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Your Self-care Prescription: News Positivity
Reporters at Axios recently summarized data documenting a steep drop-off in news consumption in the past six months. Evidently, the relentless thunder of traumatic events is driving more and more people offline in an effort to preserve … -
Seeking Self-Care Solutions, for COVID-19 and Beyond
Support Free COVID-19 Resources for the Field The current crisis is taking a distressing financial toll on cultural organizations, and AAM is no different. The Alliance Blog is supported by membership dues and donations. In these … -
Questions and Suggestions from the Blackbaud Self-care Webinar
On Wednesday, August 8, over 300 museum professionals joined CFM director Elizabeth Merritt and Seema Rao, principal of Brilliant Idea Studio, to explore self-care in the museum workplace. The presentation, hosted by Blackbaud and building … -
TrendsWatch 2019: Take Care: Building resilience and sustainable practice
This is one of the five trends from the 2019 TrendsWatch. Click here to read more about the full report. “Self-care is not selfish. You cannot serve from an empty vessel.” —Eleanor Brownn Society owes a debt to everyone who does the hard … -
The Self-Care Ritual of Retreats
One reason I love museum people is that they work so hard to make the world a better place. But all too often, I see colleagues burn out and leave our field because they did not make time to care for themselves. Hence my recent dive into … -
My Take Embracing the Personal: Developing a self-care plan is a critical part of disaster training.
This article originally appeared in the May/June 2018 issue of Museum magazine. When I first started in the museum field, I remember sitting in a mandatory egress training session to learn how to evacuate students from galleries during an …
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