THE CONNECTION BETWEEN INNER WELLBEING AND SOCIAL CHANGE THE CONNECTION BETWEEN INNER WELLBEING AND SOCIAL CHANGE
Leaders and staff of social change organisations work under intense pressure in chronically under-resourced environments. In seeking to address the needs and traumas of others, leaders and staff typically overlook their own inner wellbeing. The result: high incidences of burn-out, serious mental health issues and personal relationship breakdowns, which have a severe impact on organisations and the whole social change sector.
New research increasingly shows that prioritising individual wellbeing has a positive ripple effect across organisations, improving innovation, collaboration and social impact capacity—that is, wellbeing inspires welldoing.
This article series, presented by The Wellbeing Project in partnership with This article series, presented by The Wellbeing Project in partnership with
The series explores the integral yet often overlooked link between individual wellbeing and transformational social change. Contributors include researchers, funders, practitioners and innovators from around the world who share their personal journeys, strategies and practical advice relating to inner wellbeing.
It’s Time for a New Myth of the Social Entrepreneur
Check yourself before you wreck yourself
Shattered Inside: How My Work as a Social Entrepreneur and Anti-Trafficking Activist Was Built on Unaddressed Trauma
Self-Inquiry for Social Change Leaders
What it takes to be an “Abudant Leader”
How COVID-19 clarifies the need for inner well-being in social entrepreneurship
How Funders Can Support Individual Well-Being
Funding well-being is investing in social change
Missing Puzzle Pieces: How Structures of Patriarchy and Notions of Motherhood Shaped My Social Change Work
