You know the drill. By the time December 29 rolls around, most of us are stuffed to the brim with Christmas cookies and a corresponding plate of self-loathing. We're ready to turn a corner with LOTS of ideas for how we can improve. But we all know the story. A few months (weeks? days?) go by and we're right back where we were. We're missing something. I'll give you a hint - IDENTITY. In this episode, we unpack a fresh approach to New Year's goals that aligns us with who we are and what we value! This approach takes the pressure OFF of the outcomes and center our focus on who we're being. The result? More confidence. Less self-loathing. And more actually meeting our goals! You won't want to miss this episode. We get REAL about our own failed goal-setting. There are a lot of laughs mingled with our painfully honest conversation. Then Faith deals out the New Year's practice she uses and shares with her clients and why it's SO MUCH BETTER than what we usually do every January. Grab your friends and listen in!

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In this episode, we sit down with Heather Gates, a chaplain for the Galveston Police Department. Heather's fresh take on this traditional role has been so effective that the city of Galveston recognized and funded her role to ensure she keeps up the amazing work. Work that looks a little different than what you might expect. She shares how she navigates the layers of trauma in supporting law enforcement while experiencing scenes herself, the power of simply being present and the work required to cultivate that presence, building trust while pioneering a new role and so much more. You won't want to miss the wealth of this conversation with "boots on the ground" social worker and chaplain, Heather Gates.

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This is part 2 of our conversation on boundaries. In this episode, we unpack boundaries in relationships and how owning your emotions, actions, and responses is the key to navigating our relationships, especially with our clients.

Have you heard the phrase, "Saying yes to one thing is saying no to something else"? We all have to make choices if we're going to live our fullest AND most peaceful lives. In this episode, we talk about everyone's favorite word: boundaries! We talk about why it can be so challenging for those of us who work in social services to say no but how we have to if we're going to cultivate the other aspects of our lives that matter to us. You won't want to miss this episode as we cover some of the processes you can use to find your boundaries and start making those hard choices that lead to peace!

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• the signs of compassion fatigue
• the difference between compassion fatigue and burnout
• why social service providers need to be watching and prepared for this
• what restoration and recovery from compassion fatigue/burnout might look like

In this episode, we continue exploring the stress response by unpacking the "polyvagal theory." We talk through the modes of our nervous system: rest and digest, fight or flight, and fawn/freeze. We talk through what's happening on a physiological level, what it feels like to be in these modes, where they might show up in our lives and how our response in one moment have implications far beyond. We then talk through how, with that understanding, we can learn to navigate those moments to stay more aware and conscious of our response so that our lives aren't run in "survival mode."