CHRYSALIS for professional well-being
Are you feeling lonely? Burnt out? Longing for something more than just “self-care”? Join a free, empirically based personal and professional formation space for current religious leaders. Building on support groups offered in partnership with the Chaplaincy Innovation Lab during the pandemic, Boston University’s Danielsen Institute has developed an 8-week online program—with group and individual formats—that offers a transitional space for reflection, respite, connection, and growth.
Building on support groups offered in partnership with the Chaplaincy Innovation Lab during the pandemic, Boston University’s Danielsen Institute has developed an 8-week online program—with group and individual formats—that offers a transitional space for reflection, respite, connection, and growth. We are currently testing the effectiveness of this program using a randomized controlled design.
CHRYSALIS offers opportunities to:
- Process the psychological, emotional, relational, and spiritual/existential impacts of companioning others amidst trauma and suffering.
- Identify and develop personal capacities and culturally embedded strengths to metabolize these impacts in order to build resilience and thrive as a whole person.
- Reflect on your intersectional identities, life experiences, and core values, and how these inform your work.
- Interrogate and resist personal, relational, and systemic pressures that are counter to your well-being, while working toward systemic change.
Interested? Click here to complete a brief interest form, and someone from our team will be in touch with you. The summer cohort will run mid-June to mid-August 2026. Enrollment opens April 22, 2026. Financial compensation (up to $60) is available for completion of self-assessment measures and program participation.