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576. Mental Health Week: Transforming Paid Leave in Nonprofits + Creating Sustainable Work Models for Wellness - Lacey Kempinski
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Meet Lacey. As the founder of Balanced Good, she turned her challenges with postpartum depression and anxiety into a powerful mission to reshape parental leave in the nonprofit sector. As a mom of three, she gets how challenging it can be to build a career as a leader in the nonprofit sector while balancing the demands of parenthood💼👶 A sustainable work model isn't just good for people; it's good for business. Tune in to explore how organizations can prioritize wellness, create realistic workloads, and normalize taking breaks to combat burnout.
💡 Learn
- The state of paid leave in the nonprofit sector
- The importance of sustainable work models
- How to advocate for paid leave
Today's Guest
Lacey Kempinski, Founder + CEO, Balanced Good
Episode Highlights
- Lacey’s story and journey to where she is today (3:55)
- State of paid leave in the nonprofit and impact sectors (6:50)
- Impact of paid leave (9:25)
- Advocating for paid leave (17:00)
- Building a parental leave plan in a day (19:45)
- Activation (22:50)
- A powerful moment of philanthropy (24:05)
- Lacey’s One Good Thing: Give yourself grace and give others grace. (26:05)
- How to connect with Lacey + Balanced Good (27:20)
For more information + episode details visit: weareforgood.com/episode/576.
This episode is part of our Mental Health Week series. Explore all the episodes, find resources + more at weareforgood.com/mentalhealth.
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Chapters
1. 576. Mental Health Week: Transforming Paid Leave in Nonprofits + Creating Sustainable Work Models for Wellness - Lacey Kempinski (00:00:00)
2. Balancing Work and Parenthood in Nonprofits (00:00:01)
3. Paid Leave in Nonprofits (00:05:20)
4. Creating Sustainable Work Models for Wellness (00:12:28)
5. Promoting Grace and Presence at Work (00:22:31)
6. Connecting With Balance for Parental Planning (00:26:52)
592 episodes
Manage episode 444329256 series 2843954
Meet Lacey. As the founder of Balanced Good, she turned her challenges with postpartum depression and anxiety into a powerful mission to reshape parental leave in the nonprofit sector. As a mom of three, she gets how challenging it can be to build a career as a leader in the nonprofit sector while balancing the demands of parenthood💼👶 A sustainable work model isn't just good for people; it's good for business. Tune in to explore how organizations can prioritize wellness, create realistic workloads, and normalize taking breaks to combat burnout.
💡 Learn
- The state of paid leave in the nonprofit sector
- The importance of sustainable work models
- How to advocate for paid leave
Today's Guest
Lacey Kempinski, Founder + CEO, Balanced Good
Episode Highlights
- Lacey’s story and journey to where she is today (3:55)
- State of paid leave in the nonprofit and impact sectors (6:50)
- Impact of paid leave (9:25)
- Advocating for paid leave (17:00)
- Building a parental leave plan in a day (19:45)
- Activation (22:50)
- A powerful moment of philanthropy (24:05)
- Lacey’s One Good Thing: Give yourself grace and give others grace. (26:05)
- How to connect with Lacey + Balanced Good (27:20)
For more information + episode details visit: weareforgood.com/episode/576.
This episode is part of our Mental Health Week series. Explore all the episodes, find resources + more at weareforgood.com/mentalhealth.
Become a Member and Get All-Access to Everything We Are For Good!
Experience the Impact Uprising Membership by We Are For Good: an ecosystem to learn, connect + grow in the power of a value-aligned community. Members gather monthly with Jon + Becky at exclusive members-only meetups + get video access to all new podcast episodes in an ad-free experience + so much more! Learn more + join us at weareforgood.com.
Say hi👇
LinkedIn / Instagram / Facebook / YouTube / Twitter
Chapters
1. 576. Mental Health Week: Transforming Paid Leave in Nonprofits + Creating Sustainable Work Models for Wellness - Lacey Kempinski (00:00:00)
2. Balancing Work and Parenthood in Nonprofits (00:00:01)
3. Paid Leave in Nonprofits (00:05:20)
4. Creating Sustainable Work Models for Wellness (00:12:28)
5. Promoting Grace and Presence at Work (00:22:31)
6. Connecting With Balance for Parental Planning (00:26:52)
592 episodes
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