by Char Richard | Apr 4, 2016 | Compassion Fatigue and Burnout
Good morning! Last Friday I had the honour of speaking to 95 social workers at the Alberta College of Social Work conference about the impacts of regularly work with people who are in pain or suffering. They shared some of their experiences from hoping for “no...
by Char Richard | Apr 2, 2016 | Clinician Wellness, Compassion Fatigue and Burnout
Last week my friend Kevin Langman interviewed me for his show Increase Your Impact where we spent almost 45 minutes chatting about compassion fatigue, vicarious trauma and burnout in health care providers and helping professionals. I met Kevin during a meditation...
by Char Richard | Jan 31, 2016 | A Calmer, Happier, Stress-Free You
Years ago, when I was a stressed out, anxiety ridden, perfectionist, I adored the word discipline. I took on more contract work that I could handle, while buying a fixer upper and still counseling part-time at a University. I felt that if I could just discipline...
