E12: Learning to Take Care of Yourself First with Alana Weinroth

In this episode, I’m talking to Alana Weinroth. She is the Director of Development and Communications at Covenant House California, a Certified Life & Mindset Coach, and a 200-hour Registered Yoga Instructor.
After experiencing bouts of severe burnout and vicarious trauma, Alana reconnected with herself, established a healthy self-care routine, and started the Give a Damn Community to help others do the same and take care of themselves.
Join us today as we dive deeper into burnout, vicarious trauma, self-care, and life and mindset coaching. Alana shares some practical advice as well as some tools to help you start taking care of yourself first.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

[06:14] Advice for those who want to get into nonprofit work
[09:12] Vicarious trauma, its impact on you, and some strategies to deal with its very real symptoms
[14:52] How the Give a Damn Community was born
[19:11] The importance of self-care and tips to start filling yourself up first
[25:17] What Alana’s Give a Damn Coaching work looks like
[32:00] How to help someone who is experiencing burnout

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CONNECT WITH HALEY
Haley is a Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE), Certified Stress Management Coach, and Certified EmC train the trainer. She is the Founder of The Savvy Fundraiser, a nonprofit consulting and coaching business. She has worked in both small and large nonprofit teams in the human services, homelessness, and youth sectors; and she specializes in the EmC process, nonprofit leadership, board development, and fundraising. Haley is a passionate, impact-driven, experienced nonprofit professional whose mission is to empower, elevate and engage nonprofit leaders to build healthy, thriving organizations.
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[06:14] Advice for those who want to get into nonprofit work
[09:12] Vicarious trauma, its impact on you, and some strategies to deal with its very real symptoms
[14:52] How the Give a Damn Community was born
[19:11] The importance of self-care and tips to start filling yourself up first
[25:17] What Alana’s Give a Damn Coaching work looks like
[32:00] How to help someone who is experiencing burnout

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