CENTERED SELF

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
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.

How A Pandemic and Wellbeing Practices Honed My Leadership Skills
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Connecting Individual and Societal Change
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Practices adopted by IDR placing wellbeing at the front and center
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The vision of a wellbeing economy
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The Power of Collective Healing to Support Healthy People on a Thriving Planet
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How to harness the power of human imagination for social change
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Who is ‘self-improvement’ for?
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Intertwining Inner and Outer WellBeing in Social Innovation Education
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Lessons from My Journey of Serial Social Entrepreneurship
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