5 Ways to Avoid Burnout Working in Social Impact

Setting healthy boundaries in place.

Why It Matters

As families send children back to school and work ramps up for the fall season, many social impact professionals will dive into increased workloads — and risk burnout. To help sidestep work stress, The Burnout Project’s Leah Bae and Zoya Jiwa walk us through five ways to implement healthy work-life boundaries.

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