Discover Your Oasis: Escape Compassion Fatigue

by William S. Cook Jr. and Grant D. Fairley

Book Overview

Discover Your Oasis: Escape Compassion Fatigue

Do you work in the helping professions, education, emergency services, healthcare, ministry, social services, or government? Do you care for an aging loved one or a special needs child? If your career or life includes caring for the needs of others, you are at risk of developing compassion fatigue and even burnout. The stress of constantly giving and serving can parch your energy and vitality. Are you so busy taking care of others that you forget to take care of yourself?

Discover Your Oasis will guide you with both big ideas and practical steps to refresh yourself professionally and personally. Become a sustainable caregiver who can go the distance. Learn how to reduce your stress and increase your satisfaction.

Psychiatrist Dr. William S. Cook, Jr. and executive coach Grant D. Fairley take you through short, readable chapters on how to escape compassion fatigue, avoid burnout, and find your inner oasis.

Additional contributions are included by sleep specialist Dr. Brenda Hines, interventional endocrinologist Dr. Larry Komer, pain and rehabilitative physician Dr. Blair Lamb, and licensed professional counselor Chris Redden.

Topics:

CompassionCaregiversServiceHelping ProfessionsSelf-CareTeam WorkStress ManagementCompassion FatigueBurnoutElder CarePoliceSatisfactionFirefightersEmergency WorkersSocial WorkMinistryJudiciaryGovernment ServiceLeadershipHealthy SleepForgivenessListeningHealthy HormonesFriendshipsPTSDSpiritualityMentoringHopeSpecial Needs ChildrenRecoveryMindfulnessRenewalEmotional HealthCareers

Chapter Titles:

Discover Your OasisThe Passion in CompassionHummingbirds and CamelsDiscover Your Sleep OasisCalled to CareMindfulness: Your Mental OasisThree Short - Three Long - Three ShortSurviving Your 20 PercentAll's Well: Your Emotional OasisDrawing the LinesOld Friends: Your Social OasisRefilling Your ReservoirLiving in the RedlineFinding SatisfactionHealthy HormonesDon't Go Swimming AloneStepping Back from the EdgeBouncing BackSeasoned TravelersThe Power to CareCaring for Special ChildrenLend Me Your EarBless Your HeartPTSDSurvival CircleWhat's Burning?The Inside WorldBreathe: Your Spiritual OasisRecreating YourselfInto the DarknessInspiration One Life at a Time Colleagues in CrisisWhen Enough Is EnoughMake Your Prison BreakLeading CaregiversChoosing Your BattlesCoping with the Age of ConfusionYour Oasis of HopeWithA Final Two Words

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1897202326
• ISBN13: 9781897202326
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: Silverwoods Publishing - A Division of McK Co
• Length: 202 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"