<p>Danny Mann shares about fostering peace, joy, and community in teaching and leading on episode 611 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.<br /> <div id="" class="one-half first divwrap clearfix" /></p> <h2>Quotes from the episode</h2> <p><img decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-21043" src="https://teachinginhighered.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/TIHE611-1.png" alt="Great teaching, and I think great life, is this adaptive, responsive thing, pulling out the bugs or getting things back in balance." width="930" height="620" srcset="https://images.coachingforleaders.com/cb:ztCJ~31fd5/w:930/h:620/q:mauto/f:best/ig:avif/https://teachinginhighered.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/TIHE611-1.png 930w, https://images.coachingforleaders.com/cb:ztCJ~31fd5/w:300/h:200/q:mauto/f:best/ig:avif/https://teachinginhighered.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/TIHE611-1.png 300w, https://images.coachingforleaders.com/cb:ztCJ~31fd5/w:768/h:512/q:mauto/f:best/ig:avif/https://teachinginhighered.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/TIHE611-1.png 768w, https://images.coachingforleaders.com/cb:ztCJ~31fd5/w:600/h:400/q:mauto/f:best/ig:avif/https://teachinginhighered.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/TIHE611-1.png 600w, https://images.coachingforleaders.com/cb:ztCJ~31fd5/w:360/h:240/q:mauto/f:best/ig:avif/https://teachinginhighered.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/TIHE611-1.png 360w, https://images.coachingforleaders.com/cb:ztCJ~31fd5/w:930/h:620/q:mauto/f:best/ig:avif/dpr:2/https://teachinginhighered.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/TIHE611-1.png 2x" sizes="(max-width: 930px) 100vw, 930px" /></p> <p>Great teaching, and I think great life, is this adaptive, responsive thing, pulling out the bugs or getting things back in balance.<br /> -Danny Mann</p> <p>Peace and joy are really interrelated, and I gravitated a lot towards these, as I spent time studying and practicing mindfulness practices.<br /> -Danny Mann</p> <p>If you discover your why, you could basically feel much more energized and joyful about what you do, if you align your life with that.<br /> -Danny Mann</p> <p>Giving students space to speak and share ups and downs. So the ironic leading by listening.<br /> -Danny Mann</p> <p></div><div id="" class="one-half divwrap clearfix" /></p> <h2>Resources</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://dtei.uci.edu/">University of California Irvine&#8217;s Division of Teaching Excellence &#38; Innovation</a></li> <li><a href="https://simonsinek.com/books/find-your-why/">Find Your Why, by Simon Sinek</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.joanwestenberg.com/how-to-debug-your-life/">How to Debug Your Life, by JA Westenberg</a></li> <li><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/79174/9781888375916">Happiness: Essential Mindfulness Practices, by Thich Nhat Hanh</a></li> <li><a href="https://dtei.uci.edu/initiatives/pedagogical-wellness/">Pedagogical Wellness &#124; UCI Division of Teaching Excellence and Innovation</a></li> <li><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/79174/9781878424310">The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom, by Don Miguel Ruiz</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.joanwestenberg.com/how-to-debug-your-life/">How to Debug Your Life, by JA Westenberg</a></li> <li><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/79174/9781888375916">Happiness: Essential Mindfulness Practices, by Thich Nhat Hanh</a></li> </ul> <p></div></p>