
Trauma Stewardship
An Everyday Guide to Caring for Self While Caring for Others
- 264 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
Trauma Stewardship
An Everyday Guide to Caring for Self While Caring for Others
About this book
This beloved bestseller—over 180, 000 copies sold—has helped caregivers worldwide keep themselves emotionally, psychologically, spiritually, and physically healthy in the face of the sometimes overwhelmingtraumas they confront every day. A longtime trauma worker, Laura van Dernoot Lipsky offers a deep and empathetic survey of the often-unrecognized toll taken on those working to make the world a better place. We may feel tired, cynical, or numb or like we can never do enough. These, and other symptoms, affect us individually and collectively, sapping the energy and effectiveness we so desperately need if we are to benefit humankind, other living things, and the planet itself. In Trauma Stewardship, we are called to meet these challenges in an intentional way. Lipsky offers a variety of simple and profound practices, drawn from modern psychology and a range of spiritual traditions, that enable us to look carefully at our reactions and motivations and discover new sources of energy and renewal. She includes interviews with successful trauma stewards from different walks of life and even uses New Yorker cartoons to illustrate her points. "We can do meaningful work in a way that works for us and for those we serve, " Lipsky writes. "Taking care of ourselves while taking care of others allows us to contribute to our societies with such impact that we will leave a legacy informed by our deepest wisdom and greatest gifts instead of burdened by our struggles and despair."
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- CONTENTS
- FOREWORD
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- ABOUT THE COAUTHOR
- INTRODUCTION On the Cliff of Awakening
- PART ONE Understanding Trauma Stewardship
- PART TWO Mapping Your Response to Trauma Exposure
- PART THREE Creating Change from the Inside Out
- PART FOUR Finding Your Way to Trauma Stewardship
- CONCLUSION Closing Intention
- NOTES
- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR