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This work offers a method for minimizing and managing the untenable stress of the competitive college admissions process in the US. Given the current reality of the process, it introduces us to a more mindful approach to college admissions - one that is grounded in emotional intelligence and emphasizes resilience, wellbeing, and compassion.
List of contents
Introduction: You're Going to Make It
I: From Anxiety to Awareness: The Case for Emotional Intelligence
1 Will Meditating Help Me Levitate?
2 The Brain Behind the Brain
3 Educating My Emotions
4 It's Not Just About You
5 A New Education
II: Inside the Ivy Tower: The Myth, the Legend, the Truth
6 It's Only Getting Worse
7 The Rumor Mill and the Gossip
8 Rolling the Dice and Betting on the House
9 Worrywarts and Worry-Nots
10 We're Only Human
III: Coloring Inside the Lines: What Has Been Still Is
11 Academics: Are You Ready to Take It Up a Notch?
12 Testing: Everyone's Favorite Saturday Pastime
13 Leadership: Queen Bees, Worker Bees, and Busy Bees
14 Accolades: Someone Thinks You're Special
15 Spirit: Showcase You, Don't Tell
IV: Charting a New Course: Whole-Being Well-Being
16 Awareness: What You Feel Is Not Who You Are
17 Thinking: Like a Jedi, Be
18 Listening: Teamwork Makes the Dream Work
19 Alignment: Peak Performance at the Optimal Time
20 Self-Compassion: You're Pretty Darn Awesome
V: Go For It: Embracing Peaks and Valleys
21 College 101: What Your Prereqs Won't Teach You
22 A Preference for Manual Driving
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About the Author
About the author
An ICF-PCC, award-winning executive coach, facilitator, and designer, Dr. Belinda Chiu works with individuals and organizations to co-create healthier ecosystems and cultivate authenticity. Author of The Mindful College Applicant (Rowman & Littlefield), Belinda's writing has been featured in Mindful.org, Inside Higher Ed, UNESCO, Goleman EI, Key Step Media, and Thrive Global, among other academic journals. Fascinated with mindful emotional intelligence and compassionate leadership, mycelial and organizational networks, and humor as contemplation, she is a graduate of Dartmouth College, the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, and Columbia University. She also explores leadership behaviors in the woods as a Certified Forest Therapy Guide, with her improv troupe, and with her pink-nosed puppy, Bandit.
