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Navigating Mental Health in the Development Sector

Navigating Mental Health in the Development Sector

Update: 2024-08-08
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In this special episode of No-Cost Extension we speak to three development sector leaders about This past season, Deval and his guests have talked about mental health in the development sector.  From the sense of urgency that never leaves the work and the feeling of inadequacy that leaders experience when faced with the immense scale of the problem at hand. 

You’ll hear Dhruv Lakra get candid about how the constant hustle of the early days took a toll on him emotionally and physically.   

Revathi Radhakrishnan the founder of Vanavil Trust opens up about how her mental health took a huge hit doing relief work post with nomadic communities and Denotified Tribes during Covid19. 

And Vishal Talreja, co-founder of Dream-A-Dream foundation is frank about the toll aspects of his 25 year long stint in the social sector lead to burnout and depression, and how that fuelled the founding of The Cocoon Initiative, a  program that provides leaders an opportunity to have an extended break from their work for personal rejuvenation.  

You can listen to each of their individual conversations with Deval on the No-Cost Extension feed. 

If you want to listen to more of No Cost Extension, go to https://www.dasra.org/podcast.php where we have show notes, links and more. 

 

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Navigating Mental Health in the Development Sector

Navigating Mental Health in the Development Sector

Deval Sanghavi