Aliza Sherman and I never dreamed that our book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout, would be such a needed resource in the nonprofit field when we started writing it last year.  Working in the nonprofit sector has become even more stressful in the last few months and we will all need to strengthen our individual and organizational resilience so we can serve our stakeholders without burning out or going crazy. Starting next week, we’ll be visiting a few cities on … [Read more...]

During the months leading up to the most contentious election in recent history, the media coined a new term "election stress."  Post election many nonprofit have been feeling the impact of "election trauma," and many individuals report cutting back on Facebook and other social media due to being overwhelmed.  The bottom line that nonprofits need to adapt to a new reality. Being adaptive requires resilience and building up that muscle means practicing self-care as a nonprofit professional and … [Read more...]