ourselves, which is what makes it a rough read for me. The way he talks about being kind to yourself is by talking about how he learned to be kind to himself, though, which again makes the work at least more approachable. Toward the last quarter of the book, he especially talks about whether feeling like you're being productive or expecting others to be productive all the time is deep kindness (hint: it's not), and I really wish I could have showed those few chapters to certain people in my life, beginning with my daughter.
Definitely a great book and one I should return to and read parts of for a while. Quick note: the website for the book is not super-intuitive, but if you keep clicking links and digging, you can find lots of supporting resources, including book club questions, journaling prompts for yourself, and suggestions about where to go next in your development of a deeply kind self.
Definitely a great book and one I should return to and read parts of for a while. Quick note: the website for the book is not super-intuitive, but if you keep clicking links and digging, you can find lots of supporting resources, including book club questions, journaling prompts for yourself, and suggestions about where to go next in your development of a deeply kind self.
inspiring
reflective