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Non-profit organizations
fromNonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice.
12 hours agoWhy Americans Give: New Research Finds 5 Distinct Profiles for Generosity | Nonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice.
Generosity in the U.S. is diverse and varies by individual motivations and demographics, contrary to the belief that it has eroded.
Fundraising
fromNonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice.
9 hours agoBridging Funders to the Front Lines: Pluralism and Greater Philanthropic Opportunity | Nonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice.
Movement-rooted philanthropic intermediaries are essential for addressing future challenges in the nonprofit sector and advancing equity.
#burnout
Productivity
fromSilicon Canals
2 hours agoThe workers most likely to burn out aren't always the ones doing the most - they're the ones who can't tell the difference between urgent and important - Silicon Canals
Workers overwhelmed by urgency rather than importance are more likely to experience burnout.
NYC LGBT
fromSan Francisco Bay Times
3 days agoShow of Hope Gala Pays Tribute to Dedicated Social Worker Alberto Rangel - San Francisco Bay Times
Alberto Rangel, a dedicated social worker, was honored posthumously for his commitment to the community after being tragically killed in a hospital incident.
fromPsychology Today
1 week agoWhy We Distinguish Suicide Clusters From Pacts
On February 1, 2026, a man associated with Ivaylo Kalushev received a message from him: 'Goodbye, friend, we are very tired and have no more strength.' The next day, police found the bodies of three middle-aged men at Kalushev's burnt lodge in western Bulgaria.
Russo-Ukrainian War
Non-profit organizations
fromNonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice.
1 day agoThe Meaningful Reset: Designing Nonprofits to Survive Board-Staff Conflict | Nonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice.
Nonprofit organizations face unique challenges due to emotional investment, leading to conflicts that require careful analysis and intentional resolution.
fromLGBTQ Nation
6 days agoClassmates subjected a young teen to "relentless" homophobic bullying. Then tragedy struck. - LGBTQ Nation
Leyton's mother stated, 'None of the boys in that school accepted him. They told him they would never accept him for the way he spoke. He was a sassy speaker, more feminine - not the 'hard boy' type. This wasn't going on for just a little while.'
LGBT
fromPsychology Today
1 day agoHow Community-Based Healthcare Builds Engagement
Most people leave doctor visits with prescriptions, but still feel unsure—instructions make sense, but no one asks about their life. In contrast, when a provider knows your name, remembers your story, and explains care in a way that fits you, the experience feels different—and that difference matters.
Healthcare
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
1 day agoNeuroscience reveals that the calmest person in any crisis isn't naturally fearless - their brain learned to delay panic because their childhood required them to be functional before they were allowed to be afraid - Silicon Canals
Calmness under pressure is a learned response, not merely a personality trait or temperament.
#rest
Mental health
fromSilicon Canals
5 hours agoThere's a type of person who only feels permission to rest when they're physically sick, and the illness isn't the problem. The problem is the invisible equation they absorbed decades ago that says rest must be earned through suffering and a healthy body has no valid claim to stillness. - Silicon Canals
Sickness is often the only socially acceptable reason for rest, revealing deep-rooted beliefs about productivity and morality.
#nonprofit
Fundraising
fromNonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice.
1 week agoUsing AI for Fundraising Still Requires Human Strategy | Nonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice.
AI should support strategy in nonprofit fundraising, not replace the essential human elements of trust and relationship building.
#anxiety
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
2 hours agoCoping With Climate Change Anxiety
Anxiety is a normal response to real threats like climate change, serving a protective function.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
2 days agoThere's a generation of people who were taught to apologize for their needs so effectively that as adults they experience wanting something as a form of aggression against whoever might have to provide it - Silicon Canals
Many adults associate expressing needs with guilt, viewing requests as impositions rather than natural interactions.
Mental health
fromSilicon Canals
5 hours agoThe person who thrives during a crisis and falls apart during ordinary weeks isn't broken. Their entire operating system was built for emergencies, and peace registers as a system error because they never learned what competence feels like without urgency underneath it. - Silicon Canals
Crisis-thrivers are often dysregulated, struggling with normalcy after emergencies, revealing a deeper issue with their nervous system's response to stress.
Brooklyn
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 weeks agoI help people with psychosis off the streets. Sometimes, their minds won't let them leave
Mental health chaplains work with homeless individuals experiencing serious mental illness, navigating the complex intersection of psychiatric symptoms, delusions, and housing instability while maintaining compassion and patience.
Mental health
fromSilicon Canals
11 hours agoI'm 66 and I recently understood that the reason I find it so hard to ask for help is not independence - it is the very specific and very old belief that needing something from another person is the first step toward becoming a burden, and a burden, in the house I grew up in, was the one thing nobody was allowed to be - Silicon Canals
Independence can often mask fear, leading to a reluctance to ask for help and a belief that needing assistance is a weakness.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
1 week agoNot everyone who avoids asking for help is proud. Some of them asked once, received it with a lecture attached, and learned that the cost of support was a small erosion of standing they could never quite earn back. - Silicon Canals
Asking for help can lead to unintended consequences that affect relationships and self-perception.
Mental health
fromSilicon Canals
2 days agoI'm 37 and I've already learned the hard way that self-worth takes time, healing isn't linear, and letting go is painful while you're learning to move forward - Silicon Canals
Carrying emotional weight from the past hinders self-worth; true self-worth is built internally, not through external validation.
fromPsychology Today
1 week agoPeople With Bipolar and BPD Struggle in Mental Healthcare
There is a unique kind of pain in losing your mind, not just once, but over and over. Losing your perception of reality, of your emotions, of your closest relationships-both across months and multiple times a day. Knowing deep down that something is wrong but being unable to stop it.
Mental health
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
1 month agoWhy Mental Health Language Is Everywhere Now
Mental health terminology has migrated from clinical settings into everyday conversation, reducing stigma and increasing awareness, but clinical meanings shift in common speech, requiring precision for effective care and public discourse.
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