E37: Trauma-Informed Leadership And Creating a Psychologically Safe Workplace with Dimple Dhabalia, founder of Roots in the Clouds

Lead with Heart | Philanthropy, Nonprofit Leadership, Nonprofit Management & Fundraising

Welcome back to the Lead with Heart podcast. I am so honored to have Dimple Dhabalia on the podcast today. She has an amazing background in human-centered leadership and I’m truly excited to dive deep into this needed conversation.
Dimple is the founder of Roots in the Clouds, a boutique consulting firm specializing in normalizing workplace mental health care and using the power of story to heal individual and organizational trauma and moral injury.
Today we are talking about trauma-informed leadership, redefining self-care, creating a psychologically safe work environment, and more.
In this episode:

• [01:11] Dimple’s personal experience that led her to humanitarian work and her background as an asylum officer
• [05:03] Vicarious trauma, secondhand trauma, and compassion fatigue
• [07:40] How to start investing in yourself when you are experiencing compassion fatigue
• [14:22] Taking a trauma-informed leadership approach to address occupational traumas and mental health challenges that are faced by people working in nonprofits
• [18:46] Creating a psychologically safe work environment
• [29:04] Redefining self-care and building micro practices

RESOURCES
Tell Me My Story: Challenging the Narrative of Service Before Self by Dimple Dhabalia
Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World by Vivek Murthy
CONNECT WITH DIMPLE
Dimple Dhabalia is the founder of Roots in the Clouds, coach, facilitator, storyteller, and leader of leaders. Dimple’s cutting-edge work at the intersection of leadership, mindful awareness, storytelling, and advocacy serves to unpack and heal old narratives, mitigate trauma and burnout, and create meaningful connections between people working in mission-driven spaces.
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Haley is a Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE), Certified Stress Management Coach, and Certified EmC train the trainer. She is the Founder of The Savvy Fundraiser, a nonprofit consulting and coaching business. She has worked in both small and large nonprofit teams in the human services, homelessness, and youth sectors; and she specializes in the EmC process, nonprofit leadership, board development, and fundraising. Haley is a passionate, impact-driven, experienced nonprofit professional whose mission is to empower, elevate and engage nonprofit leaders to build healthy, thriving organizations.
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