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Self-care and wellbe­ing in the effec­tive al­tru­ism community

TagLast edit: 15 Aug 2023 13:53 UTC by Amber Dawn

Use the self-care and wellbeing in the effective altruism community tag for posts about caring for one’s own emotional, mental, or physical health, or for posts about how to foster mental resilience, health or wellbeing within the EA community. For posts about mental health as an EA cause area, use mental health (cause area)˚.

Effective altruism can be intense, difficult, and even overwhelming; fortunately, the Forum contains a lot of good posts on how we can stay healthy and maintain balance as we try to do as much good as we can.

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Inga22 May 2024 12:44 UTC
32 points
8 comments3 min readEA link

Nav­i­gat­ing men­tal health challenges in global catas­trophic risk fields

Ewelina_Tur15 Oct 2024 14:46 UTC
40 points
1 comment17 min readEA link

Over­come: Growth and Marginal Cost-Effec­tive­ness Data

John Salter18 Nov 2024 11:20 UTC
39 points
3 comments4 min readEA link

How I Im­proved my Wellbeing

jessica_mccurdy21 Nov 2024 13:36 UTC
92 points
5 comments4 min readEA link

New ver­sion of Men­tal Health Nav­i­ga­tor website

Emily8 Jan 2023 21:37 UTC
22 points
8 comments1 min readEA link

Don’t rest too long on progress

JoeJones30 Sep 2024 14:29 UTC
4 points
0 comments3 min readEA link

Ve­gan Nutri­tion Test­ing Pro­ject: In­terim Report

Elizabeth21 Jan 2023 20:08 UTC
43 points
11 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] Can you ap­ply for fund­ing to get ther­apy?

Ulys18 Aug 2022 14:09 UTC
6 points
1 comment1 min readEA link

Ac­tive Hope for EA Burnout

Gordon Seidoh Worley27 Jan 2023 23:41 UTC
29 points
3 comments2 min readEA link

[Question] How do you ad­dress tem­po­rary slump in work mo­ti­va­tion?

Vaipan7 Mar 2024 9:35 UTC
33 points
6 comments1 min readEA link

Do you have im­pos­tor syn­drome?

Vasco Grilo🔸8 May 2022 11:23 UTC
18 points
2 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] Have You Been Main­tain­ing Your Healthy Core Four?

Prof.Weird22 Nov 2020 11:37 UTC
13 points
0 comments3 min readEA link

Fund­ing op­por­tu­nity for per­sonal/​pro­fes­sional de­vel­op­ment for those work­ing in AI safety (dead­line March 29)

atury25 Mar 2024 19:19 UTC
18 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

Free Health Coach­ing this New Year

Rickey-Fukazawa24 Dec 2023 1:23 UTC
6 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

Re­la­tion­ships & Men­tal Health

Emily2 Jul 2023 22:33 UTC
6 points
0 comments5 min readEA link

Soli­dar­ity for those Re­jected from EA Global

Wil Perkins8 Feb 2023 15:14 UTC
90 points
21 comments1 min readEA link

Dis­satis­fied with the state of EA? You can give me a call.

Severin11 Feb 2023 1:00 UTC
40 points
7 comments1 min readEA link

9 (com­par­a­tively) ne­glected prin­ci­ples for men­tal health/​ther­apy?

Heartbreak Tuna5 Sep 2024 16:21 UTC
2 points
1 comment7 min readEA link

A quick PSA on not fal­ling down the stairs and other man­age­able life risks.

Wes Reisen11 Jan 2024 3:31 UTC
−16 points
7 comments2 min readEA link

[Question] How to dis­cuss top­ics that are emo­tion­ally loaded?

vin2 Feb 2021 18:08 UTC
17 points
6 comments2 min readEA link

Fight­ing with­out hope

Akash1 Mar 2023 18:15 UTC
35 points
9 comments1 min readEA link

Trade Hero­ism For Grit.

DirectedEvolution6 Jun 2020 19:57 UTC
31 points
1 comment1 min readEA link

Sound re­sources for Self-im­prove­ment?

trailblazer21 Jan 2024 6:35 UTC
0 points
1 comment1 min readEA link

The Myth of the ‘Perfect Altru­ist’

JoeJones30 Jun 2024 12:57 UTC
10 points
1 comment3 min readEA link

2021 EA Men­tal Health Sur­vey Results

Emily2 May 2022 18:00 UTC
49 points
7 comments26 min readEA link

Cog­ni­tive-be­hav­ioral ther­apy pi­lot work­shops: Sign up and help us en­hance the men­tal health of the EA com­mu­nity while learn­ing!

SamB4 Jul 2023 18:22 UTC
13 points
3 comments1 min readEA link

From Lay­off to Co-found­ing in a Breath­tak­ing Two Months

Harry Luk26 Sep 2023 7:35 UTC
44 points
3 comments17 min readEA link

Free So­cial Anx­iety Treat­ment for 50 EAs (Sign-up here)

John Salter12 Jul 2023 10:11 UTC
29 points
1 comment2 min readEA link

Med­i­ta­tion and Effec­tive Altruism

robm_73@hotmail.com22 Apr 2019 23:16 UTC
31 points
13 comments7 min readEA link

Vir­tual how to live a good life read­ing groups

rosehadshar8 Aug 2022 11:57 UTC
39 points
3 comments4 min readEA link

Marisa, the Co-Founder of EA Any­where, Has Passed Away

carrickflynn17 May 2024 22:49 UTC
514 points
31 comments1 min readEA link

Less of­ten dis­cussed EA emo­tional pat­terns

Ada-Maaria Hyvärinen27 Jun 2022 19:33 UTC
24 points
2 comments19 min readEA link

Free On­line Coun­sel­ing Slots from DB

Davit Jintcharadze26 Jul 2023 22:10 UTC
7 points
0 comments2 min readEA link

[Question] Most Effec­tive Meth­ods for My Prob­lem Areas

Cole12329 Jul 2023 16:42 UTC
1 point
0 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] What good are you do­ing to­day?

Prof.Weird20 Nov 2020 14:39 UTC
4 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

Coach­ing match­mak­ing is now open: in­vest in com­mu­nity well­ness by in­vest­ing in yourself

Tee17 Jul 2023 11:17 UTC
39 points
0 comments20 min readEA link

Fa­cil­i­tate an Men­tal Re­silience Group – Vol­un­teer Op­por­tu­nity 5h/​week in 2024 to Boost Your Im­pact (10 weeks)

Inga21 Jul 2023 16:48 UTC
36 points
0 comments3 min readEA link

[Question] Can any­one re­as­sure me about EA work cul­ture?

anotherEAonaburner24 Mar 2023 4:56 UTC
28 points
18 comments4 min readEA link

Public Cog­ni­tive Dis­so­nance About Ex­is­ten­tial Risk Is Terrifying

Evan_Gaensbauer22 Aug 2023 0:13 UTC
19 points
2 comments4 min readEA link

A Defense of Normality

EricHerboso7 Sep 2015 21:00 UTC
32 points
15 comments8 min readEA link

One EA’s Per­spec­tive on Depression

Dave Cortright 🔸1 Apr 2023 5:18 UTC
19 points
4 comments3 min readEA link

Em­bark­ing on a Jour­ney of Reflec­tion: Seek­ing In­sights and Feedback

Ole Johan Bondahl3 Oct 2024 9:58 UTC
−1 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

Be­ing at peace with Doom

Johannes C. Mayer9 Apr 2023 15:01 UTC
15 points
7 comments4 min readEA link
(www.lesswrong.com)

LW4EA: Shoulder Ad­vi­sors 101

Jeremy29 Mar 2022 3:16 UTC
5 points
3 comments1 min readEA link
(www.lesswrong.com)

How to Choose the Op­ti­mal Med­i­ta­tion Practice

oliverbramford18 Mar 2022 17:11 UTC
19 points
1 comment5 min readEA link

Things EA Group Or­ganisers Need To Hear

Kenneth_Diao13 Apr 2024 19:24 UTC
116 points
7 comments11 min readEA link
(kennethdiao.substack.com)

“The Science of Well-Be­ing” on­line course from Yale

ellie5 Aug 2022 22:38 UTC
8 points
0 comments2 min readEA link

[Question] How can I han­dle de­pic­tions of suffer­ing bet­ter emo­tion­ally?

Andy_Schultz17 Mar 2021 21:06 UTC
13 points
9 comments1 min readEA link

2022 Men­tal Health Nav­i­ga­tor Progress Report

Emily16 Apr 2022 14:02 UTC
12 points
1 comment7 min readEA link

The do­ing good and feel­ing good ten­sion.

Glenn_V21 May 2022 11:12 UTC
2 points
0 comments4 min readEA link

Fun does not pre­clude burnout (by An­drew Critch)

ricoh_aficio5 Jul 2016 0:09 UTC
16 points
5 comments1 min readEA link

Hai più di un obiet­tivo, e non c’è nulla di male

EA Italy18 Jan 2023 11:53 UTC
1 point
0 comments2 min readEA link

EA Obli­ga­tions ver­sus Fi­nan­cial Security

anon99920 Mar 2022 20:35 UTC
22 points
8 comments2 min readEA link

On clinging

Joe_Carlsmith24 Jan 2021 23:25 UTC
29 points
2 comments8 min readEA link

The 8-week men­tal health pro­gramme for EAs fi­nally pub­lished

tereziekosik9 Nov 2022 10:45 UTC
46 points
7 comments2 min readEA link

Most effec­tive ways to be happy?

anonymousdude21 Jul 2022 0:41 UTC
18 points
2 comments1 min readEA link

Stop Over­re­act­ing re: FTX /​ SBF

MattBall16 Nov 2022 23:40 UTC
51 points
3 comments2 min readEA link

What is the moral foun­da­tion for not donat­ing nearly ev­ery­thing?

Davidh962 Sep 2022 10:52 UTC
1 point
1 comment1 min readEA link

Some non-EAs worry about EA’s effect on men­tal health

Kaleem4 Aug 2022 0:12 UTC
31 points
4 comments3 min readEA link

Off Road: In­ter­views with EA Col­lege Dropouts

Daystar Eld5 Apr 2022 2:53 UTC
31 points
5 comments4 min readEA link

How Many Lives Does X-Risk Work Save From Nonex­is­tence On Aver­age?

Jordan Arel8 Dec 2022 21:44 UTC
34 points
12 comments14 min readEA link

Th­e­ses on Sleep

guzey11 Feb 2022 18:05 UTC
52 points
22 comments34 min readEA link

Im­pos­si­ble EA emotions

ClaireZabel21 Dec 2015 20:06 UTC
35 points
11 comments2 min readEA link

Tips for over­com­ing low back pain

Magnus Vinding24 Mar 2020 16:41 UTC
71 points
10 comments6 min readEA link

Appx. F: My Turn Against Alcohol

Devin Kalish16 Apr 2024 3:31 UTC
15 points
0 comments7 min readEA link

[Question] Where are the cool places to live where there is still *no* EA com­mu­nity? Bonus points if there is un­likely to be one in the future

nananana.nananana.heyhey.anon11 May 2022 8:33 UTC
10 points
17 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] Could some­body help soothe my anx­iety about the fu­ture of EA?

OleA3620 Nov 2022 5:51 UTC
9 points
9 comments1 min readEA link

How the CBT Lab Am­plifies Effec­tive Altru­ists’ Impact

carysj13 Nov 2024 19:31 UTC
10 points
1 comment6 min readEA link

[Question] What are some ways to prac­tice self-care in a job hunt?

TrenchFloat27 Nov 2020 19:57 UTC
6 points
3 comments1 min readEA link

Give and Get Men­tal Health Sup­port Dur­ing Th­ese Hard Times

Emily11 Nov 2022 14:31 UTC
45 points
4 comments5 min readEA link

Most peo­ple should prob­a­bly feel safe most of the time

Kaj_Sotala9 May 2023 9:41 UTC
26 points
1 comment1 min readEA link

The most cost-effi­cient way to con­vert money into per­sonal health

Rakefet Cohen Ben-Arye28 Apr 2019 16:11 UTC
18 points
6 comments1 min readEA link

Get free emo­tional sup­port dur­ing the FTX crisis

Sandra Sobanska17 Nov 2022 14:42 UTC
18 points
0 comments2 min readEA link

We’re All Just Do­ing Our Best

semicycle7 Oct 2022 16:09 UTC
5 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

Can a Ve­gan Diet Be Healthy? A Liter­a­ture Review

Erich_Grunewald 🔸12 Mar 2021 12:47 UTC
65 points
21 comments11 min readEA link
(www.erichgrunewald.com)

From Pas­sion to De­pres­sion and Pes­simism: My Jour­ney with Effec­tive Altruism

IReallyWantToBeAnonymous28 Sep 2023 10:28 UTC
63 points
11 comments1 min readEA link

Coun­ter­pro­duc­tive EA men­tal health ad­vice (and what to say in­stead)

Ada-Maaria Hyvärinen10 Oct 2022 16:20 UTC
56 points
8 comments6 min readEA link

Sasha Chapin on bad so­cial norms in EA

Charlie Rogers-Smith18 Nov 2021 12:18 UTC
51 points
22 comments5 min readEA link

Pro­duc­tivity through self-loyalty

So8res2 Nov 2014 7:00 UTC
29 points
0 comments7 min readEA link

If you’re un­happy, con­sider leaving

Justis20 Jul 2022 15:49 UTC
139 points
13 comments5 min readEA link

Effec­tive al­tru­ism in the gar­den of ends

tyleralterman31 Aug 2022 20:47 UTC
289 points
45 comments23 min readEA link

In­tro­duc­ing Effec­tive Self-Help

Ben Williamson6 Jan 2022 13:11 UTC
111 points
18 comments21 min readEA link

Mo­ral In­jury, Men­tal Health, and Ob­ses­sion in EA

ECJ1 Sep 2022 17:51 UTC
3 points
0 comments2 min readEA link

Rocks teach you about, like, liv­ing with your­self.

Phosphorous6 Dec 2022 4:26 UTC
25 points
4 comments3 min readEA link

Wel­l­ness Coach­ing for Early-Ca­reer EAs

Baxter Bullock1 Aug 2024 17:14 UTC
7 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

The Highly Sen­si­tive EA

Philippe Rivet29 Apr 2024 20:00 UTC
24 points
7 comments33 min readEA link

Prevent­ing low back pain with exercise

Ryan Kidd28 Sep 2021 5:00 UTC
15 points
7 comments2 min readEA link

A bunch of rea­sons why you might have low en­ergy (or other vague health prob­lems) and what to do about it

alexlintz8 Jun 2021 18:58 UTC
93 points
18 comments14 min readEA link

Med­i­ta­tions on Caring

Max Görlitz29 Nov 2021 19:12 UTC
37 points
6 comments2 min readEA link

Half Mon­key, Half God- The Key To Re­plac­ing Guilt : Summary

Maynk0224 Nov 2022 22:49 UTC
5 points
0 comments4 min readEA link

Stress—effec­tive ways to re­duce it

Ben Williamson21 Dec 2021 14:50 UTC
78 points
22 comments11 min readEA link

Equa­nim­ity: a word of hope, for hope.

tzukitchan13 Nov 2022 6:22 UTC
16 points
1 comment1 min readEA link

Con­sider can­cel­ing your WiFi

Kevin Kuruc29 Jul 2021 20:19 UTC
62 points
2 comments4 min readEA link

Ad­vice to my younger self

dotsam24 Jun 2022 13:07 UTC
17 points
0 comments7 min readEA link

It’s Sup­posed To Feel Like This: 8 emo­tional challenges of altruism

[deleted]5 Jun 2018 10:16 UTC
34 points
10 comments9 min readEA link

LW4EA: Sab­bath hard and go home

Jeremy7 Jun 2022 2:46 UTC
10 points
0 comments1 min readEA link
(www.lesswrong.com)

[Question] Recom­mend Us Use­ful Re­sources on Men­tal Health

tereziekosik14 Jan 2022 16:06 UTC
24 points
0 comments2 min readEA link

Self-care ses­sions for EA groups

Julia_Wise🔸6 Sep 2018 15:55 UTC
14 points
0 comments4 min readEA link

Fram­ing Effec­tive Altru­ism as Over­com­ing Indifference

DM25 May 2019 12:10 UTC
87 points
8 comments6 min readEA link

2023 EA Men­tal Health & Pro­duc­tivity Sur­vey Results

Emily4 Jul 2023 20:37 UTC
63 points
3 comments19 min readEA link

Phys­i­cal Ex­er­cise for EAs – Why and How

severintroesch12 Jan 2020 15:37 UTC
50 points
17 comments7 min readEA link

SBF x LoL

Nicholas / Heather Kross15 Nov 2022 20:24 UTC
−1 points
0 comments4 min readEA link

Ac­cep­tance and Com­mit­ment Ther­apy (ACT) 101

Evie24 Sep 2022 19:07 UTC
70 points
5 comments8 min readEA link

It’s okay to leave

Nathan Young23 Dec 2022 18:51 UTC
78 points
4 comments4 min readEA link
(nathanpmyoung.substack.com)

LW4EA: How to Be Happy

Jeremy31 May 2022 22:42 UTC
9 points
0 comments1 min readEA link
(www.lesswrong.com)

Burnout and self-care

Julia_Wise🔸23 Oct 2015 13:15 UTC
35 points
8 comments2 min readEA link

#172 – Why you should stop read­ing the news (Bryan Ca­plan on the 80,000 Hours Pod­cast)

80000_Hours22 Nov 2023 18:29 UTC
20 points
1 comment20 min readEA link

A Men­tal Health Pod­cast Directory

Ben Williamson22 Nov 2021 20:59 UTC
34 points
5 comments16 min readEA link

Re­place­abil­ity v. ‘Con­tex­tu­al­ized Wor­thi­ness’

Tee27 Jul 2022 16:48 UTC
9 points
0 comments3 min readEA link

Sur­vey—Psy­cholog­i­cal Im­pact of Long-Term AI Engagement

Manuela García17 Sep 2024 15:58 UTC
2 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

EA Men­tal Health Care Nav­i­ga­tor Pilot

Danica_Wilbanks31 Oct 2019 4:47 UTC
47 points
5 comments6 min readEA link

[Question] Has any­one found an effec­tive way to scrub in­door CO2?

eca21 Jun 2021 21:21 UTC
11 points
5 comments1 min readEA link

Freak­ing out about x-risk doesn’t help; set­tle in for the long war

Holly Elmore ⏸️ 🔸2 Nov 2024 0:00 UTC
68 points
2 comments2 min readEA link

[Question] How have shorter AI timelines been af­fect­ing you, and how have you been re­spond­ing to them?

Liav.Koren3 Jan 2023 4:20 UTC
35 points
15 comments1 min readEA link

On be­ing compromised

Gavin5 Jan 2023 12:56 UTC
187 points
46 comments1 min readEA link

Men­tal Health Providers and Re­sources Listed on the Men­tal Health Nav­i­ga­tor Website

Emily9 Jan 2023 20:47 UTC
43 points
9 comments1 min readEA link
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