Reflections on Compassion Fatigue and Self-Care
In this minisode, Jennifer shares her thoughts on several pertinent (and previously released) episodes from The Will To Change on the topics of compassion fatigue and self-care. You’ll discover the importance of thinking about your thinking, the potential pitfalls of sharing our story in unhealthy ways, and the healing power of community.
In this episode you’ll discover:
- The potential hazards of DE&I work (6:00)
- Why we need to “think about our thinking” (13:00)
- How to utilize negative experiences as learning tools (17:00)
- How awareness creates progress (23:00)
- The healing power of community (25:00)
- The emotional toll of toxic work cultures (27:30)
- How work can be a safe space for some communities (29:00)
- Lessons that diversity practitioners can learn from actors (32:00)
- The importance of maintaining healthy boundaries (35:00)
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5 年I love this so so much. I could read and listen to this a million times and still need to remind myself again. Thank you. I’ve been searching to find the right words to describe all of this, to learn how others manage and you said it all so eloquently and with such clarity and depth. Thank you.