Articles Written for Charity Village

Published on Charity VillageDate: 31st August 2022 This article is an excerpt from Conscious Service: Ten Ways to Reclaim your Calling, Move beyond Burnout, and Make a Difference without Sacrificing Yourself (Hazelden Publishing, Publication Date: April 2022) and is reprinted with permission. What happens to our health when our happiness is seen as optional in our organizations, or […]

Published on Charity VillageDate: 20th July 2022 This article is an excerpt from Conscious Service: Ten Ways to Reclaim your Calling, Move beyond Burnout, and Make a Difference without Sacrificing Yourself (Hazelden Publishing, Publication Date: April 2022) and is reprinted with permission. Building communities and cultures that respect and value all their members requires transparency between the organization’s

Published on Charity VillageDate: 30th June 2022 This article is an excerpt from Conscious Service: Ten Ways to Reclaim your Calling, Move beyond Burnout, and Make a Difference without Sacrificing Yourself (Hazelden Publishing, Publication Date: April 2022) and is reprinted with permission. The role of workplace and community culture has become a major focus in discussions about organizational

Published on Charity VillageDate: 27th May 2022 This article is an excerpt from Conscious Service: Ten Ways to Reclaim your Calling, Move beyond Burnout, and Make a Difference without Sacrificing Yourself (Hazelden Publishing, Publication Date: April 2022) and is reprinted with permission. To create community together, there must be a together. For most of us, together

Published on Charity VillageDate: 8th September 2021 Leaders support the work of their organizations when they are in service to their teams. Demonstrating appreciation of and for the human resources, the people, who create the foundation of your organization is a loving act and an essential layer of the service delivery model. When people feel

Published on Charity VillageDate: 28th July 2021 As we know, love is not a frequently used term in our workplaces and classrooms. It is, maybe, even more tentatively used in relation to service. In this series, we have begun to illuminate the relevance of exploring the energy of love as an integral element of serving

Published on Charity VillageDate: 5th July 2021 Self-abandonment can be described as the tendency to make choices or enter spaces that may be unsafe, physically or emotionally, without apparent regard for personal security. It also occurs in those moments when we ignore our discomfort, pain, personal needs, or inner knowing. Self-abandonment is demonstrated when we

Published on Charity VillageDate: 19th May 2021 Many service providers identify with heightened sensitivity. They feel attuned to the energy of other people and have a keen awareness of their capacity for compassion and empathy ~ often externally focused. As a child, I recall sometimes being seen as overly emotional ~ at times, feeling as

Published on Charity VillageDate: 22nd April 2021 We often refer to the lived experience of those who access service, but what about the lived experience of those who offer it? Rather than being encouraged to pay close attention to our experience, service providers are often reminded that our energy and focus is better directed toward

Published on Charity VillageDate: 24th March 2021 Speaking of love in the boardroom is not standard practice. We tend to shy away from such language when it comes to the large societal structures we live within. The idea that we are expressing love at work, at school, or in business is often met with raised