Category Archives: Career-Sustaining Behaviours

Faking It

Recognizing Imposter Syndrome

At what point in your career did you move from "faking it" to "making it?" In this discussion, Françoise Mathieu, Diana Tikasz. and Dr. Jennifer Russel discuss the phenomenon of imposter syndrome and how it manifests early in a helping professional's career.

May 2021

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Understanding Boundaries and Setting Limits

A Multi-Disciplinary Perspective

Have you ever been asked or offered advice to friends and family while being "off-duty?" In this discussion, Françoise Mathieu, Diana Tikasz. and Dr. Jennifer Russel explores the challenges, consequences, and benefits of setting boundaries.

January 2021

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Don’t Set Yourself on Fire to Keep Others Warm

Countering the Self-Sabotaging Mindsets of Helping Professionals

Do we need to suffer to do our jobs well? In this CARE4YOU 2020 session, John Borthwick discusses running on fumes and forging a healthy mindset for a lifelong career.

June 2020

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Trauma Stewardship

An Everyday Guide to Caring for Self While Caring for Others

In this book. Laura van Dernoot Lipsky offers simple practices to develop mindful presence while working in a helping profession.

April 2020

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Balancing Your Life

Interview with Lawrence S. Krieger, Law Professor

Lawrence S. Krieger's research focuses on understanding why lawyers and law students are not happy. In this interview, he shares his top strategies for building a satisfying life and career.

May 2019

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The Edge of Compassion

TEDx Talk with Françoise Mathieu

In this TEDx talk, Françoise Mathieu explores the sweet spot between caring too much and not caring at all.

April 2018

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Resilience, Balance & Meaning

Supporting Our Lives and Our Work in High Stress, Trauma-Exposed Workplaces

In this workbook, Dr. Patricia Fisher provides practical tools to address the effects of workplace stress, burnout, and trauma and offers a framework to creating a personal wellness plan.

September 2016

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The Resilient Practitioner

Burnout and Compassion Fatigue Prevention and Self-Care Strategies for the Helping Professions

In this workbook. Dr. Skovholt and Dr. Trotter-Mathison provide students and practitioners with tools to balance caring for themselves and caring for others.

March 2016

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The Compassion Fatigue Workbook

Creative Tools for Transforming Compassion Fatigue and Vicarious Traumatization

In this workbook, Françoise Mathieu provides strategies and activities to identify and transform compassion fatigue and vicarious traumatization.

January 2012

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Transforming the Pain

A Workbook On Vicarious Traumatization

In this book, Dr. Saakvitne and Dr. Pearlman provide self-assessment tools, guidelines and activities for addressing vicarious traumatization.

January 1996

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