Beth’s Blog

  Register for Free!  Aliza Sherman and I have been very busy these last few months working on our new book "The Happy Healthy Nonprofit."   We've been researching, interviewing, and writing, plus testing out a lot of our ideas.   Since New Year's is a great time to establish better habits that make you happy and healthy, we're doing a one-hour free webinar hosted by Wild Apricot on January 14th at 3 pm EST to share some of what we're learning, get feedback, and identify additional people … [Read more...]

Happy New Year!   I had a wonderful break – filled with fun, family, walking, hiking, reading, quiet, and reflection.   How about you? Last year, I decided that I didn’t need to wait until New Year’s to establish happy, healthy habits in my life.  For example, just a few weeks ago I decided to kick a bad habit to curb: sleeping with my mobile phone which was disrupting my sleep.   I did it!  I'm now am feeling refreshed and recharged for a new year. I also have New Year’s rituals that help me … [Read more...]

I've been working on my next book,  The Happy Healthy Nonprofit, with Aliza Sherman.   As an individual, to become happier, healthier, it partially rests with your ability to create and stick to new personal habits around self-care.   We've done a deep scan of the literature on personal habit change, like Gretchen Rubin's Better Than Before and BJ Fogg's Tiny Habits and have tested their approaches on ourselves. But as we all know, changing personal habits isn't easy for a lot of people.   And, … [Read more...]

As part of the research for my next book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit, with Aliza Sherman,  I'm not just reading, but actually testing out some of the techniques suggested for mindfulness. One of the most popular: coloring books.  Coloring isn't just for kids anymore.   Adult coloring books, filled with mesmerizing designs and even swear words are a hit, not just because it is fun to color.     Adult coloring books can help you de-stress. According to clinical psychologist Scott M. Bea, Psy.D., … [Read more...]

As many of you know, I am working on a new book The Happy Healthy Nonprofit with co-author Aliza Sherman. We want to include your voice, so we are hosting January’s Nonprofit Blog Carnival. January starts a new year and a good time to reflect, recharge, and establish healthy habits that make us more effective in our nonprofit work. Many of work for nonprofits because we are passionate about social change missions. But let’s be honest, working in the nonprofit sector can be tough, especially with … [Read more...]

In the Happy Healthy Nonprofit,  one important area that we focus on are the pillars of self-care which begins with getting good quality sleep. This healthy habit sets the stage for you to incorporate other self-care routines that we describe in our book.   One surefire way to ruin your sleep is to use your mobile phone as an alarm clock.   Why?   According to scientific research,  reading a tablet or mobile phone with its backlit display in bed can make it harder to fall asleep and your sleep … [Read more...]

For the past five years, I have been lucky enough to attend the Social Innovation Summit in Silicon Valley, an interdisciplinary conference that brings together leaders at the intersection of technology, investment, philanthropy, international development, and business to share innovative ideas about social change.   It is always an inspiring learning experience.     This year, one of my favorite authors, Greg McKeown, who wrote  Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less, gave a talk about … [Read more...]