52 | Boundaried Generosity and 9 Insights to Prevent Professional Burnout: Interview With Dr. Thomas Skovholt - Author of The Resilient Practitioner

If you are passionate about giving and are in the helping profession, such as a therapist, nurse, doctor, priest, pastor, life coach, educator, entrepreneur, attorney, leader, etc - how do you balance your capacity to help or serve others with the need to pause and take a break so that you can stay joyful and sustain your generosity (and prevent burnout)? For many of us, finding that balance can be challenging, which is why we tend to overwork (because we are honored to help others) and forget about ourselves in the mix of our daily lives. And passionate professional helpers and givers can reach a point (if they ignore regeneration) where on one hand they might feel GUILTY if they pause but may feel RESENTFUL if they don't. And this is NOT a fun inner place to be - as who likes to be inundated with unpleasant emotions? For years, I have been learning and teaching about Burnout Prevention for Professionals - inspired by the writings and research of Dr. Tom Skovholt, one of the leaders in this field, and today you get to hear directly from him! In this episode, our special guest is Dr. Tom Skovholt, author of the book The Resilient Practitioner: Burnout and Compassion Fatigue Prevention and Self-Care Strategies for the Helping Professions. This book has been rated as one of the top 3 books for helping professions - and I can attest to its power. Dr. Thomas brings his Condensed Nuggets of Regenerations after decades of practice and research on how we can find balance and prevent burnout so that we can build professional resilience. And I would argue that his nuggets of wisdom apply to everyone - no matter if you are a practitioner in the field of giving or someone who has a deep passion for helping others! ABOUT Dr. Thomas Skovholt:🍵 Ph. D. University of Missouri, Counseling Psychology (APA-Approved Program)🍵 Board Certified in Counseling Psychology, American Board of Professional Psychology 🍵 Licensed Psychologist, Florida and Minnesota🍵 Areas of interest are resiliency development and burnout prevention; struggles of the novice practitioner, clinical supervision, the counseling process and helping skills🍵 Mastery and expertise in the helping professions, education and health care🍵 Author of the book The Resilient Practitioner: Burnout and Compassion Fatigue Prevention and Self-Care Strategies for the Helping ProfessionsCheck the book here: https://www.amazon.com/Resilient-Practitioner-Thomas-M-Skovholt/dp/1138830070  Click here for resources from Dr. Tom Skovholt: Dr. Thomas' Bio - https://drive.google.com/file/d/18Dy1zY8UfVtndF3oMmxtquv8n0qr5_Tu/view?usp=sharing Skovholt Practitioner Professional Resiliency and Self-Care Inventory - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hsJVFR4nfRWD21p4v_HHabroRBdt9z5e/view?usp=sharing Graph of the Caring Cycle - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wXrfqJN5v3zZa37X4BL47fE77qDjnI0i/view?usp=sharing Nine Ideas About Practitioner Development and Resilience - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wIEjhNWth1bRQpc6gIEoDaTP-d2DwqRQ/view?usp=sharing  Other books Dr. Tom Skovholt has written:📖 The Evolving Professional Self: Stages and Themes in Therapist and Counselor Development (Wiley Series in Psychotherapy and Counselling)📖 Master Therapists: Exploring Expertise in Therapy and Counseling📖 Becoming a Therapist: On the Path to Mastery📖 Helping Skills and Strategies   Other resources mentioned:📖 The Language of Kindness: A Nurse's Story by Christie Watson📖 Man Search For Meaning by Victor Frankl📖 On Becoming A Person: A Therapist's View of Psychotherapy by Carl Rogers 👍 And if this episode blessed you, you can DOWNLOAD IT & LEAVE us a QUICK REVIEW! This way, more Christian Women can get this message.   ✝️ Do you want to jump right into The Renewal In Action™ - the in-depth 6-month online program to help you effectively regenerate and sustain your prayerful daily rhythm using the best of science, psychology, spiritual care and ancient Christian Faith? Here is the link to the program. https://www.teamforthesoul.com/the-renewal-in-action-for-christians CONNECT with Dr. IoanaWebsite: https://teamforthesoul.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TeamForTheSoulInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/team_for_the_soul/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drioanapopa/Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@TeamForTheSoul  DISCLAIMERS:The views and opinions expressed by our guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of Team For The Soul® All information provided on this website is strictly for educational purposes and does not form a physician-patient or coach/consultant-client relationship. All information is provided as is and is used at your own risk. Please speak to your doctor, medical and mental health providers about any information you listen or read on this channel or related websites.