Why sustainable self-care is crucial right now, and a few simple ways you can maintain your long-term emotional wellness.

Compassion fatigue creeps in gradually, often unnoticed, until one day the physical and emotional toll becomes undeniable. Like many educators, I was too preoccupied with helping my students and ...

designed by Charles R. Figley, founder of the International Traumatology Institute, measures levels of compassion fatigue, burnout, and satisfaction and can give those who take the test an indication ...

I vividly remember the first day my medical school classmates and I met our cadavers in the anatomy lab. Large body bags lay on metal tables that had been bolted to the floor. More than anything, I ...

After serving in the Vietnam War, Charles Figley became interested in the concept of trauma—not only the lasting psychological wounds that people experienced after living through traumatic events ...

It’s important to self-regulate then in order to prevent compassion fatigue. They will follow your calm. Dr. Caroline Leaf says, “As you co-regulate with someone, the mirror neurons in their brain are ...

I know firsthand how toxic working in corrections can be—if you let it get to you—but I also know that there are proven strategies that can minimize the stress, burnout, and cynicism that inevitably ...

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 ...

We're all tired and could do with a four-day working week... and have a lot going on in our personal lives. But, while you may have heard of burnout (where prolonged stress affects our wellbeing), ...