Deep Resilience: When Self Care is Not Enough
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Date & Time
Wed, Jan 28 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Address (map)
Open to all county healthcare and nonprofit partners.
Venue (website)
Online/Virtual/Zoom
Studies show that over 60% of all age groups and more than 80% of Gen Z-ers are experiencing symptoms of burnout.
These are unusual times.
The disruption, uncertainty, fear, grief, and even despair about what is happening in our communities, country, and the world can feel overwhelming.
A natural reaction is to disconnect from the chaos and pain, and retreat into our own concerns and distractions.
But many of us feel called to stay engaged, which is difficult and comes with a cost.
In this webinar, Dr. Michael Kearney explores how the self-care we practice now (“self-care 1.0”) is simply not enough.
In this talk, he will explore what self-care 2.0 looks like and how an integrated approach is necessary to access the deep resilience needed to stay open-hearted, present, and engaged in this beautiful yet wounded world.
Attendees can access this session in either English or Spanish, thanks to simultaneous interpretation by Bridging Voices-Uniendo Voces.
Rooted Santa Barbara County and Savie Health are proud to host this series of preventive health, nutrition and lifestyle medicine education opportunities for our county health providers.
This session is designed for and presented free to Santa Barbara County healthcare providers and nonprofit partners.
Have questions? Please email hello@rootedsantabarbara.org
Speaker Bio
Dr. Michael Kearney has over 40 years’ experience in palliative care and hospice, and has worked with two pioneers in the field, Dame Cicely Saunders and Professor Balfour Mount. Since 2005, he has worked with the Palliative Care Consultation Service at Cottage Hospital and at Serenity House Hospice in Santa Barbara, California.
He is the author of three other books: Mortally Wounded: Stories of Soul Pain, Death, and Healing, The Nest in the Stream: Lessons from Nature on Being with Pain, and Becoming Forest: A Story of Deep Belonging, a fable of a young Irish woman who finds an antidote for her climate despair in the wisdom of trees.
He recently published a booklet entitled My Redwood Teacher: Five Lessons on Deep Resilience.
With his wife, psychologist, meditation teacher, and author Radhule Weininger, PhD, he co-founded the non-profit, Mindful Heart Programs, which offers free, online and in-person meditations and retreats.
If interested, please check out: www.mindfulheartprograms.org.
If you would like to see how Michael is currently applying the ideas and practices in A Place of Healing in areas beyond healthcare, especially with what he calls “deep resilience,” please check out his website: www.michaelkearneymd.com.
