Building Resilience - Professional Healing
I was in a seminar a few weeks ago and we were discussing the Researching Professional Development Framework (RPDF) developed by Vitae. And I have to say I was skeptical, but I've found it to be a really useful tool for helping me to reflect on my research as part of my broader professional development. (I've included a link in the references before for anyone who wants to find out more). So as part of that reflection I was thinking about what's been happening recently and how can I connect my activities with the RPDF. But one of the areas in the framework that I've been concerned about is, "Building Your Resilience". As a teacher and on a personal level this is something I've really struggled with in the past. When teaching (alongside other professions) can be defined by some as emotional labour (Tsang, K. K., 2011), it can really get quite uncomfortable and even personal when people criticise or devalue your work. Difficult situat...