Trauma Stewardship: An Everyday Guide to Caring for Self by Laura Van Dernoot Lipsky, Connie Burk

By Laura Van Dernoot Lipsky, Connie Burk

A longtime trauma employee, Laura van Dernoot Lipsky deals a deep and empathetic survey of the often-unrecognized toll on these operating to make the realm a greater position. We may possibly suppose drained, cynical, numb, or like we will by no means do adequate. those, and different signs, have an effect on us separately and jointly, sapping the strength and effectiveness we so desperately want if we're to learn humankind, different animals, and the planet itself. via Trauma Stewardship, we're referred to as to fulfill those demanding situations in an intentional way--not through turning into crushed yet by means of constructing a top quality of conscious presence. becoming a member of the knowledge of old cultural traditions with glossy mental learn, Lipsky deals a number of basic and profound practices that may let us remake ourselves--and finally the realm.

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If we are to contribute to the changes so desperately needed in our agencies, communities, and societies, we must first and foremost develop the capacity to be present with all that arises, stay centered throughout, and be skilled at maintaining an integrated self. For many, this requires a daily practice of “handling your business,” as the singer and social activist Stevie Wonder says. Our goal is to reach the places where we can conduct our own lives with ethics and integrity— day after day, and in situation after situation.

Avoid thinking in terms of right or wrong, good or bad, pathological or healthy. When we do this, we’re more able to go the distance in our self-exploration. CHAPTER ONE: A New Vision for Our Collective Work We might phrase our inquiry as follows: If I am exposed to suffering in a single moment or over the arc of time, is there the possibility that I will be affected by such exposure? Like that. No conclusions, no judgment, no defensiveness—just curiosity. ” Our awakening to some changes may edify us and bring us closer to our values.

They say that’s where critical care nurses go to die. They were so smart and funny and so good at what they did, and I learned so much from them. It was like hanging out with your friends all day. But I just got tired of taking care of people. And I was physically tired. Sometimes I feel drawn to be a flight nurse again on the helicopter, but then it’s raining out or really cold, and I get some horrible call. Because we’re in such a rural area and because of some crazy thing that happened, those people are out there with their asses literally hanging out of the helicopter and they’re having to make these life-and-death decisions.

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