"The expectation that we can be immersed in suffering and loss daily and not be touched by it is as unrealistic as expecting to be able to walk through water without getting wet." Rachel Remen

Caring Well

Exercise

• Find a partner you work with less often
• One way you created wellness for yourself this summer
• Brief share of 3 great stories heard

Positive Stress
Tolerable Stress
Toxic Stress

Compassion Satisfaction or Compassion Fatigue?

Untitled Slide

• Intrusive Symptoms
• Avoidance Symptoms
• Arousal Symptoms

Wellness Assessment

• General Observations
• Identifying Significant Issues and Themes
• Identifying Solutions to Concerns

"This sort of denial is no small matter. The way we deal with loss shapes our capacity to be present to life more than anything else. The way we protect ourselves from loss may be the way in which we distance ourselves from life and help. We burn out not because we don’t care but because we don’t grieve. We burn out because we’ve allowed our hearts to become so filled with loss that we have no room left to care.” Rachel Remen