Beyond Self-Care: Building a Structural Safety Net for Nonprofit Resilience
It feels like everyone talks about mental health these days, and the onslaught of solutions feels just as overwhelming as the world.
It’s becoming even more difficult to know where the organization’s responsibility ends and an employee’s responsibility begins.
By treating mental health as a core business metric and empowering managers with self-awareness and mental health literacy, organizations can build a sustainable culture of psychological safety that drives both employee well-being and long-term retention.
Meditation helps to reset our brains from reactivity, which decreases our ability to think and plan. This is a meditation that I use A LOT.
This paper by former Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy highlights the keys to life: relationships, service, and purpose.
Individual resilience cannot fix a broken system; therefore, the employer’s job is to build a structural "safety net" that prevents burnout before it starts.
Download this personal wellness workbook based on strategies shared in this blog post. Leave the office early and reflect on your own wellness.
You Can Ask is a free self-paced online training to help you feel more comfortable with discussing mental wellness. Offered by NAMI.
I offer personal and organization coaching that supports people-positive workplaces practices. Coaching starts at $250.
“If I didn’t define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people’s fantasies for me and eaten alive.”
Sometimes a vacation is not enough, especially if you are experiencing burnout. I encourage you to seek help and support in your community.
