Compassion Resilience

Compassion resilience is the ability to maintain our physical, emotional, and mental well-being while responding compassionately to people who are suffering (1).

• You - Start by taking care of yourself
• You and others - Our relationships are a key piece of taking care of ourselves.
• You and others and work – We need to create a team and workplace culture that values compassion resilience for individuals, teams, and the organization.

Higher levels of compassion = higher levels of resilience

Spark Exercise

If we think of compassion as that spark inside of us that brings us hope and a sense of possibility in this work (world).

• What fuels your spark?
• How do we intentionally feed that spark?
• How do we protect that spark?
• What we need from each other to nurture our sparks?

Create a spark card for a daily practice of nurturing your spark.

Sources

1. Wise Wisconsin - https://wisewisconsin.org/tag/compassion-resilience/

Module Purpose | Mindful Moment | Secondary Trauma & Compassion Fatigue | Stress Response & Overwhelm | Levels of Trauma Exposure | Compassion Resilience | Tools for Resilience | Transforming Stress | Self-Care Wheel