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How Interior Design Can Improve Health Justice

NonProfit Quarterly

Gonzalez studies psychology with a specialty in community liberation, meaning her work focuses on systemic issues rather than individual diagnoses. One of the systemic issues she seeks to address is the exclusion that people of color experience in health and wellness spaces.

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It’s Not in Your Mind: Addressing Mental Health Through a Social Justice Lens

NonProfit Quarterly

There is good reason to wonder whether collecting all types of suffering into medicalized mental health disorders is the most accurate or ethical approach when it comes to addressing these crises,” says Dr. Zenobia Morrill , a psychology professor at William James College.

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Let’s Talk About Mental Health Days #NPCOMMLife

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

PLEASE NOTE: This article is not suggesting that if you suffer from depression or anxiety or other mental health issues that all you need is a mental health day to fix it. A lot of you won’t even leave your desk for lunch let alone leave the office for a whole day for a “mental health” break.

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What is Climate Psychology? An Interview with Climate Psychology Alliance’s Rebecca Weston

NonProfit Quarterly

We sat down with clinician and advocate Rebecca Weston to talk about climate psychology, movement journalism, and the responsibility of journalists and clinicians to connect to the emotional impacts of the climate crisis. What is climate psychology? That’s one big part of what climate psychology does. “

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Need a Lift? 13 Stories That Inspired Us in 2024

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Closing the Racial Diversity Gap in Medicine by Allison Torres Burtka* A growing body of research shows a positive correlation between the racial diversity of doctors and health outcomes for underserved communities. How Indigenous Wisdom Can Support Youth Mental Health by Virgil Moorehead Jr. One nonprofit is working to change that.

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Safe At Work: How To Lead During Election Season With Fairness and Civility

Fundraising Leadership

In this highly fractious and divisive political culture, as a leader, it is essential to create a workplace environment that is absent of negativity and hate that exists outside the organization surrounding the election. A recent LifeStance Health survey of 1,052 U.S. In APA’s 2024 Stress in America survey, 77% of U.S.

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The Secret to Stopping Overwhelm in the Workplace

NonProfit Leadership Center

Reflective Practices: Reflecting on one’s experiences, decisions and interactions helps gain insights and foster self-awareness across all team members, creating a culture rooted in learning and not just performance. Integrate mindfulness practices into your organizational culture. Create a Mindful Work Environment.