by Nancy L Seibel | Dec 14, 2018 | Nonprofits Blog, Quest
Travel back to your childhood, when you were 7, 8, 9, or 10 years old. Go back to a time or place when you felt free, alive and possibly at your best, doing something the way only you would do it. Use your active imagination and memory to see your young self at your...
by Nancy L Seibel | Nov 5, 2018 | Nonprofits Blog, Relationship-Based & Reflective Practice
Originally posted January 20, 2013. Revised and updated November 5, 2018. As directors, managers, supervisors and staff, we are passionate about doing our best for children and families. We’re eager to know what we can do to reach our program’s goals and...
by Nancy L Seibel | Sep 17, 2018 | Department of Hope, Nonprofits Blog
Hope has many meanings. The word expresses our everyday wishes, desires, and expectations. It also describes the better world we envision and strive for. — Click to Tweet “Small h” and “Big H” Hope There’s what I call “small h hope,”...
by Nancy L Seibel | Aug 31, 2018 | Nonprofits Blog, Self-Care, Well-being, Writing
I’m just back from a 4-day conference that just knocked my socks off. I’d been invited to facilitate a workshop at it, for which the scheduled time slot turned out to be early on the conference’s last day. That encouraged me to attend the full event, so I...
by Nancy L Seibel | Jun 12, 2018 | Nonprofits Blog, Self-Care, Well-being
We feel guilty for napping when we’re exhausted. When we’re having a “hair’s on fire” day, as a friend just described her busy Monday, we feel bad for wishing we could just relax for a few minutes. We push ourselves to keep going, rarely...
