Self-Care Is The Solution: It's An Inside Job

—  "Spiritual self-care is essential for the spiritually attuned individual. It is an area worth exploring if you are desiring expansion, deeper connection with all that is, and discovering your Divine purpose on this earthly plane. This can be done through mindfulness and meditation, practicing rituals of your faith and beliefs, attending spiritual workshops and retreats, seeking like-minded and like-hearted spiritual support, reading spiritual literature and through connection with nature. Spirituality is deeply personal and varies by individual. Part of the spiritual path is discovering yourself and your personal truths. Much can be gained through spiritual self-care practices." Suzie DeVaughn's work provides an in-depth perspective on the categories of self-care including: physical, psychological, interpersonal/social, professional, spiritual, and energy management/clearing. It gives us awareness, inspiration, ideas, and techniques regarding the effective use of self-care as the foundation of healthy and mindful living. This helps to counterbalance personal and professional life stress resulting in increased resiliency, energy optimization, balance and wholeness. What we need is a self-care movement in which each person loves, cares, and takes responsibility for one's self. By acknowledging and responding to our needs, we have more energy and compassion to help others. In this scenario, everyone benefits.  Valeria Teles interviews Suzie DeVaughn — the author of "Mastering Self-Care: Building Resiliency Through Healthy and Mindful Living" Suzie DeVaughn, LMSW, REV received her BA from University of Kansas, a Master's of Social Work from Wichita State University and has Compassion Fatigue Educator and Therapist Certifications from the Green Cross Academy of Traumatology. She is the founder and CEO of Self-Care Specialists located in Wichita, Kansas where she leads workshops regarding mindfulness, stress management and secondary trauma prevention for professional caregivers and business professionals. In her private practice Suzie uses a synthesis of mindfulness-based psychotherapy modalities including Hakomi Body-Centered Psychotherapy, EMDR, Neuro-Emotional Technique and Psych K. Suzie is also the founder and CEO of Blossoming Heart Center through which she facilitates emotional energy healing, hands-on healing, psycho-spiritual workshops and retreats anywhere in the world. To learn more about Suzie DeVaughn and her work, please visit: BlossomingHeartCenter.com and SelfCareSpecialists.com NOTE:  David King is the developer of the Spiritual Intelligence Self-Inventory and Model.     — This podcast is a quest for well-being, a quest for a meaningful life through the exploration of fundamental truths, enlightening ideas, insights on physical, mental, and spiritual health. The inspiration is Love. The aspiration is to awaken new ways of thinking that can lead us to a new way of being, being well.