Elizabeth and Paul discuss share their best self-care hacks, as well as some of the ways in which helping professionals can neglect caring for themselves because of a focus on prioritising the needs of those they help, and how that can be counterproductive for our own-well-being
The blog on 'Generosity Burnout by Iulia Trandafir of Useful and Kind Unlimited from which the opening quote is taken is here;
Blog — useful and kind (usefulandkindunlimited.com)
Here are some resources developed by Elizabeth around good self-care for helping professionals
An article published on the Counsellors Cafe website on 10 self-care lessons you can learn from a counsellor'
...and more self-care related resources here at Elizabeth's blog page
https://www.elizabethturp.co.uk/phdi/p1.nsf/supppages/6083?opendocument&part=7
There's an article from Psychology Today on Radical Self-Care here https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/peaceful-parents-happy-kids/201401/committing-radical-self-care#:~:text=%20Committing%20to%20Radical%20Self-Care%20%201%20Nurture,to%20you.%20Do%20you%20need%20some...%20More%20
If you’d like to find our more or obtain a transcript of this episode, contact Elizabeth via www.elizabethturp.co.uk Twitter at @lizahpool or Paul at https://paulgaunt.co.uk Twitter at @paulgoodwork