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Leading from Within: Reclaim Selfhood in Professional Life
October 26, 2005
Parker J. Palmer writer, teacher, activist [homepage]
Diana Chapman Walsh president, Wellesley College [homepage]

Parker Palmer addresses the challenge of joining soul and role in public and private life, particularly in a world filled with the forces of fragmentation

In his book, The Courage to Teach, Palmer writes that 'good teaching cannot be reduced to technique; good teaching comes from the identity and integrity of the teacher.' Palmer extends this notion of integrity to people of all professions who yearn to live lives that are congruent with their own inner truth.

Palmer is introduced by Wellesley College President Diana Chapman Walsh.

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Image of The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher's Life, 10th Anniversary Edition
Author: Parker J. Palmer
Publisher: Jossey-Bass (2007)
Binding: Hardcover, 272 pages
Image of A Hidden Wholeness: The Journey Toward an Undivided Life
Author: Parker J. Palmer
Publisher: Jossey-Bass (2004)
Binding: Hardcover, 224 pages
Image of Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation
Author: Parker J. Palmer
Publisher: Jossey-Bass (1999)
Binding: Hardcover, 128 pages
Image of The Promise of Paradox: A Celebration of Contradictions in the Christian Life
Author: Parker J. Palmer
Publisher: Jossey-Bass (2008)
Binding: Hardcover, 192 pages
Image of To Know as We Are Known: Education as a Spiritual Journey
Author: Parker J. Palmer
Publisher: HarperOne (1993)
Binding: Paperback, 130 pages

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