Exploring Time as a Resource for Wellness in Higher Education

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.

• 1. Reconceptualising our relationship with time to enhance self-care and wellbeing in higher educationPart 1 - IDENTITY TAKES TIME TO RETHINKOpening poem: Navigating Academia's Labyrinth: Time, Identity, and Wellbeing2. Reclaiming Embodiment of my Academic Time through Yoga Practice3. Moving abroad to work in Higher Education,in a different language, as a constructive disruption4. Time keeps on slippin’, slipping: Oldlings holding on, and onto the embodied self5. Not quite a professor: professional identity, self-care and time management as an atypical academicPart 2 - INTENSIFICATION AND CAREOpening poem: Echoes of Academia: Time, Care, and Collective Wellbeing6. The Work of Wellbeing: Making Time and Creating Space in Academia7. Fire and Focus: The Decision of Which Flames to Fan in Higher Education8. Fighting Dragons with Contemplative Practices: A Hero’s Journey in Higher Education through Time and Self-Care9. Time Allocation and Job Satisfaction for Women Academics: Lessons Learned from the Pandemic10. Interstate Dialogues: Chronicles of Rhythms of Time and the Art of Self-Care of a Mobile AcademicPart 3 - TIME INVESTING IN SELFOpening poem: Embracing Balance: Nurturing Academia's Soul11. In and out of time: practising self-care when leaving and re-entering higher education.12. Overwork is not evidence of passion13. Deep Dive on Boundary Setting: Time for maintaining, and thriving.14. Self-care: A Guilty Pleasure or Required Academic Work?