Co-founders of Nonprofit Wellness, Susan and Ty lead trainings for staff at nonprofit organizations and schools.
Their six decades of combined experience, Baltimore backgrounds, and skillful facilitation make them thoughtful trainers who lead with efficiency and humor.
Ty & Susan's trauma-informed, bilingual curriculum includes a 52-card toolkit of wellness solutions.
More info and resources at www.nonprofitwellness.org
Susan offers facilitation and consulting to like-minded organizations and clients.
Susan teaches at American University and is always speaking up about self-care and team-care (like in this from Baltimore Banner "How to cope with the end of the world")
Susan earned a certificate from the Organizational Consulting and Change Leadership program at Georgetown (2018) but frankly these programs don't mean much without real-world experience.
SUNDAYS (March/April 2025)
3-5 pm rain or shine
Nonprofit Wellness is hosting free nature classes at Casa Comfort for two months in spring '25.
Curriculum includes: fungi, compost, hugelkultur, rainwater and natives.
The class is for all ages, and is intended to build community.
See the "Nature" tab for more.
Susan and her kids
Susan's trainings and classes -- whether for adults or children -- are a mix of facilitated interaction, brain science facts, and team-building. She has spent 30 years practicing organizational development, team-building, environmental and political activism, human wellness, mental health, and child development.
Her basic philosophy of wellness is that humans need: nature, movement and mindfulness.
She created a 52-card deck that spark work conversations about wellness.
A seasoned keynote speaker and workshop leader, Susan is available on a contract basis to speak or train on any of the above topics. Click "About" to learn more about her background.
There is also a menu of "Skill-Shops" and trainings available at the nonprofit that Susan co-founded: nonprofitwellness.org/services -- have your HR Director book a session soon.
— Isak Dinesen [Karen Blixen]
Susan loves arm extensions as a quick, physical break. Here, she teaches an easy, medium and difficult variation to bring more blood to your brain and body for days when you are sitting too much (which is to say, most days).
“Caring for myself is
not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation,
and that is an act of political warfare.”
— Audre Lorde
from her 1988 essay collection, A Burst of Light
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