I’m Agnes Otzelberger, a trainer and researcher supporting change-makers who feel overwhelmed, burned out or demoralised in finding their resilience, power and wisdom. Coming from a background of ten+ years in the not-for-profit sector and international development, with a focus on climate change and social inequality, I've spent the past eight cultivating inner and interpersonal practices that help make the vital link between 'inner'/personal and 'outer'/system change in these demanding and volatile times.
The Good Jungle exists to connect beyond-profit organisations and people working for the greater good with cutting edge insights and practices from the emerging meeting place between modern psychology & science and contemplative practice - resourcing those whose work on global challenges has led them to doubt, anxiety, hopelessness, and frustration about the planet's declining health, persistent injustices and collective responses to them.
As part of this, I offer training and support for those experiencing 'compassion fatigue'/empathic distress/vicarious trauma, anxiety, grief, moral injury and other symptoms resulting from their work in a change making role for people, animals or planet. Another area of focus is a deeper examination of our desire to help and change the world, and the not-for-profit world’s complicated relationship with money.
My past and current clients and partners include the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project, Bird Resilience, the Centre of Competence on Humanitarian Negotiation, Initiatives of Change Switzerland, Karuna Shechen, OneAction and Peter Koenig Enterprises, as well as a number of other charities and individuals working across the helping and change-making professions.