Pandemic Stress Puts Self-Care in Focus

Pandemic Stress Puts Self-Care in Focus

Howard Center Q&A Highlights Universality of ‘Compassion Fatigue’ Got stress? Stop whatever you’re doing for the next 10 seconds and do this: Sit still. Relax your eyes. Feel yourself in your seat. Notice your legs, your back. Notice your feet in your shoes (or...
Compassion Fatigue in the Covid Era

Compassion Fatigue in the Covid Era

‘Helping Professions’ Face Continued Stresses Amid Latest Covid Wave Eighteen months into the pandemic, compassion fatigue — often called “the cost of caring”– is on the rise again. Right here in Vermont, the current Covid wave is hitting the healthcare...