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