If you’ve ever lied awake at night counting sheep rather than catching ZZZs, you know how utterly frustrating it can be, not to mention how physically and mentally fatigued you feel the next day. Sleep is so vital to our overall health, but according to...
So you’ve decided, or maybe you’re thinking, that it’s time to conquer your depression, anxiety, or fill-in-the-blank-here once and for all and you want to invest in personal counseling. That’s great! But how do you go about finding a mental-health professional who can understand the...
Suspecting I was struggling with a touch of compassion fatigue , my husband recently convinced me to head up to northern Michigan for a few days to stay at our family’s cottage. I was long overdue for some much-needed self-care, so I packed a small...
Feelings of sadness, lack of motivation, loss of interest – these and other symptoms of depression sound a lot like compassion fatigue , don’t they? It’s a question I often get when I present compassion fatigue workshops to animal caregivers. So what exactly is the...