Workshops
Help your team alleviate stress with a customized mindfulness workshop, presentation, or guided meditation
The deeper reason behind nonprofit burnout
Our chaotic nonprofit work environments and the inequitable systems we’re trying to disrupt aren’t the only things that lead to burnout.
Our physical and emotional energy is also burning up because most of us were never taught how to manage the stress itself.
Buckle up for personal insights, inspiration, and actionable advice to transform your nonprofit team’s approach to work and well-being.
Whether you’re new to mindfulness or have been practicing it for years, experience simple tools to relax and navigate burnout without adding more exhausting things you “should” do.
Megan Whitney
Megan helps changemakers navigate burnout through 1/1 coaching, speaking, and live events on Insight Timer. Her work offers you mindfulness, emotional intelligence, and self-compassion tools to release stress and cultivate calm.
She has dedicated her 17-year career to serving in nonprofits. Since burning out a decade ago, her mission has been preventing the same exhaustion for other nonprofit workers.
In Megan’s day job, she has spent the past seven years fighting hunger as a fundraiser, consultant, mindfulness community founder, and certified Search Inside Yourself organizational teacher of emotional intelligence skills.
She has first-hand experience integrating mindfulness into nonprofits and feels passionate about the power of this skill to build equitable, just, and inclusive systems where everyone belongs.
You didn’t sign up for burnout when you signed onto nonprofit work, but I know it can feel that way.
Supporting our community and mission requires us to support our teams’ well-being first.
According to a study by the Stanford Social Innovation Review, approximately 50% of nonprofit employees experience high levels of burnout (and it’s likely higher).
The Center for Effective Philanthropy found that 68% of nonprofit leaders are somewhat or very concerned about burnout.
Mindfulness and meditation are transformative tools for alleviating stress, supporting mental health, and creating an inclusive workplace.
Interested in Booking Megan?
Custom workshops, presentations, and meditations are available both virtually and in-person
For in-person sessions, I serve the Chicagoland area and offer some travel options
Drop me a note or schedule a 30-min chat to get started
You’ll receive a proposal and pricing for your personalized event
Team Workshop:
A Mindful Approach to Navigating Nonprofit Burnout
Working in nonprofits doesn’t need to come hand in hand with burnout. But increasingly, it does. How can we sustainably care for ourselves while caring for others?
By the end of this workshop, your team will
Understand what burnout is, how to recognize the signs, and the deeper reasons why we burn out in nonprofits
Begin to clarify where you might be on the burnout to thriving spectrum and what you can do about it
Learn what mindfulness means and why it’s a superpower
Experience a calming guided meditation and two micropractices that help you deal with overwhelm in the moment
Walk away with tangible techniques to alleviate stress and help prevent burnout
Client Love for Workshops
Rest & Reset Mindfulness Workshop
Pause, breathe, and recharge + learn how to easily practice mindfulness and meditation in an interactive workshop.
By the end of this workshop, your team will
Learn the most common myths about mindfulness and meditation (hint: it's not about turning off your thoughts)
Experience a relaxing guided meditation and two micropractices to release stress and center yourself in under a minute
Find out how to easily make mindfulness something you actually do, and not just something you know helps
Connect and share reflections with your peers in small groups
Leave with simple tools that will boost your self-awareness, sharpen your focus, and enhance your overall well-being—both at work and in life
Speaking and Media
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