In the opening pages of her book 'Trauma Stewardship – An Everyday Guide to Caring for Self While Caring for Others', Laura van Dernoot Lipsky describes a hike with her family. As they came to the top ...

Can caring too much hurt your mental health? It's called compassion fatigue, and mental health experts say it's a phenomenon that occurs most commonly in people who work in professions like caretaking ...

Compassion fatigue used to be a problem that was most commonly seen among health care professionals. Because their work puts them in situations where they commonly see or hear about ongoing and ...

in Virginia, traveled to northern New Jersey to consult at the Bon Secours hospitals in Hoboken and Jersey City. She wasn’t there to help take care of the hospitals’ patients, but rather their staff ...

In an age where caring for others often extends beyond professional roles into daily life, many people find themselves emotionally drained. This emotional weariness is known as empathy fatigue or ...

Your daughter is in a tricky relationship. Your best friend has just lost her job. And your partner wants more of your time and concern. Can you say ‘‘compassion fatigue''? A trait that often plagues ...

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Understanding different types of caring ...