You look after people for a living, and so does your team. Box of feels is a free app for naming what you’re carrying and putting it down, one box at a time. I can also come and run the Box of feels course for your staff, volunteers or the people you serve.
Dave BoltI’ve spent years on a charity board, in school chaplaincy and alongside community leaders. The people doing the most good are often the ones running on empty. They box things up so they can get through the day, and the boxes pile up.
Box of feels helps people notice the boxes, name what’s in them, and open them on purpose, one at a time. It’s free, there are no ads, and nobody is watching it. Their boxes stay on their own phone.
It has a plain Clinician look too, quiet and simple, for using at work or showing someone across a desk.
A two-minute tour on a real phone: naming a feeling, putting it in a box and coming back to it later.
Each one about a minute, on a real phone.
The people you lead, the people who help, and the people you serve.
A one-day course, or shorter sessions across a few weeks. For staff teams, volunteers, or the people your service works with. Everyone leaves with the app on their phone and knows how to use it.
How we cope by packing things away, and what happens when the boxes pile up.
Finding the exact word for a feeling, and where it sits in the body.
Opening one box on purpose, working through it, and knowing where it goes next.
Practical skills for the moment everything lands at once.
Sleep, routine and the small habits that keep people going for the long haul.
Noticing when a colleague is struggling, and what to say.
The course as a team day or professional development, with time to actually try the tools.
A shorter session built into your induction, so new volunteers start with a way to look after themselves.
Sessions for your clients or program participants, pitched at where they’re at.
Start with the free leader health check. It shows where you’re running well and where you’re running on empty.
The NFP health check looks at the whole organisation, not just the people in it.
Strategy, fundraising, story and team health through TenXed, if you want to go further.
Have a play first, then let’s find an hour to talk about your team and whether the course is a good fit.