Description
Our work – both paid and unpaid – can involve high levels of ongoing stress. When the stress exceeds our capacity to cope, we may feel drained, empty, irritable, or useless. We’re also likely to blame ourselves for feeling this way. In other words, prolonged stress often leads to burnout.
Research shows that self-compassion is a helpful antidote to burnout. The caring stance of self-compassion helps us to create work/life balance, be less overwhelmed by stress, and encourage rather than blame ourselves when things are difficult.
This workshop will use lecture, discussion, and experiential exercises to help you explore how self-compassion as a resource to prevent and manage stress and burnout.
Victoria Pawlowski, RCC., MEd.
Registration will open March 1, 2026. Please contact vickipawlowski@gmail.com to place your name on the waitlist to be notified.
Past participant:
I can’t thank you enough for all that was received by participants, as well as personally. I’ve just begun my week at work but it has been encouraging to be able to use “the one breath for me and one for you” practice right from the get go! Driving to work gave me the opportunity to practice this and then seeing how the lower reactionary impact was effective for both my husband and I. The few minutes of practice infused a more all round compassionate environment. I know that awareness is unusually high after such a great weekend; however, it will be good to have some positive experiences to remember when things may not work out so well! RC
