How lack of SPaCe leads to Traumatic Stress and Compassion Fatigue

How lack of SPaCe leads to Traumatic Stress and Compassion Fatigue Written By: Samantha Eddy Dr. Dan Libby, Executive Director of Veterans Yoga Project, sat on a Community Disaster Response Panel at last week's CalVet and VetFund Leadership Conference (Sacramento, CA) addressing the effects direct and indirect exposure to trauma can have on individuals. The Leadership Summit featured veteran organizations from around California offering workshops addressing innovative solutions and community approaches in serving veterans and organizational…

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What is Compassion Fatigue and why should you know about it?

What is Compassion Faitgue and why should you know about it? Written By: Samantha Eddy Compassion is a normal response many of us experience when we see another person suffering. This natural response is also vital to our survival. Studies suggest that compassion is crucial to the evolution of the human species (Seppala, 2016), and that helping behaviors can even help you live longer (Post, 2005)! But can you exhaust your supply of compassion? The Origins…

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Veteran & Teacher Profile: Why I Practice Yoga with a Community

Veteran & Teacher Profile: Why I Practice Yoga with a Community Nobody teaches you how to process your buddy’s suicide.  So I shoved all the emotions in. I buried them down. I just numbed it all. There is no time to come to grips. Continue mission. Just keep going as if these things never happened. With time, all things heal, right? Wrong.  Command made general announcements that chaplain services and mental health appointments were available. But…

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