One of my favourite quotes is by Naomi Rachel Remen. “The expectation that we can be immersed in suffering and loss daily and not be touched by it, is as unrealistic as expecting to be able to walk through water without getting wet.” Those who are in ministry are...
Burnout, it’ s such an accurate word to describe what so many people are feeling. Once alive, burning with passion a zest for life; now extinguished, depleted and nothing left to fuel for what life brings you. But then.. What is compassion fatigue? Is it just...
When your a caregiver, like many pastors, missionaries and counsellors it’s as if we are wearing a backpack and as we hear of people’s sad and traumatic stories we are taking the weight of their stories and filling up our backpacks. At the end of the day, we are...
Download: 3 tips on how to say no with grace How many times have you been in a situation when someone is asking you to do something and you think” I really should say no but I feel bad” So are faced with a decision. Do you say no and feel guilty, or you say...
Resilience can feel like a buzz word. It sounds really good, what does it actually mean? And even harder is figuring out how to achieve it. It’s like the unicorn of well-being or actually achieving the allusive “work-life balance”. Super nice to say and...
