Compassion Fatigue

This episode features Michelle Graff, CEO Cultivating Resilience and Author of The Compassion Fatigued Organization. Join me with Michelle Graff as she debuts her new book "The Compassion Fatigued Organization -Restoring compassion to the Helping Professional. She is an expert training in the Human Resources field. Her book is an easy read that is phenomenal for capturing the heart of professionals in the Human Services field. She offers practical exercises and tips on how to Heal & restore ‘Self’ before helping someone else. She says there is an irony to giving compassion because it can make you vulnerable to compassion fatigue. She teaches how to cultivate empathy. She shares that there is a lot of practice exercises and that you can build them as a skillset. She says that empathy uses the frontal lobe and the lymphatic system. How can we describe empathy - one component is the ABILITY TO EXPERIENCE what somewhat can else feel and have the ability to differentiate our emotions from someone else’s. You also have to be present for them to take their perspective connect emotionally without judging. Empathy makes you more perceptive to help people. One exercise is to practice mirroring = a connection to our ability to interpret emotions and using our emotions to connect to others. https://bit.ly/3otIILX https://amzn.to/359w4d2 Amazon.com https://amzn.to/2LB5ZNd https://twitter.com/encouragebeauty http://www.traciwilliamsinspiringhope IG: https://www.instagram.com/traciinspiringhope/ https://www.facebook.com/traciwilliamsceo email Dr. Traci Williams @ [email protected]