Highlighting an arts-based inquiry process that involves contemplation, mindfulness, and artful writing, this book explores women's difficult experiences in teaching. It weaves a strong autobiographical thread with artifacts from four long-term research projects with female teachers.

Susan Casey Walsh is Professor of Education at Mount Saint Vincent University, Canada.

1. Introduction 2. Writing gaps and spaces 3. Contemplation, artful writing 4. Shifting 5. Research as compassionate practice 6. Listening, communing, awarenessing