Boundaries
Do you go Black Friday shopping?
How much of your Christmas shopping have you gotten done yet?
What is compassion fatigue?
How are values individual?
reflect how you show up in your life and your specific needs
What is a breathing technique we did to de-stress?
box breathing
What is a healthy boundary?
the limits you place around your time, emotions, body, and mental health to stay resilient, solid, and content with who you are
What is work/life balance?
the state of equilibrium where a person equally prioritizes the demands of one's career and the demands of one's personal life.
What is an emotional response to your feelings when experiencing compassion fatigue?
Feeling helpless, hopeless or powerless. Feeling irritable, angry, sad or numb. A sense of being detached or having decreased pleasure in activities
What are values?
Values are basic and fundamental beliefs that guide or motivate attitudes or actions
What is an activity that can be used to ground yourself?
What is a rigid boundary?
closed or walled off so nobody can get close to them, either physically or emotionally.
What are some of the ways we talked about separating work from our home lives?
(reminders like sticky notes on computers, etc.)
What is a physical response to your feelings when experiencing compassion fatigue?
Feeling exhausted physically and psychologically
What are your Thanksgiving plans?
Define “grounding self”
What is a porous boundary?
too involved and enmeshed with others. They often are highly dependent on other people and struggle with feelings of anxiety, burnout and the need to please others.
What is the "balance" in your work-life balance?
What is a common risk factor of compassion fatigue?
Lack of training/being new to caregiving. Having a history of personal trauma. A history of burnout.
Why are values important to implement in our lives day to day?
help us live with direction and purpose
Why is it important to take time for ourselves?
(if we are constantly revolving our world around work and not self care, eventually we will begin to feel worn out)
What is one new boundary you set after going through these sessions?
What is an example of something you have done recently for work/life balance?
What can we do to prevent compassion fatigue?
take time for ourselves each day, meditation, stay true to our values, engage in leisure activities, support one another
What is one of your top values in life?
ex. integrity, accountability, diligence, perseverance, and discipline.
What have you done recently to de-stress?