The Unraveling series, where amazing and inspiring entrepreneurs share the unraveling of old habits and mindset that holds us back, and the rebirth of new.  Today we feature Amber Melanie Smith, the Founder and Executive Director of Activate Good, a non-profit she has run for her entire adult life.

As you can imagine, fighting the good fight can be exhausting, and she was burning out. Amber was tired of seeing the vicious cycle of non-profit workers staying below the poverty line. She was tired of thinking about work all the time. She was tired of feeling defeated all the time.

So Amber chose a radical path to fight burnout - a strategy you probably haven’t heard on podcasts or at conferences before. I know I hadn't.

Resources Mentioned
Amber Melanie Smith on Youtube (50K+ Subscribers)
Who Not How: The Formula to Achieve Bigger Goals Through Accelerating Teamwork, by Dan Sullivan

For previous Unravelings:
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157 with Adrianna McDermott
161 with Aleya Harris
177 with Sara Margulis
184 with Andrea Eppollito
188 with Ashlyn Carter
191 with Kristen Mullins aka "The Pie Lady"
193 with Rachel DeAlto
197 with Sandra Cassios
208 with Brian Green
218 with Nellie Butler
238 with Natalie Franke
245 with Michelle Norwood

(01:20) What's an Unraveling? 
(02:40) What You Don't Know About Non-Profits
(07:20) The Gut Punch That Convinced Amber that Something Radical Had to Happen
(11:15) "You have to understand that I am a recovering workaholic"
(14:15) How can you take the first steps toward a sabbatical?
(17:20) What about the solopreneurs out there?
(22:40) What did the sabbatical look like? What did Amber actually do?
(30:30) What's happened since she's been back?

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