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Resources, exercises and community-building for advocates and the survivors they support.

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7 Ways to Measure Your Advocacy Impact

November 25, 2024, RAFT Team

You can’t fully understand the impact you’re making just by looking at numbers and stats. To really grasp the significance of your work, you need to see it ...

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Self-Care Resilience: Finding Balance in Turbulent Times

November 11, 2024, RAFT Team

Let’s dive into the wild world of challenges, my friend. We all face them: personal, professional, societal… you name it. Some weeks are just extra. Advocate work is ...

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A Strengths-Based Approach to Resilience

October 28, 2024, RAFT Team

We often think of resilience as bouncing back from tough times like a rubber band. But what if there’s a different way to look at it? Picture this: ...

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Self-Love = Self-Care: 5 Reasons I Value Myself 

October 16, 2024, Maegan Bradshaw

Do you ever need a pat on the back? Who better to give it to you than yourself?  One of my goals, or what I call my personal ...

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The Surprising Truth About Empowering Community Voices

October 14, 2024, RAFT Team

The Delicate Balance in Advocacy Work Advocacy is all about speaking up for others to make society better. But it’s more than just talking; it’s creating a space ...

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The Seven Realms of Self-Care: Let’s Move! (or not) 

October 4, 2024, Sophie Strachan

Everyone tells us to move more —doctors, mothers, therapists, fitness advertisements. Exercise! Get 10,000 steps, take the stairs, don’t sit for too long, don’t stand still for too ...

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How to Engage Your Employees in 5 Steps

September 23, 2024, RAFT Team

Without knowing how to engage your employees, you won’t be able to enjoy a strong work culture, produce great work, or collaborate well. Instead, you will continue to ...

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Dear RAFT, Can I find joy again outside direct service?

September 18, 2024, Joy Ingram

“I worked as an advocate for a year and a half. I left my position for several reasons but mainly because the end of a relationship caused me ...

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7 Surprisingly Powerful Ways to Transition Between Work & Personal Time

September 9, 2024, RAFT Team

When you first set out to create a healthy work / life separation, the mere idea of it might keep you up at night. You compare yourself to ...

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Dissociation: Signs, Effects, and Healing 

August 30, 2024, Maegan Bradshaw

The other day, I was driving in total silence. This is not a common occurrence for me. Car rides are usually my time to jam to whatever music ...

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