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Sustaining Spirit: Self-Care for Social Justice

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By Naomi Ortiz — 2018

Caring - Volunteering - Always too much work to do - Burnout Does this sound familiar? Burnout is a vicious cycle. Naomi Ortiz went through this cycle many times before she realized: This Is Not Working. Sustaining Spirit shows how she broke the cycle of burnout and brought balance into her life.

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In It for the Long Haul: Overcoming Burnout and Passion Fatigue as Social Justice Change Agents

In It for the Long Haul helps social justice change agents stop burning out and reclaim their energy to create meaningful change. Social justice change agents often feel exhausted and overwhelmed by the urgent need for change; yet, they can get stuck in hopelessness and despair.

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Time Off: A Practical Guide to Building Your Rest Ethic and Finding Success Without the Stress

Discover the transformative power of leisure to recapture your calm and creativity. We live in a time where busyness is often seen as a badge of honor.

John Fitch, Max Frenzel

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Give Yourself Margin: A Guide to Rediscovering and Reconnecting with Your Creative Self

A gorgeously illustrated interactive guide to changing your mindset, rekindling creativity, and embracing imperfection. “Give yourself margin” is a sewing maxim about leaving enough excess fabric to account for potential mistakes.

Stacie Bloomfield

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Ask a Manager: How to Navigate Clueless Colleagues, Lunch-Stealing Bosses, and the Rest of Your Life at Work

There’s a reason Alison Green has been called “the Dear Abby of the work world.” Ten years as a workplace-advice columnist have taught her that people avoid awkward conversations in the office because they simply don’t know what to say.

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Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder

As more and more people are coming to realize, there is far more to living a truly successful life than just earning a bigger salary and capturing a corner office.

Arianna Huffington

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Love for Imperfect Things: How to Accept Yourself in a World Striving for Perfection

Many of us respond to the pressures of life by turning inward and ignoring problems, sometimes resulting in anxiety or depression. Others react by working harder at the office, at school, or at home, hoping that this will make ourselves and the people we love happier.

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Self-Care for College Students: From Orientation to Graduation, 150+ Easy Ways to Stay Happy, Healthy, and Stress-Free

Make the most out of your college experience with these manageable self-care tips that are easy to incorporate into your busy college lifestyle. As a student in college—you’re dealing with a lot.

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Soul of a Citizen: Living with Conviction in Challenging Times

Soul of a Citizen awakens within us the desire and the ability to make our voices heard and our actions count. We can lead lives worthy of our convictions. A book of inspiration and integrity, Soul of a Citizen is an antidote to the twin scourges of modern life—powerlessness and cynicism.

Paul Rogat Loeb

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How We Win: A Guide to Nonviolent Direct Action Campaigning

A lifetime of activist experience from a civil rights legend informs this playbook for building and conducting nonviolent direct action campaigns In an era of massive worldwide protests for racial and economic justice, it is important to remember that marching is only one way to take to the...

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Already Toast: Caregiving and Burnout in America

Already Toast shows how all-consuming caregiving can be, how difficult it is to find support, and how the social and literary narratives that have long locked women into providing emotional labor also keep them in unpaid caregiving roles.

Kate Washington

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