Welcome to Reconcile Digest #1. I’m so glad you’re here.
Before academia, I spent years working in mental health; in NHS teams and university services, where the caseloads were heavy and the work was constant. There were moments of real transformation, but also an unshakable feeling that the work was never done.
Our first digest explores mental health practitioners (the carers) and the impact of helping others (the care) on their own mental health.
The practitioner is a 'powerful but vulnerable tool in the caring process that requires attention and care’
Full paper available at the end.
full access to today’s reference + questions for reflection
Other than mental health professionals, who else takes on the role of ‘carer’ in our worlds, and might be feeling the impact of caring burnout?
In your own field, do you feel there are any embedded systems that encourage the active preservation of your wellbeing (before it deteriorates)? Entrepreneurs & founders, for example: how might this impact you?
Of the six suggested ideas to address this, which feels most intuitive, and equally, do any feel too simplistic?
until next time
Amberlee from Reconcile Journal
