Relieve Stress and Prevent Burnout: 10-Minute Guided Relaxation Exercise

One of the things Jamie and Kent have learned over the years is that “doing good, better” is demanding emotionally, physically, mentally, and spiritually. It's quite common for helpers to feel a high level of stress, and they may eventually succumb to compassion fatigue or even burnout.  In a special edition of the podcast, Jamie leads us through a 10-minute progressive muscle relaxation exercise to help relieve stress. We hope it will encourage you as you continue to serve and make a difference in the lives of those around you. RESOURCES: Free e-book: 101 Ways to Overcome Burnout (includes 94 pages of helpful tools, research, and encouragement) 7 Ways Pastors Can Avoid Burning Out with Ray Chang How close to burnout are you? Take our free 10-question quiz to find out. Soul Care for Wounded Healers: guided journaling exercise (audio resource) Find Calm in the Chaos: 11-minute guided prayer (audio resource) Seven Crucial Steps for Self-Care with Holly Oxhandler Spiritual First Aid certificate course ___________ "On Being a Good Neighbor", a sermon draft by the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. This episode was produced by Wildfire Creative. Theme Song “Turning Over Tables” by The Brilliance Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | Stitcher | RSS Follow us on Twitter: @kentannan | @drjamieaten  Follow on Instagram: @wildfirecreative (Note to the listener: In this podcast, sometimes we'll have evangelicals, and sometimes we won't. We think learning how to “do good better” involves listening to many perspectives with different insights and understanding. Sometimes it will make us uncomfortable; sometimes, we'll agree, and sometimes we won't. We think that's good. We want to listen for corrections. Especially in our blind spots.) Jamie Aten, Ph.D., and Kent Annan, M.Div. co-direct the Humanitarian Disaster Institute at Wheaton College and are also the co-founders of Spiritual First Aid. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices