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...]

As part of the research for our book, The Happy, Healthy Nonprofit:  Impact without Burnout, I have been following the various  conversations threads about self-care, avoiding burnout, compassion fatigue, and work/life balance in the nonprofit and social change sectors.   A colleague who I have worked with in the past, Aisha Moore, a health and social justice professional tweeted me from the Mindful Leadership Summit.  Kismet!   Aisha and I had worked together on a social media training project … [Read more...]