Delanie Fischer is joined by Zahida Sherman, a diversity and inclusion professional who is the inaugural director of diversity, equity, and inclusion for the Southern California Institute of Architecture, a lecturer of anti-racism for The School of Drama at Yale University, and founder of the DEI consultancy, Z Crown Consulting. Zahida shares how she stays organized while balancing a variety of responsibilities, the feelings she navigates doing this work, and how she cares for herself in seasons of heaviness and overwhelm. This guidance, and peek behind the curtain, that Zahida offers is great for people who work in (or are interested in working in) DEI, service providers who facilitate transformative experiences, and those who are in a field that requires a significant amount of emotional labor — be it education, caregiving, advocacy, and others.

Plus:

+ The #1 Boundary Zahida Set Around Her Work

+ The First Steps Zahida Took To Start Her Consultancy (Plus 3 Tips For Facilitating Transformation)

+ The 2 Lists That Help Her In Tough Times

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