RenewersLIS
@renewerslis.bsky.social
Promoting Empathy & Self-Preservation in the Workplace.
https://renewalslis.com
https://renewalslis.com
If you're navigating an active low-morale experience, which of these worries resonate for you?
November 12, 2025 at 6:03 PM
If you're navigating an active low-morale experience, which of these worries resonate for you?
Here are a few mindsets that haunt #LowMorale workplaces. These entrenched mindsets are even scarier since we see may not immediately see damaging results - only to one day find ourselves among buried plans and goals and petrified and paralyzed employees. Which ones haunt your workplace?
October 31, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Here are a few mindsets that haunt #LowMorale workplaces. These entrenched mindsets are even scarier since we see may not immediately see damaging results - only to one day find ourselves among buried plans and goals and petrified and paralyzed employees. Which ones haunt your workplace?
I'm brimming with joy to share that I'll be facilitating the 2026 Virginia Library Leadership Academy (my second cohort)! If you're a Virginia library employee interested in cultivating humane leadership and library workplaces, applications are now open! Learn more: tinyurl.com/3w62629x
October 23, 2025 at 9:27 PM
I'm brimming with joy to share that I'll be facilitating the 2026 Virginia Library Leadership Academy (my second cohort)! If you're a Virginia library employee interested in cultivating humane leadership and library workplaces, applications are now open! Learn more: tinyurl.com/3w62629x
Renewers, if you're attending the Library Marketing & Communications Conference this year, I'm looking forward to seeing you! Learn more: tinyurl.com/9t8zvxkt
October 20, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Renewers, if you're attending the Library Marketing & Communications Conference this year, I'm looking forward to seeing you! Learn more: tinyurl.com/9t8zvxkt
Renewers, I'm sharing more signals of #GOTCHA Culture, which interrupts employee success and places workers in lose/lose situations. In this part, we're exploring:
#Confusion (#Chaos)
#Haste
#Apathy
Have you faced any of these in a current or former workplace? tinyurl.com/f8jtkmmy
#Confusion (#Chaos)
#Haste
#Apathy
Have you faced any of these in a current or former workplace? tinyurl.com/f8jtkmmy
October 13, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Renewers, I'm sharing more signals of #GOTCHA Culture, which interrupts employee success and places workers in lose/lose situations. In this part, we're exploring:
#Confusion (#Chaos)
#Haste
#Apathy
Have you faced any of these in a current or former workplace? tinyurl.com/f8jtkmmy
#Confusion (#Chaos)
#Haste
#Apathy
Have you faced any of these in a current or former workplace? tinyurl.com/f8jtkmmy
Get a jump on spooky season & learn how #LowMorale Experiences are deepened by what I call GOTCHA Culture. I've identified six behavioral & cultural signals that interrupt employee success. In Part 1, let's look at:
#Gatekeeping
#Overwork
#Triangulation
Peek in to these BOOs: tinyurl.com/y4ny4d8a
#Gatekeeping
#Overwork
#Triangulation
Peek in to these BOOs: tinyurl.com/y4ny4d8a
September 29, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Get a jump on spooky season & learn how #LowMorale Experiences are deepened by what I call GOTCHA Culture. I've identified six behavioral & cultural signals that interrupt employee success. In Part 1, let's look at:
#Gatekeeping
#Overwork
#Triangulation
Peek in to these BOOs: tinyurl.com/y4ny4d8a
#Gatekeeping
#Overwork
#Triangulation
Peek in to these BOOs: tinyurl.com/y4ny4d8a
Renewers, have you experienced any of these lose-lose situations during your #LowMorale experience? I'll be defining and exploring what I call #GOTCHA Culture soon. Like if any of these resonate, share with others, and don't forget to save this and follow so you'll know when I've dropped part 1!
September 22, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Renewers, have you experienced any of these lose-lose situations during your #LowMorale experience? I'll be defining and exploring what I call #GOTCHA Culture soon. Like if any of these resonate, share with others, and don't forget to save this and follow so you'll know when I've dropped part 1!
Renewers, I'm rounding out the year with a few more facilitation and teaching events. I hope to see you so we can learn and practice in community! Learn more and register: tinyurl.com/jhcmayku
September 13, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Renewers, I'm rounding out the year with a few more facilitation and teaching events. I hope to see you so we can learn and practice in community! Learn more and register: tinyurl.com/jhcmayku
Caelin Ross’ reflection on navigating White fragility and confronting/navigating accountability while facilitating in decolonized contexts reveals vulnerability and resonance – and is soundly situated within the realm of Critical Hope practice. Read on: tinyurl.com/z7wbhuc8
September 3, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Caelin Ross’ reflection on navigating White fragility and confronting/navigating accountability while facilitating in decolonized contexts reveals vulnerability and resonance – and is soundly situated within the realm of Critical Hope practice. Read on: tinyurl.com/z7wbhuc8
If you have flexibility to leave your toxic job & find yourself struggling to solidify your exit plan, check out some common mindsets & affirmations to help you reset. Which one of these is familiar? (my study on leaving toxic libraries includes participant advice on leaving: tinyurl.com/234fd7hj).
August 23, 2025 at 12:41 AM
If you have flexibility to leave your toxic job & find yourself struggling to solidify your exit plan, check out some common mindsets & affirmations to help you reset. Which one of these is familiar? (my study on leaving toxic libraries includes participant advice on leaving: tinyurl.com/234fd7hj).
Music is a proven pathway to help heal & realign us with our sense of meaning and purpose. Here's what I've been listening to this week - & yes, RenewersLIS is now on YouTube! Check out the ReVerb playlist featuring these great artists, & subscribe! tinyurl.com/y6rwwz45
August 14, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Music is a proven pathway to help heal & realign us with our sense of meaning and purpose. Here's what I've been listening to this week - & yes, RenewersLIS is now on YouTube! Check out the ReVerb playlist featuring these great artists, & subscribe! tinyurl.com/y6rwwz45
Hey Renewers, here are some events where I'll be speaking or teaching soon! I hope we'll see each other at any or all of them. Learn more (and get the link to enroll in the new LJ/SLJ course, "Managing Stress & Burnout") at tinyurl.com/meb34kyd
August 6, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Hey Renewers, here are some events where I'll be speaking or teaching soon! I hope we'll see each other at any or all of them. Learn more (and get the link to enroll in the new LJ/SLJ course, "Managing Stress & Burnout") at tinyurl.com/meb34kyd
Renewers, Here's the last part of my Inaugural Report exploring #MoralInjury during #LowMorale experiences. This part includes deeper narrative insight from participants, with a focus on resulting actions & behaviors, spiritual / sacred practices, & #career outlook: tinyurl.com/mp3tvx92
August 5, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Renewers, Here's the last part of my Inaugural Report exploring #MoralInjury during #LowMorale experiences. This part includes deeper narrative insight from participants, with a focus on resulting actions & behaviors, spiritual / sacred practices, & #career outlook: tinyurl.com/mp3tvx92
Renewers, if you're grappling with recentering your Whole Life while facing or recovering from workplace harm, try these pathways. They can be applied whether you're place bound in your toxic workplace or if you're clarifying your exit. Save & share for empowerment & #SelfPreservation.
July 25, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Renewers, if you're grappling with recentering your Whole Life while facing or recovering from workplace harm, try these pathways. They can be applied whether you're place bound in your toxic workplace or if you're clarifying your exit. Save & share for empowerment & #SelfPreservation.
Thanks to everyone who attended Renewals' inaugural Reset Experience last month! Here are some attendee takeaways. If you'd like to join the next Reset, head to tinyurl.com/5n6xrwmm and sign up for early notification. #CollectiveCare #Libraries #Librarians
July 15, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Thanks to everyone who attended Renewals' inaugural Reset Experience last month! Here are some attendee takeaways. If you'd like to join the next Reset, head to tinyurl.com/5n6xrwmm and sign up for early notification. #CollectiveCare #Libraries #Librarians
#RecoveryInTheBooks: We #read for joy. We read for learning. And when we read, we can recognize ourselves in others, and find pathways to recovery. Have you read "Pachinko" by @lee_minjin? Find a copy near you: search.worldcat.org/title/986965...
July 11, 2025 at 5:20 PM
#RecoveryInTheBooks: We #read for joy. We read for learning. And when we read, we can recognize ourselves in others, and find pathways to recovery. Have you read "Pachinko" by @lee_minjin? Find a copy near you: search.worldcat.org/title/986965...
Earlier this spring, I joined hosts of the #Overdue #podcast (produced by @oregonlibraryassoc.bsky.social). Listen in to hear the resonant conversations and reflections we had about workplace harm, #CollectiveCare, and practices that may aid in #LowMorale experience recovery. tinyurl.com/bde4ktw6
July 9, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Earlier this spring, I joined hosts of the #Overdue #podcast (produced by @oregonlibraryassoc.bsky.social). Listen in to hear the resonant conversations and reflections we had about workplace harm, #CollectiveCare, and practices that may aid in #LowMorale experience recovery. tinyurl.com/bde4ktw6
And that's that! #AudreLorde #CriticalHope
July 4, 2025 at 1:19 AM
And that's that! #AudreLorde #CriticalHope
Hey Renewers, as we head into summer, here's a preview of my upcoming talks in July! I hope to see you at one or all of these events, and please share with your networks! See more: tinyurl.com/5e8d4r64
June 30, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Hey Renewers, as we head into summer, here's a preview of my upcoming talks in July! I hope to see you at one or all of these events, and please share with your networks! See more: tinyurl.com/5e8d4r64
Renewers - recovering from workplace harm is not easy - and there's so much to look for and look forward to. See more goals at over on our IG Feed - especially if Reclaiming Joy is part of your journey. What do you hope to gain? What have you claimed or recaptured?
June 22, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Renewers - recovering from workplace harm is not easy - and there's so much to look for and look forward to. See more goals at over on our IG Feed - especially if Reclaiming Joy is part of your journey. What do you hope to gain? What have you claimed or recaptured?
The Reset Experience begins soon! See you there...
June 18, 2025 at 1:16 PM
The Reset Experience begins soon! See you there...
Will you be at Cooperating Raleigh Colleges' Annual Library Workshop later this month??? Kaetrena will! tinyurl.com/2s4k8a2d
June 13, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Will you be at Cooperating Raleigh Colleges' Annual Library Workshop later this month??? Kaetrena will! tinyurl.com/2s4k8a2d
As we get closer to The Reset Experience, I'd love for you to meet our speakers! They've been tapped to share their great insight and energy - & guide us through short conversations and activities as we explore recovery from workplace harm. Spaces are limited! Register today at tinyurl.com/4ba8fy4e
June 12, 2025 at 3:08 PM
As we get closer to The Reset Experience, I'd love for you to meet our speakers! They've been tapped to share their great insight and energy - & guide us through short conversations and activities as we explore recovery from workplace harm. Spaces are limited! Register today at tinyurl.com/4ba8fy4e
Low-Morale Experiences are filled with instances of harm & bearing witness to events that paralyze and disconnect us from ourselves. Try these fundamental strategies. Breathe. Notice. Move. Start small & make your own pathways to permission for self-compassion & grace as you continue recovering.
June 9, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Low-Morale Experiences are filled with instances of harm & bearing witness to events that paralyze and disconnect us from ourselves. Try these fundamental strategies. Breathe. Notice. Move. Start small & make your own pathways to permission for self-compassion & grace as you continue recovering.