#236 Compassion Fatigue SOS: Re-Enliven Your Gift of Caregiving

What is compassion fatigue?  Emotional and physical exhaustion leading to a diminished ability to empathize or feel compassion for others, often described as the negative cost of caring. It’s a thing, people!  And is occurring more and more after the last few years of collective trauma we’ve experienced. So how do we caregivers cope with this “negative cost?”  Our greatest joy, and often our professional calling, is caring for others.  We’re the helpers, healers, and people-people on the planet…  Healthcare workers, teachers, managers, parents, friends… If you fall into this category and have been feeling burned out, checked out, or just “over it” in general then this episode is for you… Join me and my special guest, Dr. Adriana Popescu, for an in-depth conversation on the what, why, and most important way out of compassion fatigue. Tune into this episode to discover: How to care for others without carrying them Tricks to handle the expectations of the caregiver Mindset shift to disentangle from those you are helping Simple tool to find your state of power as a healer Introspective exercise to re-focus on what drew you to caregiving in the first place Energy exercise to equalize the flow of your gift (aka you need to receive too – not just give!) Dr. Popescu and I are co-facilitating a 6-week virtual workshop on this topic!  We being 9/12/22.  More information and how to register here:  https://www.firebird-healing.com/tools-for-caregivers-to-release-stress