An Eye for the Highest and Best: Practicing Appreciative Inquiry by Dr. Nancy-Angel Doetzel ➱ Book Tour with Rafflecopter
An Eye for the Highest and Best
by Dr. Nancy-Angel Doetzel
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GENRE: Memoir/Self-Help
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BLURB: Living
in this world of such disruption and uncertainty can result in us facing
despair. How can we attune to the rainbow after a storm, and create hope and
happiness? How do we develop an eye for the Highest and Best, when faced with
what appears to be the worst? What steps should we take to reconnect with our
ability to be resilient?
In this book, Dr. Doetzel shares some important
insights gained from her own experiences of teaching university, battling
cancer, being a journalist, travelling worldwide, dealing with grief, and
facing the global pandemic. Along the way, she introduces her readers to fresh
ways of viewing their lives, by applying an Appreciative Inquiry lens that
inspires the practice of a more conscious way of living, resulting in
discovering serenity.
Readers may start to re-examine their own
challenges, while discovering their own gems that warrant gratitude. The
reflective questions and stories suggest ways of removing blocks to happiness
and constructing healthier relationships.
The book is also an ideal tool for educators to
apply to teaching Appreciative Inquiry as a qualitative research methodology.
EXCERPT
So, when she travelled to Mexico during the Christmas season, she booked herself to swim with the dolphins. She was very excited to become like a playful child swimming with them and feeling uplifted. At the time, her leg was still healing from a recent car accident, and she believed that swimming with the dolphins would assist the healing process.
Angel enthusiastically jumped into the cool waters
to prepare for her dolphin swim. Before joining her in a shared swimming venture,
the dolphin kissed her on the cheek and then he stood straight up and started
to dance with her. She was laughing and anticipating a great swim, when
suddenly the dolphin took off swimming beyond the pool and grabbed Angel’s arm
with his teeth. Her arm was momentarily in his mouth before she started to
scream and to pull it free from his grip. With blood spurting out, she was terrified
to check out what had happened.
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Dr. Nancy-Angel Doetzel has been teaching in the
Sociology Faculty of Mount Royal University since 2006, and as a seasonal
sessional instructor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Calgary
since 2005.
An award-winning scholar, journalist, and musician,
she won a Distinguished Dissertation Award for her doctorate dissertation, leading
to the publication of her two books: Cultivating Spirituality in Education:
Synergizing Heart and Mind and Old Heart Child's Eyes: A Diary of Miracles.
In 2017, her students at Mount Royal University
honoured her with a Teaching Excellence Award. In 2018 her students also
acknowledged her for promoting wellbeing and good health within the classroom,
and for being a good mentor. She received her MA, HBA, HBSW, and BA degrees
from Lakehead University.
She received her PhD from the University of Calgary
in 2004. She studied Intuitive Medicine in Vancouver and received a
professional certification (I.C.A.D.C) from the Canadian Council of
Professional Certification. She also was awarded a Broadcasting Radio and
Television diploma from Confederation College. She encourages her students to
examine the world through different lenses, exercising altruism, promoting
social justice, and learning to be a good sociologist.
Her Mount Royal University blog is titled, Debunking
Deceptive Myths. In addition to her recently published books, she has also
authored and published eight scholarly articles in her field.
In February 2020, the Calgary Herald, rated one of
her books (a pre-amble to this one) as a local best seller. She is currently
conducting research about complementary medicine and continuing to teach at
Mount Royal University.
Aside from teaching and conducting research, Dr.
Doetzel has hosted a radio show "From the Heart," airing on AM 1140
High River, for the past 10 years. She has recorded four albums of her own
original songs.
Website: https://drnancyangeldoetzel.com/
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/dr.nancyangeldoetzel/
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Eye-Highest-Best-Practicing-Appreciative/dp/0995992339
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