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COMING NOVEMBER 13
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Compassion fatigue is one of the most pervasive and least discussed traumas that nearly every caregiver feels at one time or another. Millions of people choose a helper profession (everything from nurse to lawyer to therapist to veterinarian) because they care deeply and feel called to service. Millions more are thrust into unpaid caregiving roles due to illness, injury, or the natural course of aging.
Nearly everyone in a heart-based role has experienced some sort of compassion fatigue or burnout. And nearly everyone feels guilt and shame for their fatigue. They are caregivers; shouldn’t they be unstoppable and invincible?
This book brings together experts from across a wide variety of professions, backgrounds, and cultures to tell their stories of experiencing compassion fatigue and to give practical, useful, actionable advice and solutions on how to build personal resilience, how to avoid compassion fatigue, and how to rekindle your own spirit when compassion fatigue and burnout drag you down into the darkness.
Table of Contents:
Introduction: A Beacon of Hope When Darkness Falls
Allison K. Wyman, JD, MPA: Your Future is Far More Beautiful Than You Could Ever Imagine
Margaret Stauffer, MS, LMFT: When Professional and Personal Collide
Larry Brouder: How to Strengthen Your Compassionate Self
Faith Albright, DVM: Love is Never Wasted
Jean C. Accius, Ph.D.: Rising Above: A Journey of Loss, Resilience, and the Fight for Equity and Justice
Sally Spencer-Thomas, Psy.D.: Supporting a Loved One With Mental Health Challenges
Richa Chadha, MBA, MS: Gender Roles and Cultural Expectations
Antoinette LeCouteur: When She is Gone, We Will Still be a Family
Tammy Hurst, RN, MSN, NC-BC: The Truth from a Bedside Nurse
Peter Dudley, PCC: Show up. Try hard. Be nice.
Jill Louise Léger: Recreation Therapy & Me: Compassion Fatigue In Elder Care; Rereation Therapy 101
Dr. Kenya Oscar Radoli: Nurturing Resilience: Practical Strategies for Organization Change Leaders
Laura Plato, MSc: Nature’s Nurture: Nature Connection in Caregiver Well-Being
Nayely Duran, ACC: Embracing Compassion Without Losing Yourself
Dennis Brozzo, PMP: On Love, Loss, and Recovery from Devastation
Catherine Krause, RN, PHN & Jerry Krause, Ph.D.: Lessening Compassion Fatigue Through an Empowerment Approach
Contributors:
- Jean Accius, PhD – Chief Executive Officer of a national health equity nonprofit
- Faith Albright, DVM – Veterinarian and owner/operator of an animal sanctuary
- Larry Brouder – Global employee mobility expert and speaker
- Dennis Brozzo, PMP – Executive, leadership, and life coach
- Richa Chadha, MBA, MS – Mindset coach, speaker, and organizational psychologist
- Peter Dudley, PCC – Leadership and life coach, author, and publisher
- Nayely Duran, ACC – Consultant, trainer, and executive leadership coach
- Tammy Hurst, RN, MSN, NC-BC – Registered nurse and board-certified nurse coach
- Catherine Krause, RN, PHN – Speaker, consultant, and developer of the Empowered Aging framework
- Jerrald Krause, PhD – Professor and co-founder of Center for Applied Social Analysis and Education
- Antoinette LeCouteur – Unpaid family caregiver and philanthropy advisor and consultant
- Jill Louise Léger – Geriatric recreational therapist and creator of The Sunflower Channel on YouTube
- Laura Plato, MSc – CEO of The New Frequency and social impact technology executive
- Dr. Kenya Oscar Radoli – Technology sociologist, business innovation consultant, and organization culture architect
- Sally Spencer-Thomas, PsyD – Clinical psychologist, speaker, and renowned mental health advocate
- Margaret Stauffer, MS, LMFT – Licensed marriage and family therapist and retired nonprofit director
- Allison K. Wyman, JD, MPA – Family caregiving attorney and creator of the Cozy Caregiver Café podcast
