Attached Paper In-person November Annual Meeting 2025

Interfaith Women Leaders’ Wellbeing and Leadership

Papers Session: Interactive Workshop
Abstract for Online Program Book (maximum 150 words)

The purpose of this workshop is to listen to the needs of women/femmes in interreligious leadership, to allow them to share their suffering with one another, to create space for their wellness together, and to enhance their leadership skills. This workshop aims to equip interfaith women leaders who are either currently in religious organizations or preparing for religious vocational careers with the wellness tools they need to sustain a lifetime of religious vocation and avoid burnout. By creating a small group, this workshop provides a space that encourages participants to develop and sustain their own network even after finishing this workshop program. It explores ways to meet their psychological needs and prevent burnout, especially considering the unique intersection of institutional and structural demands that participants experience as interfaith women leaders.