Cynda Hylton Rushton & Anthony Back: Transcending Burnout: New Narratives for Caregivers

Summary: As a complement to the coincident professional training program for clinicians, Being With Dying, Cynda Hylton Rushton and Anthony Back discuss healthy narratives for caregivers. What is burnout and how is it increasingly affecting so many caregivers and by extension their patients? How can we cultivate a practice which both strengthens compassion and consequently allows us to become more effective caregivers? Cynda and Tony discuss a range of transcendent narratives and related compassion-based tools which empower caregivers. Tony offers a powerful narrative: “The challenges are inevitable; I know my values; I can make wise choices; I have the tools and capacity, and I know how to renew myself.”<br>