AUTHOR S AFTERTHOUGHTS


AUTHOR'S AFTERTHOUGHTS

Most people know their own body temperature while having no idea about the state of their emotional, mental or spiritual well-being during normal much less during abnormal situations. As a mental health provider, disaster educator, and trauma counselor I consider it an ethical issue to know what's going on with me before I dare ask a client what is going on with them! My personal performance standards demand that I know my own self so I can take care of me before I have the audacity to help anyone else. Otherwise I might be unconsciously hoping my clients will take care of me rather than me serving them.

I won't work with anyone if I'm not at least at 86% of my best self. I don't expect to be at 100% every day. I allow for fluctuations. But at a certain level I need to take care of me first. Self-care is not antithetical to being a professional, a helper, a manager, an employee or a useful human being. If you don't take care of you, who will?




Emotional Terrors in the Workplace. Protecting Your Business' Bottom Line. Emotional Continuity Management in the Workplace
Emotional Terrors in the Workplace: Protecting Your Business Bottom Line - Emotional Continuity Management in the Workplace
ISBN: B0019KYUXS
EAN: N/A
Year: 2003
Pages: 228

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