Document Type

Book

Publication Date

2024

Abstract

This book is made to first help leaders and caregivers understand the risks of negative responses to stress, trauma, and burnout prevention. Understanding the needs of those facing crises and trauma is an initial step toward offering effective care. Assessment tools are included to help identify some of those needs and vulnerabilities, both for the caregiver and the people being served.

The second component is discovering strategic ways to maximize resources, including promoting resilience and enhancing care for oneself and others on physical, emotional, and spiritual levels. The same principles of care we use for our own wellbeing can be applied in the lives of those seeking our help. Helping others is done most effectively once we’ve learned to care for ourselves. Self-care sets an example for others to follow.

Both components of care are based on the most foundational principle in the Bible: LOVE. We are not called to be the source of love; God is love. We are called to be conduits of that love, and we can only pass on what we ourselves have received. Accepting love and care from God and others is not equivalent to selfishness. It is a key component to living out the commandments (and invitation) given by God to love Him and love others.

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