14. Burnout is a state of emotional, mental, and
physical exhaustion that occurs when we feel
overwhelmed by too many demands, too few
resources, and too little recovery time.
15. The Symptoms of Burnout
Emotional
Exhaustion
Cynicism
Detachment
Fatigue
Loss of
enjoyment
Insomnia
Pessimism
Forgetfulness
Impaired
concentration
Isolation
Detachment
Increased illness
Loss of appetite
Lack of
Accomplishment
Anxiety
Apathy
Hopelessness
Depression
Increased irritability
Anger
Lack of productivity
Poor performance
And burnout is sneaky!
16. The 4 Stages of Nonprofit Burnout
Passion
Driven
Passion
Waning
Passion
Challenged
Passion
Depleted
Take Assessment
19. Self-Care: Many Ways To Put On Oxygen Mask
Self-Care is about revitalization. It includes any deliberate and
consistent habits you create to enhance your overall well being.
24. Walking At Work
• Pick the best type of meetings for walking meetings
• Walk inside when the sun don’t shine
• Plan your route
• Notetaking
• Wear comfortable shoes, bring water
Tip: Walking Meetings
27. We have no downtime
52% of smartphone owners check their phones
a few times an hour or more.
Behavior Addiction
28.
29.
30. Tip: Organize Mobile Phone To Avoid Addiction
• Notifications from people
• Customized notifications
• Tools on home screen
• Scramble Apps
• Remove or move work apps into folders on 3rd or 4th
screens during non-work hours
37. Take A Real Vacation
http://www.projecttimeoff.com/ People who took more than 10 of their vacation days had
a 65.4% chance of receiving a raise or bonus.
38. Self-Care Plan
Practice Goals
Sphere 1:
Self
-Get 7-9 hours of sleep per night.
-Eat more fruits and vegetables every day.
-Get to 10,000 steps per day walking.
Sphere 2:
Others
-Make a regular date with my partner and/or children –
one-on-one – to give my relationships attention.
-Divest myself of negative influences, moving
consciously away from people who bring me down.
Sphere 3:
Environment
-Stop what I’m doing at least once a day to go outside.
-Clear clutter from my office desk
Sphere 4:
Work and Money
-Take comp time when I’m attending work-related
evening events.
-Stand up from my desk every 15 minutes to stretch and
walk around.
Sphere 5:
Tech
-Set up a charging station at the front door for all of
my/my family’s digital devices.
-Keep all my digital devices out of my bedroom and off
my dinner table.
41. How It Works
• Each table has a table cloth (flip chart paper) and
markers for note-taking
• Each table will have a host
• There will be two rounds of discussions, with focus
questions
• Table hosts will remain at their table, others will
move to a different table after each round
• Table hosts will summarize the discussion at
beginning
42. Round 1:
What types of self-care activities do you think would
work for you? (Use checklist)
43. Round 2:
What support do you need from work, family, or others?
What help do you need to get started?
51. Summary
• Self-Care is not just about kale smoothies and
massages, it is part of doing the work
• Burnout is sneaky, understand if you depleting
your passion for social change without refueling
• The self care requires intentional habit change
• Pick one small self-care habit that you can create
and build into your life today and courage others in
your organization to do the same!
52. Getting Started
• Be open about self-
care.
• Staff meeting to do
assessments and
create self-care plans
• Accountability buddies
• Make small changes
and offer reward/praise
• Does not have to cost a
lot of money
