Ministry Matters

Dr. Christy Walter is a practicing ER doctor. Every day her job brings her face to face with pain, brokenness, and trauma. In today's episode, you'll hear how these experiences, as well as some from Dr. Christy's past, impacted her mental health to so severely that she had to stop everything she was doing in order to begin to find healing.

Listen in and find out how Dr. Walter's healing journey began in a most unexpected way and from a most unexpected source.

To find out more about Dr. Christy's work, you can go to her website at:

www.doggondepression.com

All of us have mental health, and it's important to remind ourselves of that truth. If you are in ministry, this truth is important to hear: you are not immune to suffering burnout, depression or other mental health challenges. As Matt shares in today's podcast, those who help others also need help.

Please join me and listen as Chaplain Matt Kitchener shares his story of burnout, struggles with depression, and his journey toward recovery.

You can also read an article he wrote about this experience here:

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Call 310-Mental Health at 310-6789 (no area code needed) anytime of the day or night if you:

Compassion Fatigue: What is it? How can you tell if you or someone you work with is experiencing it? 

This podcast episode features a conversation with Chaplain Daryl Busby. It will help you learn more about compassion fatigue and what you can do to serve someone who is experiencing it. 

We also discuss how you can take care of yourself if you are experiencing it. 

In this conversation with Chaplain Brian Choi, we talk together about serving seniors who are struggling with mental health challenges. We talk about common mental health issues he has noticed among seniors whom he serves, as well as how spirituality can play a role in caring for them. We end our conversation wth him sharing some of his own self-care practices that he uses to care for his own mental well-being. 

Please join me for a conversation with Chaplain Claudia Rosetto around serving seniors who are dealing with mental health challenges. Together we explore how spirituality and faith can both help and hinder. 

This is the final podcast episode in our mini-series on how we can walk with people who are dealing with death and grief. Please join me as we talk with Chaplain Gary Bennett who serves in Shannon Oaks in Victoria, BC. 

Please join me as I talk with Chaplain Kristen Corrigan who serves as a Chaplain with Baptist Housing in Kelowna, BC. Today we continue our series around serving residents, family, and team member as death approaches. It's not an easy topic, but it is for sure one we need to be engaging in and thinking about. I hope you'll join me. 

Please join me in a conversation with Chaplain Jacki Barbour as we speak about grief and serving residents as they near death. We also talk about how she ministers to the resident's family members and cares for team members after a resident has passed away.

Please join me in a conversation with Chaplain Jacki Barbour as we speak about grief and serving residents as they near death. We also talk about how she ministers to the resident's family members and cares for team members after a resident has passed away. 

Since 1997-2006, David Van Essen served as a Chaplain at Smith Creek (previously Westside Care. He was also a Social Worker there as well from 2001 to 2006. He also served at Village at Mill Creek (previously Stillwater’s) from 1997-2016 and was also a Social Worker there from 2006-2016); and served as Chaplain at Sun Pointe Village from its opening in 2000 until 2010.

David shares with us what he has learned over the years about visiting with residents, record keeping, and serving those struggling with dementia.