An incomplete selection of resources aimed at people in the effective altruism community.
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Programs and spaces​

• Rethink Wellbeing

• EA Peer Support Facebook group

• Doing Attention Better - EAs with ADHD Facebook group 

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Articles

 

• Impact obsession: Feeling like you never do enough good, David Althaus and Ewelina Tur

• Resources on mental health and finding a therapist, Lynette Bye

• Desperation hamster wheels, Nicole Ross

• Managing highly stressful news and situations, Ben Williamson, Kristyna Šťastná, Terezie Kosíková

• Lightning talk on scrupulosity, Holly Elmore

• How to cope with rejection in your career, Luisa Rodriguez

• Burnout: what it is and how to treat it, Elizabeth Van Nostrand 

• My experience with imposter syndrome — and how to (partly) overcome it, Luisa Rodriguez​​​​

• Sustainable motivation, Helen Toner
   

Podcast episodes

 

• Guilt, imposter syndrome & doing good: 16 past guests share their mental health journeys: 80,000 Hours, April 2025

• Hannah Boettcher on the mental health challenges that come with trying to have a big impact: 80,000 Hours, July 2023

• Tim LeBon on how altruistic perfectionism is self-defeating: 80,000 Hours, April 2023

• Having a successful career with depression, anxiety, and imposter syndrome: 80,000 Hours, May 2021

• More podcasts

 

More compilations

• EA Forum posts tagged "self-care and wellbeing"

• Mental health and the alignment problem: A compilation of resources

• Resources on self-care in animal advocacy

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For providers

An orientation to the effective altruism movement for mental health providers, by Julia Wise (a former mental health social worker who works as a community liaison at the Centre for Effective Altruism) and Damon Sasi (a therapist involved in the Effective Altruism community).