Wellbeing and Self-care in Higher Education: Embracing Positive Solutions
About the Book Series
The Wellbeing and Self-care in Higher Education series reveals the stories of those working in higher education and illuminates the constant reconstruction of identities and work practices that places self-care at the centre of the work we do. Highlighted through image and word narratives (visual narratives) are realities, the voice of our colleagues, and (re)positioning of a shift into what is possible when we care for ourselves and others.
This series places academic wellbeing and self-care at the heart of discussions around working in higher education and provides a diverse range of strategies for how to put in place wellbeing and self-care approaches as an academic. It contributes to the conversation on ways that wellbeing and self-care can be positioned in the work that those working in higher education do and highlights new ways of working in higher education that disrupt current tensions that neglect wellbeing. Including both edited and authored collections, the lived experiences shared and practical strategies offered within will be vital reading for all those working in academia.
Cultivating Wellbeing and Community through Writing in Academia: Shifting the Culture with Shut Up and Write
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By Narelle Lemon, Aaron Bolzle, Malaika Santa Cruz, Rennie Saunders
November 18, 2025
This book revolutionises our understanding of academic and creative writing processes. This groundbreaking collection, the first of two volumes, explores how Shut Up and Write (SUAW) sessions transform solitary writing into a powerful tool for community building, personal growth, and enhanced ...
Fostering Wellbeing through Collective Writing Practices: Shut Up and Write in Higher Education Settings
1st Edition
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By Narelle Lemon, Aaron Bolzle, Malaika Santa Cruz, Rennie Saunders
November 18, 2025
This book explores the transformative power of collaborative writing sessions in fostering wellbeing among academics. In this collection, the second of two volumes, the editors bring together diverse voices from around the globe, offering insights into how Shut Up & Write! (SUAW) sessions are ...
Creating Wellbeing: The Role of Making Practices in Academic Contexts
1st Edition
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By Narelle Lemon, Sharon McDonough, Mark Selkrig
November 07, 2025
Exploring how creative practices can revolutionize wellbeing and resilience in higher education, this groundbreaking collection brings together 25 academics who reveal how engaging with creative processes—from visual arts and crafts to performance and digital media—can serve as powerful tools for ...
The Making Academic: Perspectives on Expressive Practice and Wellbeing in Higher Education
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By Narelle Lemon, Sharon McDonough, Mark Selkrig
October 17, 2025
By showcasing the experiences of making academics, this book advocates for higher education professionals to integrate creative practices into their lives, recognising the potential to facilitate personal growth, self-discovery, and alternative ways of knowing. Higher education contexts can be ...
Supporting and Promoting Wellbeing in the Higher Education Sector: Practices in Action
1st Edition
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By Angela R. Dobele, Lisa Farrell
November 14, 2024
This book provides innovative, practical tools to help combat declining personal wellbeing in the higher education workplace. Divided into two sections, the book looks at wellbeing from institutional and individual levels. It outlines a framework for how wellbeing in the higher education workplace ...
Understanding Wellbeing in Higher Education of the Global South: Contextually Sensitive and Culturally Responsive Perspectives
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By Youmen Chaaban, Abdellatif Sellami, Igor Michaleczek
November 14, 2024
This edited book gives voice to previously unheard narratives on wellbeing in higher education and provides novel implications for higher education policy and practice. Offering contextually sensitive and culturally responsive perspectives, the book problematizes wellbeing in higher education as it...
Passion and Purpose in the Humanities: Exploring the Worlds of Early Career Researchers
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By Marcus Bussey, Camila Mozzini-Alister, Bingxin Wang, Samantha Willcocks
October 09, 2024
This book takes readers on a journey into the experiences, struggles and triumphs of early career researchers in the humanities. In the spirit of guiding emerging scholars and researchers in higher education, the edited volume highlights lived experiences of researchers and ways to navigate the ...
Navigating Tensions and Transitions in Higher Education: Effective Skills for Maintaining Wellbeing and Self-care
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By Kay Hammond, Narelle Lemon
September 30, 2024
With a focus on skills development, this book provides guidance on how to navigate transitions between career stages in higher education and how to maintain wellbeing in the process. In a fast-paced and ever-changing environment, a career path in higher education can demand rapid transition. This ...
Exploring Time as a Resource for Wellness in Higher Education: Identity, Self-care and Wellbeing at Work
1st Edition
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By Sharon McDonough, Narelle Lemon
September 09, 2024
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 ...
Sustaining Your Well-Being in Higher Education: Values-Based Self-Care for Work and Life
1st Edition
By Jorden Cummings
September 02, 2024
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. ...
The ‘How’ of Self-Care for Teachers: Building your Wellbeing Toolbox
1st Edition
By Narelle Lemon
August 20, 2024
Providing insights, ideas, strategies and compassion, this book offers a new way of looking at self-care for educators experiencing exhaustion and stress, or who may simply be feeling more tired than they should be. Drawing on personal experiences of burnout, as well as research in wellbeing ...
Prioritising Wellbeing and Self-Care in Higher Education: How We Can Do Things Differently to Disrupt Silence
1st Edition
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By Narelle Lemon
July 11, 2024
This book illuminates international voices of those who feel empowered to do things differently in higher education, providing inspiration to those who are seeking guidance, reassurance, or a beacon of hope. Doing things differently comes with an awareness and curiosity to explore what can be. ...