My 2023 Word of the Year is Authenticity. Authenticity has been centered in my These 3 Words monthly mantras this year. (Hard to believe that I began this in 2014.) January – Elevate Your Authenticity February – Authenticity Requires Introspection March – Connect With Authenticity April – Authenticity Is Liberation May – Authenticity Requires […]
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I AM MY OWN CASE STUDY: Define social work career success on your own terms Social work students New social workers Experienced social workers Licensed social workers Unlicensed social workers Social work leaders Macro social workers Social work entrepreneurs Social work professors Environmental social worker High-performing Women of Color in social work leadership. Discover
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My career success includes work in residential, school-based, community-based programs including public health programs. I am experienced in offering trauma-informed services and management of staff working with high-trauma populations. I am also an undergraduate professor of nontraditional college students and an internship supervisor with extensive experience in high-level operation and management of youth development
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My exploration into green social work is not only to bring my childhood vision to life, but improve my own mental, physical, and emotional well-being. A deep dive into eco-social work has provided new language and theoretical frameworks for my natural interests and concerns. My commitment to defining environmental social work on my own
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Welcome to November 2023! Yesterday’s career tip for Career Tip Tuesday with Nicki Sanders was to “Heed The Warnings”. Trusting your intuition in your professional life is as important as trusting your intuition in your personal life. Toxic workplaces, horrible bosses, shady colleagues, questionable clients, or even unethical competitors – there is generally an
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I will forever shout from the rooftops that “social workers do not take a vow of poverty”! I will forever challenge the notion that accepting financial struggles somehow makes a social worker more morally superior. I adamantly refuse to accept the notion that social workers should leave the profession if they want to make
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Text message conversation with a client this morning: Client: “You probably don’t have this issue considering you’re an educator but I’ll ask anyway. Do you have a time figuring out what to write for your accomplishments because you don’t receive it as that because it’s a regular part of your job?” Me: “Absolutely, Everyone
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It’s September and back to school is in full effect! I am excited to support social work students at two new institutions this month. September 15, 2023 – Social Work: Myths, Movement and Magic Social Work Career Exploration Workshop Series The University of Texas at Austin | Steve Hicks School of Social Work
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If been there, done that, and have the T-shirt to prove it was a person, it would be me. I know what it’s like to be ready for something new or different but feel like you don’t know what you should do next. I know what it’s like to find yourself in similar situations
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I am a natural leader who previously downplayed my leadership strength. My leadership superpower is creating effective leaders – empowering amazing professionals to honor their education and experience to move into formal and informal leadership roles. To show up, claim their power, and be seen. Recently, I made changes in my business so that
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