September is Self-Care Awareness Month
If you don’t want to, you don’t have to! You don’t have to:
- Follow someone else’s career path
- Say yes to every request for your assistance
- Participate on every committee or board
- Commit to overworking
- Monetize every hobby or interest
- Post every achievement, celebration, or challenge in the name of transparency
It’s your life and career and the power to thrive is in your hands. Be authentic and define social work career success on your own terms.
Last week I checked another goal off of my career and business list which I’ll tell you all about very soon.
An authentically Nicki stretch is how I will describe it! And here is how I talked about it on social media:
“I recorded these clips on 2 different days because the question was genuinely on my mind and because I am focusing more intently on being present these days.
If you know me then you know I am an introvert and a private person who is trained in a profession that stresses boundaries and limited self-disclosure.
What the marketing mavens, branding bosses, and social media super stars say is the opposite of my nature and comfort zone, but the ‘struggle’ isn’t about comfort, it’s about who deserves access to certain parts of my life.
I’m building my business and career around my life and not the other way around!!”
YOUTUBE VIDEO: Self-Care Includes Taking Trips | Self-Care Awareness Month
[REVIEW] Transformation Tip Tuesday with Nicki Sanders, 9/17/24
Transformation Tip: Take A Trip
Self-care is taking trips.
A day trip. an overnight trip, a weekend trip, a week-long trip, a longer trip.
Explore your world, expand your horizons.
Of course I practice what I preach. Last month I took a day trip to Pennsylvania, traveled to my 25th (New Hampshire) and 26th (Missouri) states, and took a night tour of my hometown of Washington, DC. This month, I’m using my passport.
Are You Ready?
I am committed to sharing my social work career journey and offering insight and information to help other social workers at every stage of their career build a long-term, successful career that they love and on their own terms.
Schedule a free 20-minute consultation and let’s discuss the best ways to work together.
Nicki Sanders, MSW, is committed to career development, professional development, and organizational development. As Founder and CEO of Nicki Sanders Leadership Consulting, her mission is simple – to eliminate toxic workplaces by developing skilled, empathetic, and goal-oriented leaders who have the vision, support, and resources to create a culture where business prospers, and employees thrive individually and collectively. Nicki supports high-performing women of color in social work leadership in developing careers that feed their hearts, minds, and wallets. She has an extensive background in nonprofit management leading high-functioning, multi-disciplinary teams, volunteer recruitment and retention, and social impact programming. Nicki is an accomplished professor, coach, trainer, and group facilitator who has combined her gift for authentic relationships, Master of Social Work degree, and over 20 years of diverse work experience to create a life and career aligned with her values and purpose. She is a lover of nature, cupcakes, travel, and 80’s hip hop and R&B music.
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