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Mental health is only part of the story. What if your sensitivity, emotional depth, or mental health label was pointing you toward your greatest strength—not your biggest flaw? Join Lauren Polly—award-winning author, mental health advocate, and empathic speaker—as she shares personal stories, powerful reframes, and holistic tools to help you walk beyond limitation. Designed for sensitives, empaths, misfits, and those who feel different, this podcast explores emotional awareness, self-discovery, and alternative approaches to healing that go beyond the one-size-fits-all model. Each episode invites you to see yourself in a new light and discover the unique gifts hidden in your challenges. Because the world needs your difference—and you deserve to thrive. Meet Lauren at www.laurenpolly.com
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Tuesday Aug 16, 2022
Tuesday Aug 16, 2022
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
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