Welcome to my version of Current Affairs! 

Below are links to articles, blog posts, books, TED talks, and podcasts that have helped educate and inspire me as I navigate through my journey of becoming a student affairs educator.

 

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Articles: 

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Embracing Customization in Higher Education: Leveraging Personal Learning Design to Promote Design Thinking and Self-Authorship

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No More 'At-Risk' Students in California

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Inhabiting the Gap: Exploring the Space between Unconditional Positive Regard and Social Justice

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The New 'In Loco Parentis'

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Civic Aspirations and a New Path Forward for Free Speech on Campus

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Why It's Important to Have a Growth Mind-Set in Academe

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Five Future Directions in University Career Services

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"A Change is Gonna Come": Paradigm Shifts to Dismantle Oppressive Structures

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How to Overcome Your Brain's Fixation on Bad Things

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Want to Change Your Life? Try Self-Compassion

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Act Up: Nudging Career Practitioners Toward 'Good Trouble'

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Integrating Mindset and Happenstance Learning Theory in a Post-Secondary Setting

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Blog Posts:

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Brené Brown - Doubling Down on Love

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Brené Brown - Dehumanizing Always Starts with Language 

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Books:

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Brené Brown - The Gifts of Imperfection 

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Gallup and Tom Rath - StrengthsFinder 2.0

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Brené Brown - Daring Greatly

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Martin E.P. Seligman: Flourish - A Visionary New Understanding of Happiness and Well-being

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Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi - Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You

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Sun Yung Shin - A Good Time for the Truth: Race in Minnesota

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Robin DiAngelo - White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism

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Brené Brown - Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone

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Webinars:

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Brain Based Career Development (BBCD) - The Neuroscience Coaching Approach That Helps Clients Take Action

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TED Talks:

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Brené Brown - The Power of Vulnerability 

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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - The Danger of a Single Story

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Valerie Young - Thinking Your Way Out of Imposter Syndrome

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Andy Chan - "Career Services" Must Die

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Simon Sinek - How Great Leaders Inspire Action

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Podcasts:

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The Science of Happiness

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Intersectionality Matters!

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